MySource:Quolla6/John Walker, will, 1796

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Will of John Walker aka MCJW, Feb. 18, 1796 (From "The Connection in East Tennessee":

IN the name of God Amen, I John Walker, Senr. of Greene County and State of Tennessee being disordered in body but not in mind d make my last will and testament, item, my beloved wife Mary Walker should have the negro wench and her child Phebe, on horse, jack, saddle and bridle and one bed and furniture and what she thinks she needs. And likewise it is my will that whoever of my childrens hands the young wench Phebe shall into, that she should be free and twenty five years of age and to keep hedre and pay for her work and not to let her run through the country.

Item, it is my will that my sons John, Thomas, Anderson and Daniel Walker and Michal Bellew, my son in law, should have equal part of all my movables.

Item, it is my wil that my negro man Charles should choose which of my sons he will have for his master and whatever he is appraised to, for his master to pay all of the rest their part of praisment. Land divided between my sons Anderson and Daniel Walker.

My son Daniel Walker and Charles Kilgore should be my Executors of this my last will and testament. I revoke and disclaim and disannul all other wills. This is my last will. To witness where of I have hereto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth Day of February, 1796. John Walker (his mark).