Person:Michael Coons (2)

Will Abstract

Will of Michael Coons, written 17 March 1803.

Names: "my beloved wife Rebeckah Coons, all my stock of every kind, and all my household furnature and moveables of every kind to despose of as she sees cause for her support, also the third of my land where I now dwell I give to her to live on with the above said Articles untill the day of her death or while she remains a widow."

Item, "I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph all the land whereon I now dwell to him his heirs and assigns forever."

Item: "But if my son Joseph dies without an heir the land shall be sold after the death of my wife or her marriage and the money shall be devided among all my children thats is then alive but if my wife marries again, her third of the land shall return to my son Joseph, and shall have one horse beast one Cow and one bed and what is left of my stock and movable shall be equally devided between my wife and children except Joseph he shall have no part in the stock or movables."

Item. "If my son Joseph dies without an heir his wife (Rebeckah) Deborah shall have a childs part in the land and if my wife remains a widow till her death, after her death the stock and moveables that is left shall be devided among my children as aforesaid."

I constitute and ordain my friend Joseph Witt and my son Joseph Coons Executors of this my last will and testament.

[Signed] Michael Coons [Seal]

Witnesses present: John Witt, Nathaniel Witt, Robert Randolf

1.   Find A Grave.

   Michael Counts
   Birth: 1741
   Death: 1803 (aged 61–62)
   Burial: Coons Cemetery
   Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
   
   Michael Counts 1743 - 1803 Birth: 1743 Fredrick Co. Va.
   
   Occupation: Blacksmith
   
   Death: 1803 Jefferson Co. Tn.
   
   Wife: Rebecca Counts (born Orr) 1740 - 1825
   
   Daughter: Mary Ann Cate (born "Koontz" Counts) 1773 - 1860
   
   Michael Counts "purchased from The Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax 236a in Shannandoah (sic) County dated the 11th day of March 1779. "Michael Counts's Deed for 236 acres in Shannandoah County 1779. Names in deed: Morgan, Man__ham Marshall, Richard Biggs or Riggs, Miller.
   
   Michael Counts sold this same tract in 1783, with his wife Rebecca Counts signing (to release dower). Michael was in Green, North Carolina by 1784 he owned 640 acres of land; this would become Jefferson County, Tennessee. Michael died abt. 1804. Michael and Rebecca Counts/Coons/Koontz had the following children:
   
   Jacob Coons m. Judah Tackett ?, they moved to Tuscaloosa County, AL Dec 21 1825
   John Coons, Sr and Catherine his wife moved to Overton County, Tennessee 1825 (Catherine may have been Carlock).
   Rebecca Coons and Peter Tackett moved to Franklin County, AL 1825.
   Margaret Coons and Phillips Roberts lived in Sevier County, Tennessee.
   Elizabeth Coons and Daniel Morrow to Bath County, VA 1826
   Michael Coons of Jefferson County, Tennessee (not sure who he married)
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156559863/michael-counts

2.   Geneanet Community Trees Index.

   Name: Michael Cuntze
   Gender: M (Male)
   Birth Date: 1739
   Birth Place: Page County, Virginia, USA
   Death Date: 27 avr. 1803 (27 Apr 1803)
   Death Place: Jefferson, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
   Father: Johannes Michael Cuntze
   Mother: Anna Elizabetha Catherine Stoever
   Spouse: Rebecca Orr
   Children:
   Elizabeth Skidmore Coons
   Elizabeth Coons
   George Washington Coons
   Jacob Riley Coons
   John Koontz Coons
   Rebecca (Cates) Coons
   Abagail Koontz
   John Koontz
   Mary Ann Koontz
   Michael Koontz

3.   Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008.

   Name: Michael Coons
   Gender: Male
   Residence Date: Abt 1803
   Residence Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee
   Probate Date: 17 Mar 1803
   Probate Place: Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
   Inferred Death Year: 1803
   Inferred Death Place: Tennessee, USA
   Spouse: Rebeckah Coons
   Item Description: Index to Wills and Probate, 1792-1921; Wills and Settlements, Vol 1-2, 1792-1826

4.   Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895.

   Name: Michael Coons Senior
   Residence Date: 1800
   Residence Place: Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
   
   Taxable Property in Capt. Carson's Company
   Coons, Michael, Senr. 288 acres
   Coons, Michael, Junr. 192 acres, 1 white poll

5.   American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).

   Name: Michael Counce
   Birth Date: 1740-1749
   Birth Place: Virginia, USA
   Occupation: Mil.
   Volume: 35
   Page number: 187
   Reference: Historical Reg. of Virginians in the Rev., Soldiers, Saliors and Marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):182