{"id":1724,"date":"2014-02-19T22:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T07:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2014-02-19T22:48:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T03:48:30","slug":"walker-john-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/walker-john-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Will of John Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: 24px\">Will Book __, Page 484<\/p>\n<p>In the Name of God, Amen.<\/p>\n<p>I <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">John Walker<\/span> of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee, being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, blessed by Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last Will &amp; Testament in manner and form following (viz):<\/p>\n<p>First. After paying all just debts, I give and bequeath unto my eldest children (Viz) <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Joshua Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">John Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Walter Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Edward Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Elizabeth Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Jane Epperson<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">James Walker<\/span> each one dollar, which several legacies I will and order to be paid to the said respective legatees after my decease.<\/p>\n<p>And the rest of the Estate to be equally divided between my beloved wife <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Elizabeth Walker<\/span> and my four youngest children (Viz) <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Cinthia Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Sarah Walker<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Frances Walker<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Andrew Walker<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>And, also, I hereby appoint <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Elizabeth Walker<\/span> my wife sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.<\/p>\n<p>In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. This 19th day of Aug., One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> John Walker<\/span> (seal) (his mark) [<span style=\"font-style: italic\">as transcribed<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p>Signed, sealed and declared by the above named <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">John Walker<\/span> to be his last Will &amp; Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">James<\/span> [<span style=\"font-style: italic\">X<\/span>] <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Walker<\/span> (his mark)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Nicholas Long<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This Hawkins County Will was transcribed by one of the following volunteers:\u00a0 Audrae Mathis; Gary Fletcher; Betty Mize; Diana Arney; Karen Negron, Kathey Welder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Book __, Page 484 In the Name of God, Amen. I John Walker of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee, being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, considering the uncertainty of this <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/walker-john-will\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}