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 1814 through 1816. Included in each entry is name of deceased, name of heir[s], property, possessions, dollar value, etc.

 

Example

[From Smith County, TN Wills & Inventories 1812-1814]
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

ALLEN ARMSTRONG

BANKS BARTON BEARD BETTY BLANKENSHIP BOBET BRADFORD BRADLY BRATTON BRAVARD BRITTAN BRITTON BROOM BURFORD BURNET

BURNETT CALDWELL CARTER CARUTHERS CASEY CHANDLER COCHRAN CORDER COX

DAVIS DIXON DONNELLS DOUGLASS DUKE

EASTER ELLISON EWEN

FARMER FEATHERSTON FORESTER FORRESTER

GARRISON GEVIN GORDON GRAHAM GREGORY

HAYS HELMANTALER HOGAN HOLIDY HOLMS

JENKINS JONES

KAVANAUGH KIRKLAND

LARKIN LAWRENCE

MADDEN MARTIN MASSEY McCALL McNEAL MEADER MEDDOW MORRIS MORROW MOSS MUNGLE

ORANGE

PARKER PARTEE PASCAL PATY PAYN PAYNE PAYSENGER PICKET PIPKIN

RANDOLPH REDMUM RICKETS RODGERS

SAMPSON STEVENSON STOKES

THORNTON TRUET

WALTON WARD WEBSTER WHITE WHITES WILLIAMS WITCHER WOODCOCK WOOTEN WRIGHT

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