Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Charles Wills as a young man in a suit and tie.

A photograph similar to these was used in the 1964 Stonewall Jackson High School Yearbook (SJHS) titled, "Jacksonian Heritage".

Photo of two separate photographs of Kitty Wills as a young woman in a formal dress.

Kitty was from Mt. Jackson.

Photograph of the one-page last will and testament of photographer Hugh Morrison, Jr., written in his own hand.

In it, he leaves all his property to his wife, Grace E. Morrison, and names her "executrix" without bond.

The document was signed…

Photograph of the one-page will signed by Romeo J. Finks.

The undated will instructs that after all debts are paid, the remainder of his estate should be given to his wife, Ruth G. Finks. She is also named as his executrix.

Witnesses were…

Photograph of a hand-written page from what appears to be a Shenandooah County Will book. The page includes partial entries for two separate wills.

At the top, it appears the will of John Hammon came before the court on January 13, 1806. Two…

Photograph of a handwritten page outlining the steps taken by the Clerk's office in Shenandoah County in 1916 to determine and execute the terms of the last will of M.C. Rickard.

It appears that two of the beneficiaries, Stomer and Oscar Rickard,…

Photograph of a page from Adeline Jobe's will. This page lists items ten and eleven of her will. It is signed and dated January 29, 1940.

Photograph of a piece of paper and an envelope from Adeline Jobe's will. The piece of paper is dated January 19, 1940 with Adeline Jobe's signature. The envelope appears to list Mr. Lester Lawrence's firm in Washington, D.C.

Photograph of a page from Adeline Jobe's will. It appears to show the end of a letter and is signed by Adeline Jobe dated May 31, 1945.

Photograph of a page from Adeline Jobe's will. This page is the beginning of a letter addressed to Mr. Lawrence requesting changes to her will.

Photograph of Adeline Jobe's will dated January 29, 1940. This section of Adeline Jobe's will lists nine items.

Photograph of John Hammon's will from 1803. The photograph is slightly underexposed.

Photograph of the signature page from Gabriel Sager's original 1828 will.

It was written on December 8th, 1828, and witnessed by George Shrum, Jacob Cook and John Cook.

Photograph of a page from Gabriel Sager's original will filed on December 8, 1828.

This image includes distributions to grandsons Joseph and Rubin Cauffman, and to daughters Mary, Elizabeth (wife of Peter Dull), Barbra (wife of Abraham Schmitz),…

Photograph of the last will and testament of Conrad Sager.

Filed in 1801, the will directs that the entire estate be left to his wife, Mary, on the condition that she "should maintain and school my children ... until they come of lawful age". …

Photograph of a page from Gabriel Sager's last will and testament where he clarifies that this 1848 "Codicil" is necessary because the terms of his original will, dated December 6th, 1827, gave his entire estate to his son, Ely, who has subsequently…

Photograph of the page from Gabriel Sager's 1848 will that directs his daughter, Ann Sager, be given 40 acres.

Further, he directs that she should have "free privilege to fetch water out of the spring" owned by his sons, John and Ely.

Photograph of a page from Gabriel Sager's 1848 will directing that his plantation (called the Lantz tract) be divided between his two daughters, Esther and Delila.

Further instructions for his executor, David Crawford, are also on this page.

Photograph of Page 1 of the 1848 last will and testament of Gabriel Sager.

On this page, he wishes his wife, Mary Sager, to have her choice of houses, cows, sheep etc. She is to have the use of the lands until her sons, John and Ely, reach…

Photograph of a handwritten page from the 1848 will of Gabriel Sager where he directs how he wishes his land to be divided.

Many of his children are mentioned: Ledya Sager Coney, Susan, Delila, Etha, Ely, and John Sager.

Photograph of the first page of the Last Will and Testament for Gabriel Sager, dated from 1848.

Photograph of two separate legal documents.

The top half of the image is part of a will signed by "M.C. Rickard" from near Calvary on 16 June 1906. The document leaves to Mary E. Howers and her four children the lot at Calvary on which there was…
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