Will of James Arthur Haire
IJames A. Haire being of sound mind and memory but mindful of the
uncertainty of life and of the certainty of death do make and publish this my last will
and testament, hereby revoking all and every other will by me made at any time published
or expressed.
First it is my will after death that my body be decently interred and that
the expenses of appropriate burial and funeral services be first paid out of any money
property or effects that I may be possessed of at the time of my decease.
Second, I give and bequeath to my wife Ann Haire the sum of three
hundred dollars in money and all my household and kitchen furniture absolutely excepting
my library of books, these I give and bequeath to my son John T. M. Haire.
Third I give and bequeath to my son James C. Haire my watch and gold
spectacles.
Fourth it is my will that the remainders of my property and means consisting
of money, notes of hand and like ----of debts as well also as any funds accruing to me, my
executor or heirs, under and by virtue of deed or mortgage executed to me by Ann Haire
on the 8th day of Sept 1859 in book y on page 360, be equally divided among my children,
Eliza
M. C. Houston, Arthur Haire, James C. Haire, Caroline M. Johnston, Martha J. A. Smith, and
John T. M. Haire without any reguard to any property sum or sums of money by me any
time here to fore advanced or paid to any of said children.
Fifth it is my expectation, wish, and will that none of my said children
will by separate litagation or otherwise attempt to contest the validity or faithfull
executions of the provisions of this will then and in that way it is my will that the
share of the child or legatee so attempting of shall go and enure to the benefit of other
said heirs and legatees including Ann Haire in the benefit of thiscontingency and
provision.
Sixth: As already mentioned in the caption I hereby revoke and denounce all
and every will by me heretofore at any time made.
Seventh: I heretofore appoint and certify(?) Joseph Johnston sole
executor of this my last will and testament. In witness of all of which I have this day
hereunt set my hand and seal. April 23, 1861.
James A. Haire
(seal)
Signed and acknowledged in the presence of-
J. I. Wright
J. R. Stradley
Probated September session 1861. Record Book P. 400
Note*James mentions his wife, Ann in his will and I have been contacted by people
who think she is the mother of his children. The mother is Mary Brown McDonald who is
buried in Madisonville. That is the McDonald connection (Hugh)
Submitted by:Linda Atkins
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Will of Hugh McDonald
In the name of God Amen the Twenty Second day July One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirteen
I Hugh McDonald Senior of Rocky Creek Chester District and state of South
Carolina being very frail and weak in body but of perfect mind and memorythanks be to
God--Therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and it is appointed unto all men
once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament-----that is to say
principally and first of all----I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God that gave it-----and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian
burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but that I shall receive the
same again by the Mighty Power of God at the General Resurrection------
And as touching such Worldy Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this
life----I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and
form--------First of all I allow that all my lawful Just Debts be payed out of my
Estate--------Imprimas I give and Bequeath unto my Dearly Beloved Wife Rebekah all
my estate of Real and Personal Property together with all my Monies and Debts Due me
whether by Note Bond, Bank account or otherwise.
Secondly I Bequeath unto my sons John, Henry, and Francis McDonald to each of them
one English Shilling and also I give unto my son John McDonald---Son viz William
McDonald one English Shilling and also I give and Bequeath unto my two Daughters viz
Jean
Brown and Agnes Reeves to each of them one English Shilling----
Thirdly I bequeath unto my daughter Molly Brown the sum of Twenty five dollars and
also I give unto Hugh Gibson son to my daughter Bethiah Gibson the sum of
Twenty five dollars. I also bequeath to my son William McDonald son of William
McDonald by name one Negro Boy named Sambo to be his and his Heirs forever
and
further I Bequeath and give unto my Negro Wench Sylvia her daughter Phebe
and her two children viz Sylvia and Sam to be hers to assist her in making
out a living while in life and then at the decease of the aforesaid Sylvia the said
Phebe and her two aforesaid children and Sylvia and Sam and what
more
Children she may have at the decease of her mother Sylvia Shall then be at full
liberty to make out a living for themselves----Further I Bequeath unto Hugh McDonald
Son to my Son David McDonald My Negro Boy named Giddy (or Gidion) to be
his
and his Heirs forever-------And further I do Hereby allow and make free those of my
Negroes hereafter --named viz---My oldest Wench Sylvia with her Children viz
Jacob,
Charley, Jack, Isaac, Soloman, and Henry. No person or persons shall claim any Right
or Title to any of them but shall be at freedom and liberty each and all of them to make a
living for themselves by honers Industry and further I Bequeath unto the aforesaid Negroes
viz Old Sylvia, Jacob, Charley, Jack Isaac, Soloman, and Henry all that Plantation
or tract of land I now live upon with all appurtenance thereunto Belonging to be theirs
and their Heirs forever. Also I give unto the said Negroes One Mare ,a Cow and Calf a Sow
and Pigs with all my farming utensils to be theirs forever ---------and further I Bequeath
unto my two Sons David and William McDonald all my Books both of Divinity
and History and all my body clothes to be divided Equally Between
th...-------------------N.B. the above Bequeasts I have herein made unto my Well Beloved
Wife Rebekah are to be hers during her natural life and at her decease all my
Estate of Both Real and Personal shall be disposed of in the way and Manner I have above
Bequeath and Directed.
Lastly, I do give unto my sons David and William McDonald all the moneys or
property (if any shall be) that I am possesed of at the decease of my wife Rebekah
and one that shall be over and above that I have herein Bequeathed or disposed of to be
equally divided between them if any shall be as was said before-----
Lastly I Constitute Make and Ordain my Well Beloved Wife Rebekah My Executrix and
my Son William McDonald Executor of this my last Will and Testament to see it
Lawfully and faithfully Executed and do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and disannul all
and every other former Testament Wills Legacies and Bequeasts and Executers by me in any
wise Before Named Willed and Bequeasted Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to my
last Will and Testament------in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
day and year above written-----------
his
Hugh McDonald
mark
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the said Hugh McDonald as his
last will and Testament in the Presents of us the Subscribers
William Brown
Francis McDonald
John McDaniel
South Carolina Chester District:
Before me Joseph Brown Ordinary of the said District personally appeared William
Brown and Francis McDonald who being duly sworn Declares on their oaths
respectively that they saw Hugh McDonald sign and acknowledge the within instrument
of writing as his last will and testament and that they each of them together with John
McDonald did subscribe thereto as witnesses in the presence and at the request of the
said testator ----Francis McDonald says on his oath that to the best of his
knowledge and belief the said Hugh McDonald was at the time of disposing mind and
memory ---- William Brown expressed some doubts of the sanity of the testator but
gave no satisfactory reason for his doubts at the same time qualified William McDonald
executor
given under my hand this seventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
J.D.(?) Brown ord.
Hugh McDonald Last Will recorded Book E, pages 272-273 and 274
Submitted by:Linda Atkins
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Will of Larkin Cardin
Larkin Cardin Will in Bk. A, Pg. 175 I, --being old, my wife dead, and having eleven
children--. To be buried by my wife. To son James J. and to dau. Patsy Erwin the lands
they live on. To son Robert I. NWQ or Section 15. To son Jones land where he lives. To son
Leonard land where he lives. To dau. Caroline Evans, Nancy Morelock all that Morelock owed
me for land, and also $50.00. To dau. Edaline Ellis land where she lives. To dau. Hetty
Heflin $800.00. Some property to be sold and divided between James Cardin, Abner Ervin,
Robert Cardin, Jonas Cardin, Leonard Cardin, Caroline Evans, Jourdin Cardin, Nancy
Morelock, Washington Ervin, B.D. Ellis, and Leander Heflin. Execs. James, Leonard, Jordan
Cardin. Wits. Larkin F. Cardin, F.M. Bradford, Francis M. Satterwhite. Exec. 3/17/1866.
Codicil 11/16/1866. Redivision of lands to children. Wits. W.J. and L.F. Cardin. Codicil
#2 not dated--Some land to R.H. Cardin. Wits. Benedict Ellis, David Baker. Probated Dec.
1866.
Submitted by: Jan Minter
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Will of John R. Roberts
From Will Book A, page 66, Monroe Co. TN
I, John R. Roberts do make and publish my last will and testament hereby revoking all
others by me made. It is my desire that after my death that all my debts should be paid
out of any money I die possesd of. I also wish that all my personal property be divided
between my father and brothers as may be herein after provided. I give and bequeath to my
father Phillip Roberts my iron gray mare, saddle and bridle and my rifle gun. I give my
two brothers Phillip Roberts Jr. and Jackson Roberts the land I am to receive from the
government of the U.S. for my services in the war against Mexico in Capt. P.B. Anderson's
company A set. It is my wish that the said land be equally divided between my said
brothers and fathers share and share alike after my debts are paid. I wish all the money
and property of every description I may die possesed of to be equally divided between my
said father and brothers except that which has been specifically described in this will. I
also appoint Phillip Roberts my executor.
Signed sealed and published this 5th day of Apr. 1847
Wits: H.H. Stephen , John R. Roberts, B.B. Land
Submitted by: Stef and Dave Adams
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Jonathan Summit
Jonathan Summit was the son of Daniel and Sarah Moser Summit, who moved to Monroe County
in the 1830s with a large family. Many descendants of this Daniel Summit and the Mosers
still live in Monroe County and other parts of East Tennessee. Jonathan and his wife,
Bettie S. Butler Summit, at the time of his death lived on a farm located in Loudon County
just over the Monroe-Loudon County line. The farm site was located in Monroe County until
Loudon County was formed in 1870.
Jonathan was born January 26, 1817, in Greene County, TN and died June 17, 1896, in Loudon
County, TN. He was buried in St. Paul Lutheran Old Cemetery, Monroe County.
Jonathan married Bettie Saphiro Butler, November 5, 1837, in Monroe County. She died
September 13, 1902, age 86 yrs., 2 Mos., 12 days, presumably on the family farm. Her
burial location is unknown. I might note that one of the heirs of Jonathan Summit was the
prominent Monroe County attorney, James McClellan Pardue
Jonathan Summit's daughter, Nancy Jane Summit, married James W. Pardue April 2, 1860 in
Monroe County. Both were deceased by 1865. They had two children: Martha Pardue born
August 30, 1860 and James McClellan Pardue born December 30, 1862. These are the two
children referred to in Jonathan Summit's will as "the heirs of Nancy J. Pardue
deceased". The two children were raised by their grandparents, Jonathan and Bettie S.
Summit.
James McClellan Pardue went on to become a prominent citizen of Monroe County. He
graduated with honors from Hiwassee College, studied law under T. E. H. McCrosky of
Madisonville, served as a republican in the Tennessee House and Senate, published the
Sweetwater Telephone (an independent newspaper), taught school, periodically engaged in a
legal practice, and pursued numerous civil activities .
He married Rebecca Moser, daughter of Daniel Miller Moser and Elizabeth Jane Brakebill,
and had five children. James McClellan Pardue died July 25, 1938 and is buried in the
Westview Cemetery, Sweetwater, Tennessee. Rebecca died August 15, 1927. She is also buried
in the Westview Cemetery.
My main purpose in mentioning this material is to clarify the individuals involved as
heirs of Jonathan Summit. All of his other heirs are identified in the will, including his
son and my great grandfather, James Lee Summit.
Submitted by: Paul Summitt
WILL OF JONATHAN SUMMIT
Jonathan Summit
Grave Site
Executed in Loudon County, Tennessee on June 9, 1896
I, Jonathan Summit of the County of Loudon, State of Tennessee Planter Do make and publish
this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at
any time made and first I direct that my body be decently buried at St. Paul Burial Ground
Monroe County Tennessee in a manner suitable to my condition in life. And as such worldly
estate as it has pleased God to entrust me with I dispose of the same as follows:
First, I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as
possible out of any moneys that I may die possessed of as may first come into the hands of
my executors from any portion of my estate real or personal.
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary M. Oody and her husband John Oody the
tract of land known as the home tract originally purchased from Mowrey containing eighty
acres and also ten acres that lies west of said eighty acre tract and adjoining the same
which was purchased by me from Michael Malone. I make this gift conditional and the
conditions are that my said daughter Mary M. Oody and her husband John Oody is to move in
the house with me and my wife as so conveniently near so as to be able to look after and
to take care of and to support myself and my beloved wife Bettie S. Summit while we or
either one of us shall live and in case that my wife Bettie S. Summit should survive me I
desire that she shall have full control of all my household effects during her life.
Thirdly, it is my desire that the residue of my property real and personal at the death of
myself and my companion Bettie S. Summit be equally divided between my son James L.
Summit, the heirs of Nancy J. Pardue dec'd, and Mary M. Oody.
In witness whereof, I Jonathan Summit the said testator have to this written on one sheet
of paper set my and seal this the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Ninety-six.
Jonathan [X his mark] Summit
Signed and Sealed and Published in our Presence and in the presence of the Testator,
W. D. Watkins
C.A. Kelsoe, Jr.
Admitted for probate Loudon County Monday, December 7, 1896, Court Minute Book No. 6, p.
256 Recorded Loudon County Will Book A, p. 331.
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Will of Sarah Binkley Moser Bartley (mother of Frances Moser - he is buried at St Paul
Cem, served in Rev War, my gr, gr, gr, gr grandfather)
Submitted by:Emily Stelly
SARAH BINKLEY MOSER BARTLEY
Stokes Co, NC Will Book 3 pg 54
I, Sarah Bartley widow do make this my last will and testament, and first my will is that
my bed and furniture shall belong to such of my children in whose house I die.
My clothes shall be divided among my four daughters or the survivor of them~ I wish to be
buried at the burying ground where my first husband Leonard Moser is buried. and I give
six dollars to my executors for the purpose of procuring tomb stone for him and myself.
My household furniture shall be sold by public sale and the proceeds there from and all my
personal estate shall to be equally divided among my children, Sarah Volk, Peter Moser,
Francis Moser, Christian Moser, Henry Moser, Michael Moser, John Moser, Ann Mary Wolff,
Elizabeth Hess and Christina Geiger first deducting the above six dollars and burying
expenses~ And I do appoint Henry Moser and Peter Moser executors of this my last will and
testament. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 10th day of February
1815
Signed sealed and delivered Sarah (her mark) Bartley seal
as the last will and testament
Sarah Bartley in our presence
George Booze
John Booze
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Will ofLEONARD MOSER
Leonard Moser's will-Surry Co, NC Will Book 1 pp 166-167
Submitted By: Emily Stelly
Name of God amen: I, Leonard Moser, of the county of Surry and State of North Carolina,
being very sick and very weak in body but of good and sound memory to make and publish
this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all the will or wills
heretofore by me made.
First: It is my will and order that my lawful debts and funeral expenses shall be paid
without fraud or delay; Secondly, item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sara besides
her third according to law, two hundred acres of land, joining the Wachoby line in the
southwest corner of my tract and three cows and one mare and colt and two sheep;
Item: Furthermore I give to my son, John Moser at the decease of my wife Sara, the above
mentioned two hundred acres of land in the southwest corner of my tract to him, his heirs,
Executors, Administrators or assigns forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Peter Moser, two hundred and forty acres of land
joining the said Wachoby line in the southeast corner of my tract of land to him, his
heirs, Executors, Administrators, and assigns forever, and said Peter Moser shall pay five
pounds specie for the said two hundred to the under named children of mine, to be equally
divided among them.
Item: I order the remainder two hundred acres of land in the north end of my tract and the
remainder of my wordly Estate to be sold at a public sale, and the money to be equally
divided between the under named children, except the third to be deducted for my wife
Sara. The names of the children as follows: Jacob Moser, Michal Moser, Francis Moser,
Samuel Moser, Christian Moser, Henry Moser, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Christina.
Item: I give to my son, Leonard Moser one shilling sterling to be paid out of the effects
which is to sold and I do likewise made and ordain Adam Binkley and Adam Woolf the
Executors of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Tuesday, the sixteenth day of
July in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.
Leonard (X) Moser (seal)
Signed, Sealed and delivered
In the presence of us:
Philip Daniel
Adam Woolf
Adam Cintales
SURRY COUNTY, August Court 1782
Adam Woolf, one of the subscriving witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Leonard
Moser, deceased, made oath that he saw the said Leonard Moser assi seal and pronounce and
declare the same to be his last will and testament. Tom William, C.C. Submitted by:Emily Stelly
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JOHN SHARP
Monroe County, Tenn. Will Book A (Abstract)
(41) JOHN SHARP, 1 March 1840
"Principal part of property now in my possession was purchased by my wife's father
and by him given to my wife for the use and benefit of her and her children"
To wife, Polly to two sons, James A. and Joseph to other children, namely, Jane B.,
Lettitia, Mary H, Samuel T. and John C. (Robert having received his full part).
Execx: wife
Wit: Jeremiah Frazier, Joseph Smith, Preston G.B. Melton
Submitted by: Jean Sharp
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Will of JOHN SUTTON
John Sutton, Sr. was b. NC 1790, was a charter member of Big Creek Baptist Church in
Monroe Co. Tn .died in 1871 & is buried in the Big Creek church cemetary.
Submitted by; JSu1054631@aol.com
John Sutton, a citizen of Monroe County and State of Tennessee, being of sound mind and
memory, do therefore make, ordain, and publish and declare this to be my last will &
testament. That is to pay first after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, the
residue of my estate, real & personal, I give, bequeath and dispose of as follows. To
wit: I give my beloved wife all my land and appurtenances situated thereon and also all my
personal property to be hers until her natural death, and after the death of my wife, I
give to my two daughters, Delilah Tallent and Elizabeth Sutton a part of my land that I
now live on, bounded as follows: commencing on a spanish oak in or near the little hollow
above the end of the lane, west from the house, running south direction to the mouth of
the branch that comes from Isham Avan's. Thence, up the creek to the mouth of a little
branch near Abraham Sutton's house, hence up the branch a southeast direction to the line,
thence eastbound with the line to the beginning corner, being the east side of the farm
containing one hundred acres more or less.
I also give my house and all rit-shen furniture to my two daughters above named to be
equally divided between them. I also give my daughter Elizabeth a cow and a calf and a
side saddle.
The balance of my land and personal propery, I give to the rest of my heirs, to be equally
divided between them; William Sutton, Guilford Sutton, Anna Moses, Sisethey Tallent, John
Sutton, Jr, Abraham Sutton & Oliver P. Sutton. Likewise, I appoint my son, William
Sutton to be my executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness thereof, I have hereon to subscribed by name and affixed by seal; this the 12th
day of February, 1870.
John Sutton (Seal)
X
Mark
The above written instrument was subscribed by the said John Sutton, Sr. in our presence
and acknowledged by him to each of us to be his last will & testament, and we at the
testator's request and in his presence, assign our names as witnesses:
Witness:
P. Isbill
Joseph Huff
Probated February term 1871, record book B, page 406
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Joseph Johnston
Joseph Johnston's will-Blount Co., Tn. Will Book 1 pg. 81
In the name of God, Amen, I Joseph Jonston, being weak in body but of
sound mind and memory, for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human
life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly substance as it hath pleased God
to bless me with, I give and bequeath the same in manner following, Vis, I bequeath to my
son, James, a negro boy named Jack, to be his until he arrives to the age of thirty years,
and then he is to be set free, within said thirty years, he is to be taught to read. I
bequeath to my son Josiah, a negro boy named Moses, to be his until he arrives at the age
of thirty year, and then he is to be set free, in which time he is to be taught to read. I
bequeath to my son Samuel, a negro girl named Aremy, to be his until she arrives at the
age of thirty year, in which time she is to be taught to read and then set free. I
bequeath to my son Joseph, a negro boy named Jerry, to be his until he shall arrive at the
age of thirty years, then to be set free, in which time he is to be taught to read. I
bequeath to my sons, Robert and Ebeneazer, a negro boy named Arnie and a negro twin
girl, name Winny to belong to the two, to be theirs until they arrive at the age of thirty
years and then they are to be set free, in which time they are to be taught to read. Also
to said Robert and Ebeneazer, I bequeath the one fourth of the plantation I now live on
and two stills and a wagon, and also all the personl property I now possess, at my death.
I bequeath to my son William, the three-fourths of the plantation I now live on, also a
negro girl named Esther, she is to be his until she arrives at the age of thirty, then she
is to be set free and within said time she is to be taught to read. I bequeath to my
daughter Jean, a negro girl named Susan, to be hers until she arrives at the age of
thirty, then she is to be set free and within said time she is to be taught to read. I
bequeath to my daughter Margaret, a negro girl named Milly, to be hers until she arrives
at the age of thirty, within said time she is to be taught to read. I bequeath to my son
Francis's daughers Sally and Margaret, a negro girl named Mary Ann. Same conditions.
I also allow my books of history to be divided amongst my boys. I also allow and it is
fully understood that should any or all of the within named Negro girls have any children
before they arrive at the age of thirty, they to be set free by their owners when they
arrive at the age of thirty, and to be taught to read and so continue from generation to
generation. I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Josiah and Robert, executors
of this my last will and testament. Hereby revoking all other wills and former wills and
testaments by me hereto made. In witness thereof I have set my hand and seal this
27th day of April, 1824. Joseph Johnston.
Signed, sealed and Declared to be the last will and testament of the above Joseph
Johnston, in presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto
subscribed our names to same. R. McCully Joseph Henderson
Submitted by:Bill L. Dewey
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