Kate’s notes: The W. S. Gilliland of this document is the same man who is the subject of the Gilliland Trails library report on the William S. Gilliland log cabin and cemetery. Please refer to that report for more genealogical information.

W. S. Gilliland’s Will.

I, William S. Gilliland of the city of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, being of sound  and disposing mind, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament. This is to say:
   First: I direct that I shall be buried in a manner, according with my circumstances and station in life,
   Second, I give, bequeath and devise unto my executor hereinafter named, all my estate both real and personal, wherever situate, of which I may die seized and possessed, or which I may be entitled and the rents issues and profits of my real estate unto the same shall be sold, the whole thereof to be converted into money by him and to be disposed of as follows - That is to say:
   1st. From the proceeds of the sale of my one-sixth interest in the house and lot situate on the upper side of Brooks street opposite the property of my son-in-law John Gilliland, which said one-sixth I inherited from my deceased daughter Maria Gilliland, I direct my said executor to cause to be erected, a suitable inscribed monument to mark the grave of my daughter Maria, the said monument to cost not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars; the residue of the proceeds of the said one-sixth interest to go to my grand-daughter, Nina Gilliland.
   2nd. I direct that the rest and residue of my estate, after the payment of my funeral expenses, my just debts and charges and expenses of administering on my estate shall be equally divided by my executor and distributed to and among my five children, to wit: Margaret E. Allen, William A. Gilliland, Fannie S. Gilliland, John S. Gilliland and Samuel W. Gilliland – and to this end, I direct my said executor to make sale, private or public, at his discretion, as soon after my death as he shall secure what, in his judgment, is a fair price therefor, my house and lot situate on the lower side of Brooks street in the city of Charleston, opposite the end of Lewis street, which I inherited from my said daughter Maria Gilliland – If either of my said children should die before I do, then the share of such as may so die, shall pass to and be distributed among the legal heirs of any so dying according to the law of descents and distribution.
   Third: I hereby name and appoint my son-in-law John Gilliland, executor of this my last will and testament and direct that no security be required of him as such – in Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this twenty-first day of April, 1899.

                                                                            W. S. Gilliland (Seal)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William S. Gilliland, as and for his last will and testament in our presence and we, in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year last above written.

                                                                            Murray Briggs
                                                                            H. M. Brown

Codicil.
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Since the execution of the foregoing will, I have sold the home and lot mentioned therein as being on the lower side of Brooks Street, opposite the end of Lewis Street, which I inherited from my daughter Maria, thus changing to that extent the directions given in my will -  It is my further desire to leave to Annie Glenn some testimonial of my affection of her faithful services and kind attentions rendered me, and I hereby give and bequeath to her my wardrobe, bureau, split bottom rocking chair and one small black chain part of my personal property – 
                                                          In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affixed my seal, this 17th day of September, 1900.
                                                                                 His
                                                                            W. x S. Gilliland   (Seal)
                                                                                Mark

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said William S. Gilliland, as a codicil to his last will and testament in our presence and we, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses, the day and year last above written.

                                                                            Murray Briggs
                                                                            H. M. Brown
                                                                                   Witnesses.

At a Regular Session of the County Court of Kanawha County continued and held for said County at the Court House thereof, on Saturday the 16th. day of May, 1903.
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of W. S. Gilliland, deceased, late of this County, was this day presented to the Court for probate and the same being duly proved by the oaths of H. M. Brown and Murray Briggs, subscribing witnesses thereto, the same is duly probated and ordered to be recorded and filed as and for the last will and testament of said decedent.
                                                                            A true Copy from the record.
                                                                                                  Teste   E. W. Staunton  Clerk,
                                                                                                               Kanawha County Court.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012