HAYWOOD COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Sally Tyner ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sarah Hutcherson sukey@bellsouth.net ==================================================================== State of Tennessee } Haywood County } August Term 1837 The Last Will and Testament Of Sally Tyner. In the name of God, Amen. I, Sally Tyner, of the county of Madison and the state of Tennessee, being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be God, do this the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Six, do make and publish this, my last will and testament, in manner as follows, that is to say, after all my just debts being paid I lend my Negro girl, Tamer, to Isaac (?) and Ann Wellings during their lives, and after their deaths, her increase, if any, to be equally divided between Probate Colyer Midyett and Sarah Catherine Tiner, to them and their heirs forever. My large church Bible to Micajah Midgett. If anything is left after paying my just debts it is to go to Josiah Midyett. I do ordain Micajah Midgett my executor to this my last will and testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of January 1836. Wit: John McClellan Sally Tiner A.G. McClellan Source for the following: Haywood Co., Tn. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions; Bk. C (1834-1840); Pg. 385 & 504 An instrument of writing purporting to be the last will & testament of Salley Tyner was this day produced in open court and proven by the oaths of John McClellan & Albert McClellan, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Micajah Midgett, executor to the last will & testament of Salley Tyner, came into court and entered into bond of $1400.00 with John McClellan and Albert McClellan as his securities. The settlement of Micajah Midgett, executor of Sally Tyner, dec'd., made with the clerk on Sept. 30th last, was this day confirmed by the court and ordered to be recorded in Record Book A, page 175.