Updated November 25, 2022
Background
Barry County is a county located in Southwest Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 35,597. Its county seat is Cassville. The county was organized in 1835 and named after William Taylor Barry, a U.S. Postmaster General from Kentucky.
Overview
Wills
Will of Spencer GILLUM
16 Nov 1869
State of Arkansas}
County of Carroll}
I, Spencer GILLUM of Barry County, Missouri, 16 November 1869.
1) to my wife Anna GILLUM, 25 acres of land, the upper end of my track lying where the house now stands through her life, then to be put to use by my two daughters Martha Elizabeth Boyd and Rebecka Louisa GILLUM also to my wife one mare, four head of stock cattle, seven head of sheep, twenty head of
hogs, one wagon, one rifle gun and all corn raised on the place this year.
2) To daughters Martha Elizabeth Boyd and Rebecka Louisa GILLUM the remaining 65 acres more or less to be sold immediately after my death.
Description of land: Lot # 1, 2, 3 SW qtr of Sec 14, T 21, R 25 containing 90 35/100 acres more or less.
3) All remaining at time of wife's death to Rebecka GILLUM.
4) To Son, William Briso GILLUM, the sum of Three dollars lawful money.
5) Appoint David T. Ferguson as executor.
Accepted by G. W. House, Judge of Probate, Barry County, Missouri on 14 December 1869
Affidavit: 22 Jan 1870, Jas C. Summers, Braxton Edmondson, James W. Warren in presence of A. H. McElyen, JP, Carroll County, Arkansas
Barry County, MO, Will Book ___, page ____
Sources
- Barry County, MO, Will Books