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- Last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Carter
I Elizabeth Carter of the County of Carter &
State of Tennessee, being of sound mind & memory
but weak of body, knowing that it is appointed
for all once to die, do make ordain & establish
this as my last will and Testament, namely:
I give my soul to God who gave it, to be
disposed of according to his good will &
pleasure: My body I require my Executors herein
after named, to have decently buried; and such
wordly Estate as it has pleased God to favor me
with, I dispose of in the following manner, viz
First: I require my Executors to pay all my
just debts.
Secondly: Being desirous to provide for the
support & maintenance of my daughter Sally S.
Brewer, seperate & apart from her husband
Benjamin Brewer, I give & bequeath to George
A. Duffield, in trust for the benefit & use of
his mother Sally S. Brewer during her life, the
following Negroes, namely, my negro woman Celia -
commonly called Sealy - and her three children,
namely, Annette, James & Harriet & the future
increase of the said Celia - aka Sealy - Annette
& Harriet, & at the death of said Sally S.
Brewer, it is my will that the before mentioned
negroes & their increase may be equally divided
between my three grand children namely, George
A. Duffield, William P. Brewer, & Evelina M.
Brewer, the children of the said Sally S.
Brewer.
Thirdly: I give & bequeath to my daughter
Mary C. Taylor, my negro girl Betsy, daughter of
my negro woman Charlotte; I do also give &
bequeath to the said Mary my negro girl Martha,
daughter of Eady, provided however, that if
this said Mary C. Taylor accept of my donation
to her of the said Martha, she shall, within two
years after my death, pay to Evelina E.C.
Gillespie Three hundred Dollars in Tennessee
Bank notes, without interest.
Fourthly: I give & bequeath to my grand—
daughter Elizabeth Rhea, formerly Elizabeth
Carter, daughter of A. M. Carter, my negro girl
Sabre.
I give & bequeath to my daughter Eliza
Gillespie my negro girl Fanny & her children,
now in the possession of the said Eliza. I do
likewise give & bequeath to the said Eliza my
negro boy Nelson, the son of my negro woman
Charlotte and now in the possession of Alfred M.
Carter.
Fifthly: I give & bequeath to my daughter
Mary C. Taylor, my Bureau; & to my grand-
daughter Mary C. P. Taylor, daughter of Mary C.
Taylor, I give my bed & the furniture to said
bed: my other bed clothes, it is my will, shall
be equally divided between my three daughters
Sally S. Brewer, Eliza Gillespie, and Mary
C. Taylor.
Sixthly: it is my will that my negro woman
Eady be emancipated, if the laws of the land
will permit it, & I do hereby require my
Executors hereinafter named, to carry the same-
my will respecting said Eady - into effect, but
if they cannot, then I give the said Eady to my
daughter Mary C. Taylor, & wish the said Mary to
let her work for herself the ballance of her
life - i.e. the life of Eady, & to have and
enjoy the proceeds of all such her labor.
Seventhly: I give & bequeath my negro boy
Nathaniel, the son of my negro woman Charlotte
to my son Alfred M. Carter.
Eightly: I do give & bequeath, to Alfred W.
Taylor, the husband of my grand-daughter
Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Sally S. Brewer,
my negro woman Charlotte & also her two sons
Landon & George, & also her future increase. I
do also give & bequeath to the said Alfred W.
Taylor, my negro boy Noah the son of negro woman
Eady, provided however, that if the said A. W.
Taylor, accept of my donation to him of the above
named negroes, he shall pay to my son William B.
Carter the sum of Two Hundred Dollars in Tennessee
Bank Notes without interest.
Ninthly: I give & bequeath to my son George
W. Carter, my large looking glass now in the
possession of Mary C. Taylor; I do also give to
the said George, one half dozzen windsor chairs,
one half dozzen silver tea spoons, my carpet, my
teaboard, & shovel & tongs now in the possession
of Sally S. Brewer.
Should I owe anything at my death - have any
debts due me or any money on hands over & above
what may be necessary to pay my debts & not
herein-before devised, it is my will that the
said property money & debts due me, if any,
shall be equally divided between all my children
vis: Sally S. Brewer, A. M. Carter, W. B.
Carter, G.W. Carter, Eliza Gillespie & Mary C.
Taylor.
Lastly: I do constitute & appoint Alfred M.
Carter and Alfred W. Taylor Executors of this my
last will and Testament, & I wish the court not
to require them to give bond & security for the
Execution thereof. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hard & seal this 22ond day of
March 1841.
her
Elizabeth X Carter (Seal)
mark
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in
our presence:
David Nelson
William Stover.
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1765 - 1842 (76 years)
