THE
WILL OF SARAH
ANN DORSEY
January 4th,
1878. BEAUVOIR,
HARRISON
COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI.
I,
Sarah Ann
Dorsey, of
Tensas Parish,
Louisiana,
being aware of
the
uncertainty of
life, and
being sound in
health of mind
and body, do
make this, my
last will and
testament, in
the presence
of three
competent
witnesses, as
I possess
property in
the States of
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
and Arkansas.
I owe no
obligation of
any sort to
any relative
of my own. I
have done all
I could for
them during my
life. I,
therefore,
give and
bequeath all
of my
property,
real,
personal, and
mixed,
wherever
located and
situated,
wholly and
entirely
without
hindrance or
qualification,
to my most
honored and
esteemed
friend,
Jefferson
Davis,
ex-President
of the
Confederate
States, for
his own sole
use and
benefit, in
fee-simple
forever; and I
hereby
constitute him
my sole heir,
executor, and
administrator.
If Jefferson
Davis should
not survive
me, I give all
that I have
bequeathed to
him to his
youngest
daughter,
Varina. I do
not intend to
share in the
ingratitude of
my country
toward the man
who is, in my
eyes, the
highest and
noblest in
existence. In
testimony
whereof I sign
this will,
written with
my own hand,
in the
presence of W.
T. Walthall,
F. S. Hewes,
and John C.
Craig,
subscribing
witnesses
resident in
Harrison
County,
Mississippi.
( Signed)
SARAH ANN
DORSEY.
[Seal]. On
July 15, 1879,
the foregoing
was duly
declared the
will of Mrs.
Dorsey, by
Judge A. L.
Tissot, Judge
of the Second
District court
for the Parish
of Orleans,
Louisiana.
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