Book A, Transcript Page: 369

I Rosanna Bell of the County of Carroll & State of Tennessee calling to mind the uncertainty of life and being of sound mind and disposing memory and being disirous of disposing of what worldly effects I may be in possession of at my death do make and publish this my last will and Testament revoking all other wills by me made at any time heretofore.
1st I desire that my body be burried in a decent and christian like manner.
2nd I will that all my debts be paid out of any monies that I may die in possession of or that may first come into the hands of my Executors hereinafter named.
3rd I will and bequeath to my three sons David Bell John A. Bell & Thomas C. Bell all of the property of ever discription whether the same be moneys or other property that I may die possessed of my will and desire is that if my dughter Rosanna Sidelle should be living at my death that my Executors should pay her the sum of fifty Dollars as her share of my estate but of my daughter Rosanna Sidelle should die before I do then and in that case I desire that my three sons above named should have all of my property and effects of every discription
5th I nominate and appoint my three sons David Bell John A. Bell and Thomas C. Bell Executors to this my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Jany 29th 1859

Rosanna Bell (Seal)

Signed in presence of
Felix Rutherford
John Norman.

State of Tennessee )
Carroll County ( October Term 1860.

At the above term of said Court was produced in open court a paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament Rosanna Bell decd. and was duly proven by the testimony of John Norman one of the witness & ordered to be recorded of which the foregoing is a copy test.

W. 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.