Jeremiah Hamontree's Will

[The following will was transcribed from the original leaving its spelling and punctuation in tact by Sandra Ratledge.]

Blount CO, TN, Will Book I, Dec. 3, 1813

In the name of God Amen I Jeremiah Hamontree of Blount County State of Tennessee being in a low state of body but in perfect sence and memory calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do make and acknowledge this my last will and testament in the form following First my will is that all my just debts be paid Secondly, I leve to the care of my beloved wife Sarah Hammontree and my Executors hereafter named during my wifes widowhood all my temporal estate and personal Thirdly should my wife marry again after my decease my will is that all my estate be sold and equally divided between her and my children Fourthly my will is that my executors have power to sell at any time any part of my moveable property that may by them be thought possible or an incumberance on my estate or any part of the like moveable property for the support and education of my children Moreover my will is that should my wife bear another child or more than one in my life time or in the nine months after my death that it or they shall be included with the rest of my children Fifthly and Lastly I appoint my beloved wife Sarah and her brother John Holloway Executors to this my last will and testament in witness to the same I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of December 1813

Jeremiah Hamontree

witnessed by
Billy Holloway
Joseph Holloway
Minter Holloway

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