Washington County, Tennessee Wills Abstracts of Washington County Wills John Ballard Date: 1780 Wife - Ann Walter Bayley Date: June 10, 1790 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 24 Wife - not named Children - Mary, Lucy Ann Executors - Joseph Greer, Ethelred Davis Witnesses - Thomas Renno, Arthur Evans, Charlotte Evans Notes: Leaves his wife land in Sussex County, VA adjoining Benjamin Chapman John Blair Date: May 13, 1795 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 125 Wife - Martha Children - Martha, Joseph, William, John Witnesses - William Montgomery, Lewis Jordan Notes: Also mentions son-in-law Alexander McLin, and leaves $20.00 to any grandchildren named after him. John Blair Date: 1819 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 126 Wife - Hannah Caruthers Children - Polly, Rachel, Hugh, Thomas, Samuel, John Grandchildren - Josiah Blair Executors - Hannah Blair (wife), John Blair (son), William Carmichael Notes: Josiah Blair is to take over the mill when William Nelson's time is out. John Blair married Hannah Caruthers on November 26, 1793. Aaron Burleson Date: November 16, 1781 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 2 Children - John, Jonathan, Joseph, Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah, Aaron, Rachel, Nancy, Abigail, Mary, Rhoda, James Executors - wife, Aaron Burleson (son) Witnesses - Thomas Williams, Patrick Shields, Henry Clark Notes: At a Court begun and held at the Court House, in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) on the 27th day of May, A. D., 1782; Present, the Worshipful Andrew GREER, Chairman, John McNABB, Joseph WILSON, Richard WHITE, William CLARK, Charles ROBERTSON, Valentine SEVIER and William McNABB, the last will and testament of Aaron BURLESON, deceased, was proven by the oath of Thomas WILLIAMS, and same is ordered recorded. American Historical Magazine, Vol. 6, p. 283 - 284 Joseph Crouch Date: September 1, 1830 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 206 Wife - Margaret "Peggy" Notes: He left most of his children out of his will and only mentioned the following people - George Crouch, Mariah Hunt, Martha Devault. He lived on Boone's Creek and was a member of the old church there. He was also a Revolutionary Soldier from VA. Christopher Cunningham Date: November 10, 1782 Source: Washington County, North Carolina Court Records, May 1783 (later became Washington Co., TN) Wife - Mary Morgan, Children - Eilizabeth GATREL, Susannah ROBERTSON, Lydia CUNNINGHAM, John CUNNINGHAM, Mary JOBE, Ann ORR, Sarah CUNNINGHAM, Jane CUNNINGHAM, Jacob CUNNINGHAM, Joseph CUNNINGHAM, Matthew CUNNINGHAM, Moses CUNNINGHAM, Aaron CUNNINGHAM, Elenor CUNNINGHAM, David CUNNINGHAM, Executors - Matthew Talbot, Joseph Tipton, Witnesses - Robert Orr, Isaac Taylor Notes: Elizabeth and Susannah were children from a previous marriage. William Daniel Date: May 23, 1794 Source: Washington County Court Records Wife - Ann Daniel, Children - John, William, Mary, Ann, Barsheba, Jerimah, Alice Executor - Joseph Crouch Witnesses - David Job, Philemon Lacy Notes: Proven in Washington County Courts August Session, 1800 Isaac Denton Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 54 Wife - Ann Children - Isaac, Jeremiah, Martha, Agnes, Elizabeth, Susannah Executors - Jesse Whitson, David Job Notes: Proven May 1795 Samuel Denton Date: January 11, 1814 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 100 Wife - Martha Children - Jonas, Thomas, John, Jonathan, David, Samuel, Laura, Lavinia, Tabitha, Abigail, Martha, Anna Executors - Martha Denton (wife) Witnesses - Henry King, John Carr, John Miller Notes: He leaves his wife land on Cherokee Creek. Thomas Dillard Date: May 13, 1784 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 15 Wife - Martha Children - Benjamin, Winniesophia, Maryann, Thomas, Stacy, Martha, Ann, John, Rebecca, Elizabeth Witnesses - Edmund Sams, John Sams, John Webb James Irwin Date: February, 1796 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 40 Wife - Mary Irwin, Children - Benjamin, James, William, John, Robert, Lettice, Elenor, Mary, Eliza Executors - Mary Irwin -wife, Benjamin Irwin - son Witnesses - Richard Jones, Samuel King, Col. James Johnson William Kincheloe Date: August 6, 1840 Source: Will book No. 1 Wife - Minerva Children - Sarah, Mary, Archibald, George, John Executor - John Kincheloe (son) Witnesses - Valentine Irwin, Smith Irwin, James Kincheloe William King Date: 1832 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 246 Legatees and Executors - Martha King, Thomas King, George G. King Witnesses - Richard Carr, Alfred Carr, James M. Carr Baptist McNabb Date: January 4, 1784 Source: Will book No. 1 Children - Isabella, John, David, Jonathan, William, Mary, Jane, Margaret, Katherine Executors - John McNabb, David McNabb Witnesses - William McNabb, Agnes Campbell, John Campbell Ann Miller Date: March 3, 1795 Source: Washington County Court Records Executors - Robert Maclin, James Carmichael Witnesses - Ham Campbell, Mary Campbell Notes: Also mentions Ann Hunter - 2/3 of estate, Margaret Leach - remainder of estate. Peter Miller Date: November 15, 1801 Source: Washington County Court Records Wife - Mary Children - Jacob, Margaret, Barbara, Mary, Elizabeth Executor - Michael Broyles, Sr. Witnesses - F. Earnest, Elizabeth Broyles, Michael Broyles Thomas Mitchell Date: June 1784 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 8 Wife - Agnes Children - Margaret, James, Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas Executors - Agnes Mitchell (wife), John Thompson Witnesses - Robert Irwin, Mary Irwin Notes: Proved in August Court Session 1784 Jonathan Mulkey Date: August 3, 1826 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 180 Wife - Anne Children - Isaac, Rebecca, Elizabeth, John, Phillip, Jonathan, Mary, Nancy, Sarah Executors - Nathan Shipley, William Slaughter, John Murray Notes: He was a minister. Col. Charles Robertson, Sr. Date: August 31, 1798 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 44 Wife - Susannah Cunningham, Executors - Charles Robertson, Jr., James Gordon, Jacob Brown Notes: He leaves his estate to his sons and daughters with out naming them, although they are believed to be: Charles Robertson Jr., Julius Robertson, William Robertson, Christopher Robertson, George Robertson, Rosamond Robertson, Susanna Robertson, Kesiah Robertson Samuel Sherrill Date: June 4, 1800 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 53 Children - Catherine Sevier, Uriah Sherrill, John Sherrill, Mary Sherrill, George Sherrill, William Sherrill, William Sherrill, Adam Sherrill Executors - John Sevier, William Sherrill Witnesses - Benjamin Ware, George Ware Andrew Thompson Date: March 13, 1818 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 124 Wife - Elizabeth Children - John, Adam, Moses, Betsy, Amy, Jennie, Thomas Executors - Adam Thompson, Moses Thompson Witnesses - John Strain, Benjamin Sands Notes: Proved May, 1780 John Tipton Date: October 15, 1831 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 244 Children - Samuel P., Elizabeth S., Edny M. Witnesses - A. McClellan, Christian Carriger Rebecca Vanderpool Date: May 12, 1779 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 1 Legatees: Teerer Nave, Abraham Vanderpool (son) Executor - Teerer Nave Witnesses - James Grayson, Elizabeth Grayson, Thomas Houghton Notes: Widow of Abraham Vanerpool. William Walker Date: August, 1841 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 347 Wife - Susannah Children - Mary, Jane, Nancy, Ann, Margaret, Susannah, John, Andrew Grandchildren - William Rector, William Hartman, William Deakins, William Hunt, William Walker (son of John), William Walker (son of Andrew) Executors - Andrew Walker Witnesses - Caleb Martin, Levi Nelson Isaac White Date: May 5, 1819 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 124 Wife - Sarah Lawson Children - Terry, William, Fletcher, Richard, Mary, Susannah, Anna, "other sons" Executors - Sarah White (wife), Terry White (son), Isaac White Witnesses - Nathan Shipley, William Gormley John White Date: May 14, 1796 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 41 Wife - Ann Notes: Leaves his entire estate to his children without naming them. William Whitson Date: October 16, 1783 Source: Will Book 1, pg. 39 Children - Jesse, Susannah, Lydia, Joseph Executors - Joseph Whitson, Jesse Whitson Witnesses - Henry Nelson, William Wood, Reuben Rider John Wood Date: June 11, 1773 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 38 Wife - Agnes Children - John, Winnifred, Millie, Elizabeth, Mabel, Agnes, Richard, Elijah, Henry Executors - Robert Donald, William Armstrong Witnesses - Robert Ewing, Robert Irwin, Barbara Mayberry Notes: Proved May, 1780 Samuel Wood Date: April 26, 1800 Source: Will Book 1, pg. 52 Wife - Sarah Children - William, James, Samuel, Thomas, Abraham, John, George, Mary Executors - Sarah Wood (wife), Abraham Wood, John Wood Witnesses - William Cartwright, Martin Seamer, Calvin Finch Robert Young Date: February 8, 1792 Source: Will book No. 1, pg. 24 Wife - Mary Children - Joseph, Elizabeth, Martha, John, William, Robert, Thomas, Charles, Jane, Margaret, Mary, Agnes Grandson - Joseph Young (son of James) Executors - Mary (wife), Joseph Young (son) Witnesses - Thomas Gormley, James Gammon, Abraham Scott Notes: Also mentions Robert Gilliland and Robert Cashedy, Probated May, 1792 HOME