WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Godfrey Saylor, 6 May 1861
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Contributor's Note:  Extracted from LDS microfilm 0825521, Wills of 
Washington County, Tennessee.

Will of Godfrey Saylor, dated 6 May 1861

I Godfrey Saylor do make and publish this my last will and testament 
First I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as 
soon after my death as possible out of any money that I may die 
possessed of or may first come into the hands of my executor  and 
Secondly I give and bequeath to my wife Susannah Saylor two beds and 
steads and as many bed clothes as she wants and one small table and 
one falling leaf table and what cooking utensils she wants one pair 
of fire dogs and shovel and pot ramble and one years provision ten 
bushels wheat and ten bushels of corn and Thirdly I bequeath that 
David Saylor shall have the third part of the present crop of wheat 
and he is to cut it and thresh it and measure it in the half bushel 
and the corn and the oats the same way and my wife to have one bureau 
and one half of the garden and the other to David Saylor and Fourthly 
I bequeath that the land shall be sold and the household and kitchen 
furniture and farming utensils and all stock and grain shall be sold 
also the Fifth I bequeath that the proceeds be equally divided 
between my wife and David Saylor, John Saylor and Godfrey S. Saylor 
and that money to be put into the hands of their mother for their use 
as guardian for said children the three to have one share of said 
estate ... (a short interval of text was inadvertently skipped at 
this point while copying from the microfilm) ... and appoint Abraham 
Saylor my executor in witness whereof I do to this my will set my 
hand and seal this the 6th day of May 1861.
test                                      his
Vincent Boreing                    Godfrey   Saylor
Joseph Woolf                             mark
George Little

The foregoing will was presented to Court and proven in open Court by 
oaths of Vincent Boring, Joseph Wolf, George Little and ordered to be 
recorded and Abraham Saylor the executor named in the said will 
appeared in open Court and made bond and security qualified as the 
law directed this June 4th 1861

                                John A. Conley  Clk