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Will of ROZENA SOMERSETT
Contributed by Phyllis Hill
Decatur County, Tennessee Probate Records Pd 86

I Rozena Somersett do make and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.

First I give and bequeath to William W. Somersett my husband all the land that I am seized and possessed of at the time of my death.

Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint William W. Somersett my Executor in witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand seal this 31st day of January 1879. her

Rozena x Somersett (Seal)
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Attest
Signed sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator This 31st day of January 1879.

W. G. Riggs
L. H. Taylor State of Tennessee Decatur County } I J. E. Dees Clerk of the County Court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the last will and Testament of Rozena Sommersett as proved before the county court of said county and which appears of record now on file in my office. Witness my hand at office this 6th day of May 1884

J. E. Dees Clerk

From Decatur County Cemetery Records:
Page 483, Prospect Cemetery
Rozena Somersett B. 12-31-1817 / D. 9-14-1881
wife of W. W. Somersett / Married 4-19-1837

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