William Page Will (1859)
Book A, Transcript Page: 345
I William Page do make and publish this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.
I direct that my funeral expences and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any moneys that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my Executor.
Secondly I give and bequeath to my wife Lucy Page all my real and person estate during her natural life and after the death of my wife Lucy Page I further will and bequeath said estate both personal and real to Sarah Jane Bridges and her three children W. F. P. Bridges and J. H. Bridges & Lucy Jane Bridges.
Last I do hereby nominate and appoint Albert G. Hill my executor in witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this August the 1859.
William Page
Test
Hugh Leslie
B. S. Enloe
J. W. Critten
R. R. Read
State of Tennessee )
Carroll County ( September Term 1859 probated
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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