Source: Sumner County Tennessee, Oct. 1870 - April 1891, Will Book Vol. 4
page 233
The last Will and Testament of me Emma Clark of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee. I give, devise and bequeath to my daughter , Ellen Brown, all my household and kitchen furniture and all other personal goods and chattels of which I may die possessed. I also give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Ellen Brown and to her heirs forever. Sixty acres of land, the same to be a part of the land now owned by me West of Station Camp Creek and given to me by the Will of my brother Bennett E. Douglass.
I give, devise, and bequeath to my son William Clark, for and during his natural life Sixty acres of land to be a part of the afore mentioned land: and at his death the same I give bequeath and devise to my daughter Ellen Brown, The remainder of the land owned by me, the same being on the West of Station Camp Creek and given to me by the will of my brother Bennett E. Douglass.
I give, devise and bequeath to my daughters Jennie Bone, Bettie Harris and Sofa Dorris, each to have an equal share, and to their heirs forever, and to my two grand children, Emma Looney and Clark Looney each to have one half as much as each of my daughters Jennie Bone, Bettie Harris and Sofa Dorris.
My son Charles Clark has already received his portion of my estate.
I desire that my son William Clark live with my daughter Ellen Brown and her husband Dr. A. D. Brown and
that they clothe, feed and care for him: and I desire that my daughter Ellen Brown have full and complete
control of my son William Clark and the land given to him for and during his natural life by this my last will
and testament. Should my (234) son William Clark survive my daughter Ellen Brown then I desire my son
Charles Clark should have the care of my son William Clark and the land loaned loan to him during his
natural life. I desire that at my death one hundred and twenty acres of land be surveyed and laid off
beginning (sic) at Dr. A. D. Brown's on the creek and running with the creek to Mr. O. B. Jenkins line then
with his line and then with Mrs. Sofa Bell's line to distance sufficient to make one hundred and twenty acres
and then to a square line to Dr. A. D. Brown's line to Charles Clark's line as may be necessary to include
one hundred and twenty acres. This is the portion of land I desire that my daughter Ellen Brown and my son
William Clark should have. I desire and appoint my son Charles Clark as my Executor of my Will This is my
last will and testament in token whereof I hereunto set my hand this 2nd. day of Nov. 1881.
(signed) Emma Clark
Witnesses.
Bettie Douglass
Tyree L. Bell
State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court February Term 1882.
The last Will and Testament of Emma Clark, deceased, was this day presented in open Court for probate.
and was duly proven by the oath of Tyree L. Bell, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, which is
received by the Court and ordered to be recorded.
Copy Test. O. H. Foster