KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE - WILL OF ZION WADE, 1894

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Knox County, Tennessee Will Book Volume 2, Page 417

January Term 1895

Zion Wade

I Zion Wade of the County of Knox, Dante, 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;

1.   I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah J. Wade and Margaret
E. Wade any and all the horses and mules I may own or possess at 
the time of my death.

2.   I give and bequeath to my said daughters Sarah J. Wade and
Margaret E. Wade and my daughter Harriett E. Davis, widow of F. M.
Davis 'decd' equal share of any and all remainder of the live stock
such as cows, hogs, sheep, poultry, &c I may own at the time of
my death.

3.   I give and bequeath to my said daughters Sarah J. Wade and
Margaret E. Wade all the beds, bedclothing, books sewing-machine,
bureau clock, clothing, chattles and effects, furniture, money,
notes, securities, accounts, stove and cooking utensils, which shall,
at the time of my death be in or about my house.

4.   I give and bequeath to my said daughters Sarah J. Wade and
Margaret E. Wade all the tools such as plows, hoes, forks, mowing
machine, hay rake, wagons buggies, cider mill, black-smith tools,
carpenter tools and any and all other tools of any kind or
description, which I may own or possess at the time of my death.

5.   I give and devise to my daughters Sarah J. Wade and Margaret
E. Wade and Harriett E. Davis, widow of F.M. Davis 'decd' equal
shares of all the real estate I may own or possess at the time of
my death, to gather with all the appurtenances there to beloning [sic]
to have and hold unto the said Sarah J. Wade, Margaret E. Wade and
Harriett E. Davis, their heirs and assigns forever.

     And, last: I hereby nominate and appoint my son Andrew D. Wade,
and James T. Brown and William Nickle to be the executers of this, my
last will an testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by 
me made, and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last
will and testament.

     In Witness whereoff [sic], I have hereunto set my hand this
second day of January A.D. 1894.

Zion [X] Wade
[his mark]

Signed, published and declared by the above named Zion Wade
as his last will and testament in presence of us who, at his request
have signed as witnesses of the same.

Jas P. Sanders
H. J. Yarnell
J. B. Parker

[Transcriber's Notes: Zion Wade died 28 January 1895 in Knox County
and was a GGGG grandfather of mine. He married Rebecca Keith, daughter
of Andrew and Martha Ann (Mitchell) Keith, in Knox County 8 January
1846. I am descended from Zion and Rebecca's daughter, Harriet
Elizabeth Wade (mentioned above), who married Francis Marion Davis,
son of Albert Davis and Deborah Ann Cates of Grainger and Knox
Counties, 7 February 1874. Zion and Rebecca (Keith) Wade and Andrew
and Martha Ann (Mitchell) Keith are all buried at Third Creek
Baptist in Knoxville. Francis Marion and Harriet Elizabeth (Wade)
Davis are buried at Mt. Harmony Baptist in north Knoxville on
Raccoon Valley Drive, near Marion's parents graves.

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