{"id":633,"date":"2014-01-26T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/?p=633"},"modified":"2014-01-29T22:50:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T03:50:56","slug":"ballard-alexander-sr-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/ballard-alexander-sr-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Will of Alexander Ballard, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: 24px\">Will Book __, Page 52<br \/>\nMay 6, 1839<\/p>\n<p>To all whom these may concern, I, <b>Alexander Ballard,<\/b> Sen&#8217;r., in the Name of God, Amen, being sound in mind and memory, but frail in body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.<\/p>\n<p>First. I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter, <b>Sarah Ann Ballard<\/b>, the daughter of my son <b>Alexander Ballard, Jr<\/b>., my dwelling house and all my household furniture, to wit: One bed and furniture, one corner cupboard, one chest and one table and two chairs, one pot, one frying pan. To the said <b>Sarah Ann Ballard<\/b>, for her service to me in my old age, to be the said grandchild&#8217;s forever after my death.<\/p>\n<p>In witness whereof I have set my hand this day and year above written.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alexander x Ballard,<\/b> Sr. (his mark)<\/p>\n<p>Test: <b>Andrew Coffman<br \/>\nThimas<\/b> [<em>X<\/em>]<b> White <\/b>(his mark)<\/p>\n<p>May the 6th, One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-nine.<\/p>\n<p>To all whom these presents may concern. I <b>Alexander Ballard,<\/b> Sr., in the name of God, Amen, being sound in mind and memory, but frail in body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.<\/p>\n<p>My will is that my grandson, <b>James Mauley Ballard<\/b>, son of <b>Alexander Ballard, Jr.<\/b>, first, my saddle and bridle and big coat, the same to be <b>James M. Ballard&#8217;s<\/b> after my death, and also he &#8212; the said <b>James Mauley Ballard,<\/b> is to have one hundred dollars in silver when he is twenty one years of age, which I will to him after my death.<\/p>\n<p>And last of all, my will is that my son, <b>William Ballard<\/b> or his heirs, one dollar; <b>John Ballard<\/b>, one dollar; <b>David Ballard<\/b> one dollar; <b>Joshua Ballard<\/b>, <b>Alexander Ballard, Jr., George <\/b>and <b>Jesse Ballard<\/b> one dollar each, and to my daughter <b>Jane<\/b>, one dollar.<\/p>\n<p>All my burial expenses (to be) paid out of my estate.<\/p>\n<p>In witness whereof I set my hand this date and year as above written.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alexander Ballard, Sen&#8217;r <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Test: <b>Andrew Coffman<br \/>\nThomas<\/b> [<em>X<\/em>]<b> White<\/b> (his mark)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: small\">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 52 May 6, 1839 To all whom these may concern, I, Alexander Ballard, Sen&#8217;r., in the Name of God, Amen, being sound in mind and memory, but frail in body do make and ordain this my <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/ballard-alexander-sr-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-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","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=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":635,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}