BLOUNT COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Jacob Casner, 9 Aug 1824
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In the name of God Amen

I, Jacob Casner planter and miller of the County of Blount and State of 
Tennessee being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and disposing 
memory thanks be given unto almighty God for the same. Now calling into mind 
the mortality of my body and being sensible that a dissolution is fast 
approaching do therefore make and ordain this instrument of writing to be my 
last will and testament revoking all others which may have been heretofore so 
written. Now as respects such worldly estate as it has been pleased God to 
bless me with in this life, I give and bequeath and do hereby dispose of the 
same in the manner, form, and substance as follows, Viz. First of all my will 
is that all my personal property of every kind be sold by my executors herein 
mentioned to the best advantage either private or public as they may deem best 
and most advisable, immediately after my death, and the money arising from the 
sale thereof to be used for the payments of all my just debts and legacies, 
and the residue of the mone

Second, I give and bequeath to my grandchildren which are now or may here 
after be born to my daughter Nancy Snider, all the land belonging to me of the 
tract of land where I now live including the mill and all the low grounds and 
water as high up the creek as Bains live, by estimation twenty acres more or 
less, for the purpose of supporting them together until the youngest child 
arrives at the age of twenty one years, and at that time I allow all the land, 
mill and everything appertaining thereto to be sold by my executors or their 
successors to the best advantage and equally divided amongst the children of 
my daughter Nancy Snider as afore said to be to them their heirs and assigns 
forever, and my will is also that my wife Sarah Casner together with my 
daughter Nancy Snider and my son-in-law Thomas Snider shall have their support 
on the above mentioned premises for the above mentioned time; and provided 
that my wife Sarah Casner does not cease to live on the above mentioned 
premises I shall make no furth

Third. And I have a number of other children which was born of my wife Sarah 
Casner who had not yet been mentioned in this will because I have long since 
given them all that I intended to give them and more to each individual than I 
am able to give in this will to those legatees herein mentioned who have 
received nothing heretofore of me. Nevertheless as a testimony of my esteem 
and regard for my children I give and bequeath to each of them twenty five 
cents, Viz. to Polly Brown, Sarah Tucker, Betsy Cline, Sebba Robinson, Isaac 
Casner, Jacob Casner, and Peggy Mathews the twenty five cents to be paid out 
of the money arising from the sale of my personal property as afore said and 
if they or either of them refuse to receive the twenty five cents it will 
remain for purposes before mentioned and applied to that use which is for the 
purpose of deeding the above mentioned land of seventy acres more or less 
including the mill.

Fourth and last, I nominate constitute and appoint my trusty friends Johnston 
Jones, Aaron Hackney both of the County of Blount and State of Tennessee as 
afore mentioned as executors of this my last will and testament.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of 
August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the forty eighth.

Signed sealed and delivered 
in the presence of 

						     his
John P. Thomson					Jacob X Casner
Caty X Snider                                        mark
Clarisy X Webb
John Glass
John W. Wilson