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 1805 - 1847 (42 years)
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| Name |
John Lewis Suddath |
| Suffix |
Senior |
| Born |
1805 |
North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
01 Mar 1847 |
Roane County, Tennessee |
| Buried |
Green-Mahoney Cemetery, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee |
| Person ID |
I192 |
Root Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2014 |
| Family |
Evaline Center, b. 1806, Tennessee , d. Apr 1900, Roane County, Tennessee (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
14 Apr 1829 |
Roane County, Tennessee |
- The American Whig and Knoxville Enquirer, Wednesday, 29 Apr 1829, Vol II, No. 64
Married--On Tuesday the 14th inst., by Rev. John S. Henley, Mr. John Suddeth to Miss Eveline Center, daughter of Milton Center, all of Roane County.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Stephen Benjamin Suddath, b. 22 Feb 1830, Tennessee , d. 20 Oct 1896 (Age 66 years) |
| + | 2. Nancy L Suddath, b. @1833, Tennessee , d. 1892, Tennessee (Age ~ 58 years) |
| | 3. Milton Monroe Suddath, b. 23 Sep 1833, Tennessee , d. 12 Mar 1912, Savoy, Fannin County, Texas (Age 78 years) [Birth] |
| + | 4. Francis Kenner Suddath, b. Tennessee |
| + | 5. Margaret E Suddath, b. @1836, Tennessee , bur. Green-Mahoney Cemetery, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee |
| + | 6. Evaline Suddath, b. 8 Oct 1842, Tennessee , d. 2 Nov 1899 (Age 57 years) |
| + | 7. John Lewis Suddath, Junior, b. 13 Mar 1846, Roane County, Tennessee , d. 18 Jan 1939, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee (Age 92 years) |
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| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2016 20:53:13 |
| Family ID |
F68 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Documents |
 | 1847 Will, Page 23, Estate Book E
Roane County, Tennessee
John Lewis Suddath Senior
23
John Suddaths Will May Term 1847 --
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John
Suddath Deceased was produced in open Court and the execution
and declaration thereof duly proved in open court by the
Oaths of Lewis W Jordan and William Cox two of the subscribing
witnesses thereto and admitted to record and ordered to
be certified and recorded
which will is in the following words and figures towit
In the name of God amen
I John Suddath of the county of Roane and state of Tennessee
being weak of body but sound of mind and disposing memory
do make and ordain this as my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following
First I bequeath my body to the dust and my soul to God who
gave it
Second I wish all my debts and liabilities to be settled by my
Executors as speedily as possible
Item 3d I wish my beloved wife Eveline to retain all the Balance
of my property during her life or widowhood, subject to the conditions
hereafter expressed
Item 4d I devise to my several children Vizs Stephen Benjamin Nancy
E Milton C Margerett E Francis, Eveline, & John Lewis to have
an equal portion of my estate being one eight on their getting
married or arriving at age authorizing them to draw from my
beloved wife and my Executors said portion in the way hereafter
provided for
Item 5th I wish all my children to have a reasonable education the
expenses to be paid out of the rents of my land Interest on money
etc the balance made up out of my Estate
Item 6th I wish all my children to be made equal in the division
of my Estate my wife Eveline to have an equal share with the
children or each of them and at her death her property to be equally
divided with the several children
Item 7th whereas my fatherinlaw Milton Center made deed of gifts
to Stephen & Milton two of my children each a slave one of which has
since been sold and the money deposited the other slave still in the
possession of my fatherinlaw now I wish if there should be enough
of effects falling into the hands of my executors of personal property
and the other assets without selling any of my slaves to meet all my
liabilities to retain said money at Interest for the purpose in
assisting to educate my son Milton and for him to draw the
same when he becomes of age to be deducted out of his portion
of my estate making him even in the balance of the children
also the boy John who was given to my son Stephen if he should fall into
the hands of my said son before or on his arriving at age I wish
be the balance and deducted of of his portion of said Estate
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 | 1847 Will, Page 24, Estate Book E
Roane County, Tennessee
John Lewis Suddath Senior
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John Suddaths Will May Term 1847
slave should become his property that he then pay back
to the other children their equal share of the value of said
slave or may be deducted out of his portion of my land
so that all my children shall be made even in their
several devises
Item 8th In the division of my said estate I wish my prop-
erty and slaves to be valued and given up to the children
instead of being sold where the same may be practicable
but leaving that matter discretionary with my wife
and my executors. I also wish the sale of my personal property
to be entirely discretionary with my executors for the pur-
pose of paying debts etc.
Item 9th I also wish and devise that at the death of my belov-
ed wife that all my land shall be equally divided
amongst my several children and if they cannot
agree in the division they being of age then my executors
if they be alive (if not others may be appointed by the County
Court of Roane County) shall proceed to sell said land on
such credit as they shall think advisable making good
titles to said land so as to make an equal division amon-
gst the several children before named
Item 10th If any of my aforesaid children die without
issue or before they become of age than my estate to be equ-
ally divided amongst the surviving children
Lastly I constitute and appoint my friend Henry Liggett
& my beloved wife Eveline & executrix as my executors
to carry the foregoing into effect given under my hand
and seal this 5th day of April 1847
Signed and acknowledged John Suddath (Seal)
before us
Test
J R Bellamy
William Cox
L W Jordon |
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