IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Christian Bible, of the County of Green, and State of Tennessee, being in a state of good health and perfect mind and memory, but calling to mind the mortality of manking that it is appointed for all men once to die, I therefore make this instrument of writing to be my last Will and Testament in the manner and form as followeth:

I will that all my lawful debts shall first be paid out of my estate.

Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my dear beloved wife, Margaret, the dwelling house, the well and milk house, the garden and as much fruit as she is in need of likewise five bushels of wheat, five bushels of rye and ten bushels of corn, one hundred weight of pork, fifty weight of beef, one bushel of salt, one quarter of an acre of flax, two pair of shoes annually, one cow and two sheep, the same shall be kept for her own use and purpose in the summer in pasture and in the winter they shall be fed for her as long as she keeps my name and be my widow, further it is my will that my wife, Margaret shall have all the household furniture the same as such as she brought into my house when I married her for her own self.

I give and bequeath unto my oldest son John Bible one hundred acres of land, the same plantation whereon he now dwells.

And unto my son George Bible I give and bequeath a certain tract or parcil of land, the same whereon he now lives, the number of acres not known, it being a tract I bought of George Reitzel with an addition of a part of my old tract beginning at a sugar tree to divide the part of the old tract before mentioned between George and Adam, thence to a branch, thence with the same to its mouth into the Creek, thence with the said Creek to a pin oak stump, thence to a buckeye, thence to a box elder on the line of the aforesaid Reitzel tract.

And to my son, Adam Bible, I give and bequeath a certain tract or parcil of land beginning at the mouth of the aforesaid branch, the division between my sons George and Adam, the same whereon he now lives, thence running to a cedar stake on the line between him and Abraham, thence north and with the lines of said tract to close with George's tract.

And to my son, Lewis Bible, I give and bequeath a certain tract or parcil of land containing one hundred acres the same whereon he now lives.

And to my son Jacob Bible, I give and bequeath a certain tract or parcil of land containing eighty-three acres be the same more or less adjoining John Bibles land and the old place.

And to my son, Abraham Bible, I give and bequeath a certain tract or parcil of land, the number of acres not known, but it begins on John Bible's upper corner, a hackberry tree from thence north to a cedar stake corner to Adam, thence with Adam's line to Daniel Coffman's line, thence with said Coffman's line west to the Creek, thence up and with said Creek to the beginning.

And to my son, Isaac Bible, I give and bequeath the old plantation with all appurtenances thereunto belonging, except what is herein willed aforesaid unto my wife, Margaret during her life or widowhood.

And my will and desire is that every part of the land here in bequeath unto my sons John, George, Adam, Lewis, Jacob, Abraham and Isaac Bible shall be valued by three good and sensible freeholders what every part of land may be worth and that one whose land is valued higher shall and must give to the other whose land is not worth so much that they may all be equally in shares of the land they may pay other as well as they can agree together.

And my son, John Bible, shall receive of my movable Estate the just and full sum whatever he has paid to John Nehs Senior up to the present time for the land which I bought from Michael Dettemore. The plantation of one hundred acres lying and being on Wolfs Creek shall (if I do not sell it before my decease).

And equally divided amongst all my children and likewise my moveable Estate shall be sold and divided amongst all my children namely, John, George, Adam, Lewis, Jacob, Abraham, and Isaac Bible, Elisabeth, Catharine and Sarah Bible.

And it is my will and desire that every one of my daughters (Mary excepted) shall receive after my decease twelve months the sum of fifty pounds in good trade at cash price.

And to my two Grand Children, daughters of my son Christian Bible deceast, I give and bequeath five dollars to the eldest, Elisabeth, four dollards to the youngest, Anny one dollar.

My daughter, Elisabeth, the wife of Isaac Crezilies shall receive the sum of fifty pounds as aforesaid, and Mary, the wife of Jacob Easterly one dollar, and Catherine, the wife of Philip Easterly the sum of fifty pounds as aforesaid and to Sarah, the wife of Jacob Bortle, the sum of fifty pounds as aforesaid, and those payments equally paid by my sons agreeable to the valuation of their land as aforesaid.

And it is my will and desire that my two youngest sons, Abraham and Isaac Bible shall receive first out of moveable estate each of them a good horse saddle and bridle and a good home made rifle gun.

And further it is my will and desire that my daughter, Sarah, shall receive out of my estate the same furniture as one of her sisters has received.

And it is my will and desire that whatever I have herein bequeathed unto my wife, Margaret, shall be delivered unto her annually by my sons agreeable to the valuation of their lands except the flax, wintering and pasturing of the aforesaid stock which my son Isaac shall do and also to find her in firewood, do her milking, to prevent her from that which would be unfit for her to do.

And I do appoint and constitute my two trusty friends and sons John Bible and Philip Easterly, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, in order that this and no other instrument of writing is but this my last Will and Testament. I renounce and revoke all others and do certify that this and not other to be my last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-four.

Signed and sealed in the presence of:

George Easterly
Christian Bible
Lewis Stolz