Will Abstract of Joseph Motheral
Signed 23-Oct-1815
Recorded February 1816

Transcribed for the Sumner Co. TNGenWeb Page by
Diane Payne
© 2001

I Joseph Motheral of Sumner County and State of Tennessee being of sound mind . . . to make the following distribution of such worldly goods as a _? God has given me, between my beloved wife and four children.

First
It is my will that all my lawful debts and funeral expenses be paid out of the whole of my estate.

Second
It is my will that my beloved wife have one half of the house wherein we now live, and half of the Kitchen Furniture, and half of the barn and half of the farm . . . to possess during her natural life, and at her decease to give my daughter Polly - also _ ? my beloved wife her one hundred dollars and one Negro man named Henry and one Negro woman named Pheby and one child named Ron and their increase . . .

Third
It is my will that my daughter Jane? have the tract of land that I bought of the heirs of Robert Car___?. . .

Fourth
It is my will that my daughter Polly have the tract of land whereon _ lives . . .

Fifth
It is my will that all other lands be divided amongst my four children as follows: Anny Robb, to have one hundred dollars . . . Jane ___ss? to have five hundred dollars . . . Betsy Glover to have four _?. . . Polly Motheral to have six hundred dollars . . .

Sixth
It is my will that all other property be equally divided amongst my four daughters . . . appoint my friend Joseph Robb and William Glover as Executors . . . this twenty third day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court Feby Term 1816
The last will and testament of Joseph Motheral deceased . . . probate. . .



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