The following was transcribed by Susan Leach Snyder on October 25, 2015 from Negative Originals in the North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 filmstrip #1715.
Alma (Anna Eliza ) filed the following in response to her husband (Henry Colerider) 's will:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Holding a Probate court.In the matter of the
Estate of
HENRY CLAY COLERIDER,
DeceasedNo. 45,384, Adm
RENUNCIATION OF DEVISE AND BEQUEST
I, ALMA COLERIDER, widow of the above named HENRY CLAY COLERIDER, late of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, deceased, do hereby renounce and quit all claim to any devise or bequest made to me by the last will of my husband exhibited and proved according to law; and I elect to take in lieu thereof my dower and legal share of the estate of my said husband.
WITNESS: My hand and seal this 5th day of October, 1933.
ALMA COLERIDER (Seal)
IN THE PRESENCE OF:
GEORGIA F. DURHAM
815 15th
[Dower is a wife’s interest in her husband’s property upon his death. It is a portion of the deceased husband’s real property, usually one-third, that a widow is legally entitled to use during her lifetime to support herself and their children.]
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