This publication contains the COMPLETE text of wills registered in Sullivan County from 1830-1870 as compiled by WPA workers.
Along with the actual will, you will find names of children, spouses, brothers, sisters, aunts, nephews, slaves, aunts, uncles, and friends. No changes have been made ... the wills read exactly as written and bring you back to a different era of forethought, understanding, and love.
Example:
JOHN HIGGINS. Will. Wife: Mary. Sons" Westly, William, Alexander, Elijah, John, James. Daughters: Elizabeth MILIGAN; Nancy TITTLE; Mary TITTLE; Sally MORREY; Margaret ARMSTRONG; Polly TITTLE. John MC MINN and George BOGLE to value estate, including slaves. Slaves: Claria; Ben, Susan, Mariah, Lucy, George, Jim, Jack, Shearman. Executors: Jehu MC MINN; George, BOGLE.
WPA Records
paper, 159 pp.
ISBN: 9780788489174
101E-TN0646
