BLOUNT COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Abraham Melson, 31 Jul 1836
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Blount County, Tennessee - Wills, Book No. I - 1799-1858
page 109-110

Will of:
Melson, Abraham

In the name of God Amen. I Abraham Melson being in my right mind having the 
fear of God before my eyes and the certainty of death do hereby make this my 
last will and testament wherein after my just debts are all paid
1st  I bequeath and desire that my wife Catherine have my land during her 
natural life 
2nd  I desire that my wife Catherine have my household and kitchen furniture 
and one bed 
3dly  I desire my wife Catherine to have one brindle cow one brown heifer one 
yoke of oxen 
4th  I desire and bequeath to my daughter Mary one bed and furniture one black 
spotted cow and calf also four head of sheep
5th  I bequeath to my daughter Isabellah one bed and furniture and one brindle 
heifer and four head of sheep 
6th  I bequeath all my farming tools to my wife Catherine her natural life 
7th  I desire that my land and personal property at the death of my wife 
Catherine be equally divided between my daughter Sarah Ward and my son David 
and my daughter Mary and my daughter Isabelah and my son James 
8th  I bequeath to my son Isaac one dollar at the death of my wife Catherine 
9th  I bequeath to my son Robert one dollar at the death of my wife Catherine 
10thly  I bequeath to my son Absalom one dollar at the death of my wife 
Catherine
I hereby revoke and make null and void all former wills by me made. I hereby 
appoint William Garner and Joseph Halpain my Executors at will. In testimony 
thereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal this 31st day of July A.D. 1836. 
This the thirty first day of July one thousand and eighty hundred and thirty 
six.

Attest}Samuel Tulloch
Attest}John Caldwell			 Abraham Melson	(by his mark)