Alexander SMITH Estate

Allotment of Dower for Estate of Alexander SMITH.
The 1887 plat depiction is placed approximately over a current map.

[A Dower is a common law that entitled a widow to a portion of her husband's estate in absence of a will. The provision of dower allowed the wife to provide for herself and any children born during the marriage. In most circumstances, the widow was granted up to one-third interest in her husband's assets.]

Contributed by Jo Lee Spears