Know all men by these presents that I Jemima B. Hodges of the county of
sumner & State of Tennessee being weak in body but of sound and disposing
mind & memory do make this my last will & testament in manner & form as
follows to wit I give & bequeath to my five daughters Viz Polly Alderman,
Elizabeth Hodges, Sarah N. Hodges Melinda L. Hodges & Jemima Hodges all
that tract of land situate lying & being in the county of Sumner near james
Black (?) known by the Tatum Tract containing sixty acres more or less to be
equally divided among them.
This 11th Day of Nov 1833
Make and published in presents of us
Robert (his mark) Brown
Samuel Cochran Sr.
State of Tennessee Sumner County Court November Term 1833
The nuncuptive will of Jemima B. Hodges decd was produced in court & duly
proved agreeable to law by the oath of Robert Brown & Samuel Cochran the
subscribers thereunto & ordained to be recorded.
| A Copy Test. | A. H. Douglass, Clk. |