WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - WILLS - John Saylor, 3 Nov 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Earl Colley earlcolley@juno.com ==================================================================== Contributor's Note: Extracted from the WPA typescripts of the records of Washington County, Tennessee. 1854 will of John Saylor I John Saylor being of sound and disposing mind but weak of body & viewing the uncertainty of life do make ordain & establish this as my last Will and Testament I give my soul to god to be disposed of according to his good pleasure. My body I require my Executors herein after named to bury in a christian like manner by the side of my beloved wife As to the estate real and personal with which providence has blessed me I do hereby dispose of the same as follows towit First as to my Grist Mill and plantation on which said Mill is situated lying on sinking Creek now occupied by my son Isaac Saylor, containing about One hundred and Fifty Nine acres more or less composed of two parcels towit the Humphrey place and a Nine acre entry made by Me. I do hereby authorise empower and direct My executors herein after appointed to expose to public sale and sell after giving due notice of time & place of sale for the most it will bring in Money say current Bank Notes One fourth of the amount of said sale to be paid down & the residue to be paid in equal installments in one two & three years. Bond and good security to be required for the sum not paid down and a Lein to be retained on the premises until the last payment is made. Upon a sale of said premises & a compliance with the terms herein stipulated my Executors are hereby fully authorised & empowered to Convey said plantation & Gristmill with a Warranty of the title retaining a Lein as herein before pointed out, or execute a ????? title after the last payment is made Secondly, I Give and bequeath to my son Godfrey Saylor & my daughter Sarah Saylor equally my home farm & saw mill lying on Sinking Creek containing about One hundred and twenty five acres more or less composed of different parcels to be and remain their property and to their heirs and assigns forever in Fee Simple. The interest herein given to the said Sarah Saylor is for her sole use separate and apart from her husband should she ever marry with full power to dispose of the same by Will or otherwise as she may see propper This bequest to the said Godfrey and Sarah Saylor I rate at twelve hundred dollars to the two, considering said farm & improvements worth twelve hundred dollars. Thirdly I authorise & empower and direct my Executors herein after appointed, to sell upon the same terms & considerations that are herein before stipulated as to my Grist Mill and plantation the plantation on which my son Godfrey Saylor now lives commonly called the Ruble place containing about one hundred and thirty four acres purchased by me of William Smith Fourthly I Give and bequeath to Patsey Saylor widow of my son John Saylor in Trust to be equally divided between herself & the children of my son John, whose names, I do not know, Four hundred dollars in current Bank notes should any child or children of the said son John be married or hereafter marry & die leaving a child or children, then and in that event the child or children of the deceased are to represent the parents & the said Patsey is hereby required to distribute to said child or children whatever sum the said parent would have been entitled to of this bequest should he or her be living. Fifthly I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Howard wife of John Howard Six hundred dollars in current Bank notes with full power to receive and dispose of the same as she may see propper. This bequest is given to the said Elizabeth for her sole use separate & apart from her husband John Howard and her individual receipt should be a good voucher to my Executors Sixth whereas I have heretofore made advancements to my son in laws George Gilley Lemuel Bogart & William Odle and in some instances hold their receipts and on some of them hold notes which notes & money receipted for was designed by me as advancements. Now it is my Will that Nancy Gilley wife of the said George Hannah Bogart wife of the said Lemuel Bogart and Margaret Odle wife of the said William Odle be each paid by my Executors such sum in current Bank notes as may be found due them on settlement rating my legacy to each of them at six hundred dollars and deducting therefrom the respective advancements to their husbands, that is to say I give to each of my before mentioned daughters six hundred dollars but the advancements heretofore made to the husbands must be deducted therefrom and be considered as an advancement to them of such portion of this my legacy as their husbands have heretofore had the respective amounts to each advanced will appear by notes & receipts now on file amongst my papers Seventh I give and bequeath to my son William Saylor six hundred dollars but the amount of notes I hold on him must be deducted therefrom I having designed the amount of said notes as an advancement to him Eighth, I have heretofore advanced my son Henry Saylor Five hundred dollars & hold his receipt therefor Now to make him equal with my other children I give and bequeath to him One hundred dollars in current Bank notes Ninth I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Saylor six hundred dollars in current Bank notes But the notes I hold on him must be deducted therefrom without any calculation of interest on said notes the same having been designed by me as advancements Tenth, I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Saylor six hundred dollars in current Bank notes But a note I hold on him for One hundred dollars must be deducted therefrom. My Executors are not to count interest on said note, Eleventh I give & bequeath to my Grand Children Godfrey Saylor & Sophrona Saylor Heirs of my son Joseph Saylor dcsd six hundred dollars in current Bank notes That is to say I give to each of them Three hundred dollars Thirteenth I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Saylor one of my horse beasts, she to have choice, also one cow she to have choice I also Give her as much of my household & Kitchen furniture as she may esteem necessary for her comfort & happiness, two beds, bedsteads & bed clothing to be included Fourteenth I give and bequeath to Sophrona Smith Wife of William Smith Sarah Gilley and Catherine Gilley all children of my daughter Polly Gilley six hundred dollars in current Bank notes that is to say I give to each of them two hundred dollars Fifteenth The monied legacies herein given are not to be considered due until funds can be collected and are not to bear interest, but pro Rata division of funds as they may come to the hands of my Executors from any sources must be made amongst legatees Sixteenth, That no injustice may be done any of my children, I do hereby direct my Executors not to count interest on any advancements made by me, & should I have in any bequest omitted to state in what sort of funds legacies are to be paid, I now state that all may be on equal footing, that any current bank notes are to be receivable by legatees Seventeenth, All my property not specifically bequeathed, I require my Executors to sell at public sale to aid in paying legacies. I wish my legacies paid by proceeds of Mill property the Ruble place personal property on hand money due me & on hand ????? Eighteenth, should it turn out after paying the legacies herein given that there is surplus money on hand over and above the costs of the administration of my estate then and in that event I wish the same equally divided between my heirs except the Heirs of my son Joseph Saylor the Heirs of Polly Gilley & the Heirs of my son John Saylor as I have given them as much as I design for them Nineteenth I do hereby revoke all former Wills made by me Twentieth Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Henry Saylor and Abraham Saylor Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and do hereby request the County Court not to require security of them for the administration of my estate In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 3d day of November 1854 Signed sealed and acknowledged in our presence A. W. Saylor signature Henry Johnson T. McInt???? 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