ROANE COUNTY, TN - WILLS - James Brazeale, 1 Aug 1854 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Steve Sihopfe@cs.com ==================================================================== LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES BRAZEALE November Term 1850 I James Brazeale of the county of Roane and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby making void all other wills by me at anytime made. 1. First, I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to dust from whence it came to be buried in a manner suitable to my condition in life. 2. I give and bequeath to my son John G. Brazeale my plantation with all lands as may more fully be understood by references to my several deeds of conveyance with the present crop on the same except the land that my son Andrew J. Brazeale rented from me that the said Andrew J. Brazeale is to have the rent reserving in the aforesaid lands and plantations a lifetime estate for my daughter Mary Mahala Brazeale and also my daughter Sarah Brazeale which they are to have so long as they live single and remain on the said plantation. 3. I give and bequeath to my son John G. Brazeale my wagon and one yoke of cattle. 4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Mahaly my bay mare. 5th I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Brazeale my roan filly. 6th I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Blackburn my sorrel colt and one bed and furniture and staid. 7th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Essell one bed and furniture. 8th I give and bequeath to my son Henderson C. Brazeale 8 head of sheep. 9th I give and bequeath to my son Andrew J. Brazeale 8 head of sheep. 10th all the remaining property to be sold in a twelve months credit and the money arising from the sale of same to be equally divided with all my sons -- lastly I do appoint my friend and relation E.W. Brazeale my executor. Witness where of I do to this will set my hand and affix my seal this first day of August 1854 signed and sealed in the presence of: Attest James Brazeale (?) Henry Bogart His Sanford (X) Ingram County Court Mark November Term 1854 E.W. Brazeale State of Tennessee County Court Roane County November Term 1854 Those were the fore going Will and Testament of James Brazeale deceased produced in open court and the executive and declaration thereof duly proved in open court by the oaths of Sanford Ingram and E.W. Brazeale two of the subscribing witnesses there to and admitted to record and ordered to be on record witness my hand at office this 1st Monday of November 1854. Austin J. Greene Clerk