Source: TSL&A Microfilm, pages 215-217
I Thomas Dugger of Wilson County and State of Tennessee, being very sick but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament and manner and form following to wit.
In the first place I give unto my beloved wife Charlotte Dugger her choice of one of my mares and
one of my feather beds and furniture and it is my will that as soon as my Executors hereafter
named can hire _ one to get in my crop to sell the whole of it. I _ _ _ of all this state to the right
bidder for cash. And it is my will that my plantation of negroes in Virginia as soon as can _ my
land where my mother lives or so soon as she can (line faded) of the whole of my estate may be
attached? to my beloved wife Charlotte Dugger and the balance to be kept for the use of my son
Thomas Featherstone who is now an Infant. And it is my particular request that my Executor may
see that he is well raised, and educated if the whole of my estate be sufficient and at a proper age,
see that he is bound to some good trade that they may think profitable. Lastly I constitute and
appoint Sterling Orgain and Hubbard Sanders Executors of this my last will and testament. In this
_ whereof I have hereunto my hand and affixed my seal this 24 day of July 1815
Signed, sealed in the presence of us
Alexander (his mark) Stark
Lucy Sims
Milly Connell
Elizabeth Connell
N. B. It is my will that my wife should have the interest of the money to _ her to raise my son
Thomas Featherstone during her widowhood or until he is old enough to go to school.
State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court Nov Term 1815
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