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     19 April 1806

     Last Will
     James Dinwiddie

     Know all men by these presents that I, James Dinwiddie, Senior of Green County
     and  State of Tennessee, being sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory,
     thanks be given to God, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that
     it is appointed for all men once to die, I do  make and ordain this my last Will and
     Testament,  that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my
     soul into the hands of Almighty God, that gave it and my  body I recommend to
     the Earth, to be buried in a decent Christian manner, at the discretion of my executors.

     What worldly goods God has pleased to bless me with, (after my lawful debts and
     funeral expenses are paid), I dispose of in the following manner.

     Viz: I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Isabell one Negro boy, Catoe, my Bay
     horse, her saddle and bridle, one feather bed and furniture, to be her real property. I
     also will her a genteel living, to be paid by my children, as long as she continues to live
     with either of them.

     I also will and bequeath to my son and daughter, Thomas and Mary Carson, my
     Negroes, London and Fanny with their children, Rachel and Wesley?, they paying my
     other three children a proportional part of the value of Fanny and her two children.

     I also will and bequeath to my son and daughter, Robert & Elizabeth Rankin my Negro
     women, Hannah & Kate, to be their real property.

     I also will and bequeath to my son and daughter David & Jean B. Rankin my Negro
     man, Adam. Also two Hundred and Fifty Dollars in cash as soon as it can be paid out
     of the sale of my real and personal estate.

     I also will and bequeath to my son and daughter Valentine and Agnes Sevier my Negro
     boy, Abraham to be their real property.

     I also will that all my clothes and books be equaly be divided amongst my four
     son-in-laws.

     I also will and bequeath to my grand daughter, Ann Dinwiddie Wilson the sum of two
     hundred dollars. Each of my children paying an equal part as soon as she comes of age.
     Providing she gives up her rights to a tract of land which I sold in Campbell County in
     Virginia.

     I also will and bequeath to my son-in-law Thomas Wilson the sum of twenty dollars to
     be paid by my executors twelve months after my decease.

     I also will that my executor purchase a Negro girl about nine or ten years old for my
     grand daughter, Ann D. Wilson sometime before she is of age, to be paid out of my
     estate.

     I also will that my executor sell my plantation as soon as the conveniently can after my
     decease, the product to be divided equally amongst my four children.

     I also will that all the remainder of my property, real and personal, be sold by my
     executor at public sale and divided equally amongst my four children.

     I do hereby appoint my trusty friends, Robert Rankin and Valentine Sevier, my
     executors and do further ratify and confirm this to be my last will and testament,
     disanulling all former wills and testaments, legacies and bequests and ratify this and no
     other to be my last will and testament. Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
     and affixed my seal this 19th day of April in the year of our Lord 1806.

     Test: James Dinwiddie Jun. James Dinwiddie (Seal)
     Mical Burgerr
     Samuel Ray

     Note: James Sen. & witness James Dinwiddie, Jun. apparently spelled their names
     Dinwiddie while William Dewoody who bought and sold Lot #43 spelled his name as
     Dewoody or Dewody . Obviously the daughter that married Samuel Wilson died before
     her  father.

Transcribed by Joyce Thompson.