Will of Leonard Scott, Wilcox County, Alabama

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Wilcox County, Alabama, United States
Surname/tag: Scott

This the transcribed will of Leonard Scott (1782-1845) of Wilcox County, signed on September 18, 1844.^[1] Transcribed by Thompson-40998 19:35, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship

Leonard Scott

John W. Campbell Friend

John B Scott Son

James Scott Son

Lucinda Scott Wife

Jim Enslaved Person

Hagit Enslaved Person

Chance Enslaved Person

Jane Enslaved Person

Anda Enslaved Person

Belsey Enslaved Person

Winny Enslaved Person

Mariah Enslaved Person

Dunn Enslaved Person

Fill Enslaved Person

William C Scott Son

Daniel Enslaved Person

Jincy Enslaved Person

Thos Scott Chidren

Mary E Callaway Chidren

William I Callaway Son-in-law

Robert H Scott Chidren

E. H. I. Mobly Friend

Watkin Salter Friend

Henry Smith Friend

David N Sanders Friend

James Gully Friend

Charles Enslaved Person

In the Name of GOD: Amen

I Leonard Scott of the State of Alabama Wilcox County being indisposed in Body But of a Sound mind disposing memory. Calling to Mind the frailty of and uncertainty of human life and being desired of settling my worldly affairs and directing how the Estate with which it has pleased God to bless me shall be disposed of after my decease. While I have strength and capacity so to do so make and publish this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making null and void all other last Wills and Testament by me heretofore made

Firstly I commend my immortal being to him who gave it and my body to the dust from whence it came to be buried with little expence and ostentation by my Executors herein after named and as to my worldly Estate and all the property real personal or mixed of which I may die <<??>> and posessed of or to which I shall be entitled to at the time of my decease I desire bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner by my friend John W Campbell and my sons John M Scott and James Scott whom I appoint and ordain to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and after my decease to take posession of my estate and after paying all my just debts to distribute my Estate as hereinafter specified

2nd I will and bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Lucinda Scott all my household and kitchen furniture together with the stock (vis) Horses Mules Waggons & Carriages Cattle Hogs and provisions and supplies on hand or so much thereof as she may think may render her comfortable with certain negroes slaves (vis) Jim Hagit Thana and her children Jane and Betsey Winny Mariah & Dunn Fill all the above named property and bequeath this for her to have and to hold to her the said Lucinda Scott during her natural life and after her decease to be divided among my lawfull heirs.

3rd I will and bequeath unto my son William C Scott two certain slaves (viz) Daniel Jincy or a proportion given off to all the rest of my children before a general distribution takes place then the said William C Scott to have an equal interest in my slave property

4th I will and bequeath unto my children an equal proportion of the slave property I may be possessed of at the time of my decease not heretofore mentioned or bequeathed (vis) John B Scott Thos Scott James Scott the heirs of Susan Yeldell dec'd being entitled to one portion Lucinda Campbell the wife of John W Campbell Mary E Callaway the wife of William I Callaway Robert H Scott & William C Scott.

5th My will and bequest is that the portion of my property and effects accruing or allowed to my daughter Mary E Calaway the wife of William P calaway may be entail to her and the heirs of her body forever without the right of disposition of her husband only during the life of said Mary E Calaway or the minority of her heirs

6th I will and bequeath unto my sons Robert H Scott & William C Scott my lands known as the Palmer Hill Lands whereon my plantation is to be equally divided between them so that each may have the equal access to the Gin House & Screw land and the two Settlements on the Northern end of said land. Nevertheless my Will and request is that my Beloved Wife Lucinda Scott have an in trust with my son William C Scott during his minority that then intrust to be kept together for the education and housing said William C Scott to manhood then the above divices & bequests to the said William C Scott to have and to hold this then and assess forever. My Will and request is that the lot including the Tan yard and houses being the south end of this the house on Penny Woods tract sixty acres more or less with the Tan Yard stock of leather tools and all appertances as thereunto belonging be disposed of after the contract now existing between Leonard Scott & N C Woodruff to the interest of my estate and placed to my debts if any existing or to be divided equally among my heirs at law as my executors may think best My Will and desire is that my executors may dispose of lands that I posess in Yabro County Mississippi to the best interest of my estate as they or a majority of them may think best and applied to my debts if any lest otherwise to be divided equally amony my lawful heirs My Will and request is that my Beloved Wife may retain a sufficiency of the stock of horses & Mules & Waggons as may be necessary for the carrying on of the Plantation between her and my son William C Scott. I hereby nominate and appoint my friends E H I Mobly Walter Salter Henry Smith David N Sanders and James Gully commissioners to run a line between Robert H Scott & William C Scott to begin at the North End of said land and run due South

7th I will and Bequest Five hundred Dollars when my stock is sold to the Rev John I Sellons My Will and request is that my boy Charles will sold and the money to be equably divided among my heirs My will and request is that my Penny Woods place be sold at public auction Like wise the Tan Yard to be sold at public out cry

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this Eighteenth day of September 1844

Leonard Scott <seal>

In presence of

Louisa Hill

William D Hill

William Salter

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
   Wilcox County, Alabama, Probate Records; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Wilcox County); Probate Place: Wilcox, Alabama
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8799 #2320278 (accessed 9 April 2023)
   Leonard Scott probate on 8 Sep 1844 in Wilcox, Alabama, USA.