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Mary B. Dysart's Will

Marshall County, Tennessee Will Book B, pages 396 and 397

396 Mary B. Dysart's Will

March 14, 1872

I Mary B. Dysart, resident of Marshall County, Tennessee, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me made heretofore at any time.

And First I direct that my burial expenses and all my debts be paid out of the money that first comes into the hands of my executors from any portion of my estate, personal or real.

2. Secondly I give and bequeath to My daughter Martha L. Easley one half of the remainder of my personal and real estate.

3. Thirdly I give and bequeath to Mary A. Woods, Francis D. Woods and Nancy E. Woods ( children of my daughter, Elisabeth E. Woods) the sum of five dollars each.

Fourthly I give and bequeath to Elvena Woods, daughter of the above specified Elisebeth E. & C. H. Woods, the remaining portion of my personal and real estate.

4. Fifthly I do hereby make, ordain, and appoint my Nephew, F. L. Woods, Sr. executor of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I Mary B. Dysart the said testator have to this my will written on one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two.

her

Mary X B Dysart {SEAL}

Mark

Signed sealed and published Witnesses

in the presence of us who have F. B. Woods Jurat Sep 4/76

subscribed in the presence of the J. L. Woods " " " "

testator and of each other.

State of Tennessee County Court September

Marshall County Term 1876

Personally appeared in open court F. B. Woods and J. L.Woods subscribing witnessess……………………………………………………….

I failed to transcribe page 397 or have lost my copy of it

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Mary B. Dysart was Mary (Blair) Woods (23 Oct 1797-1 Jan 1876), daughter of Francis H. & Mary (Leeper) Woods. She married Francis (Frank) Dysart ("31" Nov 1788-22 May 1824) on 7 Dec 1819. They are said to be buried at Bethbirei Cemetery, Farmington, Marshall County. [See: Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee, copyright 1976 by Jane Wallace Alford, pages 35 and 36 regarding John Dysart. (Francis Dysart was a son of John Dysart & wife, Martha Patton)].

"My daughter, Martha L. Easley" named in paragraph 2 of the will was Martha (Leeper) Dysart who married Bedford Endsley. (Both buried at Round Hill).

"My daughter, Elisebeth E. Woods"mentioned in paragraphs 3 & 4 was Elizabeth Elrena Dysart ( 8 Mar 1823-16 Sep 1857) who had married Cory H. Woods on 29 Jan 1841. She was already deceased at the time this will was prepared. Mary Dysart was making bequests to Elisebeth's surviving children.

"My Nephew, F. L. Woods" named as executor of the will may have been Francis Leander Woods (1840-1909), son of Mary B. Dysart's brother, Francis Bedford Woods (1809-1892) but could have been Francis Leroy Woods (1829-1909, son of another of Mary's brothers, James Leeper Woods & his wife, Amelia Muse. The subscribing witnesses to the will, F. B. Woods and J. L. Woods, were probably Mary B. Dysart's brothers, Francis Bedford Woods and James Leeper Woods. [See: "The WOODS FAMILY of Piedmont," taken from "A WOODS FAMILY HISTORY" compiled by Elbert Weyman Woods, 1983, 508 Fayetteville Road, Jonesboro, GA 30236 on pages 61-63 of Vol XIV Summer 1983 No II Marshall County Historical Quarterly published by the Marshall County Historical Society, Lewisburg, TN 37091.