I am printing the will of my 4th great grandfather, Greenberry Mitchell Sr. which includes some other names of Grainger County residents. If anyone else has a connection to this Greenberry I would like to hear from them WILL OF GREENBERRY MITCHELL Dated: February 16, 1860 Recorded: March 10, 1860, Will Book 4, Page 24 County Clerk's Office, Grainger County, Tennessee The exact words of the will are: In the name of God, Amen. I, Green Berry Mitchell of Grainger County and State of Tennessee, being weak in body, but sound in mind and memory, do make and ordain the following to be my last will and testament, to-wit: I recommend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it, and my body to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner as the discretion of my Executor or executors, as to my worldly effects as it has pleased God to help me within this life. I desire and will the same to be disposed of as follows: After my funeral expenses together with all debts against me that are to be paid, to-wit. My will and wish that my beloved wife, Susannah Mitchell, and my son, G.B. Mitchell, Jr. shall reside and remain in my present dwelling house and accept my home plantation as long as my said wife lives and she, my said wife, Susannah shall be comfortably supported by my son G.B. Mitchell, Jr. as long as she lives, and that she shall have my Negro, Julie, to wait on her during her natural life. Said Negro Julie not to be subject to distribution among my heirs until after the death of my said wife, Susannah. My will and wish is that my home plantation shall be the absolute property of my son, G.B. Mitchell, Jr. Said home plantation joins lands of William Green, Andrew Vineyard and others. This bequest of my house plantation to G.B. Mitchell, Jr. will equalize him in property with all my other in what shares heretofore gave them as follows I gave to my son Preston Mitchell a tract of land in what is Churchman's Bend of Holston River; also gave my son John Mitchell a tract of land on which he now lives. I gave to my sons, Isaac and Calvin Mitchell, a tract of land called the Perrin tract which has been divided between them and they live on the respective shares. I gave to my four daughters each a Negro girl, namely: Elizabeth, Ann, Mary and Susannah. All of the before mentioned I do hereby confirm and vest title to each of them in the property described which with some other personal property heretofore given equalizes all of my said nine children. My will is that shortly after my death that my family of Negroes that are now born or that may be born shall be valued by some three suitable persons to be selected by my Executors for the purpose, and they shall be equally divided between my nine children above named - the girl, Julie, is excepted in the first distribution. My will and wish is that the land adjoining the lands of Nathaniel Patterson, Jr., deceased, S.M. Shields and William Green, known by the name of the Knob fields, say about one hundred fifty acres together with all my personal property shall be sold on twelve month's credit, bond and good security required of the purchaser or purchasers and a lien retained on the real estate until the purchase money is fully paid and when the money is all collected together with all that may be owing to me at the time of my death, either by a note or account, my will and wish is that the amount, whatever it may be shall be equally divided between all of my children above named nine in number, except my son, Preston, to whom I have made an advancement of a land warrant of 125 acres, which I require my executors to charge in $125.00 to be deducted out of his distributive share of my estate what may subject to distribution. My will is that after the death of my wife, Susannah, that my Negro girl, Julie and her increase, if there should be any, shall be halved and that some one of the heirs shall take her or her increase as the case may be at fair evaluation and the proceeds to be equally divided between all of my nine children. I do hereby appoint my two sons, John and G.B. Mitchell Jr. my executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this 16th day of February 1860: Signed, Green Berry Mitchell Signed and sealed in the presence of us: 1. Sam Shields 2. William Green 3. Robert M. Stone