CARROLL COUNTY,TN - WILLS - Isaac Johnson 1838
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Isaac Johnson's Will

In the name of God. I Isaac Johnson being of sound & perfect mind do make  and
publish this my last will & Testament in Manner  and  form  following  to-wit.
First I give and bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  after  paying  my  funeral
expences Just debts - the kand and plantation where I now  reside  &  all  the
slaves to wit Peter Violet Jiles William Carroll Winsey Harriet Harry Betty  &
Juliaan to have and enjoy the same during her life or  widdowhood  &  all  the
stock and perishable property now on the plantation to have & to make  use  of
the same during her life & if she should be in need of a horse she has a right
to call on any of the heirs who has one or make use of it as she pleases &  at
her disease or marriage all my estate of any kind  whatsoever  to  be  divided
among my lawfull heirs share and share alike. My desire is that the  money  on
hand or loaned out to be used in payment of the land above  mentioned  subject
to the controul of my executors & also my executors to have power  to  make  a
sale of any my perishible property if they think advisable to meet the payment
of my debts (the word widdowhood entered  before  signing.  And  I  do  hereby
constitute and appoint  my  two  sons  Thomas  Johnson  and  John  Johnson  my
Executors to this my last will & testament hereby revoking all former wills by
me made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal  this
twelvth day of September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred  &
thirty eight.

Isaac Johnson, his mark (Seal)

Signed and Sealed in presence of Thomas Nunn -Jno. K Clark.

State of Tennessee) Carroll County Court) Novr. Term, 1838

This day the last will & Testament of Isaac Johnson deceased was  produced  in
open court & the execution thereof was duly proven by the oaths of Thomas Nunn
& John K. Clark subscribing  witnesses  thereto  as  being  the  last  will  &
Testament of said decedent fer the purposes therein set forth whereupon Thomas
Johnson came into open court & entered into bond as Executor of  the  will  of
the said Isaac Johnson, decd. whereupon he entered into bond in the sum of Ten
thousand dollars with Allen Johnson & Henry Johnson Jur  where  he  toook  the
oaths the law directs.

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