Author: Prentiss County Genealogical and Historical Society (Mississippi)Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Wills of Union County, Mississippi
Author: Prentiss County Genealogical and Historical Society (Mississippi)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Wills of Union County Mississippi
Author: Melvin LambertPublisher:
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Category : Court records
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Union County Index to Wills, 1843-1900
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Category : Union County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Abstracts of Forrest County, Mississippi Wills
Author: Betty S. DrakePublisher:
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Category : Forrest County (Miss.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Union County Wills and Guardians, 1856-1862
Author: Tennessee Historical Records SurveyPublisher:
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Category : Guardian and ward
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Marshall County, Mississippi Probate and Will Records
Author: Betty Couch WiltshirePublisher:
ISBN: 9781885480101
Category : Marshall County (Miss.)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Contains wills and marriages, 1836-1839; Probate Court minutes, 1839- 1845; Probate Court records, 1842-1862.
Forrest County, Mississippi Abstracts of Will Books 1-2 (1908-1943) Including Wills from Old Perry Co. Courthouse, 1889-1891 and Wills from the Old Perry Co., 1889-1891 and from the Old 2nd District, 1898-1907
Author: Betty DrakePublisher:
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Category : Forrest County (Miss.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inherit the Land
Author: Gene StowePublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578068647
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Ross--who had grown up in the sisters' household--and his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with eight hundred acres, hundreds of dollars in cash, and two of the white family's three gold watches went to Bob Ross and Houston. As soon as the contents of the will became known, more than one hundred of Maggie Ross's scandalized cousins sued to break the will, claiming that its bequest to black people proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent. Revealing the details of this case and of the lives of the people involved in it, Gene Stowe presents a story that sheds light on and complicates our understanding of the Jim Crow South. Stowe's account of this famous court battle shows how specific individuals, both white and black, labored against the status quo of white superiority and ultimately won. An evocative portrait of an entire generation's sins, Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will hints at the possibility for color-blind justice in small-town North Carolina.
Abstracts of Forrest County, Mississippi Wills, Will Books 1 and 2 (1908-1943)
Author: Betty S. DrakePublisher:
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Category : Forrest County (Miss.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Will Index
Author: Ruby RoriePublisher:
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Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
This book is a partial listing of all the wills at the Prentiss County courthouse in Booneville, MS. It contains approximately 1,700 names and shows the book and page number where the actual will is recorded.
