CARTER COUNTY, TN - WILLS - John Britt, 7 Feb 1853
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[Transcriber's Notes:  Text enclosed in brackets is very faint and difficult 
to read.  "Ellin" is thought by others to be "Celia". "Lorenza" is properly 
spelled "Lorenzo" but I have retained the capitalization, spelling, and 
punctuation here as much as possible.  I want to give credit to Barbara 
Brummitt-Teaster <bteaster@cogwm.org> for first alerting me to this document 
which is not found in any reference book to my knowledge. If it were not for 
her efforts I probably would never have known of this document. The original 
document is in the Carter Co., TN  Will Book #1 page 570.  This has been 
transcribed from a photocopy of the original provided to me by the county 
clerk on August 11, 1998]
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February 7th 1853

I John Britt being sick in body but sound of mind, and desirous of settling my 
worldly affairs, I bequeath to my eldest daughter [Ellin] one dollar; I 
bequeath to my son John [forty acres of land ] joining Henry Johnsons land, 
the remainder of my land, namely, the home farm, the whaley farm, and the farm 
occupied by my son Lorenza Dow Britt my wife Polly is to have, at her death 
Worley Britt is to have the farm occupied by his father Lorenza Dow Britt.  
also my wife Polly is to have all the farming utensils, together with all the 
stock; the third part of the corn raised by my son Lorenza is to be 
appropriated to the payment of a note due to William Peoples. My wife Polly is 
to settle all of my debts.  I bequeath to Tensy Britt one dollar; I bequeath 
to Nancy Britt one dollar; I bequeath to William Brumit one dollar; also to 
James Britt one dollar, also to George Britt one dollar, also to Lorenza D. 
Britt one dollar, this is my last will and testament.

Witness     David Bell                                   His
[Ex's ]     Henry Johnson                          John   X   Britt
                                                         mark