I WILLIAM B. GLEAVES being fully sensible of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do this day make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all others (if any) here to fore by me made. It is my will first that all my just debts be paid including burial and funeral expenses.

It is my will and desire secondly that after the payment of my just debts &c as aforsaid that my beloved wife LOUISA P. GLEAVES shall have the entire controll of my farm and all the property belonging there to during the time that she remains my widow, and it is my will and desire further that if she and my unmarried children can live together in place during that time then I request that they do so; but if not it is still my desire that she (my widow) shall have the entire controll of my farm and all the property belonging there to during her widowhood but no longer, but if my beloved wife LOUISA P. GLAVES should marry then it is my will and desire that she have the use of thirty three and one third acres of land including the dwelling house &c we now live in during her natural life and also the use of one horse saddle and bridle, one cow and calf and two beds during her natural life. And if she shall marry it is my will and desire that the balance of my property shall be divided as here in after be provided.

I have given off of my estate to SUSAN MILLER wife of FRANKLIN MILLER and to SARAH ANN DAVIS wife NATHANIEL DAVIS all the property that I desire them to have in any event. And I have given to MARY MANIES wife lately deceased of SEMINIEL MANIES all the property that I intend my Grand children by her to have.

If my beloved wife should marry then it is my desire that all my property be equeally divided among my children excepting those already who have received their portion and excepting also that portion of my property: to wit: thirty three & 1/3 acres of land &c as aforesaid which she is to have the use of during her natural life in the event that she married. I have an interest in a tract of land in Obion County Tennessee which I bought by a swap from JOHN W. WRIGHT; it is my will and desire that as soon as a deed can be obtained for that according to the contract made with said WRIGHT that it be sold by my Executor upon such terms as he may think best; and the proceeds after paying all expenses equeally divided among my children who have not received their portion as afore said. It is my will and desire further that if any negroes do not demean and behave themselves as they should that my Executor sell them all and dispose of the proceeds according to the meaning and intention of this my last will and testament; that it is to say if my wife does not marry I want her to have the use of the proceeds during her natural life and then divided equeally among those of my children who have not received their portion as afore said; but if she does marry then she is only to have the part already designated in that event and the proceeds of said negroes are to be equeally divided among my children that have not received their share of my estate as afore said. I desire that the proceeds of all debts due me after paying my just debts be disposed of according to the foregoing clauses of this my will that is to say, I wish the remainder be put out at interest and divided equeally among my children who have not received their share as afore said severally as they may be come twenty one years of age.

It is my desire further that my female children who are entitled to distributive shares under this my will shall have said shares free from the controll of their husbands if they marry during their natural lives; and then to their issue severally if they leave any, but if they die leaving none then said share or shares is or are to revert back and be divided equeally among those of my children who have not received their share or portions as afore said. In the vent that my widow does or does not marry at her death what ever property that may be remaining in her possession coming from my estate. It is my will and desire that the same be equeally divided amongst those of my children who have not received their shares as afore said.

I do hereby nominate and appoint my Known and tried friend CHAS. C. MOSS to execute and carry out this my last will and Testament and vest in him the powers here in granted. In the Name of God Amen.

Witness my hand and seal this the 25th day of September 1857.

W. B. GLEAVES (seal)

Signed sealed and acknowledged in our presence by the said WILLIAM B. GLEAVES who requested us to attest the same on this the 25th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.