Be it remembered that I Taylor McNabb do make this my will as

follows:
 

Item 1 I give my soul to the Lord who gave it
 

2nd I give my wife control of the farm her lifetime for her

support and what single children may stay with her
 

3rd Two cows and caves and some farming tools what

provisions is in hand six beestands household furniture meat

and hogs
 

4th I give to Lafayette T McNabb Henry C McNabb and John

McNabb the land after their mothers death, not to be sold out

of the family for two generations and if sold within that

time to be for all the children. 5th I give to Lucretia a

Trout Louisa D Dodgens Hanna Ann Hgsed (Hogsed?) Viola Hazel and Bingel

P (?) one doller each.
 

Item 6 Luisa Nichols Mary Bates Elizabeth Jack Hossetend

Orten Rachel Adalen McNabb and Victery McNabb have what is

left after giving Rachel Victery a bed a piece of the

personal property.
 

Item 6 My mineral property for all equal. I do make this

my will and appoint Lafayette T McNabb my executor in testing

Whereof I have signed the same this the 13th day of June

1875. Intestate before signed. Taylor McNabb (seal)
 

Witness

J.E.. Jewell

May Jewell

(?) Cochran

(?) & (?) Subsided April/76
 

Note: above will copied from copy of original located at

The McMinn County courthouse in Athens Tennessee. Several

Names and phrases are debatable due to lack of punctuation

And poor quality of writing and copy. Copy is verbatim as

Nearly as possible except for paragraph separation for clarity. J.L. Jones