____________________________________________________________________________ Abstract made by an unknown abstractor about 1890 from original records of Pike County, Arkansas and recorded in Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890 ____________________________________________________________________________ Will Book A page 113. Last Will and Testament of William J. White. Dated May 11th 1870. "Ist. To my beloved nephew Millard Moorehead Mauney I give and bequeath the following described real estate to wit: all that part of the East half (1/2) of Section No. Twenty (20) which lies West of Prairie Creek in Township No. Eight (8) South of Range Twenty-five (25) West, to have and to hold the same to the said Millard M. Mauney, his heirs and assigns, forever but upon the following condition, to wit: that the said Millard M. Mauney shall upon his arriving at the age of Twenty one years or in case of his death before that time, his heirs shall make and execute to Roxanna Mauney a good and sufficient deed of quit claim to his interest in the following described real estate situate in Pike County, Arkansas to wit: the West half (1/2) of the South West quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21) Township (8) South of Range twenty-five West and upon the further conditions that if the said Millard M. Mauney should die without leaving any heirs of his body, then and in that case, the said lands hereby given and bequeathed to him shall descend to Roxanna Mauney and to the heirs of her body. 2nd. To my beloved neice Roxanna Mauney I hereby give and bequeath the following described real estate situate in said County and State, to wit: that part of the East half (1/2) of Section Twenty (20) lying East of Praire Creek in Township No. Eight (8) South of Range No. twenty-five (25) West, also the West half (1/2) of the North West quarter (1/4) of Section (No.) Twenty-one (21) in Township No. Eight (8) South of Range No. Twenty-five (25) West, to have and to hold the same to the said Roxanna Mauney and the heirs of her body upon the following conditions, to wit: the said Roxanna Mauney shall have the free full and sole use to occupy, use, or rent said lands and shall have the entire control of the same form the time of her arriving at the age of eighteen years, so long as she may live and in the case of the said marriage of the said Roxanna at any time before or after her coming into the possession of said lands, shall hold the same free from any and all acts or incumbrances to be done or suffered by her husband or any other person and entirely free from the control of her husband and upon the further conditions that in case the said Roxanna should die leaving no right(ful) heirs of her body, then the said lands shall descend to Millard Morehead Mauney and the heirs of his body in fee simple. 7th. I hereby appoint and commission my respected and trusted friends William B. Gould and Pleasant White to be executors of this my last Will and Testament" &c. Etc. Witnesses, Wesley Hoover (and) A.D. Meeks. October 25th 1884. Before the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court etc. personally came A.D. Meeks who being duly sworn &c. deposes and says, that he was present at the &c. and saw the said William J. White sign and subscribe his name to the annexed and foregoing paper writing and at the time herd him say and declare the said paper writing was his last Will and Testament and that he (deponent) subscribed said Will as a witness at the request of the said (William J.) White in his presence and in the presence of Wesley Hoover the other subscribing witness, and in the presence of J.H. Lathrop the Attorney who wrote the Will and that Wesley Hoover signed the same in his presence and that said William J. White at the time of signing said instrument was of sound mind and disposing memory &c. Sworn to &c. October 25, 1884. W.B. Thomasson, Clerk &c. October 27th 1884. Before the Clerk of &c. came Owen B. Owens and W.J. Jackson who being first duly sworn says, that they were acquainted with the handwriting of William J. White now deceased, that they believe that his name as subscribed to the forgoing Will is his genuine signature and that he subscribed his name thereto. Subscribed and sworn to before me etc. W.B. Thomasson, Clerk. ____________________________________________________________________________ Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 312. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.