CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1

Will of DAVID HUDDLESTON, deceased I, David Huddleston, having on the 29th day of September 1846, by deed conveyed to my daughter Phebe A. Thompson, wife of James A. Thompson, a life estate in tract for the support of herself and children, a negro or mulatto girl named Caroline, with remainder in said slave to the children of the said Phebe. Now, if said girl Caroline shall not be worth as much as my daughter Phebe’s equitable part of my estate, then my Administrator or Administrators are to make it up to her so as to make her equal with the balance of my heirs. And if the girl should prove to be more than my daughter Phebe’s equal portion, then she is to account to my Administrators for the same, that is for the overplus that said girl may be worth more than my daughter Phebe’s equal portion, with the rest of my heirs. I, this day, destroy a will that I made on the 2nd day of July 1846, leaving none other will than this that all my children shall share equally of the portion that God has blest me with, I having this day made a trust deed to W. B. Huddleston securing the black girl Eliza, which I derived from my father-in-law, John Condly, to my wife Gemima, and the children of her body. And I hereby request that my heirs may not quarrel and low over what little portion God has blest me with. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th November 1847. There is nothing in this intended to debar my beloved wife Gemima from her lawful portion of my estate during her life. Test: William (X) Killion Neil Southern David (X) Huddleston

Year’s Provisions to JEMIMA HUDDLESTON, Widow of DAVID HUDDLESTON, deceased Fifty bushels of corn, 400 lbs pork or bacon 35 lbs lard, 75 lbs salt $13.00 for sugar, coffee and flour

Given under our hands and seals this 26th day of January 1850.

Major Wallace, Comm. James Shoemaker, Comm. Lewis Harmon, Comm.

Inventory of the Estate of DAVID HUDDLESTON, deceased Personal property includes: Man’s saddle, pot, skillet, quantity of oats, quantity of fodder, coffee mill, rack and hooks, 11 sheep, 4 hogs, stack of hay, baker, big pot, small pot and lid, other pot and lid, jug, jar, crock, coulter, two sprouting hoes, two hoes, flax wheel, two sieves, pair saddle bags, half bushel, pair sheep shears, razor and strop, lot of dishes, flax hackle, piggin, two pails, flat iron, two pair fire irons, fire shovel, pair tongs, three coffee pots, froe and hammer, axe, saw and augur, gimblet, pot, pitcher, set cups and saucers, two dishes, four plates, four glasses, set cups and saucers, set cups, set spoons, table, two churns, two bedstead and cords, cotton wheel, pair waffle irons, reel, tub, tray and sieve, basket, pot rack, pot chain, table, clock, gun, table, quantity of bed clothing, two sides upper leather, looking glass, three bunches of thread, pocketbook, two balls of thread, chest and cupboard, gray horse, bed and furniture, grindstone, lot of iron, bar of iron, lot of tubs, lot of soap, lot of lard, tin bucket, flax brake, pair steelyards, cotton wheel, pair gears, plow and single tree, two bridles, blanket, quantity of corn, pied steer, four young cattle, bell and collar, lot of shucks, two scythe blades, scythe and cradle, yoke of steers, cutting box, four slays, two bee gums, some other articles too tedious to mention, cash on hand $20.00, claim on J. A. Thompson $19.00, claim on James Simmons $5.00

Sale of the Estate of DAVID HUDDLESTON, deceased Buyers were: John Burchfield – baker $.80; two crocks $.33; half bushel $.42; pitcher $.37 ½

V. Plemmings – set cups and saucers $.41

John Minton – teapot and two dishes $.17; set cups and saucers $.17

J. M. Burch – set spoons $.36

Mat Burchfield – jug $.30; four glasses $.30; set of cups $.75; bed quilt $1.05; pair of fire irons and shovel $2.00; lot of soap $2.10; skillet $.25; stack of hay $5.50; stack straw $.65; three coffee pots $.50

Lias Burchfield – looking glass $.52; bedstead $.85

Jerry Burchfield – table $4.50; sheet $.50; sheet $.40; lot of lard $.75; 20 bushels of corn $6.00

Anderson Burchfield – quilt $1.43; quilt $1.49; bed quilt $2.20; bed quilt $2.00

P. M. Hodges – pair sheep shears $.56; clock $5.00

John Beaufort – gun $5.08

Arch Gibson – four pillows $1.00; sheet $.40; bed $5.10; grindstone $.87 ½ ; bar of iron $.88; 400 bundles of oats $4.00; four sheep $4.01; three sheep $1.70; bed quilt $1.00; blanket $.83

William Bullard – bed quilt $1.00; two pieces of leather $.20

D. C. Bullard – 20 bushels corn $7.60

J. H. Bullard – six hogs $10.50

Robert Saunders – saddle $2.50

J. B. Lane – quit $1.33; quilt $2.00; gourd of lard $1.06

R. B. Lane – 20 bushels of corn $7.60; 400 bundles of oats $4.00

Pleasant Murphey – 20 bushels corn $7.60; two bushels corn $7.60

Obe Cardwell – 20 bushels of corn $7.65

George Bullard – side upper leather $1.70

Preston Saunders – razor and strop $.20; pair gears $2.00

John Lankford – plow and single tree $1.06; yoke of steers $33.15

P. Nelms – lot of dishes $.56

E. P. Nelms – table churn $.59; tub $.27; bucket $.36; pair steelyards $1.05

Nathaniel Dunn – cotton wheel $.30; bell and collar $.97

Mat Dunn – steer $9.00

John Carman – bedstead and cord $.41

Henry Swor – flax hackle $1.01

M. Huddleston – piggin $.06 ¼; two pails $.36; flat iron $.33; four plates $.25; cotton wheel $.30; reel $.18; tray sieve $.26; pot chain $.12 ½; table $.12 ½; quilt $1.00; bunch of thread $1.10; chest $.50; cupboard $.50; coffee mill $.25

Daniel Marcum – pair dog irons $.81; lot of iron $3.19

William Marcum – 400 bundles of oats $4.00

James Simmons – lot of tubs $.57

E. Simmons – fire shovel $1.00

William W. Hollingsworth – big pot $.80; flax brake $.21

P. Simpson – pot and lid $.12 ½

James Simpson – two crocks $.15

William Thompson – pot and baker $.27; two crocks $.10; sprouting hoe $.10; shoe tools $.76; pair waffle irons $.75; side of leather $2.15

James Thompson – sprouting hoe $.10; flax wheel $2.90; pot $.30; tin bucket $.39; white heifer $3.00

Mathew Buchanan – two sieves $.14; quilt $1.21; pided heifer $4.00

Green Hill – sheet $.41; sheet $.54; straw tick $.26; quilt $1.26; ball of thread $1.10; cow $7.00

Jacob Minton – gray horse $60.00

William Holland – coulter and stock $.30; hoe $.05; gimblet $.12 ½; bunch of thread $.50; bunch of thread $.41; heifer $8.00

J. Rosin – pocket book $.25

Thomas Killion – hoe $.25

William Killion – quilt $2.50; ball of thread $1.16; two bridles and a blanket $.75

James Killion – 20 bushels corn $7.60

John Mayat – 20 bushels corn $7.60

G. B. Cloud – jar $.38; pair of saddle bags $2.29; pair of fire tongs $1.00; pot rack $.56; lot of shucks $1.51; dinner pot $.41

Andrew Lynch – froe and hammer $.83; scythe blade $1.21

Mr. Fox – scythe blade $.10

Colbert Day – scythe and cradle $3.00

J. C. Large – 400 bundles of oats $4.00; cart $12.50

Settlement with JACOB CLOUD, Administrator of the Estate of DAVID HUDDLESTON, deceased Amount of inventory $44.00 Amount received at first sale of the estate $362.67 ½ Amount received at second sale $10.22 Amount of the sale of the negroes $1502.00 Hire of yellow boy Ben to A. A. McAmis $32.78 Hire of yellow boy Ben to J. M. Woods $12.00 Hire of yellow boy Ben to Barton Clapp $3.00 Hire of yellow boy Ben to Jacob Cloud $4.00 Hire of black boy Berrell to Jacob Clout $22.50 Hire of black woman Susan to William Neil $29.25 Paid J. A. Thompson note $26.68 Paid D. C. Bullard tax receipt for 1850 $5.70 Paid William Houston account $5.08 Paid A. A. McAmis proven account $6.50 Paid James P. Evans proven account $4.00 Paid Jemima Huddleston receipt $13.00 Paid L. A. Garrett attorney receipt $20.00 Paid N. A. Evans clerk’s receipt $6.87 51 bushels corn less than given in account of 1st sale $19.35 300 bundles fodder less than given in at 1st sale $2.10 Paid Clerk’s fee $6.75 Paid Administrator charges $70.94

Leaves a balance of 1841.42 remaining in the hands of the Administrator, this 15th day of March 1852. Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk