"TAMWORTH.
Mr. Paul Prisk, one of the pioneers of the district, died last night at his residence here. Deceased was over seventy years of age, and had amassed a considerable fortune in goldmining at Nundle and Hanging Rock."
The Maitland Daily Mercury, Friday 24 September 1897
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"An old Tamworth resident, named Paul Prisk, died from paralysis on Friday at the age of 68."
Evening News (Sydney), Saturday 25 September 1897
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Abstract of the Will of Paul Prisk of Woolomin near Tamworth, Grazier, written 4 Aug 1897, probate granted 22 Nov 1897. 2
Appoints Thomas John Treloar of Tamworth, merchant, and William Frederick Robey of the same place, bank manager, co-executors and trustees of his will.
Gives £100 to his wife Mary Prisk, along with all monies to become payable on his decease from the Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge, all books, furniture and other household effects. Also gives to his said wife the allotment of land on the corner of Oakenville and Gill Streets in the town of Nundle.
Gives to his trustees for the use of his son John Parkins Prisk and his heirs fifty-seven acres of suburban land in Woolamin, John Parkins Prisk to pay an annuity of £10 to Caroline Hervey wife of William Hervey of Hanging Rock near Nundle, miner. Also gives to his said son his property in John Street, Singleton, and his gold watch and chain.
Gives to the use of his son William Prisk and his heirs his farm of ten acres at West Tamworth, a parcel of land in Carthage Street, Tamworth, his property in Peel Street, Tamworth, and his two cottages in West Tamworth, William paying to the said Caroline Hervey an annuity of £10.
Gives to the use of his son Paul Alfred Prisk his property at the Four Mile Creek near Hanging Rock, his hotel property at the corner of Oakenville and Jenkins Street in Nundle, a two-acre paddock at Nundle known as the Hotel Paddock, his shares in the Black Snake Gold Mining Company at Hanging Rock, and a portion of land on the Peel River in the parish of Dungorran adjoining the land of John Parkins Prisk, Paul Alfred Prisk paying to the said Caroline Hervey an annuity of £10.
Gives to his three sons John Parkins Prisk, William Prisk and Paul Alfred Prisk, his shares in the Phoenix Flour Milling Company at Tamworth, his land at Werns? Creek, his horses and cattle, monies to become payable from his policy in the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and the remainder of his real and personal estate.
(Signed)
In a codicil he gives an additional £200 to his wife Mary Prisk, £50 to Caroline the wife of William Hervey, £275 to his son John Parkins Prisk of Woolamin, grazier, and £275 to his son Paul Alfred Prisk of Hanging Rock, grazier. Revokes the legacy made to his son William Prisk of two cottages in Tamworth, giving them to his wife Mary Prisk instead.
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