GIBSON COUNTY, TN - WILLS - D. D. Vaden  1858
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June Term 1858

D D Vaden's Will

I D D Vaden of the county of Gibson veiwing the uncertainity of life and the
certainity of death do make, publish this, my last will and testament revoking all
others    1st    I direct that my mortal remains be buried in a decent and
Christian manner-   2nd --  It is my will that all my just debts be paid as soon as
convenient after my decease-   3rd-  It is my will and I hereby give back to my
wife Martha Vaden all the property I got by her in our marriage and one hundred
Dollars in cash, one choice cow and calf and one years provisions out of my estate 
-  4th-- It is my will that my personal property of every kind and variety be sold
to the highest bidder ___  ___ credit of Twelve months and my land ___ on a credit
of one and tow years--  5th- I will Richard S Vaden, Martha S Bledsoe, Elizabeth A
Blankenship, Dorothy F Mobley and Mary Jane Jones Ten Dollars each     6th  I will
my son Henry C Vaden one Hundred Dollars   7th  I will my sons Joseph L & Robert W
Vaden Two Hundred & fifty Dollars each first--- 8th  It is my will that the balance
of the money belonging to my Estate be equally divided between my three single
daughters Hannah W.  Henrietta O and Matilda E Vaden and my two sons Joseph L and
Robert W Vaden and in case of the death of any of these five named children before
arriving at age or marriage then the living ones of the five shall have their
distributive share or shares    8th  I hereby appoint and request my Friends W T
and J A Watkins to act as my executors to this my last will and testament and that
they become the Guardian of my children under age and it is my last request that
they take charge and control my two youngest sons Joseph and Robert W  

Given ___ my hand and seal this April 24th 1857 
Seal                           his
J P Sharp D D   x   Vaden 
J A W Hess                  mark