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 1809 - 1888 (78 years)
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| Name |
William H Crosby |
| Born |
13 Oct 1809 |
Tennessee  |
| Gender |
Male |
| WILL |
20 Dec 1884 |
Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas |
Will of William H. CROSBY, 1888
Know all men by these presents that I William H. Crosby knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life and being desirous of making disposion of what little property I have left and being desirous of partley compensating my dear friend R. H. Hunsuch and his wife Florance Hunsuch for ther kindness and care(?) I will and bequeath all my property both real and personal not disposed of during my lifetime and after the death and burial of myself and wife to my dear friend R. H. Hunsuch and his wife Florance Hunsuch and to their heirs and assigns for ever in fee.
This disposion of my property is made because I hav done all for my children that I am able to do J. H. Crosby Wm M. Crosby, Sarah Craferd Antonett M. White and my grand gaugter Sarah E. Dawson and J. T. Crosby all I fell able to do.
W H Crosby
signed in our presence and declared to be his last will and testament and we sign at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other and the testator is in approve good health and sound in mind
J. A. Nichols
W. D. Nichols
In the Probate Court of Sebastian County Arkansas
Be it remembered that in this 7th day of March 1888, in vacation before the clerk, appeared in person John A Nichols of lawful age, who being duly sworn deposes and says that the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of W. H. Crosby made and executed on or about the 20th day of December 1884, the same not having been date, is the genuine last will and testament of the said W. H. Crosby, and that the said W. H. Crosby signed the same in the presence of this deponent and in the presence of W. D. Nichols the other subscribing witness thereto and at the same time declared the same to be his last will and testament, that he the said W. H. Crosby was at that time over the age of twenty one years and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and that this deponent in the presence of said W. H. Crosby and at his request and in the presence of the said W D Nichols the other subscribing witness subscribed his name thereto as a witness; and that the said W. H. Crosby has since departed this life, in the Greenwood District of Sebastian County Arkansas.
J. A. Nichols
subscribed and sworn so before me on this 7th day of March 1888.
John A. McClure Clerk
by G. E. Litle D. C.
In the Probate Court of Sebastian County for the Greenwood District of Arkansas
Be it remembered that in this 7th day of March 1888, in vaccation before the clerk, appeared in person W. D. Nichols of lawful age, who being duly sworn deposes and says that the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of W. H. Crosby, made and executed on or about the 20th day of December 1884, the same not having been dated, is the genuine last will and testament of the said W. H. Crosby and that the said W. H. Crosby signed the same in the presence of this deponent and in the presence of John A. Nichols the other subscribing witness thereto, and at the same time declared the same to be his last will and testament, that he the said W. H. Crosby was at the time over the age of twenty one years and of sound and disposing mind and memory and that this deponent in the presence of said W. H. Crosby and at his request and in the presence of the said J. A. Nichols the other subscribing witness subscribed his name thereto as a witness; and that the said W H Crosby has since departed this life, in the Greenwood District of Sebastian County Arkansas.
W. D. Nichols
subscribed and sworn to before me on this 7th day of March 1888.
John A. McClure Clerk
by G. E. Litle D. C.
On Packet Back:
No 9
Jno. A. McClure Clerk
70} Proof of Will
Est W. H. Crosby Died
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Filed 3/7/88
John A McClure Clerk
By T. E. Litle D. C.
Apr 16
admitted to probate |
| Died |
18 Feb 1888 |
Sebastian County, Arkansas |
| PROBATE |
16 Apr 1888 |
Sebastian County, Arkansas |
| Buried |
Mount Harmony Cemetery, Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas |
| Person ID |
I156 |
Root Tree |
| Last Modified |
5 Sep 2010 |
| Father |
Thomas Caleb? Crosby ?, b. 05 Apr 1776, Fauquier County, Virginia , d. After 1840 (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Horner ?, b. 1784, Randolph County, North Carolina , d. Before 1830, Jefferson County (Age 46 years) |
| Married |
06 Aug 1803 |
Jefferson County, Tennessee |
| Vital Records |
 | 1803 Marriage Record
Jefferson County, Tennessee
Thomas Crosby & Polly Horner
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-VQ2V?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1Y2%3A1589264486%2C1589372470 : 15 December 2015), Jefferson > Marriage registers, 1792-1881 > image 60 of 594; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties. |
| Family ID |
F198 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lucy B Christian, b. 07 May 1812, Georgia or FRANCE , d. 08 Oct 1890, Sebastian County, Arkansas (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
1832 |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Crosby, b. @1834, Georgia , d. 1850 (Age ~ 15 years) |
| + | 2. James Harvey Crosby, b. 01 Jan 1835, Tennessee , d. 02 Mar 1912, Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 77 years) |
| + | 3. Jessee Crosby, b. 25 Jul 1836, Winston County, Mississippi , d. 22 Dec 1865 (Age 29 years) |
| + | 4. Sarah Ann Crosby, b. 1837, Mississippi , d. 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| | 5. Allen Crosby, b. @1840, Mississippi , d. 1850 (Age ~ 9 years) |
| + | 6. William M Crosby, b. 5 Jun 1841, Mississippi , d. 03 Jul 1919 (Age 78 years) |
| | 7. Harriet A Crosby, b. 24 Jul 1843, Arkansas , d. 16 Dec 1867, Arkansas (Age 24 years) |
| + | 8. Antoinette Mary Crosby, b. 1844, Arkansas , d. 1916 (Age 72 years) |
| | 9. Margaret Jane Crosby, b. 16 Aug 1848, Arkansas , d. 24 Mar 1864 (Age 15 years) |
| + | 10. John Thomas Crosby, b. 08 Jun 1856, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas , d. 21 May 1930, Camp Poe's Farm (Age 73 years) |
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| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2009 |
| Family ID |
F57 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | William H Crosby
W H
CROSBY
BORN
OCT 13 1809
DIED
FEB 1888
WITH JESUS
Plot: N-55 |
| Census Records
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 | 1840 Census
Winston County, Mississippi
William H Crosby
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 | 1840 Census
Winston County, Mississippi
William H Crosby - 2
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 | 1850 Census
White Rock, Franklin County, Arkansas
William H Crosby
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 | 1860 Census
Back Bone, Center, Sebastian County, Arkansas
William H Crosby
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 | 1870 Census
Greenwood, Bates, Sebastian County, Arkansas
William H Crosby
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 | 1880 Census
Washburn, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Andrew Dawson
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