Book A, Transcript Page: 121

State of Tennessee)
Carroll County(

In the name of God, Amen. I Lemuel Rust being of Sound mind but weake in boddy do make this my last will and Testament my will and desiar is that all my Just debt being first paid my will and desair is after all my Just debts is paid. First my will is that Adline Rust to have a bed & furniture at my deth the ballence of my property Real and personal Estate is to belong to my beloved wife Nanny Rust during of her life and after her death, my will is that the deth of my will is that all my property Real and personal is to belong to my son Lemuel W. Rust. I appoint my son Lemuel W. Rust my sole executor of this my last will and Testament.

Lemuel Rust (Seal)
his mark

Signed seald and delivered in presents of us Febry 22nd, 1843.

Attest: J. T. Rust, Rawland Gooch

State of Tennessee)
Carroll County( June Term 1843 of Carroll County Court this day the last will & Testament of Lemuel Rust, Decd. was produced in open court and the Execution duly proven by the oathes of Jeremiah T. Rust and Rowland Gooch the two witnesses there to and ordered to be recorded.

Y. W. Allen, 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.

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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.