Will Book ___, Page 426<\/p>\n
In the Name of God, Amen.<\/p>\n
I, John Riggs<\/span> of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee, being in a bad state of health, but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God, do make and publish this my last Will & Testament in manner and form following, to wit:<\/p>\n First. After all my funeral expenses and all my debts are paid, I do then give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary W. Riggs<\/span> all the land that I am now seized and possessed of.<\/p>\n I also do give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary W. Riggs<\/span> my black girl named Emily<\/span> during her natural life or widowhood.<\/p>\n It is also my will that after my funeral expenses and debts are paid that the residue of my personal property go to my s’d wife Mary W. Riggs<\/span> during her natural life or widowhood for the purpose of enabling her to raise and school my children with the exception of such negroes as I may now set apart:<\/p>\n It is my will that my black boy named Major<\/span> and my black girl named Tabitha<\/span> be sold at public sale to the highest bidder on a twelve months credit; the proceeds of sale applied to the use of paying my debts.<\/p>\n After my debts are paid the residue to be put at interest for the benefit of my heirs, namely, Willin E. D. Johns<\/span>, a son that my wife had by her former husband; Samuel T. Riggs<\/span>, James V. Riggs<\/span>, Pleasant Marion Riggs<\/span>, and my daughter Louisa J. Riggs<\/span>, my heirs at law.<\/p>\n After the death or marriage of my said wife Mary W. Riggs<\/span>, it is my will that all my personal property shall be sold by my Executor and the proceeds equally divided amongst my s’d sons and daughters, share and share alike.<\/p>\n Lastly. I do nominate and appoint Franklin G. Taylor<\/span> my Executor.<\/p>\n In witness whereof I do to this my last will set my hand and seal this 31st day of January, 1849. Interlined before signing.<\/p>\n John Riggs<\/span> (seal)<\/p>\n Signed, sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the Testator This 31st day of January, 1849.<\/p>\n John H. Cockreham<\/span> This Hawkins County Will was transcribed by one of the following volunteers: Audrae Mathis; Gary Fletcher; Betty Mize; Diana Arney; Karen Negron, Kathey Welder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Will Book ___, Page 426 In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Riggs of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee, being in a bad state of health, but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God, do …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","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=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1884,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
William<\/span> [X<\/span>] Roberson <\/span>(his mark)<\/p>\n
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