In the name of God Amen  I William B. Hood  being in my right senses but in low state of health do hereby make my last will and testament.  Itom the 1.  It is my will that my daughter Nancy R. Hood have one bed and furniture.  Itom the 2nd.  It is my will that my daughter Julia Ann Pennington one be and furniture one cow and calf which she has all ready received.  Itom the 4th  It is my will that my son William G. Hood have one hundred acres of land off the South end of the Pennington tract of land.  Itom the 5th.  It is my will that my Son Henry O.  Hood have one hundred acres of land off the North end of the Pennington tract of land to agreed line between them both.  Item the 6th  It is my will that my son Wiley Allen Hood have the tract of land whare I now reside at my wife death.  Itom. the 7th.  It is my will that my beloved wife Charlotte Hood have the tract of land whare I now reside during her natural life with all the residues of my property horses cowes hogs and Sheep household and Kitchen furniture and farming utentals.  Itom 8th.  It is my will at my wife death that all the property be devided among my Daughters after leaving Mary Ann Sally M and Margaret D.  Hood each one bed and furniture one cow and calf or the worth of it if they do not receive it before my wife death I also do leave my wife Charlotte Hood as Executrix of my Estate.  In witness whare of I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this day date July the fifth one thousand Eight hundred forty two.

William B.  Hood (Seal)
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Archebaba Lemmons, John Phillips.

State of Tennessee  )
Carroll County  (  August Term 1842

This days the last will and testament of William B.  Hood Decd was produced into open court and the Execution their of was duly proven by the oathes of Archebaba Lemmons and John Phillips the two Subscribing witnesses their to and ordered to be recorded.

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