LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT SHAW, DECEASED
I, Robert Shaw of Sumner County, and State of Tennessee, do make and ordain and declare, this
instrument which is subscribed with my name to be my last Will and Testament revoking all
others.
First: All my debts are to be punctually paid, and the legacies herein after bequeathed, and
discharged as soon as circumstances will permit and in the manner directed.
Item: To my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Shaw, I give and bequeath the plantation whereon I
now live, the negroes, stock, farming, utensils and household and kitchen furniture, during the
term of her natural life. On the death of my wife, should my son William survive here, the
plantation, is to belong to him and his heirs, on condition that he pay unto my eldest son Thomas
Shaw three hundred and twenty-five dollars, I also bequeath to my son William Shaw on the
death of his Mother four negroes (to-wit) a boy named Randol, Lize and her two children, Mary
Ann, Harriet.
Item: To my daughter Sarah Stewart, I give and bequeath a negro girl named Jenny.
Item: To my daughters Jenny Patterson, Susanna Reed, Elizabeth Davis and Anna Shaw, I give
and bequeath two negroes (to-wit) Ben and Dina, should they not agree about the division of
them, in that case they are to be sold and the money equally divided among them. It is to be
distinctly understood that at the death of my wife, My son William is to have the stock of horses
and cattle and hogs, and sheep, farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture, and every other
thing attached to the plantation, except my wife's saddle mare, which she is to dispose of as she
sees fit. My daughter Sarah at my desire is to the negro before mentioned.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my son William Shaw, and David Latimer Executors, of this my
last Will and Testament. In testimony of all and each of the things herein contained, I have set my
hand and seal. This seventh day of July, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Three.
Robert Shaw
In presence of:
John Armfield
Owen White
Rich Martin
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