CARROLL COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Elias Butler's Will
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Elias Butler's Will

In the name of God Amen - I Elias Butler of the County of Carroll & State of
Tennessee, taking into consideration the mortality of my own body & that it is
appointed for all men once to die - do make & ordain this my last will &
Testament - Principally & first I give my soul to the hands of the Almighty
God that gave it & my body to be buried in a christian like manner at the
discrition of my executors - As to all my worldly goods which it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of them in the following manner viz First I
loan unto my beloved wife Sarah every part & parcell of all my estate which I
now own or possess during her lifetime (what I have already give to my
children in wise herein included) and after the death of my said beloved wife
Sarah I give & bequeath unto John Butler James M. Butler Elias Butler Joshua
Butler Neally Butler my five sons - My Daughter Mary Queen Judah Boyd
Elizabeth Mc Auly & Sarah Boyd each of them the one tenth part of all the
above mentioned estate that may this will loaned to my said wife Sarah as much
as may be remaining at her my said wife's death to them & their heirs forever
- and I give and bequeath unto the three children of my son Reuben Butler
Deceased Viz Susannah Lucy & Sarah to be equally divided between them the one
tenth part of all the above named estate to them and their heirs forever - and
I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons Neally Butler & Joshua Butler
Executors to this my last will and testament. In witness of this being by last
will and testament I the said Elias Butler hath hereunto set my hand & Seal
this 6th day of March 1830 - revoking all other wills heretofore made by me.

Elias Butler (Seal)

Signed published and declared to be the last will of the testator in the
presence of us Isaac Kerby - Thomas Butler

State of Tennessee) Carroll County Court) February Term 1838

This day per the last will and testament of Elias Butler was produced in open
court & the execution thereof was duly proven by the oath of Isaac Kerby &
Thomas Butler to be his act and deed for the purposes therein setforth &
ordered to be recorded.

A Copy test George Hern Clerk By J. R. Smith, D. C.