PAT CRAWFORD patricia crawford [heaven12122003@yahoo.com] sent us several copied pages of will/codicil/lawsuit from DEKALB CO,TN PAT, thank you, PLEASE see my questions on page numbers below and send info? msh extractions from lawsuit, which hasn't been posted before? = AFTER the WILL, ETC. This MATHEW SELLERS born ca 1783 NC SIGNED his will, does that tell us something? msh AND all info appreciated on this family which came from 1783 NC . marie, iowa == >From PAT CRAWFORD npcrawford@uswest.net Extractions from COPY of Original Will and Codicil of MATHEW SELLARS will dated APRIL 27, 1857 (TN wills = 1861,wb-b-84) DEKALB CO,TN Wife, CHARLOTTA who has been with me so long and hape me make what we have be well pronected? For as long as she may live. to have pare/five? of my choise slaves and my land as I do not desire the land sold as long as she may live and at her death to be despersed of as herein after named all the balance of my estate to be equally divided among my FIVE LIVING children POLLY BRASWELL WILLIAM SELLARS DECEMIS SMITH CHARITY KITHCART CANZADA WILLIAMS I DO NOT desire any of my grandchildren of my children that is now DEAD shall have any portion of my estate. THEREFORE I will them NOTHING. POLLY BRASSWELL now has negro boy SAM in her possession woth about $1000 DAU DEMIRAS SMITH has negro girl PRICILLA JANE worth $1000 DAU CANZADA WILLIAMS HAS NEGRO GIRL CINTHA $700 SON WILLIAM has NEGRO BOY SION?/JION? worth $800 (reread several times and dau Charity Kithcart is Not mentioned) son , WILLIAM SELLERS, EXEC SIGNED (NO X ) MATTHEW SELLERS APRIL 27, 18-- (copy of original in court house probably isn't cut off?msh) TEST = JAMES A. DUNHAMM JOHN L. CREPS MANSON M. BRIEN CODACIL DATED SEPT 25, 1860 Called EDWARD ROBESON, FRANCIS TURNER, JOSEPH CLARK to value and distribute following negros among my following MARRIED children AND also to dau MARY BRASWELL and her heirs of her body at her deth my NEGRO WOMAN ALGIER? and NEGRO BOY LEONARD and NEGRO GIRL CHARITY DOOY (capital D like a surname,msh) and to my dau DEMERIS SMITH and to children of her body at her death NEGRO WOMAN CHARLOTTA and her infant child LUCY and to my dau CHARITY KITHCART and at her death to the heirs of her body my negro man HENRY AND NEGRO WOMAN MARY AND NEGRO GIRL HARIET and to my dau CANSADA WILLIAMS and at her death to her children my NEGRO MAN MUNROE AND MY NEGRO GIRL MARTH N? CHILDREN to take immediatey into there possession of control the said negros dated SEPT 25, 1860 SIGNED = (NO X ) MATHEW SELLERS WIT EDWARD ROBINSON FRANCIS TURNER ===== Sept 2003 >From PAT CRAWFORD patricia crawford [heaven12122003@yahoo.com] Page 1 and PAGE 7 THRO 20 = Middle, Tn, Supreme Court, Box 165 FEB 18, 1867 PAGE 1 WM SELLARS EXET vs? & appeal J. B. SELLARS Names Jury = Next PAGE is # 7 thro page 20. (complete? More? msh) Was executed and could not find the beginning corner? As it was gone and they could not tell where to start and MATHEW SELLARS came to them and showed them where the corners once stood and they started thence and found it correct. Witness (Not directly named on this page, msh) regarded MATHEW SELLARS as of sound mind and desposing memory. Never saw any dependence in him from first acquaintance with him till the time of making the will except what is common to age. He always regarded Mathew SELLARS as a singular man in talking he would frequently refer to his son WILLIAM and say is not that so WILLIAM. WILLIAM was his ONLY LIVING SON. MATHEW SELLARS gave as a reason why he disinhearted the grand children. That they were leaving/lucuing? him? for same/some? Land as/an/ NATHAN SELLARS children were? And that HENRY SELLARS heirs had been turned against him by his wifes people and have about leaving? Him to declare him as lunatic . he stated that the present dependant/defendant was NOT then of age. He stated that BUNGER? THER /THEN UNCLE OF Depts. WAS THE Lawyer in the Thretened? Lawsuit. Page 8 BRIEN stated that WILLIAM SELLARS never? Said anything to him or to MATHEW SELLARS in his presence about how the WILL should be made. WITNESS says he always regarded MATHEW SELLARS as a man of weak mind. Though some/said Witness says he lived about seven miles from said SELLARS. Witness says he has not yet been paid anything for writing the WILL but the Executuer WM SELLARS has since the old mans deth told him he would pay him for so doing. The old man signed the WILL freely and Volunturly. JOHN L. CRIPS said he saw MATHEW SELLARS sign the will and he witnessed it in the testatars presence at his request. Saw nothing wrong? With him at the time. Witness stayed a quarter of an hour . saw JAMES A. DUNHAM sign as witness and that he is now dead. Proved? About MATHEW SELLARS sharing the concern? Spoken of by JUDGE BRIEN. Witness thinks there was some change in MATHEW SELLARS since the Funentier? Law suit. Thought him not right some times and at other times he thought he was PAGE 9 Witness thought he had mind sufficient to transact businesss. That he had sound /loned witness many/money?. And witness always found him correct in his statements about the amount and witness would pay the money back to MATHEW SELLARS. Witness did Not see WM SELLARS intipears? In making the will. Witness stated that he? Is a Brother IN LAW to two of the Beneficiries if the will is set aside. The defendant proposed to prove? By N.C. CRIPS the same facts proven by DANIEL SMITH in his secured/second deposition as the statements of the DEC’D subscribing Witness JAMES A. DUNHANE? As to the acts of the Testator and the canceltiance? Of this ------at the time he executed the will which was objected to and the objection sustained and the evidence ruled out by thew court and dept excepted. Plaintiff then read the papers writing proparting? To be the last will and testament of MATHEW SELLARS . = (same as above, msh)