Smith County, Tennessee Wills & Inventory 1812-1814

$18.50

 

Collected by W.P.A. Workers during the Great Depression and originally published in 1936 under Historical Project #65-44-1496, this volume contains the FULL TEXT of wills/probate records filed in Smith County, TN from 1812 through 1814. Included in each entry is name of deceased, name of heir[s], property, possessions, dollar value, etc.

Example

Will of Matthias BATES ... I lend to my wife Jane BATES a negro girl named Siallry and her future increase .... after my wife's death, the said negro and her increase I give to my son Benjamin BATES, Daughter Nancy BATES, Hannah BATES and Rachel BATES and my son Joel BATES, to be equal divided ...

 

WPA Records

 

paper, 88 pp.

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