Bedford County TN Archives Wills.....Curtiss Jr., James H. July 25, 1865
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Source: Tennessee State Library And Archives
Written: July 25, 1865
Recorded: November 1866

                          James H. Curtiss' Will
                              July 25, 1865

Last Will And Testament of J. H. Curtiss Jr.

1st. I will that all my debts be paid.

2nd. I will one thousand dollars to the body of my daughter Nancy Ruth
Curtiss. If she has no heirs and dies childless, I will her husband
one hundred dollars, John L. Curtiss.

3rd I will the balance of my property to be equally divided between my        
children hereafter named viz. Frances A.E. Dysart, John William Curtiss, 
Benjamin Mosely Curtiss, James R. Curtiss, Mary Curtiss, Margaret Curtiss, or 
Bunchy as she is sometimes called. My wife Teresa Curtiss is to take dower, or 
a childs portion, as she may please. If a dower, to have the dwelling house to 
be included for her convenience. My son James R. Curtiss is afflicted with 
white swelling if he gets well so that he can labor without inconveniences - 
all his rights, if not he is to have two hundred fifty dollars more than the 
other children so he can get a better education. My advice is to sell off all 
the property that can be done without or that is of no particular benefit. I 
think it would be best to keep the property together for a few years and work 
it until some of the younger children get a little larger. Mt executor can do 
as they think best in this case.

4th I appoint my wife Teresa Curtiss, T.J. Dysart, my son in law, and my son 
John W. Curtiss, executors of my last will and testament. Given under my hand 
and seal this date above written.                     
                                                  J. H. Curtiss Jr.

witnesses
W. A. Williams
W. B. Wallace

State of Tennessee
Bedford County            I Joseph H. Thompson, Clark of the County Court, do 
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and perfect copy of the 
original will of James H. Curtiss Jr. as proven and admitted to the record at 
the November term A.D. 1866, of said court.



Additional Comments:
James H. (Herod) Curtiss of the Richmond community (19th Civil Dist.) in 
Bedford County, Tennessee, last will and Testament. Born in Cheshire, 
Connecticut in about 1810 of parents, Ruth and James Herod Curtiss Sr. Died 
before November 1866 and is buried in the Richmond Cemetery of Bedford County. 

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