Will of Thomas Knight

Will of Thomas Knight
submitted by Drew Roberts

In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Knight of the county of Wilson & State of
Tennessee, being of reasonable health & of sound mind & disposing memory to which I
thank God & calling to mind the uncertainty of human life & being desirous to dispose of
all such worldly substance as it has pleased God to bless me with I give & bequeath the
same in manner & from the following that is to say, 1st I desire that all my furishable
property be immediately sold after my decease excepting so much as may be hereafter
mentioned & out of monies arising this from all my debts & funeral expences. I give my
wife, Sarah Knight the premises where I now live to be freely enjoyed by her also our
Negro boy one horse be ast to be chosen by herself also, two cows & calves ten head of
hogs, four head of sheep, also our plough one hoe our ade & all of the household
furniture all of which is to be fully enjoyed by her for & during the time of her natural
life & after her decease I desire that the same be sold & I do give the same to my children
hereafter named equally to be divided between among them & this being follows namely,
Charity Simpson, Sally Conner, Polly Conner, Sina Blagg, Elizabeth Larrimore, Peggy
Perryman, Nancy Knight, Cassy Lewis, & my desire is that Nancy Knight have one kettle
& Cassy Lewis have our ----pot now by us possessed besides the equal shares mentioned,
3rd I give to my son, Sampson Knight, ten dollars to be raised out of proceeds of the sales
of aforesaid mentioned, 4th I give to my son, Thomas Knight, ten dollars & 5thly, I give
to my son, Absolum Knight, an equal share with my daughters of aforesaid mentioned
with the rise of ten dollars being deducted out of his share & 6thly I give to my grandson
Sampson Knight, son of Robt. Knight dec'd ten dollars to be raised as aforesaid & lastly I
do hereby constitute & appoint my friends, Jehu McMum, Esqr., & John Sneed,
Executors of this my LAST WILL & TESTAMENT, hereby revoking all other or former
WILLS or TESTAMENTS by me heretofore made. In Testimony whereof I have -------
set my hand & seal this 5th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight
hundred and twenty.

Thomas Knight {Seal}

Signed, sealed, published & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the above named
Thomas Knight in the presence of us who other signed and in his presence have his unto
subscribed our names as witness to the same.

John Orand Jurat
his
John + Dill Jurat
Mark
Thomas Orand
State of Tennessee }
Wilson County Court } June ------ 1824

The within Last Will and testament of Thomas Knight was fully proved in open
Court by the oaths of John Orand & John Dill two of the subscribing witness this to
ordered to be recorded.

Recorded this 7th day of August 1824
Test. Jno. Allcorn Clk. Of said County

(Transcribed by Drew Roberts, March 12, 2001, GGGGrandson of Sina Knight, aka, Sina BLAGG)