New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-28

A QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS LEFT HIM by
MRS. SARAH A. DoRsEY-THE WILL 10 BE CON
TESTED.
The will of the late Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey,
by which she bequeathed TO Jefferson Davis Beau
voir" her homo the Gulf Coast in Mississippi seFerai
plantations Ia Louisiana. besides other property the
whole valued is to be contested 1t is sald
on the ground undue influence The heirs to the prop
erty are Mrs Dorsey's brother, Stephen p Ellis, OF
Brooklyn N Y, her sister, Mrs. Inez Peckham and her
niece and Mrs Appeline Ellis, niece Of General Meade
Mrs Dorseys halbrothers Mortimer and Charles DAM
gren OF General Charles G. Dahlgren, who married
Mrs. DOrsey's mother and who lives In BROOKLYN, VIII
probably also Join In cOntesting the WILL MORTIMER
Dahgren is now living in st. Louis For two years be
lived at Beauvolr" manager Of Mrs. Dorseys pus-
ness and during this time Jefferson Davis was aresi'
dent there II IL said that left tho house account
Of a dispute in regard Mr.. Days's prOtracted WISH
and because Mr. Davis began TO assume the manage
ment OF the place The wife OF Mr. Davis visited "Bes-
vor only twice during her husbands presence there
remaining at her home in Memphis for the rest OF the
time.
Stephen p. Ellis, Of No. 1,O53 Lafayetteaye.. Brook
lyn recently received from Jefferson Davis copy OF
Mrs Dorsey's will The will entered for probate In
the Second District Court OF NewOrleans July 10 ana
was presented by Jefferson Davis 1t is understood that
by this Mr. Davis expresses his determination TO &C.
cep the bequest the exclusion OF the natural heirs IL
Thought that tine case Will ne
Fall Circuit OF the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The
will over which the contest will come reads as olowsi
BEAUyoIR, Harrison County. Miss, Jan. A. 1873.
T. saran Anne Dorsey. OF TcDsas Parish, La, being
aware OF the uncertainty of life, and being In sound
health OF mind and body do make this my last VIII ana
testament which write, sign aud seal with my own
hand I'm the presence OF three competent witnesses
possess property the states OF Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas owe obligation OF any sort whatever
to any relative OF my own; have done all could for
them during life. Therefore give and Dequcath all
my property, real personal and mixed, wherever To-
Gated and situated wholly ana entirely, Without nlhd-
rance or qualification, my most honored and esteemed
friend jefferson Davis, exPresident OF the Confederate
States for his sole and benefit, IN fee simple,
foreyeF aud hereby constitute him sole heir, ex-
survive me- all that have bequeathea him TO MS
youngest daughter Varina do not intend 10 share In
the ingatItude OF country toward the man VINO u.s.
in eyes, the highest ana modest III existence.
In testimony whereof sign this Will, written with my
own hand, in the presence OF w, L. Ndlthau, L. ,.
Hewes and John c. Craig, subscribing Witnesses, resi-
dents in Harrison County, Miss.
Mrs Dorsey is described by her stepfather General
Dahlgren brother OF the late RearAdmral Dahlgren
as having been remarkable woman She was thorough
ly educated and very attractive woman. She was
energetic and lmpulsye and at times everything had TO
yield TO her Will. -,
to have been connected with the English family or
Pereys Captain Percy il said to have drowned hlInsen
and James Brown, a descendant of MS. once United
Senator from Louisiana, also committed suicide.
other instances IL is argued that mental uerage-
ment is hereditary In the family. Mrs. Dorsey rather,
Thomas l.. Ellis, married Mary NJ. Ronth, direct de-
scendant OF Captain Percy. Mrs Ellis had four child
ren-Sarah, the whose will Is to be contested Ste
phen, Thomas and Inca Sarah married Samuel W. Dor
sey, a son Of ChiefJustiee Dorsey, OF Maryland.