CARROLL COUNTY TN - WILLS - James H. Sharlock  1850
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JAMES H. SHARLOCK'S WILL

I James H. Sharlock of the County of Carroll state of Tennessee planter do
hereby make & publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and
making void all former will by me at any time heretofore made And First I
direct that my body be decently intered in as manner suitable to my condition
in life And as to such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to entrust me
with I dispose of the same as follows First I direct that all my debts and
funeral expences be paid as soon after my dease as possible out of any moneys
that I may die possess of or may first come into the hands of my executitors
from any portion of my estate real or personal. Secondly I give and bequeath
to my Mother one note of land for fifteen dollars on J. M. Townes given and
made payable to A. Holly dated the 6th of December 1849 one note dated
Febroary 24th 1849 on J. A. Holly and Harriet Holly for forty five Dollars
with a credit of twenty Dollars one note on Samuel Fowler for four Dollars and
fifty cents dated January 26th 1852 and one on Z. Jayne for thirty Dollars
Dated May 11th, 1850, together with all my stock consisting of one mare four
head of cattle & twelve hogs with all the corn fodder and oats that may remain
in hand and one account on Abram Mc Lemore for twenty Dollars and four Bee
stands & all my farming utensels and my tract of land of one hundred & sixty
Acres upon which I now reside together with all the appurtenences thereto
belonging. I do hereby make ordain and appoint my mother and brother Benjamin
H. Sharlock executors of this my last will and testament. In witness thereof I
James H. Sharlock the said testator have to this my will written on one sheet
of paper set my hand and seal this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

Signed sealed and published in the presence ) of us who have subscribed in the
presence of ) the testator and of each other. )

Ephriam L. Gray Major Gradner.