Rutherford County NcArchives Wills.....Driskill, John February 4, 1811
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Source: Rutherford County Will Book B, Page 253
Written: February 4, 1811
Recorded: April 1811

I, John Driskill, being low in health and weak in body but sound in mind and 
memory.  first allowing my just debts and funeral charges to be paid.  to my 
beloved wife MARY the plantation where I now live during her natural life or 
widowhood, a bay mare, a 2 yr. old heifer, her bed and furniture, and farming 
tools.  To my dtr. Jinny I give a cow named the big heifer and her bed and 
furniture.  To my dtr. Isbel I give a white spoted 3 yrs old heifer, a bed and 
furniture, a saddle or $15.  To my dtr. Betsey, I give a brown 3 yr old heifer 
and a saddle, or $15.  The 2 yr. old sorrel mare is for the family use and the 
women to ride.  The old cow, and hogs I lease for the use of the family.  If 
any choose to live on the plantation, they may do so and help with the work, 
business, and share the profit.  To my son William I allow a bed and furniture 
besides what he has received.  To my son Samuel the black 4 yr. old mare, when 
he goes to himself, a bed and furniture.  To my son Jonathan I leave the coult 
the mare is with, also a bed and furniture.  I appoint my son John Driskill, 
and friend David Gray as executors.
Wit:  David Twitty
         Shadrick Wren (Jurat)
         D. Dickey (Jurat)
Signed:  John Driskill

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