In the name of the Great first cause; I, William Alexander of
Sumner County, and the State of Tennessee, being of sound mind and memory, believing that
death is as certain and as necessary as life, induced by my advanced age to believe that I am fast
approaching the former, am moved from motives of reciprocal justice to make this my last desire
known to the world, in the following manner is:
I leave to my good old companion Mary Alexander all my
household and kitchen furniture, all my stock of every description, all my lands and all my negroes
which consists of the following, (to-wit); Kate and patsy, with a son and two daughters, the males
are John, Abram and Maurice; the above negro property to be under her absolute control, her life
time, and at her death to be disposed of by my son William as he may think best except such of
them as I shall here-after name; my negro Abram I give to my grandson Richard B. Alexander. I
give to my grandson William, the tanner, Patsy's oldest son Jordon; to my granddaughter Tabitha
Lawson I give Patsy's oldest daughter Ruth. I leave to my grandson Richard and William the
tanner, to be equally interested in the issue of my girl Patsy, the infant that is now sucking, to
William the next Richard, and so on while she continues to be fruitful. I give to my son William
Locke, Alexander, at the death of my wife and myself all of my land, all of my stock of every kind,
all of my land, all household and kitchen furniture, all of my negroes that I have not particularly
disposed of, as he thinks best as to the donations to my grandchildren who were named after my
wife I leave altogether with my Executor. I shall also leave to my Executor everything that is
required at our last exc't.
It is my last request that my son William L. Alexander, do
execute my desire as ---- distribution of my title property.
Will Alexander
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence
of Moses Lawson, William Lauderdale.
State of Tennessee
Sumner County, Court, August Term. 1830.
The last will and testament of Will Alexander, deceased was exhibited in court for probate, and
was duly proved by the oaths of Moses Lawson and William Lauderdale, two of the subscribing
witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and thereupon William Alexander, the Executor
therin named appeared in Court and agreed to take upon himself the execution of the same, and
together with William Lauderdale and C. Hart, his securities entered into and acknowledged their
bond to the Governor and his successors in office in the sum of Four Thousand Dollars,
conditioned as the low directs, and took the oath of Executor prescribed by law.
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