Will of J. G. Dunivant

Noncupative Will of J. G. Dunivant died. Set up and established at September Four 1889 &
ordered to be recorded. Recorded Sept. 24, 1889. W. L. Wilkerson, Clerk

On the 2nd day of September 1889 J. G. Dunivant deceased in his last sickness at his own habitation in Dyer county, declared in the presence of the undersigned who he especially requested to bear witness thereto that his will was as follows: That his daughter M. F. Dunivant have the household and kitchen furniture. That all the rest of his property both real and personal be divided equally between his eight children (or the heirs of those who have died). Mrs. Mary A. Wynne, Mrs. Cora Townsend, Mrs. Mary T. Wynne died, Miss M. F. Dunivant, J. H. Dunivant, W. I. Dunivant, J. B. Dunivant and F. A. Dunivant. The said J. H. Dunivant died on the 4th day of September 1889. Written and signed by us on the 23rd day of September 1889.

Guy Douglass
F. A. Dunivant

In the matter of the noncupative will of J. G. Dunivant-died.

This day the paper writing signed by Guy Douglass and F. A. Dunivant was produced in
open court and propounded as the noncupative Will of J. G. Dunivant and it appearing that
said Dunivant has departed this life and was a resident in Dyer County at the time of his
death and it being proved to the satisfaction of the Court by the Oaths of Guy Douglass and
F. A. Dunivant that said paper writing contains the disposition which the said Dunivant said
he desired to make as to his property and affairs and what he wished done with them after his
death and that said verbal directions were given by said Dunivant during his last sickness
at his own dwelling house in Dyer County in the presence and hearing of both of said witnesses
and that they were especially called upon by said Dunivant to bear witness thereto and that
he was of sound mind and memory at the time. That said verbal Will was reduced to writing
and signed by them and it appearing that the heirs have been duly cited to appear here at this
day and take such actions as they see proper relative to the probate of said Will and it
further appearing form the Oaths of said two witnesses that said paper writing contained the
verbal noncupative Will of said Dunivant and that the same should be established as such. It is
therefore ordered by the Court that said paper writing be set up and established as the
Last Will and Testament of said J. G. Dunivant and that the same be recorded in Will Book and
filed.

A true copy of Will and probate of same attest:
W. L. Wilkerson, Clerk
By R. I. Palmer, D. C.

Notes from contributor: The children of J. G. (George) are, we believe: Ann (M. A.),
Will (W. I.), F. A. (Felix A.), Cora, John (probably J. B), Tabitha and Frankie.
I have been unable to find out why J. G. and son died within days of each other.