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Bailey, Ellis, Ficklin, Former Slaves of David and Margaret Tate, Webster [Webber]

Amy Webster Matriarch of Baldwin County, Alabama

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Will of Margaret Tate

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Margaret Tate, of the county of Baldwin and State of
Alabama
being sound in mind but not in body and feeling the uncertainty of life do hereby revoking all others make this my last will and
testament.
. . .

6th

To my beloved daughter JOSEPHINE B. DREISBACK and her
heirs. I give and bequeath one negro man named Dick, one negro woman Bella, and her four children named Pheobe, Hardy, Dick
and Mary, one negro girl named Rose, one negro woman
named Amy and her three children named Tina, Milly, and Fanny, one negro woman named Flora, one old negro man named
Jonah, it is my wish the old man named Jonah shall do no hard work. I wish my daughter Josephine to have my watch and all
of my household furniture, my Carriage and old Horse to her
and her heirs forever.

. . .

Amy Webster first appeared on the same census page as my second great grandmother, Delia Bailey Grant. This was the paramount piece of the puzzle. So, let’s begin.

Samuel Grant m. Delia Webster [Bailey] after the Civil War in Baldwin County, Alabama, on 31 Jul 1869.1

TO BE CONTINUED

1“Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTWT-LTT : 19 February 2021), Sam Grant and Delia Webster, 31 Jul 1869; citing Baldwin, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,839,621.

Bailey, Former Slaves of David and Margaret Tate, McGillivray, Taitt [Tate], Webster [Webber]

Will of Margaret Tate

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Will of Margaret Tate

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Margaret Tate, of the county of Baldwin and State of
Alabama
being sound in mind but not in body and feeling the uncertainty of life do hereby revoking all others make this my last will and
testament.

Imprimis.

I commend my soul to God trusting in the merits of my savior
for my salvation in the world to come.

2nd

I commend my body to christian burial.

3rd

To the heirs of my beloved daughter MARY D. SAUNDERS, I
give
and bequeath one negro man Sam, one negro woman Maria,
one negro girl Amy, one negro boy Sam, one negro boy Daniel,
one negro girl Perry, one negro boy Harry and all my swamp
cattle to her heirs forever and it is hereby understood and
intended that the aforesaid MARY D. SAUNDERS shall have
the right and privilege of rising and enjoying all the immunities appurtenances, advantages and privileges which are and may
arise from said property so long as she may live.

4th

To my beloved daughter MARGARET STAPLES and her heirs, I
give and bequeath one negro man named Job, one negro girl
named Silva, and child, and it is hereby understood that the
aforesaid Margaret Staples is to take the above named
negroes at a fair value to satisfy a note that Mr. JASON
STAPLES holds against me, after the note is satisfied the
balance is to go as part of her share of my estate. I also give
and bequeath one negro woman named Betsy and her child
named Jonab, one negro boy named Sandy, one negro boy
named Twine, one negro boy named Tobe, one negro girl
named Malissa, and her two children, one negro man named
Ned, one negro boy named Harry, one negro girl named
Patience to her and her heirs forever.

5th

To the children of my beloved son WILLIAM T. POWELL, I give
and bequeath one negro man named William one negro man
named Aaron, one negro man named Cuff, one negro boy
named Stephen, one negro woman Elonisa, and her four
children Siky, Daphney, Chloe and Tab, one negro woman
named Pop~
My plantation situated and described as follows: The South
East fraction quarter of section nineteen, in Township four of range three east containing one Hundred & fifty acres and
sixty five hundredths of an acre. The west half of the north-
west quarter of section nineteen, in township four range three east, containing eighty acres. The east subdivision of the west
fraction of the north half, west of the Alabama River of section nineteen in Township four of range three east containing one
hundred and fifty two acres one wagon, one ox cart and four
oxen, all of my Hogs, all the farming utensils, five of my best
mules. Eighty acres of pine land situated and described as
follows: Township four range three east the north east quarter of the south west quarter of section thirty four, four large
steers suitable for Oxen, all of the corn & fodder now on my
Plantation, and it is hereby understood and intended that the
aforesaid WILLIAM T. POWELL shall have the right and
privilege of using and enjoying all the immunities
appurtenances, advantages and privileges which are and may
arise from said property so long as he may live but he the said
WILLIAM T. POWELL shall not sell, give, grant or convey or
dispose of any of said property under any pretence whatever.

6th

To my beloved daughter JOSEPHINE B. DREISBACK and her
heirs. I give and bequeath one negro man named Dick, one negro woman Bella, and her four children named Pheobe, Hardy, Dick
and Mary, one negro girl named Rose, one negro woman
named Amy and her three children named Tina, Milly, and Fanny, one negro woman named Flora, one old negro man named
Jonah, it is my wish the old man named Jonah shall do no hard work. I wish my daughter Josephine to have my watch and all
of my household furniture, my Carriage and old Horse to her
and her heirs forever.

7th

To my beloved Grand daughter MARY STAPLES, I give and
bequeath, one negro woman named Clander and three of her
children named Alex, Philip and Dilsy to her and her heirs
forever.

8th

To my beloved Grand daughter JOSEPHINE STAPLES I give
and bequeath one negro boy named Or to her and her heirs forever.

9th

To my beloved Grand Son ROBERT POWELL, I give and
bequeath one Roan Mare to him and his heirs forever.

10th

It is my request that Hardy and his wife, Pheobe shall be set at
liberty. I do not wish them to be slaves after my death. I wish
them moved over to the place I purchased from THOMAS
SAUNDERS. I do not wish that place sold under any considera-
tion whatever. I wish him to have four cows and calves, and the
two steers he is breaking for oxen at this time. I wish my son or
Mr. Dreisback to act as his agent during life.

11th

And it hereby understood and intended that my daughter
MARY D. SAUNDERS, have the right and privileges of using
and cultivating one hundred acres of my plantation land which I have given to my son WILLIAM T. POWELL, the land which I wish her to have to right of using and cultivating lays above the Gin House, after the death of the said MARY D. SAUNDERS, the
land shall revert to the children of my son WILLIAM T.
POWELL.

12th

And I also give and bequeath to the said MARY D. SAUNDERS
thirty head of sheep.

13th

I request that my stock of cattle one wagon and what mules
may be left after my son gets his number out to be sold to the
highest bidder the proceeds of which I wish applied to the
payments of my debts any amount that may be left from the
above sale after my debts are paid I wish it to be given to
Mrs. ROSAHAH SHOMO.

14th

I do hereby appoint my son in law J. D. DREISBACK my
executor and administrator to settle up my estate.

15th

It is my wish that my old negro woman Siky shall remain with
my daughter Josephine during her life.

In testimony whereof I this day set my hand and seal this the
twenty eighth day of Nov in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty.

Margaret Tate

Witnesses

J. W. SHOMO

J. D. WEATHERFORD

State of Alabama}
Baldwin County}

Personally appeared before me PATRICK BYRNE, Judge of the Probate Court of Baldwin County & State aforesaid
J. D. WEATHERFORD one of the subscribing witnesses to the
foregoing Instrument of writing and states on oath that he was requested to sign and was present at the signing of the
Instrument of writing by J. W. SHOMO a subscribing witness
and that Margaret Tate acknowledged the same to be her last Will and Testament and that the said Margaret Tate was in
sound mind & memory

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 27th day of March A. D.
1851

Patrick Byrne
Judge Probate

Admitted to Probate 27th March A. D. 1851

Patrick Byrne
Judge
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