HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Susanna Blackman, 2 Mar 1837
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In the name of God, Amen.  I Susanna Blackman of the County of Sampson of 
State of North Carolina being of sound and perfect mind and memory Blessed be 
God for his mercies do make this my last will and testament in manner and form 
as following - viz -

In the first place it is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named 
to pay off all my just debts of every description, my funeral charges of 
whatever nature -

Item - I will and bequeathe to my daughter Ann Crawford the sum of one dollar 
and one third of my wearing apparel and two silver table spoons and two silver 
tea spoons.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my daughter Olive McKinne the sum of one dollar 
and one third of my wearing apparel and two silver table spoons and two silver 
tea spoons.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my daughter Mary Hooks one desk, one small 
mahogany table, two looking glasses, all my crockery and glassware, all my 
farming utensils - all my hogsheads and barrels, all the old irons of every 
description about my houses, all my household and kitchen furniture, not 
otherwise disposed of by this will, two silver table spoons and tea silver tea 
spoons and one third of my wearing apparel - two small trunks.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my eleven grand children viz - Sarah McKinne, 
William Crawford, Susy McKinne, Eliza Stephens, Isaac Crawford, Betsey 
Crawford, Olive Crawford, Ashley R. Crawford, Nathan G. Crawford, Eveline 
Crawford, Alexander F. Crawford each the sum of two hundred dollars out of my 
estate.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my two grand daughters Eliza Stephens and Olive 
Crawford a feather bead and furniture each.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my six grand children the children of Olive 
McKinne - viz - Wm McKinne, Betsey McKinne, Sarah Ann McKinne, John Gibbons 
McKinne, Barnabas McKinne and one name not recollected the sum of two hundred 
dollars each out of my estate.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my two grand daughters Betsey McKinne and Sarah 
McKinne a feather bead and furniture each and two walnut tables one table to 
each of said grand daughters.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my three grand sons the children of Mary Hooks - 
viz - William Hooks, Franklin Hooks and John Hooks the sum of two hundred 
dollars each out of my estate.

Item - I will and bequeathe to my two grand children William Hooks and 
Franklin Hooks a feather bead and furniture each.

Also I own one hundred and fifty acres of land in Johnson County ajoining John 
Eldredge and two hundred and thirty acres of land in Sampson County adjoining 
where I live which I want my Executor to sell and to sell all my stock of 
horses, cows, hogs, sheep, corn fodder, bacon lard & potatoes and all articles 
not mentioned in this will on a credit of six months.

Item - It is my wish that what bead clothes remain after furnishing the beads 
I have willed be divided into three equal shares and be given one share to 
Olive McKinnes children, one share to Ann Crawfords children and one share to 
Mary Hooks children.

Item - It is my wish that my Executor after my decease shall cause the 
graveyard where my husband, my children, and myself will be placed to have a 
nice brick wall built around it in the form of a square or oblong and to 
deduct from my estate the expenses of the same.

And whereas I am bound in a bond to Lem. Whitfield to make a title to the land 
on which I live, and the right and title of the same, lies in Olive McKinne - 
now if the said Olive refuses to make the title I am bound for, and my estate 
should have to pay the same or any part thereof and in consequence thereof 
should my estate not be sufficient to pay all the legacies I have bequeathed 
above if any must be deducted from the legacies I have bequeathed to the 
children of said Olive.

And I do hereby nominate and appoint my friend Archd Monk of said County and 
State my Executor to this my last will and testament.  In witness whereof I 
have hero unto subscribed my name this second day of March 1837.

						Susanna Blackman

Read, Sealed, and Signed
In the presence of
Jas Bennett
Joshua Craddoc

Codicil or addition to the foregoing will -

It is my desire that if by misfortune or accident my estate should not be 
sufficient to pay the legacies of two hundred dollars each to my grand 
children then for them all to share alike as far as my estate will go.  March 
2, 1837.

						Susanna Blackman
Jas Bennett
Joshua Craddoc



No Carolina		Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Sampson County		May Term 1839

When was the within will duly proven in open court by the oath of Joshua 
Craddoc a subscribing witness and ordered to be recorded.

						Thomas J. Faison, Clk.