John
Levi PERRY
1882
Sumner County, Tennessee
County
Court Clerk's Office
Will
Book - Vol. IV
Oct.
1870 - April 1891
(Pages
252-254)
On
the - day of Oct 1882 J. L. Perry deceased, in his last sickness, at his own home
in Sumner County, Tenn. declared in the presence of the undersigned whom he
especially requested to bear witness thereto that his will was as follows: That
after his death all of his just debts if any should be paid out of his
property. That all the remainder of his property of every description he gave
to his two minor sisters Katie and Clennie Perry, be
divided between them equally. The said J. L. Perry died on the 24th day of
October 1882 in the County of Sumner.
Written
and signed by us Nov 1st 1882.
Samuel
Perry
W.
H. Mason
M.
J. Perry
Test
- M. S. Elkin
On
the 16 day of November 1882, in the Court House, in the Town of Gallatin,
Tenn., in the office of the County Court Clerk, before the County Court of
Sumner, the will of J. L. Perry deceased was offered for probate. And appearing
to the Court that process was regularly issued from this Court summoning &
notifying the next of kin (he never having been married) to appear on the said
16th day of Nov 1882 to contest the probate of said Will: And it
appearing
that the said summon & notice was executed upon all the next of kin of the
said J. L. Perry, deceased, and they appeared, and that the same was contested
by Peggy and John H. Perry only: and it appearing to the Court that the
personal estate of the deceased J. L. Perry, does not exceed the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars; that he died in this County on the 24 day of October
1882; that a short time prior to his death & in his last sickness, in his
own habitation where he had been residing for many years prior to his death, he
declared & made his will in the presence of Samuel Perry, W. H. Mason, M.
J. Perry, Katie & Clenny Perry; that W. H. Mason,
M. J. Perry, Katie & Clenny Perry, were
especially required to bear witness thereto by the Testator himself; that
Samuel Perry, W. H. Mason & M. J. Perry, within ten days after the death of
the said J. L. Perry, deceased, reduced the same to writing and signed the
same, and that more than fourteen days have elapsed since the death of the said
J. L. Perry; and it further appearing to the Court that Samuel Perry, W. H.
Mason, & M. J. Perry the subscribing witnesses to the said will and proving
the same are disinterested & competent both under the common law & the
statutes of this State. And it appearing to the Court from the sworn statements
of the aforesaid subscribing witnesses that the proper writing produced &
signed by Samuel Perry, W. H. Mason, & M. J. Perry, & bearing date of
Nov 1st is the last Will & Testament of J. L. Perry deceased & that he
devised his estate to his minor sisters Katie & Clenery
Perry. It is therefore ordered & adjudged by the Court that said writing
presented is the last Will and Testament of the said J. L. Perry deceased,
& that the same be recorded in the will book of this Court by the Clerk of
this Court, & that the cost of this proceeding be paid out of the estate of
the said J. L. Perry deceased. The proponents of the will moved the Court to
permit Katie & Clenry Perry, to sign said will,
as subscribing witnesses, which the Court declined thinking it unnecessary.
This entry should have appeared upon the minutes of the Court for the 16th of
Nov 1882, but the Court having taken the matter under advisement, the same is
now entered for them.
Copy
Test - O. H. Foster, Clerk
*
Below is the transcription of the Sumner County, TN Original Will (#625) and other loose record
documents pertaining to the above J. L. Perry Nuncupative Will.
State of
You are also commanded to summons Mrs. Mary Jane Perry, Wm. Mason, Jr., & Samuel Perry to be & appear before the County Court of Sumner at the Court House in Gallatin, Tenn. on Thursday the 16th Nov 1882 to testify concerning the establishment & probate of the nuncupative will of J. L. Perry deceased. This Nov 10th 1882. O. H. Foster, Clerk