CARROLL COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Ezekiel Hilliard Will ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Anonymous ==================================================================== Ezekiel Hilliard's Will In the name of God Amen. I Ezekiel Hilliard of the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee being weak in body but of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. First after paying my burial & funeral Expences I allow all my just debts to be paid and all the remainder of my Estate of whatever nature to be give to my beloved Mother to be used and disposed of by her as she may think proper and I hereby direct and require my Executor not to dispose of my saddle horse in paying my debts if necessary to do so at all until all my other effects are exhausted The County Court of Carroll County may appoint an Executor to Carry out the purposes of the will given under my hand and seal this 7th day of May 1856. Ezekiel Hilliard X his mark Signed and acknowledged in the presence of us Jno. G. White -Joseph Laycock. State of Tennessee ) Carroll County Court ( June Term 1856 At the above term of said court a paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Ezekiel Hilliard Deceased was produced in open court for probate and the same duly proven by the testimony of J. G. White & Joseph Laycock subscribing witnesses thereto. It was then ordered by the court that the same be duly recorded of which the foregoing is a copy test. June 23rd 1856 W. H. Graves Clk.