I John Askey of the County and State of Tennessee being sick of body, but of sound mind
do make this my last will and testament. First _____ giveth my soul to God who gave it and my
body to the earth to be buried in a decent burial to be paid for out of my estate. I leave to my
beloved wife the plantation whereon I now live so long as she live there to be divided between my
two sons John W. and Leonard Askey. I leave to Howard Lewis and his heirs the place where he
now lives by paying A. H. Douglass, Hayes (?) twenty (?) dollars. I leave to Micajau Penn and
___ his heirs fifty acres of land lying in the ridge above William Lorenze (?) by paying ten dollars
of my just debts. I leave to my daughter Nancy a cow and calf and feather bed. I leave to my son
Elsiah Askey a cow and calf or the price of one after the death of my wife. All the household and
kitchen furniture and stock of all kind to be divided between my two sons John W. and Leonard
Askey. I leave my two sons named my executors ____ ___ give my security.
John (his X mark) Askey (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presense of us this 24th of Nov
John Clendening
John H. Williams
Proven and recorded
Sumner County Court July Term 1841
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