MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - WILLS - William Bigham, 12 Jul 1842
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Will of William BIGHAM 
Marshall County Will Book A  pg 65 

We Josiah Duncan Jane McKnight & Robert Davis do state that the muncupative 
will of William Bigham was made by him on the 12th day of July 1842 in our 
presence to which we were requested to bear witness by the Testator himself in 
the presence of each other that it was made in his last sickness in his own 
dwelling house and the same is as follows. to wit. It was his will and desire 
that after his decease his beloved wife Sarah shall have Benjamin (commonly 
called big Ben) Celia the wife of Ben, and their children during his wife 
Sarah's life & at her death to be disposed of as she may think proper. made 
out by us and signed this 19th of July 1842. 

Robert Davis (Seal)   Josiah Duncan (Seal)      Jane McKnight (Seal) 

State of Tennessee }
Marshall County.   }          County Court Oct term 1842 
Personally appeared in open court Robert Davis, Josiah Duncan and Jane 
McKnight subscribing witness to the within will who being first sworn here in 
open court proved the due Execution of the same as the law directs. Witness my 
hand at officec this 3rd day of October 1842. 
                    M. W. Oakley Clerk