CANNON COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Ward Barrett, 1842
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Ward Barrett was born in probably, Tennessee circa 1763. Ward died 1854 in 
Cannon Co, TN, at age 91. 
Ward's estate was probated 1854 in Cannon Co, TN. 
Ward Barrett's will, written in 1842, was brought to probate by his son-in-law 
in January, 1854, in Cannon County. Calling himself Ward Barrett Sr., he 
wrote, "For the consideration of the love and affection that I have toward my 
son in law Allen Morgan and his family it is my will that after my Death and 
that of my wife) and I bequeath unto him ... my tract of land whereon him and 
we now live containing Two hundred acres and is the same land that Hamen 
Barrett bought of one John Travis and the said Travis deeded to me." He willed 
that one horse, "Brute", be sold and the proceeds divided among all of his 
sons. After the death of his wife, his household furnishings were to be 
divided between his two daughters, Molly Young and Selva Morgan.