Book A, Transcript Page: 226

I Elizabeth B. Fuqua do make this my last will and Testament. I will and bequeath to my mother Mary P. Fuqua all I possess so long as she lives and at her death I wish it to be equally divided between James P. Fuqua & Armon Adams December 6th 1853

Elizabeth B. Fuqua

Witness

L. Tucker

H. F. Harris

State of Tennessee )

Carroll County Court ( Term 1854 Monday

This day was produced in open court a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth B. Fuqua Decd and was duly proven by the oathes H. F. Harris & J. L. Tucker subscribing witnesses thereto the court thereupon ordered the same to be duly recorded of which the above is a copy Test

W. H. Graves Clk.

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.

Corresponding Resource: FamilySearch has a microfilm copy of the WPA transcript of Will Book A available to view on-line (click here).  A free FamilySearch login is required to view microfilm.

Jere Cox was an early Carroll County TNGenWeb coordinator.  We do not intend to violate Jere’s copyright interests by including the transcription here, but we want to make sure his efforts remain available for future researchers.