DUDLEY PHIPPS' WILL
State of Tennessee)
Carroll County( August 21st 1851 in the name of God Amen.
I Dudley Phipps being in good mind & contious that it
appointed for all men to die do make this my last will and
testament.
1. it is my desire that my Just debts and funeral expenses all be
paid out of any money that may come into the hands of my trusty
Friend wo I shall hereafter appoint my Executor 2d I desire that
my son James have the tract of land I now live on Containing one
hundred Acres after the death of my wife Mary whi is to have a
support off of said land & a home on said land during her
natural life. 3rd I desire that my wife Mary have my Gray mare
& one milch cow & all the funature about the house during
her natural life after the death of my wife Mary I desire that my
Daughter Catharine have the said mare Cow & all the property
about the house. 4th It is my desire that my two sons Jonathan
and Ambrose have fifty cents Each also it is my desire that Jane
Cleaver have fifty cents also I desire that my two Grand children
the children of my Daughter Nancy have fifty cents to 5th And
lastly I hereby constitute & appoint Benjamin Hays Executor
to this my last Will & Testament. 6th Further I desire that
the children of my Daughter Elizabeth have fifty cents and the
children of my Daughter martha have fifty cents also the children
of my son William have fifty cents Signed in the presents of) the
day & date above written.
Dudley Phipps
X his mark
Test
A. Barksdale
Benjamine Hays, Jr.
L. M. Stafford Jr.
State of Tennessee)
Carroll County( October Term 1851
This day a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Dudley Phipps Decd. was produced in open court and duly prooven by the oaths of A. Barksdale Benjamine Hays & L. M. Stafford the Subscribing witnesses there to as the law directs and ordered to be recorded.
A Copy Test
Y. W. Allen Clk
By I. C. Whitehorn D. C.