>X-Originating-IP: [67.18.230.132] >To: [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >Subject: [Forum:] Stephen White >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:16:45 -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: (#150) Stephen White > ><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/wills/index.cgi?rev=150> > AUTHOR: Carol White > DATE: Wednesday, 9 March 2005, at 4:16 p.m. > >Stephen White, dec'd, will The last will and testament of Stephen White of >Rutherford County State of Tennessee. I Stephen White feeble in health but >sound in mind and being unprepared with the uncertainty of life in all cases >but more so in regard to the life of one so far advanced in age as I am do >constitute this my last will and testament to wit. I bequeath and give to the >heirs of Augustus H. White, that is Stephen White, Jr., Thomas D. White, >Susan >Caroline White, and Mary Eliza White and any other legal heirs that may be >born to them and Augustus H. White the following land to wit beginning in >Robert Miller's south boundary line in the stage road and running with said >road southward to a branch where A. I. Flemming now lives thence east so >as to >include the stable called Ma's stable, thence up south wards a long a >marsh so >as to include all the high ground called the shop lot to the branch again >there up said branch to Broiles' corner and ask in the said creek close to >unto north of John B. Pruitt's farm the said heirs of the said Augustus H >White an to have all of my land lying west of said line. And I bequeath to my >son Stokely White all of my land lying east of said line which I have not >given to my sons Benjamin Franklin White and Burrell G. White. The said heir >of the said Augustus H are to pay to Julius Peacock my grandson two hundred >and fifty dollars when he arrives to the age of twenty one years and the said >Stokely White is to give and pay to Ann Peacock two hundred and fifty dollars >when she arrives to the age of twenty one years. And I bequeath and give >to my >son B. G. White the following lands to wit the McLemore trait and two other >small traits one twenty four any and one ten any going west of the McLemore >trait also one other trait known as the bear willow trait and I bequeath and >give unto my son B. G. White the following negroes, Jim, Amy, and Isham, and >the said B. G. White is to give and pay to the heirs of Benjamin F. White as >they come of age the one third of fifty dollars to each heir, and the >heirs of >the same Augustus H. are to pay in like manner to the heirs of the said B. F. >White and Stokely is to pay in like manner the same sum to the said heirs of >B. F. White. And I bequeath and give to the heirs of Augustus H. White the >following negroes and property: Milly and her child May, and Seborun; and ten >sheep and ten hogs and one colt, the foal of the gray mare; and I bequeath >and >give to my son Stokely White the following negro: Cairo; and I bequeath and >give to my sons B. G. White and Stokely White all my stock and household and >kitchen furniture, and Lear and Peter, two slaves, which two slaves are to >remain with me as long as I live; and I bequeath and give to my >granddaughter, >Charlotte Jamison, a negro boy named Londonderry, and one mare, called the >Stinson filly, and one cow and calf, and bed and furniture. And I bequeath >and >give to my grandson, Stephen W. Jamison, the tract of land that I bought of >Hugh B. Jamison, and the said Stephen W. is to give Henry Jamison five >hundred >dollars when he arrives at the age of twenty-one years; and in like manner, >five hundred dollars to Peter Donnelly Jamison the said sum of five hundred >dollars each, then the said land bequeathed to the said Stephen W. Jamison >shall be equally divided between the said Stephen W., the said Henry, and the >said Peter Donnelly Jamison. The said Stephen W. Jamison is to support his >mother and minor children. I do also bequeath to my sons, Stokely White >and B. >G. White, all of my estate, of every kind not herein disposed of. In witness >whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this the >thirty-first >day of December, the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and >forty-two. (Signed) Stephen White Seal) Witnesses: E. S. Childress John F. >Howland > >I Stephen White, do hereby publish this codicil to the above will: I wish the >negro boy, Londonderry, mentioned in the above will, to be sold to the >highest >bidder, on one and two years credit, and the proceeds of the sale to go to >the >benefit of Elizabeth Flemming, Jane Cantrell, Sophia Jamison, Rebecca C. >Jamison, and Fanny Ann Perry, to be equally divided between them. I also want >to bed and mare named to be in like manner divided. The said negro boy is not >to be sold unless he is purchased by some of our children and my >grandchildren. I further revoke and alter the part of the above will which >provides that Augustus H. White's heirs are to pay over to Julius Peacock two >hundred and fifty dollars, when the same Julius Peacock arrives at the age of >twenty-one years, and now, instead of the said sum of two hundred and fifty >dollars, I make and bequeath the sum of two hundred dollars which the >heirs of >the said Augustus H. White are to pay over to the said at that time, and one >hundred dollars one year thereafter. And I further revoke and alter that part >of the above will which provides that Stokely White to the said Ann, when she >arrives at the age of twenty-one, in manner and form as above prescribed in >the case of Augustus White's heirs and Julius Peacock; as witness my hand and >seal the 4th day of April, 1845. (Signed) Stephen White (seal). Witnesses: >M.T.L. Clemons. J. F. Howland. State of Tennessee, Rutherford County Court >April Term 1846 The execution of the foregoing last will, testament, and >codicil, thereto, of Stephen White, deceased, duly proved in open court at >the >above-mentioned term, by the oath of E. S. Childress, M.T.L. Clemons, and >John >F. Howland, witnesses thereto, and was ordered to be recorded. > > Link: Stephen White > URL: > <http://www.gencircles.com/users/carolrobertson/5/data/533688009> > >*************************************************************************** > >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!