Bartholomew White Will (1825)
Book A, Transcript Page: 273
This Indenture made in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. this with my last and dying breath I make my last will and testament Amen and hereby bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth all my household furniture and my farming utentials together with my part of the crop and One brown mare and saddle together my cattle Six head and five head of Sheep twenty seven head of hoggs and one Rifle gun and Six bee hives. together with my improvement I now live on to act with as she sees cause as long as she may live or remain my widdow she remaining no more my widdow then the property to be divided between Bartholemew & Elizabeth my Son and Daughter excepting one dollar to Bryan my son and one dollar Jackson my son & Solomon my son at the will of Executor and William my son one dollar and Mariah my Daughter on Dollar in one year after my departure from this time world it may be recovered from this my executor which I leave my beloved wife and Levi Mc Whorter to recover debts and make payments to creditors whereunto I authorise them to act and execute my last will and testament and now I command my my Sperit to God who first gave it and my body to its mother dust again Amen. Whereunto I have fixed my hand and seal this 28th day of May 1825 – In presence of Robt. Armour
Jackson White
John Pinckley
Bartholemew White (Seal)
his mark
State of Tennessee )
Carroll County Court ) September Term 1825
The execution of the within will was duly proven in open court by the Oathes of Robert Armour and Jackson White two of the subscribing witnesses
Test
Edward Gwin
Jackson White (Seal)
his mark
This text was transcribed by Jere Cox from the typescript entitled Tennessee Records of Carroll County Will Book “A” September, 1822 – 1864 (approximately) created in 1937 under the Works Progress Administration.
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