FRANKLIN COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Noah McKelvey, 19 Mar 1878
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Will of Noah McKelvey 
of Franklin County, Tennessee

Franklin Co., TN Will Book March 1876 - August 1914, pages 263-264.
State of Tennessee, Franklin County.  Being apprised of the uncertainty of 
life and for the love and affection which I have for my children do hereby 
make my last Will & Testament    1st after all my personal debts are paid I 
desire after the death of myself and my beloved companion Almira J. McKelvey 
to bequeath to my Grand Son Jackson Bennett fifty Dollars to be paid out of 
the personal effects of which we may die seized & should there not be enough 
of said effects to pay it that the same shall be paid by my Six living 
children out of the property herein after bequeathed to them each paying his 
equal part   2nd I desire after the death of myself & wife to bequeath my 
lands which I have divided into lots designated as lots No 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 in 
the following manner viz.    Lot No 1 being a part of the home tract and 
including the buildings in which I live & barns & stables.  I bequeath to my 
beloved daughter Isabella Duncan containing Fourteen & three fourth acres as 
shown in a plat accompaning this Testament    3rd I bequeath to my beloved son 
Thomas McKelvey Lot No 2 also being a part of the home tract including 
building on said lot containing nineteen & one half acres & the boundaries 
shown on said plat    4th I bequeath to my beloved Daughter Caroline Walker 
Lot No 3 a part of the home tract containing 26 3/4 acres the boundaries of 
which is shown in said plat.    5th I bequeath to my beloved Daughter 
Narcissus Bass lot No 4 being a part of the Verner Tract containing eighteen & 
one half acres shown on said plat    5th I bequeath to my beloved son Samuel 
McKelvey Lot No 5 a part of what is known as the Verner Tract the boundaries 
shown in said plat containing twenty nine & one half acres Twenty two & one 
half acres of timbered land north of my home tract & not adjoining the same is 
equally divided between Lot No 4 & 5    6th I bequeath to my beloved son Wm. 
B. McKelvey Lot No 6 a part of the Verner tract as set forth in said plat 
containing ninety acres one half acre being reserved out of the same for 
burial expenses.  It is my desire that my personal effects and the proceeds of 
my lands are to be used for for the support of myself & wife during our 
natural lives & should she or I or both become helpless so that the proceeds 
of the place fail to support us such a part of the land be sold and the money 
appropriated for the support of myself & wife during our natural lives.  I 
desire after the death of myself & wife that all the personal property of 
which we may die seized shall be equally divided among my six living children   
That is after my grand son Jackson Bennett has received the fifty dollars as 
above described.  I hereby appoint James Bass executor of my will and Alex 
Duncan & James Walker as witnesses to see that my will is carried out & should 
I die before my wife or become so helpless as not be able to see to my 
business my Executor and his assistants are to look after & see that we are 
properly cared for & supported while we live & to see that nothing is to be 
wasted through neglect or carelessness upon their part.  In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand & seal This the 19th day of March 1878
Joseph M Holland}					Noah McKelvey {Seal}
William M Holland} Witnesses 

Oin to J D Bass going to Texas and being away I appoint my son T J McKelvey to 
be my Executor to my Will This September the first 1886
A Duncan   } Witness					Noah McKelvey {Seal}
T J Leming } Witness

County Court March Term 1894
When the last [will] & testament of Noah McKelvey dec’d was presented to court 
for probate and being duly proven by William M Holland one of the subscribing 
witnesses thereto he also proves the handwriting of the other subscribing 
witness thereto.

Witness my hand at office This March 6  1894		
							Hop T Taylor   D.C.