ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
AND ADMINISTRATIONS

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LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI: ABSTRACT OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS: 1821--1850
1968 COMPILED BY JACQUELINE HOGAN WILLIAMS and BETTY HARVEY WILLIAMS

Transcriber Carmen Bein: I have placed all names in a bold font for easier genealogical research.

William Cooper. Died intestate
     Exec. David Groves appointed 30 Sept. 1830
     Sec.  Lewis Green and Motley Hall
     page 205

Dean Swift. Will wr. 7 Sept. 1839-prob. 1 Oct. 1839
     Wit.  James Young, Robert B. Young, and John Wallace
     Sec.  Julius Benton and David Sankford.
     Heirs: Wife Cena and children-does not mention them by name
     page 209

David Ferguson. Died intestate
     Exec. Job Meador appointed 1 Oct. 1839
     Sec.  Abner Bledsoe and William F. Wood
     page 213

Thaddeus Adams. Died intestate.
     Exec. James Waddell appointed 3 Oct. 1839
     Sec.  Carr B. Waddell and Eldridge Burdon
     page 215

George Burngarner. Died intestate
     Exec. Peter Wolfe appointed 11 Oct. 1839
     Sec.  John Wallace Pearson
     page 220

Thomas Marr. Will wr. 25 May 1837-prob. 8 Feb. 1840
     Wit.  Menitree Catron and Levi Fox
     Exec. Stephen Catron
     Heirs: Wife Mary. For support of my children. Apparently sons
               as they were to be bound out to "good trades" if wife
               remarries.
     page 221

Sarah Merrell. Will wr. 11 Sept. 1839-prob. 17 Feb. 1840
     Wit.  J. H. Graham and J. S. Benson
     Exec. George Houx and James Graham
     Sec.  James Aull and James H. Graham
     Heirs: William T. Merrill
               Joseph Merrell
               Rosy Catherine Merrill
               She mentions money coming to her from Maryland.
     page 224