Samuel Cochran
Signed
Proved Feb-1842
From the book Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner
County, Tennessee:
The Hobdy, Cotton,
Reprinted with permission
Source:
In the name of God Amen,
Know all men by these presents, that I Samuel Cochran
Senior of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee, knowing the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of life, and being of sound and disposing mind and
memory blessed be Almighty God for the same, have thought proper to make and
publish this my last will and Testament and by these presents do now make and
publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and following to wit.
1st. I will my soul to God who gave it and my body
buried in a descent Christian burial.
2nd. I give to my beloved wife Sarah Cochran all of my
estate real and personal, with the one exception hereinafter made, during her
natural life or widowhood.
3rd. At the death or remarriage of my wife Sarah
Cochran I wish my Executors to strictly attend to executing this my will in the
following manner, viz, I wish my daughter Nancy Oyte after the death or marriage of my wife to have out of
my Estate two hundred and Eighty two dollars, Eighty Seven and one half cents,
and the lawful heirs of my late daughter Jemima Hodge now deceased, to have the
sum of three hundred and forty two dollars and 87 1/2 cents, my daughter Sarah Hodges
the sum of three hundred and ten dollars 37 1/2 cents, my son William B. Cochran
the sum of two hundred and Seventy Two Dollars 82 1/2 cents, my son Danl.
Cochran, the sum of one dollars, my daughter Polly Mattox the sum of three hundred
and Forty two dollars 87 1/2 cents, my daughter Elizabeth Brizendine
the sum of three hundred and forty two dollars 82 1/2 cents, and my son Saml. Cochran, three hundred and forty two dollars 82 1/2
cents should my estate be worth so much if not then I wish them to have a
preparation to said mentioned sum, but if after paying over said sum there
should be a remainder then I wish it equally divided among the aforesd distributees I wish and
bequeath to my son Saml Cochran one hundred acres of
land to come out of the North West corner of the survey I now live on in the
following form beginning at the
Samuel Cochran (seal)
Signed sealed and acknowledged to by the above named
Samuel Cochran to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
Subscribed our name as witnesses in presence of the
Testator.
M. Hodges
Thos. P. Freeland
Codicil
I further bequeath all my books to my son Samuel
Cochran, to take the same into possession and at the death or marriage of my
wife Sarah Cochran, I give and bequeath all my tools of every discript to said son Samuel to him and his heirs forever. same day and date above.
Samuel Cochran (seal)
Test.
M. Hodges
Thos. P. Freeland
February Term 1842
The last will and Testament with the codicil thereto
annexed of Samuel Cochran deceased was produced in open court for probate and
was duly proved by the oaths of Meredith Hodges and Thos. Freeland subscribing
witnesses thereto which is ordered to be recorded.
Wm. S. Munday Clk.
Copy Test.