CORNELIUS CARVER'S WILL
State of Tennessee )
Carroll County(
I Cornelius Carver do make and publish this as my last will
and testament hereby revoke & making void all other wills by
me at any time made.
First I direct that my funeral Expences and all my debts be paid
as soon after my death as possible out of any moneys that I may
die possessed of may first come into the hands of my Executors.
Secondly I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah Carver all my land
her life time and at her death the land is to go to my son
Gilbert Carver and also my wife Sarah Carver is to have and to
hold all my property on my plantation her life time and to
dispose of as she sees proper and I also bequeath unto my
daughter Elisa Carviar is to have Fifty Dollars so as to make her
equal with Margaret Akers my daughter my daughter. I do hereby
nominate an appoint my Executors in witness whereof I do to this
my will set my hand and seal this Oct the 16th 1852.
Cornelius Carver (Seal)
X his mark
Test
A. Gillis
Willson Mebane
Thomas W. Carver.
Signed sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presents of the testator this day Oct the 16th 1852.
State of Tennessee )
Carroll County( December Term 1852
This day a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Cornelius Carver was brought in open court and duly proven by the oathes of A. Gillis & William Mebane and ordered by the court to be recorded of which the above is a copy test.
A Copy Test
W. A. Graves Clerk