Carroll Co TN Will Bk A, pg 30-31
pg 30) In the name of God Amen. I John MORGAN of the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life do therefore make ordain publish & declare this to be my last will & testament. That is to say first I will and bequeath to my present & beloved wife Catherine MORGAN two hundred acres of land beginning at the Southeast corner of the mill track running North so as to include the improvements where I now live then West & South for compliment for her to have & to hold during her natural life and then to go to her son Louis Cass THOMAS also one negro boy by the name of West for her to have and to hold during her natural life and then to go to her son Louis Cass THOMAS also all my household & kitchen furniture including two beds with steads & furniture also two cows and calves and one horse value to be worth one hundred dollars. I also bequeath to Louis Cass THOMAS as I believe him to be my son one negro girl by the name of Looney also one small filly and one bed and furniture. I also will & bequeath to my daughter Minerva C. MORGAN one negro girl by the name of Mary valued at $500 and her increase for her to have and to hold during her natural life and then to go to her bodily heirs also one mare and saddle valued at 45 dollars and two cows and calves valued at $25 and one bed and furniture valued at $15 all of which has been delivered.
I also will and bequeath to my son Alexander G. MORGAN one horse and saddle valued at $120.00 and one tract of land valued at $600.00 all of which he has secured. I also will him one negro boy by the name of Brad at my death which I consider his part of my estate. Also I will & bequeath to my son Calvin J. MORGAN one horse & saddle valued at $85.00 and one cow and calf valued at $12.00 and one ___ valued at $15.00 and one bed bedstead & furniture valued at $20.00 and one hundred acres of land valued at $600.00 all of which he has received. Also I will and bequeath to my son David C. MORGAN one horse and two mules valued at $300.00 and one saddle valued at $16.00 and one stable horse valued at $300.00 and one mule valued at one hundred and one bed valued at $12.00 all of which he has received. I also will and bequeath to my son Albert G. MORGAN one horse



pg 31) and saddle valued at $100.00 and $84.00 in cash and 110 acres of land valued at $500.00 and one horse valued at $18.00 all of which he has received. Also I will and bequeath to my daughter Martha MORGAN one negro girl by the name of Lincy for her to have and to hold her and her increase during her natural life and then to her bodily heirs valued at $600.00 and one bed and furniture and saddle valued at $30.00 all of which she has received. Also I will and bequeath to my son John MORGAN one horse and saddle valued at $43.00 and one mare valued at $125.00 all of which he has received and one hundred acres of land valued at $400.00 to his children where he now lives. Also I will him one negro boy by the name of Isham for him to have and to hold during his natural life and then to his children no liable for any debt he may contract during his life and three dollars in money which is all he is to have of my estate. Also I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah E. MORGAN one negro girl by the name of Enis and her increase hereafter for her to have and to hold during her natural life and then to her bodily heirs valued at five hundred dollars and one bed and furniture and one saddle valued at $30.00 all of which she has received . Also I will all the balance of my property after paying my just and lawful debts to be sold by my Executor and after making in what they have all ready received the residue to be equally divided between Manerva C. MORGAN, Calvin J. MORGAN, Dewit C. MORGAN, Elbert W. MORGAN, Albert G. MORGAN, Martha MORGAN, Sarah E. MORGAN. Likewise I constitute and appoint Alexander G. MORGAN to be Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me at anytime made in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed by my hand and affixed my seal the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
John MORGAN, (signed & sealed)
The above written instrument was subscribed by the said John MORGAN in our presents and acknowledged by him to each of us and he at the same time published to be his last will and testament and we at the testators request and in his presents have signed our names as witnesses.
Peter ROPER
Atlas ROPER