Transcript of the Will of
Wiley Woodward Medearis
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No. 3139
Estate of
W. W.
Medearis
deceased.
PROOF OF WILL
THE STATE OF
TEXAS
In the County Court of Travis County, Texas, Sitting in
COUNTY OF
TRAVIS
Probate
April
Term, A. D. 1908
Proof of Last Will and Testament of
W. W.
Medearis
Deceased.
On this, the
11th day of
April
, A. D. 1908, personally appeared
in open Court A. O.
Saudles
who being duly sworn,
deposes and says, that on the
12th day of
August,
A. D. 1907, he was
present and saw W. W.
Medearis
sign the instrument filed in this Court
on the 8th day of
August,
A. D. 1907, and purporting to be the
last will of him, the said W. W.
Medearis
and heard him publish
and declare the same to be his last will and testament; that at
the time of signing and publishing
the same, the said
W. W.
Medearis
was over twenty-one years of age
and of sound mind; that this affiant and John E. Shelton
and Ida Woods whose signatures
appear on said instrument, on said 12th
day of August,
A. D. 1907 , then
being credible witnesses above the age of fourteen years,
subscribed their names as witnesses to the
same in the presence and at the request of said testator, and in
the presence of each other. That
afterwards, on the
21st day
of
January,
A. D. 1908, said
W. W.
Medearis
, died in the County of Travis, in which
he had hs domicile at and before his death and without having
revoked said will so far as known
to affiant.
A.O. Saudles
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 11th
day of
April,
A. D. 1908 in
open Court,
Given under my hand and seal of office,
Jos
Corwin
Clerk of the County Court, Travis County, Texas
By. Chas Hupputs Deputy
Clerk.
A 1161 - APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WILL - Class
4.
Clarke & Courts, Manufacturing Stationers,
Galveston
In the Matter of the Estate
of
IN COUNTY COURT,
W. W. Medearis
April Term, 1908
Deceased
To the Honorable John W. Hornsby
Judge of the County Court of Travis County, State of Texas:
This, the application of
T. W.
Medearis
Respectfully shows:
That
W. W.
Medearis
is dead; That he died on or about the
31 day
of
Jan
1908. at the residence
of T. W. Medaris
in the State of
Texas
; that said deceased at the time of h is death
was a resident of the
County of
Travis
in the State of Texas
That he left estate
Consisting of
following
property; That the nature and probable value of said
property are as follows to wit:
One Hundred and Twenty Three Acres of
Land
$3690
Two
Mules
$ 250
One
Horse
10
One
Culvilivator
10
" Twring
Plow
5
"
Planter
2
ten hives of
bees
20
About one hundred and
fifty
90
'
'
" ton of cotton
seed
15
one
buggy
5
one
wagon
50
money
Bank
867.19
Vendor bin land
notes
1586.
other and
accounts
361
That said deceased left a written Will, bearing date the
12th day of
August A.D. 1907
in the possession of T W
Medearis
which your
applicant believes and therefore alleges to be the Last
Will and Testament of said deceased, and which is herewith
filed; That
T W
Medearis
the person named in said Will as Executor
therefore, resides at
Bluff Springs
in
Travis
County
Texas
That said
T W
Medearis
is
not disqualified
by law from accepting Letters
of
administration
upon said estate
Wherefore, Applicant prays that Citation issue
herein, as the law provides, and that upon a hearing and
the proofs adduced said Will be admitted to Probate, and that
Letters of Administration
issue to applicant and that all other necessary and
proper orders be made in the premises.
Dated
Feb
8
1908
T W Medearis
applicant
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