Book A, Transcript Page: 187

We Chesley M. Patters & Samuel R. Quinn do state that the noncupative will of Joab Stafford was made by him on the 11th day of Jan 1853 in our presence by the testator himself that it was made in his last sickness in his own habitation or dwelling and the same is as follows, (to wit)
It was his will and desire that his effects should be disposed of after his decease in the following manner. First that the claims comeing to him should be collected and all his just debts be paid out of his effects if there should be a sufficiency to discharge them, which he supposed there was. If so the property that remained or was on hand to be kept by his eldest son Diocleus Stafford for the purpose of keeping together and raising his young children and left as his Executor or requested Samuel R. Quinn to settle up his business made out by us and committed to writing this 17th day Jan 1853 & the said Joab Stafford departed this life on the 14th day of Jan 1853 given under our hands & seals this day of

C. M. Patterson
S. R. Quinn

Copy Test

State of Tennessee )
Carroll County( February Term 1853

This day the last Noncupative will and Testament of Joel Stafford was produced in open court and duly proven by the oath of Chesley M. Patterson & Samuel R. Quinn and was ordered by the court to be recorded of which the above is a copy test.

Wilbron H. Graves Clerk

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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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.