| [Return to introduction] Will Book 1, pages 71-74 Walker County, Alabama Last Will and Testament ofJAMES CRANFORD“I give and bequeath my estate and property real and personal to my beloved wife Clarissa Ann Cranford . . .if she remains a widow. But if she marries again, to take only a childs part.” She is to sell any of the personal property when it may be necessary for the better improvement of the estate for her comfort and the support, comfort and education of “all my minor children and that are unmarried.” His minor children, “as they may become of age or may marry shall have as much advanced to them out of my estate as I have already given to the two that are married.” At the death of his wife, remainder of estate to be equally divided among children, Nancy Adaline Copeland, Rebecca I. Smith, Arthur I. Cranford, William W. Cranford, Lidia Ann Cranford and Martha Agnes Cranford. Wife appointed executrix. (Signed) James Cranford. Witnesses: William Randolph, William M. Sherer, and Elisha A Sherer. 24 April 1872. Recorded 25 September 1872. |
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