>X-Originating-IP: [67.18.230.132] >To: [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >Subject: [Forum:] Will of Stephen Spain: Rutherford Co TN.14 Feb 184 >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:04:21 -0600 (CST) >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at usgennet.net > > >The following new message has been posted on Forum at ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/wills/index.cgi>. > >*************************************************************************** > > MESSAGE: (#136) Will of Stephen Spain: Rutherford Co TN.14 Feb 184 > ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/wills/index.cgi?rev=136> > AUTHOR: Melissa Geralds > DATE: Monday, 21 February 2005, at 9:04 a.m. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/rutherford/wills-ruther.htm WILL OF >STEPHEN SPAIN Feb 14, 1840 In the name of God, Amen, I Stephen Spain of the >County of Rutherford, State of Tennessee, being of sound mind and memory, but >greatly afflicted in body, do make my last will and testament as follows to >wit- Item, 1st I give to my daughter Martha E.E Smith one negroe man slave >for >life named Jack, and my young __ horse to her and her heirs forever. Item, >2nd >I give to my son Thomas E. Spain, eighty acres of land, Beginning at my North >East corner, ___ coming from thence West to McDaniels corner, Then south >along >said McDaniels East boundary line, Thence east to my East boundary line, >Thence North to the beginning corner, so as to include eighty acres. I also >give to said Thomas E. the following property, three slaves for life to wit >Amerestias, Robert and Caroline and her increase, one feather bed and >furniture, fifty barrels of corn, eight hundred pounds of pork, thirty >bushels >of wheat, two stacks of blade fodder, two stacks of oats, one cow and calf, >two sows, two pigs, and ten head of stock hogs to hold said property to the >said Thomas E his heirs and assigns forever. Item, 3rd I give to my son John >G. Spain, Seventy acres of land beginning at Thomas' south West corner, on >McDaniels line, running South with said McDaniels line, to his corner, thence >East, Thence North to Thomas' south boundary line, Thence West with said line >to the beginning, so as to include seventy acres. Also I give him the >following slaves, to wit Nelson, Alexander, and Harriet and her increase. >Also >one feather bed and furniture, one horse saddle and bridle, now claimed by >him, to hold said property to the said John of his heirs and assigns forever. >Item, 4th I give to my daughter Sarah Anne Spain the following slaves for >life, namely, Edwin, Mitchel, and Lucinda and her increase. Also one feather >bed and furniture, one horse saddle and bridle, now claimed by her, and one >bureau to be paid for by my executors out of my estate to hold said property >to the said Sarah her heirs and assigns forever. Item, 5th I give to my >daughter Christine E. Spain the following slaves for life, namely William, >Isham, and Susan and her increase. Also one featherbed and furniture, my >_____ >filly and one saddle and bridle and one bureau to be furnished out of my >estate by my executors, to hold said property to said Christine and her heirs >and assigns forever. Item, 6th I give to my son Stephen R. Spain to him and >his heirs forever, the following slaves, namely, Aaron, Booker (black boy) >and >Judith and her increase, Also one feather bed and furniture. Item, 7th I give >to my son Willam W. Spain to him and his heirs forever the following slaves >namely, Charles, Grandison, and Priscilla and her increase. Also one feather >bed and furniture. Item, 8th I give to my grandchildren, William R. Lannon >and >Mary E. Lannon, to them and thier heirs forever a negroe firl named Rachel >and >her increase . Item, 9th I give to my beloved wife Lucy Spain during her >natural life the following slaves, namely James, Cornelius, Booker (Yellow >boy) Lydia, Jinny, and Rebeca and her increase, and at her death, it is my >will that said slaves and their increase be equally divided without sale, as >near as may be among the following of my children to wit, Thomas E, Sarah >Anne, John G, Christine E, Stephen R, and William W. Spain. And also all my >remaining lands amounting to two hundred and thirty acres not given to my >said >sons Thomas E. and John G. including my dwelling home with all the >appurtanances, I give to my said wife during her natural life and after her >death, to be equally divided according to quantity and quality between my two >sons, Stephen R, and William W. Spain. Also I give to my said wife one >hundred >and twenty five barrels of corn, two thousand pounds of pork, seventy five >bushels of wheat, three cows and calves, two sows and pigs, fifteen head of >stock hogs, two head of horses, my entire stock of sheep and all my household >and kitchen furniture, except such as herein before bequeathed, two ploughs >with ______, tow axes, two hoes, one loom and as many spinning wheels as she >may think proper to keep, my saw mill, work oxen and cart, all my bee stand >and fowl or poultry of every discription, two Sythes and other necessary >articles as she may want of the farm, and as many of my carpenters tools as >she may think proper to keep, all of which last named articles to wit ___ I >give to her with power to dispose of such as may be left, at her death as she >pleases. Item, 10th After my death, It is my will that my executors herein >after named, first pay all my just debts and that the surplus of all >monies on >hand, or that may be due me, and all monies belonging to my estate which may >arise from the sale of property not herein disposed of, or otherwise, I wish >to be equally divided between my wife and the following children, >namely-Thomas, Sarah Ann, John G, Christine E, Stephen R, and William W. >Spain. It is my will that if my negroe man James a cripple should not be sold >before my death, that my executors sell him to Roger ____ who owns his wife >for the sum of four hundred dollars cash provided he will take him, otherwise >that they sell him as my other property so herein disposed of. And Lastly >I do >hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Lucy and my son Thomas E. >Spain my >executrix and executor to this my last will and testament. I hereunto set my >seal this 14th day of February 1840. > >*************************************************************************** > >This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from >the mailing list, please visit Forum at ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/wills/index.cgi>, or send your >request to [email protected] If you wish to respond to this message, >please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!