You can obtain a copy of the will from the Sumner County Archives.
Note: My copy is very faded and difficult to read.
In the name of God Amen:
I David Hardy Rickman of the County of Sumner in the State of Tennessee being weak in body,
but of sound mind and memory . . . in the year of eighteen hundred and twenty two make and
publish this my last will and testament . . . wife Peggy all my household and kitchen furniture of
every description. I also further bequeath unto my beloved wife . . . said sale of land to be divided
equally between my beloved wife Peggy Rickman and my daughter Malinda Elvira Rickman and
my daughter Polly Ann Rickman . . . appoint my brother Thomas Rickman and my Brother in
Law
William Henry Executors . . . wife Peggy Rickman, my brother Thomas Rickman and my brother
in
law Moses H. Henry Guardians of my daughters Malinda Elvira Rickman and Polly Ann
Rickman . . .
David Hardy Rickman
...who were present at the signing . . . Joshua Rickman, Benjamin S. Harper, Wm. P. C___?. . .
State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court May Term 1822
The last will and testament of David Hardy Rickman was produced in Court and duly proved by .
. .