NONCUPATIVE
WILL OF JOHN R. BARKSDALE
We A. B. Christian James W. Drake and James Mc Alexander do
state that the nuncupative will of John R. Barksdale was made by him on the 18th
day of December 1853 in our presince to which we in company with others were
called upon to bear witness by the testator himself in the presence of each
other that it was made in his last sickness in his own habitation or dwelling
home. And the same is as follow to
wit
It was his will and desire that after his decease his wife
Nancy Barksdale have his whole estate both real and personal during her natural
life or widowhood he wished her to raise and educate his children and the said
estate at her death or marriage to be equally divided between all his children
and his wife he also stated there was between twenty three and five hundred
Dollars belonging to his children that would have to be managed by some person.
Made out by us and signed this 23rd day of
December 1853
Witness
James W. Drake
State of Tennessee )
Carroll County
( December the 6th
1854
This day a paper writing purporting to be the last will and
testament of John R. Barksdale decd. was produced in open court in Noncupative
form and duly proved by the oaths of A. B. Christian and James W. Drake the
subscribing witnesses thereto the same being entered on Minute book page 387,
and ordered by the court to be recorded the above being a copy test.
W. H. Graves Clerk.