Robert Wynne Will

Will Book C (1842-1864), Greene County, Alabama, page 201

Robt Wynn Will

In the name of God Amen, I Robert Wynne of the County of Greene State of Alabama, do make ordain and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others heretofore made by me. First, It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid. Secondly it is my will & desire that my whole Estate both real and personal (be) kept together and managed by my executors to the best advantage and the proceeds to be applied first to the support of my wife and children. Secondly to the education of my children in a suitable manner. My wife to be supported out of the estate as long as she may live, my daughters until they marry and my sons until they arrive at the age of twenty one years. Thirdly to the purchase of lands for my hand to cultivate. 3d it is further my will and desire that if my Executrix and Executors cannot add to my land by purchasing in the neighborhood, they are hereby empowered to sell the real estate which I now own in Greene County if they think it best and lay out the proceeds in other lands so as to obtain a sufficiency for my slaves to cultivate and to supply my sons as they become of age and the one now of age with fifty aces each to cultivate for himself. 4th It is further my will and desire that the proceeds of my whole estate beyond what my be necessary for the purposes above mentioned be paid over to my children or their guardians in sums of five hundred dollars each, commencing at the oldest and so on to the youngest in rotation so long as there is anything to pay until my youngest son arrived at the age of 21 years or until the estates is divided as hereinafter director. 5th it is my will and desire that at the death of my wife that my whole estate both real and person be equally divided among my children now living or their descendants, in which division each child to account for may have been paid to him by myself or my executors but if my wife should die before my youngest son arrives at the age of 21 years it is my will that my estate be kept together until he arrives at age & then to be equally divided as before described. 6th I do hereby constitute & appoint my friends Erasmus & Williamson Wynne executors and my wife Matilda, Executrix, of this my last will & Testament and guardian of my children until they arrive at the age of sixteen years who if they think proper they may choose guardian for themselves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this second day of February AD 1838 Robert Wynne (seal)

Alexr H. Falconer

Marvin Roscoe

Wm P Pierce

Orphans court Oct 22, 1849, Robert Wynne Senr. Will probated