Source: Sumner County Tennessee, Will Book Vol. 5, pages 26 -27
page 26
I, William Tyree being of sound mind and disposing memory and being aware of the uncertainty of life, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me.
First
I wish my funeral expenses paid out of the first money which may come into the
hands of the executor of my estate.
Second
I wish my executor herein after named to pay all my just debts as soon as
practicable.
Third
I devise and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, and of every Kind and
description, whatever, to my nephew and niece, Tyree Bate and Lizzie Bate to be divided equally
between them.
Fourth
I will and desire that the portion of my estate herein devised and bequeath to my
niece Lizzie Bate, shall be for her sole and separate use and benefit, free from the debts, contracts
and liabilities of her husband, should she ever marry with full power to dispose of the same by
last will and testament, deed or otherwise.
Fifth
I nominate and appoint my nephew Tyree Bate executor of this my will and not
requiring any bond from him for the execution of the trust.
Witness my hand this 14th day of Oct. 1876.
William Tyree
Signed and acknowledged in our presence and witnessed by us at the request of the testator in his
presence and in the presence of each other.
David Chenault
Robert H. Bryson
I, Wm. Tyree do make and publish this as a Codicil to my last will and testament.
It is my will that my nephew Tyree Bate shall have the right to purchase the land devised in my
said last will and testament at twenty five dollars ($25.00) per acre. I think this is just and right in
as much as he furnished part of the money to pay [pg 27] for said land, has greatly improved the
place by careful cultivation and has Kindly cared for me in liberally supplying all my wants.
In testimony where of I hereunto set my hand in the presence of as H. Bate and G.W.O.
Griffin.
Wm. Tyree
And we Jas. H. Bate and G. W. O. Griffin in the presence of the testator and each other sign our
names at his request as witnesses to this codicil.
Jas. H. Bate
G. W. O. Griffin
State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court February Term Feby 25th 1892.
A paper writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of William Tyree deceased,
also a Codicil thereto was this day produced in open Court for probate when the will was duly
proven by the oaths of David Chenault and Robert H. Bryson, and the Codicil thereto was duly
proven by the oaths of G. W. O. Griffin and Jas. H. Bate the subscribing witnesses thereto when
said paper writing was ordered recorded as said last Will and Testament and codicil thereto of
William Tyree deceased. And Tyree Bate being named in the said Will as the Executor thereof
and excused therein from giving bond or security as such appeared and accepted said
appointment, when he was duly qualified as said Executor and Letters Testamentary ordered
issued to him.
A true copy.
Harris Brown Clerk