Book A, Transcript Page: 445

June 8th 1864
The old tract of land and the Jackson tract is connected togather and is to go to J. N. Collins and C. H. Collins is to have a home during her life or as long as she stay single I will one hundred dollars to C. H. Collins.
The place that W. Thomas Lettsinger lives on he is to pay one hundred dollars to L. Starky. My household property I want J. N. and C. H. Collins to have it and the remainder of my property to be sold and divided between the heirs of W. T. Ledsinger L. Starkey & W. M. C. Collins
J. N. Collins takes the tools and pays forty dollars to the heirs of W. M. C. Collins, W. T. Ledsinger & L. Starky I appoint J. N. Collins my Executor to wind up my buisness

D. Collins

John Simpson
F. M. Sellers
W. T. Ledsinger

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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