Transcribed by Tonie Hill Moody
John Heath
December 4,1847
1-term-1848
To my wife,Nancy:
3 negroes,
a mare
bridle and saddle
a chest and all that pertains to it
2 feathers beds and furniture
a wheel and cards
1000 pounds of pork
25 barrels of corn
one barrel of flour
30 pounds of coffee
30 pounds of sugar
15 bushels of potatoes
30 pounds of cotton
30 pounds of wool
loom and harness and crockery ware
$500.00
To son Silas; $110.00
To daughter Argent; all my land
7 negroes
all my stock that has not been given away
all household and kitchen furniture that is not given away
To grandson Joel Alman Heath; my gray mare
To son Amos; a dutch oven
a set of blacksmith tools,
a desk
residue of my property not given away
Exrs: son Amos Heath
Wts:
Morris McDaniel
Thomas McDaniel
Warney L. Kilpatrick
Joseph L. Rhem