Compiled by WPA Workers
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Collected by W.P.A. Workers during the Great Depression and originally published in 1936 under Historical Project #65-44-1496, this volume contains the FULL TEXT of wills/probate records filed in Smith County, TN from 1812 through 1814. Included in each entry is name of deceased, name of heir[s], property, possessions, dollar value, etc.
Example Will of Matthias BATES ... I lend to my wife Jane BATES a negro girl named Siallry and her future increase .... after my wife's death, the said negro and her increase I give to my son Benjamin BATES, Daughter Nancy BATES, Hannah BATES and Rachel BATES and my son Joel BATES, to be equal divided ...
Surnames Included in This Publication ALEXANDER ALLEN
BAL BANKS BARKER BARTON BATES BRADFORD BRADLEY BRAVARD BRITTEN BRITTON BROWN BRUCE BUCHAN
CARUTHERS CASEY CATRELL CHAPPELL CHILDS COBB COX
DALE DAVIS DUKE DUPEY DYER
ELLISON
FERGUSON FOSTER FURLONG
GIVENS GOODALL GRANADE GREEN
HAYS HAZEL HODGES HUBBARD
JOHNS JOHNSON JONES
KIRBY
LANCASTER LAWRENCE
MAB[c]IAS McDANIEL McDUGAL MOORS MORRIS MUNGRAL
PAYNE PIPKIN PRIMUS
QUICK
SHEPHERDS SHERIFF SHUTE SMITH STALLINGS
TABBOT TURNEY TURNEY
WILLIAMS WOODSON WOOTEN