Will Abstract of Redmond D. Barry
Signed (blank)
Recorded May 1821

Abstracted for the Sumner Co. TNGenWeb Page by
Diane Payne
© 2003

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In the name of God Amen
I Redmond (note: the name Richard is crossed off) D. Barry by the blessing of God . . . to make an equitable and just distribution of my worldly estate to make and ordain and publish this my last will and testament . . . I give and bequeath to my son Thomas _ _ _ _ (unreadable) that on which I now live and the tracts adjoining which I purchased from the Benthal to have and to hold with as full and absolute power to dispose of . . .

Item 1
I give and bequeath to my son David the mill plantation with all the lands laying between that and the Cumberland River . . .

Item 2nd
That the division between my sons maybe nearly equal as possible . . . Thomas pay David three thousand dollars . . .

...my son Thomas shall have at his age of twenty one years.

Item 4th
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Berry her dower in the home and mill plantations . . .

Item 5th
I give and bequeath to my daughters Polly and Rachel four thousand dollars . . .

Redmond D. Barry (note: written above is Berry)
(seal)
William A. Keefe
Thomas Daniel (?)
John _(?)



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