Benjamin F. Brazeale

WILL OF BENJAMIN F. BREAZEALE

April Term 1850 Estate Book E, pg 208

In the Name of God Amen!

I, Benjamin Franklin Breazeale, of the State of Tennessee in the County of

Roane being in sound mind & memory thanks be given to God for his mercy, and

calling into mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for

all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. That

is to say principally and first of all I give and recommit my soul into the

hand of that holy God who gave it & my body I recommit to the earth to be

buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor nothing

doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the

merciful and almighty power of God. And touching such a worldly estate

wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise, &

dispose of the same in the following manner & form, First, I give and bequeath

to my son Henry Willis Breazeale all my lands, plantation & premises including

the plantation where I now live, and all my other property of any kind be sold

& put to interest & that my executors, or executor do pay an equal part of the

same to the lawful heirs of Owen Gentry & Patsy Gentry his wife & also the

lawful heirs of Charles Bogart & his wife as said heirs come of age further I

do give and bequeath to Owen Gentry & Patsy his wife five dollars & to Charles

Bogart & his wife five dollars to Thomas Dawson & his wife and also five

dollars to Robert Davis & his wife & this I do certify and confirm as my last

will & testament for the execution & the performance thereof I do appoint my

true & trusty friends Joseph Rhea and Henry Bogart as my executors.

An accounting by the executor is recorded in Book E, page 426, the December

term of court 1853 as follows:

Be it remembered that on this 28th day of November 1853, personally appeared

before me Austin L. Greene, Clerk of the County Court of said County, Elijah

W. Breazeale administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Benjamin F.

Brazeale deceased and made the following return and settlement to wit.

From the inventory of sale of personal estate returned at July term 1850 of

Roane County Court said administrator is chargeable as per said return this

sum $353.89.

The inventory of debts reported at same term returned all bad he still reports

that he has not been able to collect any portion of them consequently they are

not taken into this account of settlement.

Benjamin F. Breazeale July 1850

An inventory of the personal property of B. F. Breazeale Dec'd this 3rd day

of April 1850. One bay horse, one sorrel mare, one sorrel filly, one gray

colt, on yoke of cattle, one wagon, two milch cows, two yearlings sheep,

twelve head of hogs, two feather beds and furniture, two bedsteads, one safe,

one china press, one dressing glass, one small table, one Piggin (pail), one

bucket and dipper, one saddle and bridle, one meat, 4 bee hives, one shot gun,

one barrel whiskey, four gallons and a pint, one jar of lard, one family

Bible, four stands of beer, one large kettle, one pot oven, one skittle, one

pot rack, one turning plough, one shovel plough, two skooters, two weed hoes,

eight sides of bacon, forty head of geese, five turkeys, one pair of

steelyards (scales), one ripskin (split cowhide), one 24 hour clock, two half

round tables, one pair sheep shears, one pair ? dogs and shovel, seven

chairs, one log chain, one saddle and saddle bags, one mattock, one scythe and

cradle, one loom, one mowing scythe, one reap hook, one hand saw, one falling

ax, one iron square, one five quarter auger (1¼ inch bit), one tin trumpet,

one wheat fan and sieve, one sun glass, candlestick and snuffer, one iron

wedge, one meat sack, one wash pan, one vinegar barrel, two salt barrels, two

hogshead, two pairs of hames and chains, collars and backband, one dictionary,

two single trees, one clevis, one trunk, two pair pot hooks, one hammer, one

chisel, two small gimblets (drill bits), one tin funnel, one bill, 7½ yards of

______ cloth sold at private sale to A. M. Hankins for #3.75, dishes and

forks, half dozen teas and cups, half dozen plates and dishes, one bottle.

Debts coming to the estate of B. F. Breazeale dec'd

One debt on Charles Bogart good debt for $15.00

One debt on Thomas Byram for 76 bushels of corn bad debt

One other debt on said Byram for bad debt 3.50

One other debt on Francis Johnson for bad debt 1.06¼

One other debt on Mary Moore of eight dollars with a

credit of ten days work bad debt

One other debt on John Miller for bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on William Miller for bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on Henry Miller for bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on Andrew Miller of bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on Henry Davis for bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on Isabel Hankins for bad debt $32.97¼

One other debt on Thomas Pritchett for bad debt $32.97¼

E W Breazeale administrator of BF Breazeale dec'd

sworn to in open court July 1st 1850

AL Greene clk

Benjamin F. Breazeale continued

An account of sales made of the personal property of the estate of BF

Breazeale dec'd at his late residence in Roane Co. after advertised according

to law notes twelve months after date I have taken with security.

George Littleton 1 five quarter auger and iron square $8.08¼

HW Brazeale 2 scooter ploughs 1.00

Archibald Felts Singletrees, iron wedge and clevis .65

HW Brazeale 1 pair gears (block & tackle) 1.12½

Joseph Anderson 1 pair gears .83

John Browder 1 pair steelyards (scales) .87¼

AM Hankins 1 falling ax .50

George Littleton 1 basket .26

Isaac McCoy 1 hammer .20

John Dever 1 pair sheep shears .50

Noah Orten 1 tin trumpet and clevis .12½

HW Brazeale 1 mans saddle 2.05

George Littleton 1 skillet and lid .75

Moses Wells 1 oven .50

John Dever 1 pot and hooks .66

EW Brazeale 1 pair saddle wallets 2.25

John Dever 1 candlestick and snuffers .38

Hiram Bogart sunglass and dictionary .37

Moses Wells 1 handsaw .75

A Felts 1 reap hook .20

A Felts 1 scythe and cradle 3.00

Sandford Ingram 1 mowing scythe .60

Moses M Miller 1 mattock .61

Wm H Baker 2 hoes .62½

Sandford Ingram 1 plough 2.50

John Dever 1 washing tub .37½

D A Bacon 1 long oven .20

John Dever 1 kettle and hooks 2.26

John Dever 2 sides of bacon 4.48½

Robert H Brazeale 2 sides of bacon 5.04

Drury W Brazeale 2 sides of bacon 4.48½

John Dever 2 sides of bacon 1.45

H W Brazeale 1 salt barrel & vinegar barrel .25

H W Brazeale 1 fire shovel and potrack 1.00

Solomon Preston 1 pair fire dogs .76

Wiley Ponder 1 wash pan .12½

William Thomson 1 shot gun 3.06¼

H W Brazeale 1 family Bible 1.25

Robert H Brazeale 1 meal sifter .25

A Felts 1 quart measure and funnel .12½

Margaret Nelson 1 tin dipper .12½

James Eblen 1 safe (pie) 12.56

C M Hotchkiss 1 china press (hutch) 20.10

Samuel C Brazeale ½ dozen plates set of teas 1.00

Elizabeth Miller 1 pitcher .39

Henry Bogart 1 decanter bottle .27

Robert H Brazeale 1 dish .40

John Dever Table ware 1.12½

Stephen Ingram 1 jar .35

Andrew J Brazeale 1 crock .10

Elizabeth Miller 1 crock of lard 1.06¼

Sanford Hall 1 ripskin of leather 1.77

A M Hankins 1 bed and clothing 8.00

Samuel Hotchkis 1 bedstead and cord 5.50

William Bagwell 7 chairs 1.87½

Joseph Anderson 1 bed and clothing and stead 7.60

Charles Bogart coverlet and blanket 3.00

Solomon Preston 1 24 hour clock 7.10

E W Brazeale 2 half round tables 3.24

Sanford Hall 2 gimblets .10

Nelson Littleton 1 bucket .30

Samuel C Brazeale 1 table .60

Sanford Ingram 1 bee stand 2.25

Samuel C Brazeale 1 bee stand 2.25

Henry W Brazeale 1 bee stand 1.31

Stephen Ingram 1 bee stand 1.55

Sanford Ingram 11 head of hogs 5.50

John Dever 5 turkeys 1.25

Moses Wells 1 loom 1.32

Elizabeth Miller 1 cow and calf 12.12½

Abraham Bogart 1 other cow 6.06¼

John Browder 1 yearling 2.95

John Browder 1 other yearling 2.50

D A Bacon 1 wagon 10.06¼

Nelson Littleton 1 log chain 1.25

George Littleton 1 yoke of steers 29.80

Henry Bogart 6 head of sheep 4.23

Henry Bogart 6 one other lot 3.36

Moses Wells 7 one other lot 3.50

John Browder Lot one .50

D A Bacon 20 head of geese 3.00

D A Bacon one other lot of 20 2.65

H C Brazeale interest in cross cut saw 1.30

Henry W Brazeale 1 bay horse 65.25

Wm H Baker 1 sorrel mare 24.10

Charles Bogart 1 sorrel filly 29.00

George Littleton 1 gray colt 9.12½

H C Brazeale whiskey 1.93

H C Brazeale whiskey cask

Sanford Ingram wheat fan and sieve 2.00

Sanford Ingram 2 still tubs .35

Moses Wells 1 meal sack and chest .35

Henry W Brazeael 1 bell .25

E W Brazeale administrator of B F Brazeale dec'd

Sworn to in open court July 1st, 1850

A L Greene clk

Benjamin F. Brazeale Dec Term 1853

State of Tennessee

Roane County

Be it remembered that on this 28th day of Nov 1853 personally appeared before

me Austin L. Greene Clerk of the County Court of said County Court of said

County Elijah W. Brazeale administrator with the will annexed of the estate

of Benjamin F. Brazeale deceased and made the following return and settlement

_____ from the inventory of sale of the personal estate returned at July term

1850 of Roane County Court said administrator is chargeable as per said return

this sum $353.89. The inventory of debts reported at same term returned all

_______ he still reports that he has not been able to collect any portion of

them consequently they are not taken into this account of settlement.

1850 Contra Cr

1 By this sum paid Dr Ed Goetz proven ?as afc? 45.50

2 By this sum paid A M Hankins 7.00

3 By this sum paid H W Brazeale 39.12

4 By this sum paid H W Brazeale note 10.85

5 By this sum paid Jos Anderson note 11.40

6 By this sum paid Jos Anderson proven ? 10.76

7 By this sum paid Margaret Nelson 6.00

8 By this sum paid Henry Bogart 2.00

9 By this sum paid ? T Turner ? Tax 1850 2.75

10 By this sum paid John Devers .75

11 By this sum paid A S Greene clk fees 6.75

allowed adm for his services 75.00 $167.88

when subtracted leaves this sum $186.01

according to the will of said deceased he specially

devised to W Gentry and his wife the sum of 5.00

do Chas Bogart and wife 5.00

do Thomas Dawson and wife 5.00

do Robert Davis and wife 5.00

making this sum 20.00

when subtracted leaves this sum to be

equally divided between the children of Owen

Gentry & wife and Chas Bogart & wife $166.01

this sum should draw interest from April 1852

which when calculated to this day is this sum 16.60

making this sum which said adm is chargeable $182.61

Respectfully submitted

A S Greene clk