Book 2, Pages 126-127
\nProven:\u00a0December 1, 1873<\/p>\n
State of Tennessee, Hawkins County:<\/p>\n
I Thomas Anderson<\/span>, being of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following.<\/p>\n First – I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Anderson<\/span>, all my household and kitchen furniture together with our sorrel mare during her natural life.<\/p>\n Secondly – I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Williams<\/span> the house where I live including the lot of land as has already been deeded to her.<\/p>\n Thirdly – I give and bequeath to my daughter in law Elizabeth Anderson<\/span> and her heirs the house where she now lives and eight acres of land around said house.<\/p>\n Fourthly – I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Harrel<\/span> and her heirs the house where she now lives and eight acres of land around said house.<\/p>\n Fifthly – I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Payne<\/span> and James W. Payne<\/span> the house where they now live and eight acres of land around said house during their natural life.<\/p>\n And the remainder of my land to be equally divided between Nancy Williams<\/span>, Elizabeth Anderson<\/span> and her heirs Elizabeth Harrel<\/span> and her heirs, Mary Payne<\/span> and James W. Payne<\/span> and at the death of Mary Payne<\/span> and James W. Payne<\/span>, their portion of the land to fall back to my lawful heirs.<\/p>\n Sixthly – I will and bequeath that all my money notes and property be equally divided between Nancy Williams<\/span>, Elizabeth Anderson<\/span> and her heirs, Elizabeth Harrell<\/span> and her heirs, Mary Payne<\/span> and James W. Payne<\/span>.<\/p>\n I hereby nominate and appoint David D. Anderson<\/span> my sole executor of this my last will and testament.<\/p>\n In witness of which I have hereunto set my and affixed my seal this the 2nd day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two.<\/p>\n Thomas Anderson<\/span> (Seal)<\/p>\n Signed, Published, Sealed and delivered by the above named Thomas Anderson<\/span> to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of the testator, as witnesses:<\/p>\n David D. Anderson<\/span> Transcribed by Betty Mize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book 2, Pages 126-127 Proven:\u00a0December 1, 1873 State of Tennessee, Hawkins County: I Thomas Anderson, being of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First – I …<\/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-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","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=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Andrew Derick<\/span><\/p>\n
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