WILL OF SAMUEL LUSK SR.

Recorded Jan. 24, 1824
Written September 10, 1810 Maury Co. Tn. 1771
Added to it, January 15, 1816. 1771

In the name of God Amen, I Samuel Lusk Sr. of the County of Maury and 
State of Tennessee. In usual health and in sound mind, knowing the
shortness and uncertainty of time and the certainty of approaching
death, do make this my Last Will and testament, Soleumly dissolving and
giving up my Soul to God, and my body to the dust whenever it shall be
his will to call me hence, and I order that my body be decently buried 
and all my lawful debts paid. the remaining property to be disposed of
with manner following.

To my beloved wife, Margaret I give and bequeath one, one Negro Woman
named Eader (or Eades) and at her death to dispose of her the said
Negro as she pleases, and also all my household furniture to her use
while she lives and to be at her disposal at her death. and also the 
remaining part of my property to be to her use while she lives, and the 
remaining part of my Negroes to be to her use while she lives but at her
death the property that is not left to her disposal, I do bequeath in
the following manner, to my beloved daughter Elander, I give and
bequeath one Negro girl by the name of Dorcus, and to my beloved son
James, I do give and bequeath one Negro Boy by the name of Sike, and to
my beloved son Samuel, I do give and bequeath one Negro Boy by the name
of Jacob, and I do give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Margaret,
one Negro girl by the name of Milly. To my beloved Son Robert, I do
give and bequeath one Negro nan by the name of Hyle, and to my beloved
grandson John McGill, I do give and bequeath one Negro Boy by the name
of Jesse. But if he the said John McGill should die without an lawful
heir, the said Negro shall return to my heirs again.

And I further give and bequeath to each of the legatees above named,
except my grandson John McGill. one equal moiety (?) of all my property
not heretofore devised, after my wife's decease and I also will at the
death of the above named legatees that the above named Negroes shall be
given to the heirs of their bodies. And I do hereby constitute and
appoint my beloved sons James and Samuel and Robert my executors, and I
hereby give them full power and authority to Execute this my last will
and testament and I do hereby annul all former wills and testaments and
declare this to be my last will and testament, in full force and
vertue.
 
Signed and sealed in the presence of This tenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

Test: Joseph Payton                    Samuel Lusk (seal)
      Andrew Kennedy
      Henry Young

Know all whom it may concern, that I Samuel Lusk of the State of 
Tennessee and Maury County, did make and sign a certain Deed or
instrument of writing as my last will and testament bearing date the
tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ten, from changes that has since taken place in my 
property. I am induced to make the following alterations by this
Codicil.
 

1st I did bequeath unto my beloved wife Margaret a certain Negro woman
named Adah during her life and to he at her disposal at her death, but
if she should die intestate (instant?) it is my will that said Negro
woman be vested in my son Robert and his heirs forever.
 
2nd In said will I did give and bequeath unto my daughter Elenor
Whiteside of South Carolina and York district, one Negro girl named
Dorcus and unto my daughter Margaret I did begueath one Negro girl
named Milly, both these Negroes is since dead. I therefore by these
presents do disannul and make void that part of my will, which
bequeaths said Negroes, and instead thereof I do give and bequeath unto
my daughter Elenor Whiteside one Negro Boy named Barren, upon condition
that she be a residenter in the State and County that I now live in, in
the space of two years after the above will becomes in force but if she
should not be a residenter in the said State and County in the above
term of two years, then said Negro Boy shall be sold according to her
directions by my Executors to the highest among the heirs of my body
and the monies arising from such sale be paid to her lawful heirs. and I
do farther give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret one Negro girl
named Anna, and I do ordain and confirm this annexed codicil as a part
of my will, and to be observed and acted upon as such by my Executors
and I confirm every other part of my will, except the parts altered and
disannuled by this present codicil. 

Signed sealed and                      This fifteenth day of January,
acknoxledged in                        in the year of our Lord,
presence of us.                        One thousand eight
                                       hundred and sixteen.

Thomas +(his mark) Walker-Jurat

Andrew Walker                          Samuel Lusk (Seal)
Robeson Whiteside, Jurat


Also refer to:

Will of James Lusk Maury County, TN 1852
the will of Samuel's son James

Will of Elizabeth Lusk Maury County, TN 1860
the will of Samuel's daughter-in-law

Will of Samuel Lusk Maury County, TN 1855
the will of Samuel's grandson

Will of Samuel Lusk Lewis County, TN 1844
the will of Samuel's son


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