New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-30

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The Will of the Late DIR. Mercer.
On Thursday the first installment of the
will of the late DR.. William Newton Mercer
| was admitted to probate in the Second Dis
! trict Court for the parish of Orleans.
| 1t consisted of thirteen documents OF
varying size and Importance. the first OF
which. bearing date April IL, 1866, is only al.
| tered by subsequent documents in minor
particulars, although it is revoked by Will
Of April q. 1869, which rebestows almost
| all the legacies.
| This first will gives to his god-daughter,
Sarah Jane Duncan Butler, the marble
| front house in which he lived, on Canal
street, between Baronne and Carondelet
streets; also. the store No. 81 Carondelet
street, and 100 shares of Gaslight Company
| stock. To Anna E. Butler. stores Nos. %,
| 30 and 30, Carondelet street, and fifty
shares Of Gaslight Company stock. To
Mary E. Butler, store No. 50 Carondelet
street, and fifty shares Gaslight stock. To
! Mrs. Helen Cammack and her daughter
Anna, f500 each Celestine Eustis,
| $1,000; St. Mary's Asylum, $1,000; St.
Elizabeth's Asylum, $4,000; st. AIMS Asy-
| lum, the Robin street cotton press st.
| Mary's Asylum, Natchez, $1,000; Anna E.
Bogart, $1,000; W. w: N. Otey, $3oOO
Mrs. Mary Cooke, $500, and an an
| nuity of the same amount to Eliza H.
Young the usufruct of the Laurel Hill
| plantation and $1,000; to Washington Jack.
son his Jurgensen watch and ring; Wilmer
| Shields, the'Brookhurst plantation, $4,000,
| 100 shares Gaslight stock and all the land
in Illinois that might be owned by him at
| the time Of his death. Many old servants
received remembrances varying from $50
| to $500, and rings are bequeathed to several
| friends. or his servants he says. and re-
peats his words in later wills:
"My great anxiety has been always to pro-
vide for that class which were made de-
pendant on me by Providence; to treat them
Justly and kindly; to improve their morals
and instruct them in their duties to God
and to each other, and to prepare them for
the great change in their condition which
have long perceived was inevitable"
After some minor legacies, tagOn to DR..
John T. Metcalfe and the cancellatio of
two notes, he makes Pierce Butler, the god
son of his wife, sole residuary legatee and
appoints him and Wilmer Shields executors
A codicil of April %, 1866, desires that
he buried in the vault at Laurel Hill plan
tation, and begueaths his wearing apparel
to two servants.
Another, of June s. 1896, forbids the sale
of Laurel Hill.
A SUBSEQUENT will, of April 81, 1869, re-
vOkes all wills, and makes several changes
and bestows his property as follows: To
Mrs. Butler, house, No. las Canal street;
store, No. 80 Carondelet street, with 200
shares of gas stock; $1,000 in gold; $4,000 in
currency, and wearing apparel and Jewel
ry. Joanna Butler, No. 3d. and Mary But
Ter, No. % Carondelet street, with fifty
shares of gas stock each. To Anna M.
Metcalfe, No. 81 Carondelet street, and
$1,000. Mrs. Celestine Eustis, $4,000. Mrs
Helen Cammack and Anna Cammack f500
each; Protestant Orphan Asylum s l00O
w. N. NJ Otey $1,000; Anna E. Bogart
$1,000; ST. Mary's Asylum $4,000; ST Eliza
beth Asylum $4,000; St. Ann Asylum, the
Robin street cotton press; St. Mary's Asy-
ium, Natchez, $1,000; N. w. Bell $1,000;
Eliza Young the use of LAUREL Hill planta-
ton and $4,000; Wilmer Shields Brookhurst
plantation, Oakland place, 100 shares gas
stock, $4,000, etc., and. appoints him with
Pierce Butler executor.
A codicil of July S, 1869, makes Pierce
Butler residuary legatee.
A codicll of July 10, 1869, gives General
+. E. Lee, if he survives the testator, this
condition attaching to all requests, $1,000;
Washington College, portraits of Washing
ton and Jefferson and a collection of coins;
portrait of Webster is given to Redwood
Library, Newport, Rhode Island.
A codcil of September 8, 1869. gives b.
hernia plantation to Wilmer Shields.
A codicil OF September l6, 1869, confirms |
his former legacies, not altered by this in |
strument; to Mrs. Chaplain and her sisters, |
Fanny, Henrietta and Marie, $1,000 each; |
Maryland Agricultural College, $1,000; |
University, Lexington, Ken
lucky. btst of his friend H. Clay; the
Church Home of Baltimore, $1,000.
Codlcil of February 2, 1870, appoints
Thomas II. Kennedy attorney of the estate.
That of November 2, 1870, bequeathes the
wearing apparel previously given to Mrs.
Young to Mrs. Butler.
One of October 10, 1870, confirms all |
former wills, and gives his portrait to the
Corco1an Gallery, Lexington. Kentucky
One of April 26, 1872. makes Pierce Butler
residuary legatee.
One Of September 8, 1872, asserts his
debts to be trifling, and dispenses with an
inventory.
The last of September 9, 1872, gives a
house and lot, on Felicity street, to his
servant. johnson.
ALI the above documents, few being
witnessed and attested by friends, are in
the deceaseds handwriting.
On the twenty-eighth instant the fol-
owing documents, in his hand, were pro-
Dated:
A codicil, dated Springfield, Illinois, o.
tober 4, 1866, gives Wilmer Shields his
guns, ETC., and $1,000, and directs all lega-
lies and annuities to date from the day
Of his death.
That of October 80 1873, gives his SER
wants various requests, among them Ste
ven, $1,000; johnson, $500; Alphonse 5000,
,tc.
The last documents fled are two notarial
.cts. The first directs that the executor.
Pierce Butler, shall take care of the store
to Anna Metcalfe until she is
wenty one. The second gives to the pastor
It st. Ann Chapel, Esplanade street, and
lis successors forever an annuity of $1,000
o be taken solely from the revenues of
tore No. 81 Carondelet street, Pierce and
Yrs. Sarah Butler being charged with the
xecution Of the beouest and care of the
property. Both confirm all previous lega-
les.
The principal documents in this collec-
ion are written on foOlscap, on both sides
4 the paper, and each page Endorsed by
be testator The codicils are on small
otepaper, as carefully Endorsed, but seem.
ngly written on the spur of the moment.
The testator apparently had we'll defined
leas of the final disposition of mis- large
state, but he was utterly devoid of system
!, expressing them. None Of the requests
re ambiguous except, perhaps, the last.
IN q 10 RON dolaf street has been awarded