Will Book __, Page 91
\nMay 16, 1816
\nProven: Nov., 1820<\/p>\n
In the Name of God, Amen.<\/p>\n
I, John Cox <\/b>of the State of Tennessee and County of Hawkins, being of sound sense and memory, though in a declining state of health, do this sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixteen, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in writing.<\/p>\n
First. I desire after decease to be buried in a plain and decent manner.<\/p>\n
Item. I do give the following children one dollar each, (Viz): Patty Matlock<\/b>, Nancy Sims<\/b>, Elizabeth Sims<\/b>, Sally Cocke<\/b>, Katy Looney<\/b>, Josiah<\/b> and Absalom Cox<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Item. I do give the balance of my property both real and personal to my son George Cox<\/b> on condition that he takes good care of his mother and my wife Frances Cox<\/b> during her life, except my sorrel horse colt.<\/p>\n
Item. I do give my grandson Russel Cox<\/b> my sorrel horse colt.<\/p>\n
Item. I appoint and request my son George Cox<\/b> to be my Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and do hereby revoke and void every other will or wills by me made.<\/p>\n
In witness whereof I, the said John Cox<\/b> Testator, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, the day and date above written.<\/p>\n
John<\/b> [X<\/em>] Cox<\/b> (seal) (his mark)<\/p>\n Test.<\/p>\n John Howell 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":" Will Book __, Page 91 May 16, 1816 Proven: Nov., 1820 In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Cox of the State of Tennessee and County of Hawkins, being of sound sense and memory, though in a declining state …<\/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-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755","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=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJohn Laughmiller<\/b><\/p>\n
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