ABSALOM HOOPER Last Will and Testament
Davidson County, Tennessee, August 15th, 1811, recorded August 25th, 1813.
In the name of God Amen.
I Asalom Hooper Snr. of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee being of
sound mind and memory considering the great uncertainty of life and the certainty
of death do this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eleven make and establish this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following to wit I commit my body to the earth from whence it came and
my soul to God that gave it, and that after my decease I be decently buried at
the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned and that all my just debts be
paid out of my estate, as to my real and personal Estate, I will and bequeath in
the form and manner following viz
Item 1st I will and bequeath to my daughter Hetty Jones one hundred dollars
in cash and forty dollars cash as soon the money is collected from James Stuart
for keeping his children.
Item 2d I also give and bequeath to my son Joseph Hooper one negro man
named Isam and one negro woman Mary.
Item 3d I give I give and bequeath to my daughter Sinia Alston five dollars.
Item 4th I give and bequeath to my son Absalom Hooper seventy acres
of land that I bought from Benjamin Nichols and the following negroes that is to
say Cesar, Winney, little Sam, Clay, Bill, old Sam, and Sarah and also the Smith
tools.
Item 5th I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Robertson four
cows and calves and fifty dollars in cash as soon as the money is collected from
James Stewart for keeping his children.
Item 6th I give and bequeath to my son Nimrod Hooper four hundred and
twenty eight acres of land being the place where I now live and the following
negroes Viz Big Andrew Dave little Andrew Jim Baxer and Fan.
Item 7th I give and bequeath to my two sons Absalom Hooper and Nimrod
Hooper all my stock of all kinds and all my household and kitchen furniture and
all my farming tools of every discription to be equally divided between them.
Item 8th I give and bequeath to my daughters Hetty Jones and Elizabeth
Robertson and my two sons Absalom Hooper & Nimrod Hooper that part of the estate
of Joseph Holmes that is coming to me to be equally divided between them,
and for the faithful execution of this my last will and testament I ordain and
appoint my trusty friend John Lucas and my son Absalom Hooper my executors of this
my last will and Testament, and by these presents I revoak all other wills by me
made or assigned.
In witness whereof I the said Absalom Hooper Snr. have to this my
last Will and testament set my hand and affixed my seal this day and date above
written.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said
Absolam Hooper Snr. the testator as his last will
and testament in the presence of us who were
present at the time of signing and sealing thereof Absm. Hooper Seal
S. Shannon, Isaac Lucas
Susannah her X mark Lucas