CARROLL COUNTY,TN - WILLS - John Carter
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John Carter's Will

State of Tennessee
Carroll County

Being weak and low in body but sound in mind I John Carter do make and  ordain
this to be my last will and Testament In the name of God Amen Art. 1st I  will
that all my just debts shall be paid 2nd. My plantation whereon I now live,  I
will to my wife Rebecca Carter during  her  life  or  widdowhood  3rd  At  the
expiration of either I will the said plantation to my son Johnathan &  him  to
pay to the rest of my legal heirs Collectively one hundred dollars 4th All  my
other property I will to my wife Rebecca So long as she continues my widdow or
during life should she never marry except the reverse of good  economy  should
appear & property be in a waiting Cituation in either case. I allow  an  equal
divission take place among my Children makeing my wife Rebecca equal with  any
one of them. 5th. I will that part of my property that falls to my son William
K. Carter to him dureing his natural life and then to the heirs of boddy. 6th.
I also will that part of my estate that falls to my daughter Nicy  G.  Kee  to
her dureing her natural life and then to the heirs of her  Body.  7th  I  will
that part of my property that falls to my Daughter Eliza J. Montgomery to  her
dureing her natural life and then to the heirs of her boddy & should  she  die
without bodily heirs I allow her part to be equally Distributed among the rest
of my heirs. 8th. I will that my son Johnathan shall be equal with the rest of
my heirs in all perishable property. 9th  I  will  that  in  case  of  my  son
Johnathan dieing without bodily heirs I allow one half of  his  estate  to  my
daughter Tabitha C. Carter & the other half to be equally  divided  among  the
rest of my heirs. I allow my wife  Rebecca  Carter  and  my  nephew  Alexander
Carter to execute this will in confirmation of which I have  hereunto  set  my
hand and Seal this 2nd day of July 1832.

John Carter (Seal)

Test: Robert B. Porter Jur George Cherry Jur Phinehas Holmes Jur

State of Tennessee) Carroll County Court) September Term 1832

Then the last will and testament of John Carter was this day produced in  open
court and the execution thereof duly proven by the oaths of Robert  B.  Porter
George Cherry and Phineas Holmes the Subscribing witnesses thereto to  be  the
act and deed of the Said John Carter for the purposes  therein  contained  and
ordered to be certified for Registration and on motion of Rebecca  Carter  and
Alexander Carter the executors named in  the  said  will  who  took  the  oath
required by law and together with George Barker and  Cullen  Mc  Mullen  their
Securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the Sum of two thousand
dollars conditioned as the law required. It is therefore ordered by the  court
that letters of their said executorship be granted to them on  the  estate  of
the Said John Carter deceased.