Sarah Davis Will - 1835
(Abstract)


27 January 1835   Bond $250


Children:  Elizabeth Weems, John, Fields, Jesse, Nancy McAmis, Hannah Davis, Thomas.  To daughter, Elizabeth, Five dollars;  To son, Jesse, Thirteen dollars.  To daughter, Nancy, Three dollars.  To daughter, Hannah, Nine dollars.  To son, Thomas, Thirteen dollars.  Jesse Davis lives with John Davis.  Thomas Davis lives William McAmish Junr.  Fifty dollars due me from William Brown.  Land to be rented until youngest child is 21 years old.  Executors:  Son John, Son Fields Davis.  Witnesses: Abel Conovan, William McAmish Senr., Samuel Davis.

Signed:  Sarah Davis

From "Greene County, Tennessee Wills, 1783-1890" compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner; new material copyrighted 1981 by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.; reprinted 1991 by Southern Historical Press.