CARROLL COUNTY TN - WILLS - William Patton
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WILLIAM PATTON'S WILL

State of Tennessee) Carroll County(

I William Patton Sr. being of sound mind do make and publish this as  my  last
will & testament hereby revoking and makin void all other wills by me  at  any
time made.

First I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after
my death as possible out of any monies that I may die  possessed  of  or  that
first come into the hands of my Executor. Secondly - I do give and bequeath to
my daughter Lyda all the money and notes of which I may die possessed of after
paying my funeral expenses & debts as above named. I do also give her one  cow
and calf. I have heretofore given her a sorrell mare which I consider hers and
have done so ever since I gave her said mare. Thirdly - I do give and bequeath
to my son Aberham H. my tract of land the same on which I now live to him  and
his heirs forever on the following conditions, the he support and take care of
us and that it be a home while we shall live of my beloved wife  Margaret  and
myself so long as we shall live. Fourthly, I have heretofore given to my  sons
James H. Willaim & Newton and my daughters Margaret Burns and her husband John
Burns, Louisa Younger and her husband Williamson Younger, Jane  C.  Moore  and
her husband George Moore all the property I intend giving them.  Lastly  I  do
hereby nominate & appoint Thomas Gray my Executor. In witness whereof I do  to
this my will set my hand, and seal this 21st day of March 1850.

William Patton, Sr. (Seal)

Signed in presence of T. T. Taylor M. H. Taylor

Thereon these words interlined in this will before assignment to-wit (have-us,
and (Younger) and one erased to wit Williamson

State of Tennessee ) County Court Carroll County ( September Term 1850

This day the last will and testament of William Patton  Sr.  was  produced  in
open court and duly proven by the oaths of T. T. Taylor and W. H.  Taylor  the
subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded &c.

A Copy Test Y. W. Allen, Clerk By N. Priest, D. C.