Pages 203 & 204, Will Book C, Jefferson County, Miss.
Last Will and Testament of Ernest E. Shaw, Deceased.
In the name of God, Amen.
I, Ernest E. Shaw, of Jefferson
County, Mississippi, being above the age of twenty-one years, of
sound and disposing mind and memory, aware of the uncertainties of
life and the certainty of death, do hereby make, publish, ordain and
declare this to be my true and lawful Last Will and Testament,
hereby revoking all prior Wills or Codicils which I may have
heretofore executed.
Item One: As soon as practicable after my death it is my desire that all my just debts be paid.
Item Two: It is my Will that I be buried in the Union Church Cemetery in a steel casket or in a casket set in concrete; and that a suitable monument, to cost not over $500.00, be erected at my grave.
Item Three: To Vernon Shaw, Purvis Shaw, Pete Shaw, Leta Shaw, Alma Shaw, and Annie Shaw, being six of the children of my deceased brother, T. A. Shaw, I hereby Will, devise and bequeath, as tenants in common, share and share alike, all my right, title, and interest if every character and kind, in and to the land left by my deceased sister, Mag Shaw, except only the “Mag Shaw Home Place” which I have heretofore quit-claimed to Ab Shaw.
Item Four: To my cook, Mary Lehman, who has worked for me for many years, in lieu of wages which she has allowed to accumulate and remain in my hands for safekeeping, I hereby Will, devise and bequeath the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars in cash, and also the house and yard which she now occupies, together with four acres of land South of said house, and an outlet to the public road.
Item Five: It is my express desire that no descendant of my
deceased sister, Leila Shaw McCallum, or of my deceased brother,
William Shaw, is to receive any portion of my estate. I hereby, for
reasons sufficient unto myself, expressly and specifically
disinherit each and every descendant or heir of the brother and
sister in this item named.
Item Six: All the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate, and all other property of every character
and kind, real, personal or mixed, and wheresoever situate, of which
I may die seized and possessed, I do hereby Will, devise and
bequeath to Sidney T. Shaw of Newellton, Louisiana, hereby
constituting and making him my sole and universal residuary legatee.
Item Seven: I do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint the said
Sidney T. Shaw of Newellton, Louisiana, Executor of this Will, and
do hereby waive the giving of any bond by him as such. I also waive
inventory and appraisement of my estate and I also waive the filing
of any accounts, annual or final in any Court. The said Sidney T.
Shaw is to have entire charge of the balance of said property and he
may sell, mortgage, or dispose of same in the same manner that he
could use any other property belonging to him, and he need not
procure any order of Court therefore, nor shall he be required to
execute the statutory bond of a residuary legatee.
In witness whereof, I, Ernest E. Shaw, have hereunto set my hand and have declared this to be my true and lawful Last Will and Testament in the presence of Frank V. Davis and Marjorie T. Smith, subscribing witnesses, who, at my request, and in my presence, and in the presence of each other, have signed their names as such subscribing witnesses, this the 17th day of August, 1937.
/s/ Ernest E. Shaw
We, Frank V. Davis and Marjorie T.
Smith, subscribing witnesses, do hereby certify that we saw Ernest
E. Shaw sign his name to this instrument and heard him declare same
to be his true and lawful Last Will and Testament, that he was then
above the age of twenty-one years and of sound and disposing mind
and memory, and that we, at his request, and in his presence, and in
the presence of each other, have hereunto signed our names as
subscribing witnesses.
This the 17th day of August 1937.
/s/
Frank V. Davis
/s/ Marjorie
T. Smith
Recorded April 9, 1940
O. S. Gillis, Chancery
Clerk
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E. E. Shaw
died on April 5, 1940 in a hospital in Vicksburg, MS. He was buried
according to his wishes in the Union Church Cemetery.