Carter County TN Archives Wills.....Gourley, James  August 4, 1848
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Source: Carter County And Microfilm From Family History Library
Written: August 4, 1848



	I James Gourley being of sound and dispossing mind do make _________ 

and establish this as my last will and testament.

	Firstly, I give my soul to God to be dispossed of according to his good 

pleasure.

	Secondly, I require my executors here or after named to have my 

___________in a chosen like manner. 

	Thirdly, I require my executor to pay all my honest debt by and 

thorough the debt due _________ and should they be unable to raise the 

sufficient funds in the way they are hereby authorized to sell enough of my 

personal property not specifically bequeathed to ________   ______   _________.

	Fourthly, I give to my daughter Joanna Tipton, Manerva Boyd, and 

Adaline Bayless each fifty dollars to be for their sole use separate and apart 

from their husbands and there individual right shall be _________

__________ to my executors their fifty to each is to be paid in any good trade 

equal to their_________

__________   separately on two years after the death of myself and wife.

	Fifthly, I give and bequeath to my son Alphed T. Gourley one dollar to 

be in full of his part as share of my estate.

	Sixthly, I give and bequeath to my son Elkana D. Gourley one hundred 

dollars to be paid to him and the expirationof two years after the death of 

myself and wife.

	Seventhly, I give and bequeath to James dunbar, son of my daughter 

Eliza Dunbar a piece of land apart of the land I now live on supposed to be 

about twenty acres beginning on two Birches Corner to Michael Hyders son on the 

C______ch running then so as to included a spring on the branch and running a 

steep bank to the lower end of said bank then to the brand and deviou? the 

brand to a large rock in the turn of the branch then due north to the center of 

the cave that run by my house then along the road to about opposite the 

________ of the near out field then along said line to the beginning.  Provided 

herein should be daughter Eliza be now pregnant and have another child by said 

Dunbar that child shall be equal interest with the said James and provided 

further more that the said Eliza Dunbar shall have the use of the ______ and 

proffets of said land until said children come to be of age be hers for her 

sole use separate and apart from her husband should she marry again.

	Eighthly, I give and bequeath to my two daughter Catherine and Loretta 

one hundred dollars each to be paid them two years after the death of myself 

and wife to be paid in any good trade to be valued equal to iron at three cents 

per pound.

	Ninthly, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary Gourley during her life 

the tract of land on which I now live except so far as is her tofore given to 

the children or child of Eliza Dunbar  conveyed to myself by Samuel Smallings 

the whole being about one hundred and fifty acres exception to the Dunbar 

children is taken out of David Gourley my son with the _____  _______ and 

app______there into belonging to remains his heirs and assigns for use and full 

simple providec___ hoever in consideration I require him to pay two hundred 

dollars of the trade bequeathed her tofore to said other children.

	Tenthly, I give and bequeath to my son Nathaniel Gourley the upper part 

of the Bailey tract of land supposed to be seventy acres agreeable to a 

conditional line to be made by William Boyd and myself which tract includes the 

house in which my son Alphed now lives.  My son Nathaniel to have the use and 

occupation of the same after the years 1849 to be his, his heirs and assigns 

forever.

	Eleventhly, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary after my debts are paid 

for the use of herself and family all my land not especially bequeathed, also 

all my stock, kind, household and kitchen furniture____ and farming_______ and 

this grain and meat that may be on hand at my death to be disposed of by her as 

she may see proper and I give and bequeath to my said wife after the payments 

of my debts and ligation anything that may be ____ one from William Boyd in 

that I give _____ residence of my personal and real estate after the ligation 

and debts are satisfied.

	Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Mary Gourley and my 

son David Gourley executors and executrise of this my last will and testament 

and wish the courts not require security of them.

	In testimoney whereof I have here to for set my hand and seal this 4th 

day of Aug 1848.

Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged

in our presence.

                                                                                

  James Gourly          seal

Al   bel Taylor

John L. Lusk

Thomas Gourley





Additional Comments:
This is a copy of James Gourley will from Carter County, TN.  I first got a 

copy from the county, but it was a very poor copy and was difficult to read.  I 

was able to read more information from a microfilm and an excellent reader and 

just sit there and write it down as it came up.  As you can see, there are 

still a lot of words that are blank as they could not be established.  (I have 

never worked so hard to read a will before and I can see why names might have 

been missed before.  





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