WILSON-TN-1842

Zaccheus Wilson
b. November 1765 Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina d. October 21, 1842 Henderson, Williamson Co., Tennessee
Note: buried on the Robert E. Wilson farm located one half mile from Allisons, Bedford Co., Tennessee
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Williamson Co., Tennessee
will Book 7, page 588
probated 1842
Will of Zaccheus Wilson
Dated Oct. 16, 1842

... I give and bequeath unto my wife Nancy my Negro woman VIOLET and her child AMY and her increase after this time to dispose of as she may think proper at any time after my death...and my Negro man SAM with my house hold and kitchen furniture for her natural life, and at her death to be sold and the money equally divided among my children.
If said SAM should become disobedient I wish him to be hired out by my executors and the money paid over to my wife as soon as collected.

... I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary C. Wilson one Negro girl named MALINDA.

... I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane S. Whitehead one Negro girl named ALSADA to have and to use her natural lifetime and at her death to be given to the (issue) of her body.

... I give and bequeath unto my children the three following named Negro boys SILAS, ABRAM and AMOS, but the boys are to have the privilege of choosing their master amg any my sons and to be valued to them by administrated Judges

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