Will Book 5
p.24 Sale of estate of Sarah A. Austin - 14 Feb 1843
Buyers: A.P. Strother, John W. Bolar, James Brown
p.25 Will of William Hickman dated 6 Sep 1842, proved Nov 1843
Executor: fifth son Roger Hickman
Witnesses: Thomas Campbell, Peter Lightner
Bequests: to eldest daughter Martha, wife of Stuart Taylor - Negro girl Mary
to granddaughter Nancy, wife of Isaac Hartman - Negro Celia, but Nancy must pay her seven sisters
and one brother, the children of my daughter Jane Bradshaw dec'd, $22.25 each
to eldest son Arthur Hickman - land I previously conveyed to him by deed, but he must pay my 3rd
son William Hickman $100
to 2nd son James E. Hickman - all the property he took with him when he left me
to 3rd son William Hickman - Negro boy Jesse, Negro girl Sarah
to 3rd daughter Huldah, wife of Isaac Collison - all the property she took when she left me
to 4th son Andrew Hickman - all the property he took when he left me
to 5th son Roger Hickman - the plantation where I live, all adjoining lands and appurtenances, Negro
man Benjamin, Negro woman Sophia, Negro girl Martha, my carpenter tools, farming utensils,
household & kitchen furniture, and Roger must pay my 3rd son William $200
p.26 Codicil to will of William Hickman - 14 Oct 1843
Witnesses: Thomas Campbell, Peter Lightner
Bequests: Negro girl Sarah "that was go to son William" is to go to eldest daughter Martha, wife of
Stuart Taylor, instead
p.27 Inventory of estate of Robert Carpenter - 4 Jan 1843
Executor: Joseph Monroe
Appraised by: David Stephenson, Thomas T. Brown, William Townsend
p.28 Sale of estate of Robert Carpenter - 5 Jan 1843
Buyers: Martha Carpenter, Rebecca Carpenter, Sally B. Carpenter, Mary Jane Carpenter, Elizabeth
Carpenter, Samuel C. Carpenter, Rebecca (widow) Carpenter, David Carpenter, John Carpenter,
John Hiner, William Townsend, Jared Fox, Thomas T. Brown, David Stephenson, Sally Eakle, Adam
Stephenson, John Dever, John Chesnut, James Gillaspie, George Revercomb, Elisha Wright, Francis
Gardner, John Hull Jr., William Ayres
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