I, Chiles Cleere of the County of Lawrence and the State of Alabama, do hereby make my last will and testament in the manner and form following [,] that is to say, first I desire that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid and after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, I give to my wife [,] Harriet H. Cleere [,] one cupboard, one blind horse, two bedstead, one folding leaf table, all the pork and lard and hogs [,] one bureau and small table [,] one moss saddle, two bridles and farming tools and ten dollars worth of leather, one milk cow and calf and to be enjoyed by her forever and I give my daughter [,] Joanne Cleere [,] one cow and thirty dollars and to have an equal share of all the balance of my property monies and effects arising from my estate and I give the balance of my estate monies and effects to be equally divided between the following named heirs [:] Lucy A. Elkins [,[ Mary T. Davidson [,[ Cornelius E. Cleere [,] George R. Cleere [,] Catherine Lackey [,] John T. Cleere [,] A. M. Cleere [,] Sally B. Robinson [,] and Joanne Cleere [.] I desire that she have an equal divide among my several children herein before named which I give to them and to their heirs and assigns forever and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son [,] John T. Cleere, executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 10th day of November 1870.
(signed)
Chiles Cleere
Witness
(Signed)
J. C. Livingston
David R. Gibson
Lawrence Co. AL Courthouse Min Book B, pg 259
Chiles Cleere desc.
(signed)
John T. Cleere, Exc.
Harriet H. Cleere
Joann Gibson
A. D. Gibson
Catherine Lackey
J. T. Lackey
Sally B. Robinson
J. P. Robinson
A. M. Cleere
Notice mailed to:
Lucy A. Elkins
Cornelius Cleere
George R. Cleere
to:
Cleere records @ SFC