Source: Sumner County Tennessee, Will Book Vol. 4, pages 439 - 441
I, A. S.(helby) Moore being of feeble body but of a sound & disposing mind, in view of the uncertainty of life make & ordain this my last Will and testament.
It is my will that at my death all my personal effects be sold to the best advantage on time with good security, or for cash as my executor shall deem best, and the proceeds applied to the payment of my just debts which I desire shall be settled as promptly as possible. Out of the residue of the proceeds of sale of said personal property it is my will and I hereby direct my executor to pay to Gilar P. & Effie I. Moore heirs of E.(ugene) F. Moore the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) dollars each when they arrive at the age of maturity. And I hereby constitute my son Thomas S. Moore, Guardian for said Gilar P. & Effie I. Moore, and said T. S. Moore shall not be required to give bond as such Guardian.
And I hereby direct the interest of said money shall be applied by said T. S. Moore to the best interest of the children as seems proper by Him.
It is my will and I hereby bequeath to my Daughter Julia F. Bruce Twenty acres of land formally cultivated by E. F. Moore lying in the South West corner of my Farm and it is also my will that the above bequest shall be owned and controlled by said Julia F. Bruce during her life and also that her husband J. F. Bruce shall have a lifetime support off of said bequest.
[pg 440] In case said Julia F. Bruce shall die without issue said share of land shall be divided equally between my son Thomas S. & daughter Martha C.
It is my will & I hereby give and bequeath the remainder of my real estate consisting of some 85 acres of land upon which I now live to my son Thomas S. Moore & my daughter Martha C. Moore to be divided and share equally between them. And the share of said Martha C. shall be for her a home for life and at her death shall descend to her children if she has any and in case she should marry said land is to be her sole and separate estate free from the debts, contracts and control of her husband and in case she should die without issue then said share of land shall go to T. S. Moore and his heirs. And should my son Thos. S. die without issue then his share of said land shall in like manner descend to Mattie C. and her heirs provided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the said Thomas S. from selling or disposing of his share to the best advantage should he see fit so to do.
It is my will and desire that in case my personal property shall not bring sufficient money to pay all my debts and pay off the said bequest to Gilla P. & Effie I. Moore then the said bequest is to constitute a charge upon my real estate and my son Thomas S. and my daughter Martha C. are to make up this amount to them, and I hereby constitute my son Thos. S. Moore [pg 441] my Executor to carry out the bequests herein made and he shall not be required to give any bond. Witness my hand this the 6th. day of August 1888.
(signed) A. S. Moore
Witness,
Granville Ellis
T. H. Elam
State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court Sumner County Sept. Term 1888.
A paper writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of A. S. Moore dec'd, was this
day produced in open Court for probate and duly proven by the oaths of Granville Ellis and T. H.
Elam the two subscribing witnesses thereto, when the same is received by the Court and ordered
recorded as said Will and Testament. And T. S. Moore being named in said Will as the Executor
thereto appears in open and accept the same and being excused in said will from giving bond is
duly qualified as said Executor without security and Letters Testamentary ordered to be issued to
him.
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