WILLS



Jonathan BELL(Bill) Will

State of Tennessee, County of Weakley
I, Jonathan Bell, fo this day make and publish my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me made at any other time. 

1st,  desire that my burial expenses and all my just debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any money that I die possessed of or may come to the hands of my Executors. 

2nd, It is my will that my son Jefferson SanFernando shall have at my death, $200.00 out of my estate, that being the amount I have given my other orphan grandchildren, to wit, daughter Harriet Gardner's children, formerly Hall, and if he dies before he becomes of age, the amount of $200.00 to come back to my own estate, and be equally divided as a part of my estate between my children. 

3rd, I also will to my son W. L. Bell, the tract of  land he now resides at this time, said land lying and being in Weakley county, TN, to wit, No. 14 conveyed by J. B. Hall to Jonathan Bell of Weakley county, TN, apart of the original 640 acres of James H. Hall, Sr.. It is my will that the recorder of this will shall be a good and warranted deed to my son, W. L. Bell. 

4th, It is my will that my son D. D. Bell shall have the tract of land where he is living at this time, which is 130 acres tract without having anything more on said land by my present wife, having the use and privilege  and benefit and all the appurtenances thereunto of all the lots for her own individual benefit, except not to rent out as long as she may wish to live there during her natural llife or widowhood, but no longer, and the privilege of firewood which she, my wife, needs on said lots or in said houses.  Also at my death,  my wife Sarah, is to have $100.00 out of my estate for her own use and benefit, the recording of this will by deed to D. D. Bell. 

5th, I have paid to my daughter  Harriet's children by her first husband,, John R. Hall, $200.00 apiece, andin the event when my estate is wound up, I have paid them more than their equal part.  They are to be made equal with the rest of her children.  They are to refund and on the other hand, if they should be ore than $200.00, the Hall children 
is to be made equal with the rest of daughter Harriet's children. 

6th, It is my will and desire that my memorandum book should be brought up in the 
settlement of my estate unto my  children and each child is to account for what there charges against them, and if any child have had more than the others, he is to pay over to the rest so as to make all my children equal. 

7th, I also say that my son Joseph Bell's children is included in this will and they are to have their father's equal part of this were he living. I hereby appoint and nominate my sons, A.J. Bell, W.L. Bell, D.D. Bell and M.T. Bowden, my Executors and direct them to settle up all of my estate, both real and personal, and the recording of this my will, to empower them to make any conveyances that may be required to be made in winding up my estae, without the aid of Court, and this also giving a good deed to all the land I have given to my children mentioned in this will by it being recorded.  Witness my hand and seal in the presence of these witnesses, this the 5th day of  February, 1873.
Witness:
T. L. Phillips
J. S. Harrison
                                                                         Jonathan Bell
Produced in open court and duly recorded this
5th day of July 1876.
by E. J. Looney, Clerk

Submitted By
  Betty White 

Someone emailed that it was Bill, not Bell????
 


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