JOHN MILTON ENDSLEY WILL
Marshall County, Tennessee
County Court Clerk
Will Book Volume C, pages
118 & 119
Last Will and Testament of
John M. Endsley
of Dist. 5 of Marshall
County & State of Tennessee
I, John M. Endsley, being of sound mind and
memory and normal bodily health but of advanced years and considering the
uncertainty of life and my advanced age do make this to be my last will and
testament.
Viz.
1st: I bequeath to my
beloved wife, Christiana E. Endsley, all the land or reality of which I may die
possessed to be hers during her mortal life and after her death the right of
said property I desire to pass to my son, James B. Endsley, his heirs and representatives.
2nd: I bequeath to my beloved wife all the personal property of which
I may die possessed, notes, accounts, money, goods, chattles, household and
kitchen furniture & etc. to be used and disposed of at her pleasure.
GIVEN under my hand and seal this January
15, 1884. JOHN M. ENDSLEY [SEAL]
TEST: N. J. SMILEY
W. S. COFFEY
[page 119] STATE
OF TENNESSEE
MARSHALL COUNTY County Court June Term 1887
On
the 5th Day of January 188[?] a written instrument purporting to be
the last will and testament of John M. Endsley dec'd and W. S. Coffey, one of
the subscribing witnesses to said will appeared in court and after having been
first duly sworn and proved the due execution of the same by the testors as
reequired by law and upon the 31st day of March 1887, N. J. Smiley,
the other subscribing witness to said will came into court and having been duly
sworn proved the execution of the same by the testators upon the day and date
therein mentioned and the court ordered the same certified and recorded.
WITNESS my hand at office this the 6th
day of June, 1887
Jo
McBride,
Clerk
Notes from Dick Wood:
ODD. Notice that an Executor was not designated. And the court clerk's wording "proved
the execution of the same by the testators…."
John Milton made this, his
last will and testament, on 15 January 1884 and died on 5 Dec 1884. He also made two deeds of gift to his son,
James Burgess Endsley (Marshall County Deed Books Volume C2, pages 302 and 303)
on 10 Jan 1884.