GRAINGER CO., TN INVENTORIES OF ESTATES AND WILLS- 1833-1852

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GRAINGER CO., TN INVENTORIES OF ESTATES AND WILLS - NOV. 1833 - MAY
1852.
HENDERSONS ...
p.112 Will - Ruth STIFFY, decd. Bros and sis David HENDERSON, Joseph
HENDERSON, Abraham HENDERSON, John HENDERSON, Robert HENDERSON, Mary
CONLEY, Sally GREEN, Betsy McDANIEL and Margaret HALEY, Jane GRAY, Betsy
MALLICOAT, Sarah GRAY, John S. GRAY, Louisa GRAY, Mary GRAY, William M.
GRAY and Amanda GRAY the children and heirs of my nephew John GRAY,
decd. Edward TATE Executor. Signed 8 Apr 1834. Ruth X Stiffy. Attest:
Wm. MAYES, John CLARK, and John CARDWELL. Recorded 6 Jul 1836. E. Tate
Clerk.

p.321 Will - Thomas HENDERSON, decd. Wife Mary HENDERSON; two negroes
Lucy & Thomas; my children Mariah L. HENDERSON, William Y. HENDERSON,
Rutha A. HENDERSON, Dianah J. HENDERSON & Mary S. HENDERSON; Negroes
Hanabal, Rhoda & George, James MOORE, Executor. Signed Thomas Henderson
9 Jun 1838. Att: 11 Jun 1838 N.A. SENTER, Larkin JONSTON, Samuel B.
TATE. Recorded 14 Sep 1838. E. Tate Clerk.

p. 325 Inventory - Thomas HENDERSON, decd 13 Jul 1838. Mentions:
William I (?) JONES, Pleasant WHITLOW, Charles JONES. Signed James
MOORE, Executor. Recorded 18 Sep 1838. E. Tate Clerk.

p.350 Account of Sale - Thomas HENDERSON, decd 18 Oct 1838. Mentions:
William MURRY, George W. MATLOCK, William HENDERSON, Nancy HENDERSON,
Mary HENDERSON, James Grantham, Edmund COLLINS, Peter LAMPSIL, Abls.
SULLENBURGER, Hardy LONG. Signed James MOORE Executor. Recorded 10 Dec
1838 E. Tate Clerk.

p.48 Account of Sale - Thomas HENDERSON, decd. 9 Nov 1939. Mentions:
hiring 2 negroes, girl by Louisa HENDERSOn and boy by William HENDERSON;
Reuben LONG and Marlin HARRIS. Signed James MOORE, Executor. Recorded 10
Mar 1840.

p.80 Settlement - James MOORE, Executor for Thomas HENDERSON decd. 27
Aug 1840. Mentions: sale & hiring of Negroes recorded 10 Dec 1838;
Reuben LONG & Malin HARRIS, Elisha THOMASON, Shff, taxes 1839; e.
WILLIAMS; Richard BRAGG, taxes 1840; E. TATE; David McNALLY; Nathan
GRAY; Wesley MILLAR; Wm. Y. HENDERSON a legatee; Louisa HENDERSON a
legatee; Wm. G. JONES; Pleasant Whitlow; Charles JONES. Recorded 15 Sep
1840. E. Tate Clerk.

p.165 Second Settlement - James MOORE, Executor of Thomas HENDERSON,
decd. 26 Aug 1841. Mentions: last settlement of 27 Aug 1840; E. THOMASON
tax 1841; Wm. GODWIN; J.J. LAFFERTY, Ruth Ann HENDERSON & Dianah
HENDERSON two legatees; John BIGGS; Wm. MURRY. No recording date.

p.345 Account of Sale - Thos. HENDERSON decd. Mentions: Mary HENDERSON
rents for 1839, oats 1843, hire of Negroes 1844; David HARRIS; Eli
JONES, John SHELTON; Wm. Y. HENDERSON hiring 3 Negroes; Wm. GODWIN, John
HICKS hiring one negro woman; David SHELTON. Signed James MOORE,
Executor. Recorded 16 Jan 1845.

p. 369 Third Settlement - James MOORE, Executor of Thomas HENDERSON,
decd. 30 Apr 1845. Mentions: last setlement 26 Aug 1841; sale & hire of
Slaves Jan 1845, Joseph RHOTIN dr. bills & medicine for 1 slave; Wm.
GODWIN repair a fence; Mary HENDERSON repair fence on plantation (1839);
A.P. GREEN, Shff, taxes 1842, re, rr. Recorded 7 May 1845. E. Tate
Clerk.

Guardian Report - Mary HENDERSON, Guardian of Mary S. HENDERSON. 27
May 1845. Mentions: care, raising, clothing & boarding the ward, she
being Deaf & Dubm for the term of 6 yrs. against the 1 Jul next.
Recorded 4 June 1845. E. Tate.

p. 379 Account of Sale - Thomas HENDERSON decd. Hiring Negroes & woman
Lucy, boy Hannibal, girl Rhoda. Signed A.J. McNALLY, Adm. Recorded 12
Aug 1845.

p. 389 Inventory - William GODWIN, Adm. of Mariah GODWIN, Mentions her
undivided share of the Estate of Thomas HENDERSON, decd, her father, in
the hands of A.I. McNALLY, Adm of James MOORE, decd. who has been
Executor of Thomas HENDERSON. All of which I claim in right of my former
wife the said Mariah. Recorded 3 Sep 1845. E. Tate Clerk.

p. 448 Inventory - Thomas HENDERSON decd. May 1846. Mentions: Negroes:
woman Lucy, girl Rhoda, girl Luiza; notes on Wm. Y. HENDERSON, Mary
HENDERSON, Wm. GODWIN, David HARRIS, John DUEER, A.I. McNALLY, William
McGRAW, William MURRY, Joseph HICKS & Pleasant WHITLOW. Signed William
GODWIN, Adm. Recorded 12 May 1846. E. Tate, Clerk.

p. 536 Guardian Report - Mary HENDERSON, Guardian of Mary S. HENDERSON.
6 Apr 1847. Mentions: Wm. GODWIN, Adm of Estate of Thomas Henderson,
decd; last report 27 May 1845; the ward being Deaf & Dumb. Signed Mary
HENDERSON, Guardian. Recorded 15 May 1847 E. Tate Clerk.

p. 142 Will - Mary Susan HENDERSON. My mother Mary HENDERSON, widow of
my father Thomas HENDERSON, money in the hands of William GODWIN who was
appointed to settle the estate of my father in place of James MOOR, who
was the Executor of my father's last will & testament; my mother Mary
HENDERSON, Executor. Signed 4 May 1849 Mary Susan HENDERSON. Wit: Saml
B. TATE, Wm. S. JONES, Eli A. JONES, James CONN. Recorded 27 Jun 1849.

p. 143 Will - William Y. HENDERSON. My mother, Mary HENDERSON; land So.
of the State Road; Negroes to be sold, tombstones to be placed at the
graves of my father & sisters & to the grave of Thomas GODWIN & my own;
at d. of mother any money to be paid to Trustees of MOORS CHAPEL; Larkin
JOHNSON, Executor. Signed 28 May 1844. William Y. HENDERSON. Wit: A.G.
SULLENERGER, Thomas SHELTON. Recorded 7 Jul 1849. E. Tate Clerk.