GIBSON COUNTY, TN - WILLS - John White  1859
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Gibson County Court  September Term, 1859   p311/312

John White's Will
I John White do make & publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking
and making void all other wills by me at any time made   first- I direct that my
funeral expenses and all my  (ink smudged) be paid as soon after my death as
possible and of any moneys that I may die possessed of or may first come into the
hands of my Executor   "  Secondly I give and bequeath to Sarah P White my wife my
tract of land I now live on and house hold and kitchen furniture and my negro girl
Catharine to have & to hold her natural lifetime or during her widowhood and & that
I desire that she have my bay mare and my cow and calf  one sow and eight shoats
and all (illegible) sheep and all the present crop of corn and fodder and all the
crop of wheat & all the present crop of potatoes  two plows & one pair of gun(?)
and at the death of my wife Sarah P White my (illegible) to be divided among all of
my children & if my girl Catharine should out live my wife Sarah P White to be
divided equally among the children
And I desire that John my son have the bay colt and Saddle and bridle and I desire
that my three Daughters Mary A White Nancy L White and Sarah Y White each their
Saddles and lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint William Rufus White my executor
in witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this the 29 day of
June 1859
Signed and Sealed in our                          John White
presence and we have                              Seal
Subscribed our names hereto in
the presence of the testator
this the 29 day of June 1859
   Test
JDLayton
James S Haynes

W R White  Executor Bond
           State of Tennessee Gibson County 
We W R White Job Hicks & Jno M Armstrong  are bound to the State of Tennessee 
in the penalty of one thousand Dollars witness our hands and Seals this 5 day 
of September 1859
            The conditions of this obligation is Such that whereas the above 
bound William R. White has been appointed Executor of the good & chattels 
rights and (illegible) of John White deceased   Now if the said WR White 
shall well and hulp (?)
perform all the duties which are or may be required of him by law as such 
Executor this obligation shall be void  otherwise to remain in full force & 
vistur (?)
Approved
JD Debuce  Chair                           WR White  (seal)
                                           Job Hicks  (seal)
                                           James M Armstrong  (seal)