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Win there is a "Will" not only is there "a way" but there are relatives!

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Elam Alexander, (The Millionaire $1,065,500 in 1860), has the execution of his Will contested by heirs in 1913.

Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren listed below of Elam's sister; Mrs. Esther Morrison

  • Miss Esther Bollick, Thomas Bollick

  • Julia Cooper

  • Gertrude Matheson, W. J. Matheson

  • J. T. Bagwell, E.B. Bagwell

  • Temperance Poindexter

  • James Perry, W.M Perry, Bettie Perry Watts

  • J. A. Deal,

  • S.T. Burke

  • M.B Morrison, Georgia Morrison

  • W.B. Stewart, Florence Stewart

  • Sophia Stevenson

  • Margaret Wallace

  • Mattie McLelland, Jessie McLelland, Eulalia McLelland

They demand to know the following from Alexander free school board:

  1. What amounts and character of securities are now in the hands of corporation and trustees of the Alexander free school?

  2. What amount of property or funds they hold in cash?

  3. What amount of principal and what amount of interest has been invested by them in construction repairs and maintenance of the buildings known as Schools, No. 1,2, and 3?

The will gave:

  • 100 shares to his only daughter Mrs. Martha Ann Davenport.

  • 100 shares to Samuel M Subers (Who is he? Is he a relative? in 1860 there is a Samuel M Subers, Merchant. To give more to him than his relatives is ....interesting...)

  • 15 shares to Elam Alexander Clarke (Who is he? There is a 6 yr old Elam A Clark in the 1860 census whose daddy Daniel Clark was also a merchant...interesting) He is getting more than Elam's brother or niece listed below. Wonder why?

  • 20 shares to Franklin Morrison, Mr. Alexander's nephew. That makes sense

  • 10 shares to his brother Oswin Alexander That makes sense I can see why his sister's heirs are Sueing the estate since she doesn't appear to be in the will. I mean why not?

  • 10 shares to his niece Amanda N Moore That makes sense.

    • 10 shares to Kate Moore; daughter of Amanda Moore That makes sense

My unrelated Questions to this lawsuit

@Brenda Williams’ research on the Will , notes that enslaved people were directed to fund the "free" schools through their labor.

  1. For how many years did enslaved individuals literally fund the trust with their unpaid labor?

  2. After emancipation, were the former slaves paid for any continued work on the school properties, or did the trust still benefit without compensation?

  3. Did any of them remain with the trust operations, or did they leave once freedom came?


I think the ancestor's should be allowed to speak on this one. What do you think?

The ancestors built this fortune. I believe they should be allowed to speak on how it was ultimately used — and who it truly benefited.

Let the Ancestor Speak

Lana Reed

@ltas411





 
 
 

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