HARDEMAN COUNTY TN - WILLS - John Myers ********************************************************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Dunn ********************************************************************************* JOHN MYERS WILL I John Myers of the County of Hardeman & State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others by me at any time made. Item 1. I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my decease as convenient. Item 2. I direct that my land be divided as follows. First let a line be run from North to South passing the West side of the old orchard which is west of my residence to a point due west of the angle in the lane at my gate. From this point let a line be run due east by said gate along the lane which divides my land from the land of my son Frederic T. Myers known as the "New" place crossing Short Creek to a black gum. Thence South to a black gum a corner of a warrant for 11 Acres in the name of Kemp Stallings thence East with South line of said warrant to the East boundary of my land in the bottom. The land so cut off West and South of said lines, I give bequeath to my son Frederic T. Myers all rights to which passing to him immediately. I give and bequeath the remainder of my land to my son Joseph John Myers to pass to him on the saving of the crop which may be growing at the death of his mother my wife Charlotte Myers who is to have the use and benefits of all the land, hereditaments and appurtenances devised to my son Joseph John during her natural life. Item 3. If my son Joseph John should die without issue I direct that said land be sold for the equal benefits of my daughters or their living issue the child or children of any one of my daughters to be considered one heir. Item 4. I direct that one hundred & twenty five dollars be given to Joseph John to buy a horse when he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, also one bedstead, bed & furniture and one cow & calf. I give the same to my daughter Octavia Araminta when she becomes twenty-one years of age or marries. I give to my wife all the household and kitchen furniture, my wagon, two mules, one horse, 2 cows & calves, 2 sows & pigs, eight pork hogs, ten head of sheep as many farming tools as useful to make a crop also a sufficiency of provisions, groceries, corn & fodder as shall be needed to maintain my family and business for one year. I direct that the surplus be sold and the money equally divided among my daughters or their living issue after the payment of my debts. Item 5. I hereby constitute my son Frederic T. Myers the executor of this my last will & testament without security being required of him. Signed, Sealed & Delivered on the 28th day of February, 1868 In the presence of Jesse B. Franklin signed John Myers William A. Caruthers Alfred N. Clayton State of Tennessee Hardeman County} County Court April Tenn 1874 Then was the foregoing will of John Myers dec'd produced in open Court for probate and duly proven by the oaths of William A. Caruthers and Alfred N. Clayton two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be certified, recorded and filed. Given under my hand at Office in Bolivar on this 7 day of April, 1874. W. C. Davis, Clerk Page 192 of the book for 1874 Copied at Bolivar Court House June 2001 And transcribed by: Bill Dunn, 3510 S Birmingham, Tulsa OK dunnsbnj@aol.com GrGrandson of Araminta Octavia Myers