CARROLL COUNTY TN - WILLS - Thomas Oliver 
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THOMAS OLIVER SEYM WILL

I Thomas Oliver Seym do make and publish  this  my  last  will  and  Testament
hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.

1st I direct that my funeral expences and all my just debts be  paid  as  soon
after my death as possible out of any money that I die  possessed  of  or  may
first come into the hands of my Executors.

2nd I give and bequeath to my son William B. Oliver one thousand that  I  paid
to Benjamin Matlock for the tract of land that said Wm. B. Oliver sold  to  R.
D. Shofner this is all I desire to give to my son Wm. B. Oliver.

3rd I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Oliver four hundred  and  thirty  two
dollars that I have paid him in different ways This is all I desire to give to
my son Thomas Oliver.

4th. I give and bequeath to my son James  L.  Oliver  two  Negro  Boys  namese
Albert and Henry. I have conveyed to my son James L. Oliver by Tend of gift  a
Negro woman named Ginsery and all of her increase.

5th. I have conveyed and given to Daughter Katharine A. King by Tend of gift a
certain Negro woman Rose and her increase.

6th. I have given and conveyed by Tend of gift to  my  son  Burrell  Oliver  a
certain Negro woman named manerva and all of her increase.

7th I give and bequeath to the children of my Daughter Elizabeth Walters  Tend
a certain Negro woman named Mary and all of her increase I also  give  to  the
children of my Daughter Elizabeth Walters Decd the sum of five hundred Dollars
to be kept at interest and paid by my Executors to the said children  as  they
arrive at the age of twenty one years or marry should any of the said children
die before receiving their distributive share in that case I  wish  it  to  be
equally divided among  the  surviving  children  of  said  daughter  Elizabeth
Walters Deceased.

8th Lone to my son John J. Oliver a Negro woman named  Lucy  and  all  of  her
increase during his natural life and at his death  to  his  children  Lawfully
begotten of his body Should he die without children lawfully begotten  of  his
body then I wish that the property herein loned to my son John  J.  Oliver  be
equally divided between the children of my son James L. Oliver the children of
Burrell Oliver and the children of my Daughter Elizabeth Walters Decd.

9th I desire that my son James L. Oliver have the sum of sixty Dollars a years
as compensation for his trouble of keeping and taking care of my  old  servant
woman named Ginney as long as she may live

10th I wish my Negro boy Beverly sold as soon after my death as  my  Executors
may think best and the money arising from said sale, together with  all  other
money belonging to me not otherwise conveyed away be this will to  be  equally
divided between the children of my son James L. Oliver and the children of  my
son Burrell Oliver my son John J. Oliver  and  the  children  of  my  Daughter
Elizabeth Walters Decd I wish the money conveyed to my son John J.  Oliver  to
used in the same restriction named in the 8th item of this will.

11th. I do hereby appoint William H. Carson and my  son  James  L.  Oliver  my
Executors to execute or carry out this my last will and testament in testimony
whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my seal this 28th day of February A. D.
1854



Thomas Oliver (Seal)



Witness James Rogers.

George W. Rogers



State of Tennessee )

Carroll County Court ( April 3rd 1854



This day a paper writing purporting to be  the  last  will  and  Testament  of
Thomas Oliver was offered in open Court for probate and was duly proven by the
oaths of James Rogers and George W. Rogers the subscribing  witnesses  thereto
when the court ordered the same to be duly recorded of which the  above  is  a
copy test.



W. H. Graves Clk.