LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Mattie Smith Midyett Fitzgerald Nelson 1954
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WILL OF MATTIE SMITH MIDYETT FITZGERALD NELSON


SOURCE:   Lauderdale County,TN Will Book I   Page 247
                  STATE OF TENNESSEE}
                  LAUDERDALE COUNTY}
                                              LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I hereby make and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament,and do hereby
revoke any and all wills heretofore made by me. 1. I own a farm of 75 acres near
Lightfoot and also an acre of land on the highway.There are two dwelling houses
on the farm.I may build another house on the lot on the highway. I want my three
children to have my said farm and lot after my death.Lorene to live in the house
I am now living in; Freeman in the log house and Sarah in the new house on the
lot which I intend to build. They will work a third all around,pay the taxes,and
then after they get their rent,or one-third,the rest of the money will be
divided into three parts,one-third for each. They are as follows:  Mrs.Lorene
RHODES, Freeman  MIDYETT,and Mrs.Sarah HUTCHERSON,she is really my
grandchild,but I refer to her as one of my children.

When the first one dies,the real estate goes to the other two,then on down to
the last one;they cannot sell their part to each one,and when the last one dies
the place will be put and sold ( I mean the entire lands and improvements) by my
executor,and the proceeds of the sale will be used for benefits of orphans in
some Baptist Orphanage Home to be selected and designated by the Grace Baptist
Church (through its Board of Deacons),said Church is at Central.

I may borrow some money through long time loan on said lands and if I do my
children shall keep up the payments.

2. I nominate B.C.Durham,Jr.,of Ripley,Tennessee,as executor of this will,and he
will pay all my just debts out of the first money coming into his hands.And,any
money or personal property I may have left I give equally to my said three
children.

3.  Any other real estate that I may own I leave the same way as my said farm
and lot above set out.I want my son,Freeman,to see that this will is complied
with.
             
          Witness my hand,this August 16,1954.
                                                              /s/ Mrs.Mattie Nelson
                                                             -------------------------
                                                             Mrs.Mattie Nelson
                                                             Route 1
                                                             Ripley,Tennessee
At the request of Mrs.Mattie Nelson,and in her presence and in the presence of
each other,she signed and declared this to be her Last Will & Testament,and we
signed as witnesses in her presence and in the presence of each other at her
request.
     This August 16,1954     /s/  Robert S.Thomas
                                                /s/ Vernon Peters
                                           /s/ B.C.Durham,Jr.