I Elizabeth Carter of the County of Carter & State of Tennessee, being of
sound mind & memory but weak of body, knowing that it is appointed
for all once to die, do make ordain & establish this as my last will and
Testament, namely:

    I give my soul to God who gave it, to be disposed of according to his good
will & pleasure: My body I require my Executors herein after named, to have
decently buried; and such wordly Estate as it has pleased God to favor me
with, I dispose of in the following manner, viz

    First: I require my Executors to pay all my just debts.

    Secondly: Being desirous to provide for the support & maintenance of my
daughter Sally S. Brewer, seperate & apart from her husband Benjamin Brewer,
I give & bequeath to George A. Duffield, in trust for the benefit & use of
his mother Sally S. Brewer during her life, the following Negroes, namely, my
negro woman Celia - commonly called Sealy - and her three children, namely,
Annette, James & Harriet & the future increase of the said Celia - aka Sealy -
Annette & Harriet, & at the death of said Sally S. Brewer, it is my will that
the before mentioned negroes & their increase may be equally divided between
my three grand children namely, George A. Duffield, William P. Brewer, &
Evelina M. Brewer, the children of the said Sally S. Brewer.

    Thirdly: I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary C. Taylor, my negro girl
Betsy, daughter of my negro woman Charlotte; I do also give & bequeath to the
said Mary my negro girl Martha, daughter of Eady, provided however, that if
this said Mary C. Taylor accept of my donation to her of the said Martha, she
shall, within two years after my death, pay to Evelina E.C. Gillespie Three
hundred Dollars in Tennessee Bank notes, without interest.

    Fourthly: I give & bequeath to my granddaughter Elizabeth Rhea, formerly
Elizabeth Carter, daughter of A. M. Carter, my negro girl Sabre.

    I give & bequeath to my daughter Eliza Gillespie my negro girl Fanny & her
children, now in the possession of the said Eliza. I do likewise give &
bequeath to the said Eliza my negro boy Nelson, the son of my negro woman
Charlotte and now in the possession of Alfred M. Carter.

    Fifthly: I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary C. Taylor, my Bureau; & to
my granddaughter Mary C. P. Taylor, daughter of Mary C. Taylor, I give my bed
& the furniture to said bed: my other bed clothes, it is my will, shall be
equally divided between my three daughters Sally S. Brewer, Eliza Gillespie,
and Mary C. Taylor.

    Sixthly: it is my will that my negro woman Eady be emancipated, if the
laws of the land will permit it, & I do hereby require my Executors
hereinafter named, to carry the same - my will respecting said Eady - into
effect, but if they cannot, then I give the said Eady to my daughter Mary C.
Taylor, & wish the said Mary to let her work for herself the ballance of her
life - i.e. the life of Eady, & to have and enjoy the proceeds of all such her
labor.

    Seventhly: I give & bequeath my negro boy Nathaniel, the son of my negro
woman Charlotte to my son Alfred M. Carter.

    Eightly: I do give & bequeath, to Alfred W. Taylor, the husband of my
grand-daughter Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Sally S. Brewer, my negro woman
Charlotte & also her two sons Landon & George, & also her future increase. I
do also give & bequeath to the said Alfred W. Taylor, my negro boy Noah the
son of negro woman Eady, provided however, that if the said A. W. Taylor,
accept of my donation to him of the above named negroes, he shall pay to my
son William B. Carter the sum of Two Hundred Dollars in Tennessee Bank Notes
without interest.

    Ninthly: I give & bequeath to my son George W. Carter, my large looking
glass now in the possession of Mary C. Taylor; I do also give to the said
George, one half dozzen windsor chairs, one half dozzen silver tea spoons, my
carpet, my teaboard, & shovel & tongs now in the possession of Sally S.
Brewer.

    Should I owe anything at my death - have any debts due me or any money on
hands over & above what may be necessary to pay my debts & not herein-before
devised, it is my will that the said property money & debts due me, if any,
shall be equally divided between all my children vis: Sally S. Brewer, A. M.
Carter, W. B. Carter, G.W. Carter, Eliza Gillespie & Mary C. Taylor.

    Lastly: I do constitute & appoint Alfred M. Carter and Alfred W. Taylor
Executors of this my last will and Testament, & I wish the court not to
require them to give bond & security for the Execution thereof. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hard & seal this 22ond day of March 1841.

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                  Elizabeth X Carter (Seal)
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 Signed, sealed and acknowledged in our presence:
 David Nelson
 William Stover.