CARROLL COUNTY TN - WILLS - Green Young
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GREEN YOUNG'S WILL

In the name of God Amen

I Green Young being of sound mind and distributive memory but in feeble health
and calling to mind the mortality of man & knowing that life is the time to
prepare for death and being desirous of directing how my earthly substance
shall be disposed of after my death make and publish this my last and
testament hereby revoking all other wills or paper writings by me heretofore
made

fst  It is my will and desire that after my decease that my body shall be
buried in a christian like manner that all my just debts shall be paid by my
Executor hereafter by me appointed. Bequest frst I give and bequeath to my
dear and beloved wife Lucy Young all my personal and real property as follows:

2nd I give and bequeath to her my entire Interest to the three following named
slaves my interest being one half of said slaves in partnership with my
brother Robert Young one boy slave named William about fourteen years old and
boy slave name Ellick about nine years old and one girl slave named Amy about
seven years old

3rd  I give and bequeath to her all my entire Interest to five head of mules
and one bay horse and one horse colt mare now on the farm my interest being
one half as is named in said slaves before mentioned

4  I give and bequeath to her my entire interest in and to all the other stock
now on the farm and one half of all the other personal property in said form
one half of the present crop consisting of everything on said farm

5th  I give and bequeath to her one half of all the notes and effects of every
discription coming from the firm of myself & my brother Robert Young my
interest being one half as before stated

6  I give and bequeath to her one half of all the crop that is raised on said
farm if that shall continue on as we have heretofore for the year Eighteen
hundred and sixty two.

7th I give and bequath to her all my entire interest into the following three
tracts or parcels of land my interest being the same as before mentioned to
one tract containing about one hundred & twenty acres more or less the place
where I now live on also one other tract of Land Joining said home place of
about seventy five acres more or less also one other smaller tract also
joining said home farm of about fifty Acres more or less

8th I give and bequeath to her my entire interest as heir to Isaac Young Young
Decd in one tract of Land where my Mother Mary Young now lives of about one
hundred and thirty acres more or less also my entire interest as heir to Isaac
Young Decd to one slave man named Norman and one slave child named Caroline
and also my interest as before stated to the increase of said slave woman if
any there be the two last bequest to come in to her possession at the death of
my Mother Mary Young Now the seven first bequest that have given unto my Dear
& Loving wife Lucy Young is to go into her hands and to her sole use as soon
as my Executor can wind up said Estate after my Decease And I hereby nominate
and appoint my brother and partner Robert Young as my Executor to this my last
will and testament

And whereas my self and Robert Young has been partners in all transactions in
everything and whereas we have been accustomed to give our own individual
notes out and not assign the firms name of R & G Young now if there is any
notes out that my individual name is to I enjoin it upon my Executor to
account for the same to my wife Lucy also if there is any of said notes Report
the same & have a credit for the amount that wood be my part to pay said note
and whereas there is notes made payable to me alone all of those are one half
Robert Youngs and whereas there are notes now payable to Young Young alone
those I enjoin upon him to report & account to my wife Lucy for her half of
the same and whereas there are bad one and insolvent notes belonging to the
firm of R & G Young I now direct that Robert Young My Executor if he cant
collect them that he is empowered to trade them or share off such notes to the
best advantage or do what he thinks best with them and just account for the
amount he collet off of said insolvent notes and he is Given under my hand and
seal this the 17th of February 1862

Green Young

Test T. F. Carraway, W. W. Jones

State of Tennessee  ) Carroll County       (  August Term 1862

At the above term of said court the foregoing was probated as the last

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