Source:Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States. John Swearingen's Last Will & Testament

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Source John Swearingen's Last Will & Testament
Author Swearingen, John
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Place Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Year range 1848 - 1851
Surname Duke, Lawson, Swearingen
Subject Will/Probate records
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Type Government / Church records
Publisher FamilySearch.org
Date issued 14 June 2016
Place issued Yalobusha County,
Periodical / Series name Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930
Citation
Swearingen, John. John Swearingen's Last Will & Testament. (Yalobusha County, : FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016).
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John Swearingen's will. Names family members and "negro girl named Nancy, now about twelve years old daughter of my Negro woman Harriet." Names wife Sarah, son Thomas W. Swearingen [executor], John's deceased son Samuel, living children William W., George, and Eliza Lawson. Also Sarah Elizabeth & Eliza Jane Swearingen, daughters of Samuel. Granddaughters Mary Jane & Martha Ann Duke.

The will was written on 11 October 1848 and admitted to probate on 3 Dec 1851.