3.1.2.1.19.pp282-283. Transcription

Gibson County, Tennessee
Will Book “B”, pages: 282-283

Page:282

Elijah J.T Hale Will
April Term 1839

	I, Elijah J.T. Hale of the County of Gibson and State of Tennessee do make and publish this as my last will and Testament herby revoking all & making void all will by me at any time made.
	first, I direct that my funeral Expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any money that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my Executors.
	secondly, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Emeline my gray mare and side saddle the house hold furniture and my negroes one named Sally one named Mary and Louisa, a boy john another Henry also a girl Cilla the aforesaid negroes to belong to my wife until my oldest child John Wesley becomes of age then they are to be divided equally between my wife & children.  Should it be necessary to sell either of sd negroes in order to pay my debts in that case my wife will have such as She may think best .
	I appoint Warwick Hockaday to act as Guardian to my children to see them properly Raised & schooled and if my wife should Marry again and it should appear that the property was about to be moved out of Gibson or Madison County be wasted in any way the said Guardian to have the power to cause the property in which the children are interested  to be Equally and fairly divided as before stated and the children’s negroes hires out for their maintenance & I appoint my wife Emeline to act as Executrix to settle my Estate in witness my hand and seal this the 7th day of March AD 1839

Elijah J.T. Hale

Witness:
 G.F. Cole
 B.M. Adair

Page: 283

Emeline Hale
Admtx bond
April Term 1839

	Know all men by these presents that we Emeline Hale, Warwick Hockaday and Thomas E. Hale are held and firmly bound unto Newton Cannon Esqr. Governor of the state of Tennessee and his successors in Office in the Just and full sum of six thousand dollars for the payment of which well and truly to be made we and each of us bond ourselves, our heirs executors and administrators Jointly severally and firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this the first day of April 1839.
	The condition of  the above obligation is such that where as the above bound Emeline Hale with the will annexed hath this day taken upon herself the burthen and execution of the will of Elijah J.T. Hale deceased, now if the said Emeline Hale will and truly Execute the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased and then the legacies contained is the said will as far as the assets may come into her hand will execute will execute (repeated phrase) and the law charge him and make a true and prefect inventory of the Goods and chattels of the deceased and Return the same and in the time prescribed by law then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Emeline Hail
Warwick Hockaday
Thomas E. Hail

Transcription note:  No changes have been made in spelling or punctuation from the original record.  The court record did not have paragraph indentions, but for readability, the transcriber has taken the liberty to indent as seen.  This document demonstrates how the family names of Hail and Hale are found interchanged within documents.  A signature of Thomas E. Hale is written “T.E. Hail” in the fly leaf of a book published in 1842 and given to Martha Eizabeth Hale Fly, his daughter. The family name after 1855 is usually spelled Hale.

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