Bibb County AlArchives Wills.....Carter, Charles September 17, 1863
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Source: Bibb County Administrator Account Book “i”, Page 742
Written: September 17, 1863

State of Alabama, Bibb County.
Know all you men by these presents that I Charles Carter of the County and 
State aforesaid considering the uncertainty of this life and being of sound 
mind and memory do make, declare and publish this my last will and Testament.
First I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah the use improvements of my dwelling 
house lands and their appurtenances situated in the county and state aforesaid 
to have and to hold the same during her natural life.
Second I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah all of my real and personal 
property to have and to hold the use and benefit of the same during her 
natural life.
Third I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Jane Session, formerly Mary Jane 
Wood, the tract of land lying on Six Mile Creek, in the County and State 
aforesaid containing about one hundred and eighty acres of land and known as 
the place where Robert Defir (?) now lives.
Fourth I give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary Jane two Negro boys, to-
wit, Sephus and Ben which she now has in her possession.
Fifth I give and bequeath to my grandchildren William C. Wood, Sarah L. Wood, 
Nancy A. Wood, and Marietta C. Wood, heirs of David L. Wood deceased, all of 
my personal and real estate to have the same after the death of my wife Sarah.
Sixth I will and bequeath that after the decease of my wife Sarah my said 
grandchildren shall be possessed of all my real personal property of whatever 
character it may consist in to be divided equally amongst the four reserving 
to William C. Wood the privilege of having and holding the mills, both saw and 
grist mills and the tract of land on which they are situated.
Seventh I will and bequeath that if either one of my grandchildren should die 
before receiving their proportionate share of my said estate that it shall be 
equally divided amongst the surviving grandchildren aforesaid (to wit) William 
C. Wood, Sarah L. Wood, Nancy A. Wood and Marietta C. Wood.
Eighth I do nominate and appoint my grandson William C. Wood to be the 
executor of this my last will and Testament in testimony whereof I have to 
this my last will and Testament subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 
the Seventeenth of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight 
hundred and Sixty Three,
Charles Carter (Seal)
Signed in Presence of
P. Wallace
Owen J. Bell
W. M. Clark


Additional Comments:
[Charles Carter died April 20, 1864 and is buried in Six Mile Church 
Cemetery.  This will is contested by Mary J. Sessions and husband Francis S. 
Sessions: Bibb County Probate Minutes 1863 – 1864, pages 70, 78, 81, 85, 86.]

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