CARROLL COUNTY TN - WILLS - Malinda Read Will
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MALINDA READ'S WILL

A written will and testament

I Malinda Read do make and publish this as my last will & testament hereby
revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.

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

Secondly  I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Brachum the sum of one
dollar

Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son Robert I. Read the sum of one dollar

Fourthly  I give and bequeath to my grand children of Sarah Enoch Decd the sum
of one dollar

Fifthly I give and bequeath to my son Sml. J. Read the sum of one dollar

Sixthly I give and bequeath to my Amanda Laslie the sum of one dollar

Seventhly I give and bequeath to my son Allen S. Read the sum of one dollar.

Eighthly  I give and bequeath to my daughter Cordelia A. King the sum of one
dollar

Ninthly I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Enoch frmely Elizabeth
Read all of my household and kitchen furniture Table ware &c one sorrel mare
all my cattle Hogs & Sheep all of my presant crop of cotton corn and wheat &c 
The Executor reserving enough of said property to pay all my indebtedness

Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint Albert G. Hill my Executor in witness
whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal This the 17th day of
November 1865

Malinda Read  (L. S.) X her mark

Signed sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names
hereto in the presence of the testator

A. C. Tucker Thomas Jamison.