Will 1827 TN Knox Brooks Moses
Description
| Administrators, executors and guardians record, 5-23 (manuscript -- page torn); also Estate book, 5-2 (typescript -- contains full text) |
Author
| County Court, Knox Co. TN |
Publisher
| LDS films 1020321 (admins) and 464120 (estate) |
Source Text
The last will and Testament of Moses Brooks, deceased was produced to Court for probate, whereupon Samuel Fleming and William M. Carrick subscribing witnesses thereto made Oath that they saw the said Moses Brooks sign and seal said instrument of writing and heard him pronounce publish and declare the same to be his last will and testament, and that at the time of publishing the same he was of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and belief - which will is admitted to record and is in the words and figures following, to wit - "I Moses Brooks of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee do hereby make my last will and Testament in manner and form following (that is) I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses out of my estate. I give and bequeath to my sons John Brooks and Joseph Brooks all my landed estate to be equally divided between them in valuation." I give to my daughter Cynthia K. Boyd horse saddle and bridle and five dollars. Item I give unto my daughters Mary Haynei Nancy A. Clift Jane McCree and Margaret Stephenson five dollars each. Item I give unto my granddaughters Sarah A Stephenson and Isabella B. Stephenson twenty dollars to be equally divided between them, and to let out at interest until each of them come of age. Item I give unto my step daughter Ann Fleming five dollars - - And I do humbly constitute and appoint my two sons John & Joseph Brooks, my Executors of this my last will and testament- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of July A D 1827. Moses his X mark Brooks (Seal) Acknowledged before us Saml. Fleming William M. Carrick "The State of Tennessee To all persons Greeting 1.20 pd. Whereas at our Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions held for Knox County at the Court house in Knoxville on the first Monday of April 1830, it appeared to the Court that Moses Brooks late of said County had died, having first made his last Will and Testament, in which John Brooks and Joseph Brooks an appointed Executors and the said Will having been proved and admitted to record, and the said John and Joseph Brooks qualified as Executors. We therefore empower the said John and Joseph Brooks to take into their possession, all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of the said Testator, wheresoever the same may be found, and all just debts of the said testator and all legacies specified in said Will well and truly to pay, so far as the said goods and chattels rights and credits may extend and in all things to administer said goods and chattels, rights and credits, according to the tenor of said Will and the laws of the land. Witness Charles McClung Clerk of said Court at office in Knoxville the first Monday of April 1830. Chas. McClung By his Depty Wm. Swan |