KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE - WILL OF ALBERT DAVIS, 1900

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397

FEBRUARY TERM, 1900

ALBERT DAVIS

     I Albert Davis of the county of Knox State of Tennessee, being 
of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and
testament in manner and form following that is to say:

     I give and bequeath to my son Jasper N. Davis all of my real
estate to have and to hold unto him and his heirs administrators
exeu[sic]tors forever

     It is my will that he shall pay to my Grandchildren Hettie
and Nora Heirs of Marion Davis decd the sum of Three Hundred ($300.0
Dollars each [sic] It is my will that the Executor be allowed five
years to make full settlement with the heirs of Marion Davis,
(deceased)[sic]

     I give and bequeath to my son Jasper N. Davis all of my personal
property after all of my just debts and funeral expenses are paid, He
having cared for me in my last days

     And last, I hereby constitute and appoint JasperN. [sic] Davis
Executor of this, my last will and testament and that he shall not be
required to give bond 

     In witness whereoff [sic] I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this the thirteenth day of November 1899

                    Albert Davis

Signed pub lished [sic] and declared by the above named Albert Davis
as his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request have
signed as witnesses of the same.

     J. T. Brown
     R. M. Brown

     (Probated Book "Q" page 77)

[Transcriber's Notes: Albert Davis (above) was a GGGG grandfather
of mine. I am descended through his son, Francis Marion 
(mentioned above), and through Hettie Belle (mentioned above), 
Francis's eldest daughter with Harriet Elizabeth Wade, daughter of
Zion Wade. Albert died 14 Feb. 1900 in Knox County and is buried
at Mt. Harmony Baptist on Raccoon Valley Road in north Knoxville
beside his wife, Deborah Ann Cates, whom he married in Grainger 
County, Tennessee 28 Sept. 1848.

submitted by:
--Jesse K. Moore, Lexington, Kentucky, jkmoore@usa.net]