Will of Hamilton V

Will of Hamilton V. TURNER
Marshall Co., Tennessee
TSLA microfilm Marshall Co. #42
Transcribed by Marshall County's dear Friend: Dana HILL (dkhil@aol.com) 21 June 2005

Will Book B, pp 120-122
Hamilton V. TURNER Will

In the name of God Amen; Whereas considering the precarious state of my health, te brevity and
uncertainty of human life: trusting and beleaving in the government of an All wise Providence
into whose merciful hands I commend my immortal part after the death of my frail body, and
now being of sound mind and memory, and earnestly desiring to provide as far as in my power
the glrious benifits of the Gospel of Christ under which I have been taught to appreciate the
grand plan of salvation therein offered and adapted to the whole human family, which makes me
with confidence look forward to its advancement and promulgation among the now
unenlightened and heathenish inhabitants of the earth. In testimony of this disposition of
[mine?], I Hamilton V. TURNER proved a resident and citizen of Bedford County in the state of
Tennessee, do hereby make and declare what is herein and after written to be my last will and
Testament.
1st As the strongest expression of the Kind regard and affection I have ever born toward by
beloved wife Nancy, I do hereby give and bequeath all my property real and personal to her to be
for her sole use during the time of her natural life. But it is my will that my wife Nancy should
enjoy this property residing on the premises where I now live and that she shall not make any sale
or transfer of any of the negroes or landed property.
2nd As an expression of my **oided approbation of the benevolent object of the American
board
of Commissioners for foreign missions and of my desire & confidence of their success under the
blessings of God, in enlightening & evangelizing the heathen, I give & bequeath all my property
real and personal which my remain at my wifes death, to that board, to be possessed and disposed
of by them in promoting the cause of Christ on missions and it is my request that that board over
one third of the who amount recec'd of my estate by them unto the hands of the treusrerer
treasurer of the American education society to be disposed of by that society in the education of
indigent pious young men for the gospel ministry
3rd As I own three fifths of the sundries tract of land in three different surveys lying west of The
tract on which I now live and as said tract does not admit of a division; it is my will that the two
remaining shares where the heirs come of age or when arrangements may be made for the sale, be
purchased with money belonging to my estate provided they can be bought at a fair price for the
use specified in the two proceeding articles, But if said shares be not purchased as specified
above in this article, then & in that case my interest in said tract of land shall immediately fall
into the hand of the American board of Com's for foreign missions to be disposed of by them as
specified in the second article.
4- It is my that the negroes I possess be under the direction and for the use of my beloved wife
Nancy, but that they be not removed out the limits of Bedford county, and that said negroes at her
death be given to the Am'n B'd of Com for For'n Missions, unless a door be opened for their
emancipation before that period.
5- It is my will that the lands I possess should not be leased at all during my wifes natural
lifetime and that it shall not be rented excipt yearly and that with her consent.
6- In case my wife should leave any increase in her body it is my will that it or they shall be equal
heirs of my whole estate with the American board of com. For forreign missions.
7 I do hereby request nominate and appoint the Rev. Thomas I. HALL Col. John ORR and James
EWING Esq'r all of the County of Bedford and the state of Tennessee to be the executors of this
my last will and testament.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Voluntarly set my hand and seal,This
Third day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand, eight hundred and twenty nine
[signed] Hamilton V. TURNER

signed & sealed in the
presence of each & all
of us
[signed] S. W. CALVERT
David APPLEBY
J. W. WALKER ) Jurat Decr 2, 1861
Daniel C. CRESWELL

State of Tennessee)
Marshall County ) County Court December
Tenn 1861. Personally appeared here in open court J. W. WALKER one of the
foregoing subscribing witnesses to this will and who after first being duly qualified here in open
court proved the was execution of the same as the law directs
Witness my hand at
Office December 2, 1861
[signed] S. TALLY clk

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