[CONFEDERATE] MAY 20, 1862

Will of Alabaman Disposes of his 
property including slaves, named and 
identified, along with mules and other animals.

2nd I Give Divise and bequeath to my Daughter my 
Negro boy Jack and Negro girl by the name of 
Mary 

3rd I Give Divise and bequeath to my daughter Mary 
My Negro boy A???? and one mule 

4th I Give and bequeath to my son James 
one Negro boy by the name of William 
about thirty years of age


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State of Alabama.        Know all men
Montgomery County   by these present
that I Armstrong Mitchell of the state and
County of aforesaid being of a sound and
[dispasing?] mind, do make and publish
this my last will & testamony hereby revoking
all former wills by me made
1st my will is that all of my just debts
and funeral expenses be paid out of my 
estate.
2nd I give divise and bequeath to my
daughter Elizabeth wife of William J. Dionian
my Negro boy Jack and a Negro girl by
the name of Mary Lizas eight years of age
One gray mule and bedstead one feather
bed & one cattan bed and one set of bed
hangings one turn plow one group one [s?ter]
and one set of plane gears also my [Wasdwo?]
and one cow & calf also two Deamarra [caves?
[reads?] white,
3rd I give divise and bequeath to my daughter
Margaret Deam and wife of Wesley Deamand
my Negro boy Abram and mule and feather
bed & one cattan bed two sheets one blanket and
two cover beds one plow & [geov?] as above
stated also five hundred dollars in
money
4th I give and bequeath Martha S Shaver
my Sorell mare & buggy five hundred dollars
one cow & calf one [Beaceram?] also the ballance
of my [?sed] [relattes?] to be divided between her
and Jane Mitchell
5th I give & Bequeath to my son David Mitchell
five hundred dollars
6th I give and Bequeath unto my son
John Mitchell one bed and furniture and one cow
& calf
7th I give and bequeath unto my son
James S Mitchell three hundred dollars
over

one Negro boy by the name of William
about thirty years of age Book case with
all my books and one black and
one [P?] cow and stock of hogs if
[Ery?] to be farmed & all my crop after paying all debts
and Lastly I do name and appoint
James A Mitchell to be the executor
of this my last will and testamony
in Testamony whereas I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this the 2nd day
of May one thousand eight hundred
and sixty two
Signed sealed and delivered in the 
presence of
A.C. McDonald              Armstrong Mitchell
F G C Hanson

[?] I also wish and request of my children
that the [Agnes?] an the division as above made
and tnot have Recaues to Law in the settlement
of my estat.

The State of Alabama
Montgomery County.
Personally appeared 
in open court F G C
Hansen a subscribing witness to this paper
writing and after being duly sworn deposed
and saith that he was present and saw
Armstrong Mitchell when he was
signed to said paper writing sign
the same as his last will and testament
that he signed said paper as a witness
in the presence of and at the request
of the testater and in the presence
of the other subscribing witness and
that at the time the said Armstrong
Mitchell signed said paper writing
he was of a sound [dessasin?] of

mind memory and understanding and
that the other subscribing witness
A. C  McDonald subscribed his [?]
as a witness in the presence and
in the presence of the testator in
the day the same bears date to
[?] in the 2nd day of May
1862
F G V Hanson

Mitchell Armstrong
Recorded in Book
1862
of Wills Vol 4
Page 377 & 378
D Campbell
JPMY
4 Oct
1862




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