Jefferson County TN Archives Wills.....Mills, John September 7, 1809
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Source: Jefferson County, Tennessee Wills And Settlments Microfilm (reel #35) At Blount County Pubilc Library
Written: September 7, 1809
Recorded: June 1815

I John Mills Sr of Jefferson County and State of Tennessee being of sound mind 

and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of life & certainty of death do 

make and ordain this as my last will & testament. And first commend my soul to 

god who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent christian 

manner at the discretion of my friends and relations, and my hereafter named 

Executors. And as to such worldly possessions and treasures as it has pleased 

kind providence to bless me with it is my will to dispose of the same in the 

following manner. First - I will and bequeth unto my beloved wife Sarah Mills 

the whole & sole use of one half of my land & plantation and the free use of 

the water and wood on the same together with the house wherein we now dwell 

and one half of the orchard and all my household moveable property, together 

with all my livestock as horses, cattle, sheep, & hogs &c during her widowhood 

and in case she should marry again, my will is that she should have one third 

part of said moveable property. Secondly - I will & bequeth unto my son 

Zacharias Mills the one half of my land and plantation and the free use of the 

water and wood on the same with one half of the Orchard and the house wherein 

he now dwells and all my working tools to him his heirs and assigns forever. 

Thirdly, I will and bequeth unto my son Zacharias Mills the other half of my 

land and plantation with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging at the 

marriage or decease of his mother (excepting he will take due care of his said 

mother during her life or widowhod). I give to him his heirs and assigns 

forever. Fourthly, I will and bequeth unto my four sons namely Samuel, 

William, John & Zacharias Mills and my seven daughters namely Jane Davis, 

Sarah Swain, Abagail Mendenhall, Mary Smith, Alice Mendenhall, Lydia Morgan & 

Rachel Wiliams all my livestock and moveable property at the decease of their 

mother to be equally divided among them part & part alike. And lastly I ordain 

constitute and appoint my sons Samuel & John Mills Executors to this my last 

will and testament in witness wherof I hereunto set my hand & seal this 

seventh day of the ninth month 1809. 



John Mills {seal}



Declared by the said John Mills to be his last will and testament. Walker 

Thornburgh, Richard Larmonce, Elihu Macy. 



State of Tennessee, Jefferson County, June Sessions 1815. Then was the last 

will & testament of John Mills decd duly proven in open court & recorded. 

Joseph Hamilton, Clerk by his dep. Jos. Hamilton Junior.

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