Book A, Transcript Page: 426

In the name of God Amen

I John Shelby [Shelly?] of the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills made by me at any time.

1st I direct that my funeral expences and just and lawful debts that I may be oweing be paid as soon after my death as posible out of any monies that I may be possessed of or may first come in the hands of my Executors

2nd I direct that all my personal estate be sold

3rd I then make the following distribution of my estate which to me seemeth right

4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth M. Hilliard the sum of one Dollar which shall constitute her portion of my Estate

5th I give and bequeath to my daughter Caroline Fleming the sum of one Dollar which shall constitute her portion of my Estate

6th I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Polly H. Harper the sum of one Dollar which shall constitute their portion of my Estate

7th I give and bequeath to my son James T. Shelly the sum of one Dollar this shall constitute his portion of my Estate

8th I give and bequeath to my son John Shelly the sum of one Dollar this shall constitute his portion of my Estate

9th I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Adalina Park the sum of one Dollar which shall constitute their portion of my Estate

10th I give and bequeath to Sarah Brown and Nancy J. Park all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate to be equally divided between them of every description

11th and lastly I constitute and appoint my friends Willoughby Pugh and William Nicholass my Executors to execute all titles of my lands and real estate to them Witness whereof I do this my last and testament set my hand and seal this the 6th day of March 1865

John Shelly

Signed and sealed published in our presence and we have subscribed our names in the presence of the Testator this March 6th day 1865
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William L. Nicholas – Willoughby Pugh

State of Tennessee )
Carroll County (

I W. H. Graves of the county of County of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing was probated before me on the 18″ day of April 1865 by the testimony of Wm. S. Nicholas & Willoughby Pugh as the last will and testament of John Shelly Decd of which the foregoing is a
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W. H. Graves
County 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.