Executors Record A

EXECUTORS RECORD A

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

Mr. Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith of Jackson has published seven genealogical miscellanies for Henderson County. He wishes to share this information as widely as possible and has granted permission for these web pages to be created. We thank Mr. Smith for his generosity. Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2001

Although the loose (original) wills and the recorded wills in the office of the county court clerk of Henderson County, Tennessee burned July 3, 1895, the Executor Record A was somehow saved from this tragic courthouse fire. Hence MOST of the names of testators/testatrixes (will-makers) whose wills were probated in this county from 1861 are known from this record and those covered from that date through 1895 therein have been abstracted herein. (The recorded wills date from 1895 in Will Book 3.) The data herein, in many instances in the early years, may be correlated with pertinent information in the Henderson County Court Minute Book, 1860-1866, such as dates when wills were admitted to probate and other relevant information generated from estate matters brought before this court.

According to law all "last wills and testaments" had to be probated/proven before the county court soon after the will-maker's demise at which time the individual(s) named in these documents as executors (males) or executrixes (females) were appointed by the court to act in that role, or soon thereafter; the names of bondsmen were also filed. Sometimes designated persons failed to act in the role of "execution," either because they too had died or they refused to act; or the testator failed to name an executor in which instance the court appointed an administrator "with the will annexed" to serve in the same capacity. The key instructions for the testator/testatrix was that he or she would "take into your possession all the property and to make the next court a perfect inventory there and make due collection of all debts; and after paying all the just demands against the testator and settling up the business of said estate according to law, you will pay over and deliver the property and effects that may remain in your hands and do all other things that may be required according to the provisions of the said will and the laws of the land."

An example illustrating the abstracted data in this publication:

Testator/Testatrix:
Executor/Executrix:
Date Executor/Executrix appointed:
Bondsmen of Executor/Executrix:

JOSEPH DOE
Mary Ann Doe
May 5, 1873
Charles Jones, Ben Brown, Sam Smith

PAGE ONE
HENRY B.SHERROD Lafayette F. McHaney, A. H. Rhodes January 9, 1861 Daniel M. McCallum, Richard B. Jones	WILLIAM BRIGANCE William H. O'Guinn February 4, 1861 Andrew E. Aydelott, William A. Presley, Pleasant W. Austin

PAGE TWO
WILLIAM RHODES Mary Rhodes March 4,1861 James Rhodes, Henry Powers	HUGH CARROLL John S. Carroll July 1, 1861 William Carroll, John H. Galbraith, Daniel M. McCallum

PAGE THREE
WILLIAM BRIGANCE William H. O'Gwinn August _,1861 J. W. G. Jones, D. M. McCallum, R. S. Swift, B. H. Clark (same as William Brigance on page one but with other bondsmen)	JOSEPH READ John L. Read, William Read January 6, 1862 Clark M. Harman, Gennings Deer, Pleasant H. Nelson

PAGE FOUR
MARGARET McRAW James McRaw January "O", 1862 L. C. Smith, David Rice	THOMAS MORGAN Isham C. Burrow April 7,1862 Joseph Bell, George W. Hill

PAGE FIVE
THOMAS P.WHITE Mary White May 5, 1862 John Lawler, Edmund B. Webb, John R. Teague	THOMAS BARROW William Stewart June 2, 1862 John Stewart, John A. Muns, David T. Spain

PAGE SIX
HUGH CARROLL Nancy A. Carroll February 5, 1866 John S. Carroll, William Carroll (same as Hugh Carroll on page two but with new executrix)	JAMES A.WELCH George Johnson April 2, 1866 W. J. White , A. T. Johnson

PAGE SEVEN
SARAH C.WILLIAMS Stephen T. Thomas April 2, 1866 E. N. Moore, William T. Carroway, John A. Smith	MARY TYE P. W. Austin May 7, 1866 M. W. Turner, A. F. Smith

PAGE EIGHT
JAMES T.DOUGLASS Elizabeth Douglass, A. Y. Douglass June 4, 1866 Thomas Stanford, S. W. Mitchell	L. G. THOMAS Jane Thomas July 2, 1866 W. C .McHany, A. P .Lipscomb

PAGE NINE
VINCENT WOODS John Woods November 5, 1866 T. M. Stubblefield, James F. McKenzie	JAMES M.WHYTE Jasper Adams March 4, 1867 D. F. Adams, Henderson Taylor

PAGE TEN
ROBERT H.RAMSEY A. S .McCallum September 2, 1867 L. H. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, W. G. Inman, G. A. Puryear	ROBERT COZORT Benjamin F. Morris September 2, 1867 J. R. Rust, J. C. Miller, E. F. Jerden, Moses Segraves

PAGE ELEVEN
PRISCILA LEWELLING Alfred M. Lewelling November 4, 1867 Sutton Manley, Jasper Rogers	JAMES HOWARD V. H. Trice December 2, 1867 Henry Lassater, A. H. Rhodes

PAGE TWELVE
LLOYD SPARKS E .M. Sparks December 2, 1867 William Thomas, M. W. Fowler	BENJAMIN SMITH G. B. Smith January 6, 1868 E. B. Burkett, John M. Rhodes

PAGE THIRTEEN
HARMAN ADAMS Thomas C. Adams, Henderson Taylor January 6, 1868 Howell Olive, Jeremiah White	ANN CAVINESS Jackson Anderson March 2, 1868 Sutton Manley, W. K. Kirbitt

PAGE FOURTEEN
WILLIAM TIMBERLAKE Henry Lassater October 6, 1868 A. H. Rhodes ,William F. Brooks	SARAH ARGO D. W. Perkins November 2, 1868 H. F. Wilson, A. A. Rhodes

PAGE FIFTEEN
DANIEL WEBB Edmund B. Webb April 5, 1869 Abner Lawler, John Teague	WILLIAM RHODES J. B. Rhodes November _, 1869 James Satteram, B. J. Rhodes, Jerry Rhodes, I. J. S. Pearson (same William Rhodes on page two but different bondsmen)

PAGE SIXTEEN
GEORGE W.POOL Catharine Pool December 4, 1870 "Being excused from the provisions of said will from giving bond"	MARTHA JANE WOOLY Andrew J. Wooly August 1, 1870 W. R. Scates, Samuel Hayes

PAGE SEVENTEEN
RUTHA HIATT R. R. Thompson June 3, 1872 John Thompson, A. E. Aydelott	ISRAEL RHODES A. A. Rhodes December 7, 1872 L. N. Timberlake, Rich. C. Fuller, Thomas Fesmire, John M. Rhodes

PAGE EIGHTEEN
SILAS GRIDER S. E. Grider July 1, 1872 J. B. Rhodes, John N. Wheatley, E. E. Kee, M. H. Brown, Robert Purdy	ISRAEL RHODES A. A. Rhodes March 3, 1873 Jasper Adams, E. Burket, S. M. Young, T. A. White, John Fesmire, J. D. Cozort, John Pearson, John G. Penix (same person as on page seventeen but different bondsmen)

PAGE NINETEEN
THOMAS G.WHEATLEY Allen K. Jones April 3, 1873 John C. Trice, William C. Trice	D. H. McCOLLUM A. F. Smith May 6, 1873 A. F .McCollum, G. W. Carter

PAGE TWENTY
ELISHA BOND James W. Pennington, W. H. Bond August 4, 1873 Samuel Pearce, D. A. Parish	ISRAEL CARTER G. W. Jones August 4, 1873 William Altom, L. A. Stanford

PAGE TWENTY-ONE
L. B. STANFILL R. T. Stanfill, J. N. Stanfill June 1, 1874 Edmond Gawf, J. C. Gawf /as rendered in the original record!/	JOSEPH M. MORRIS Nancy Morris June 1, 1874 John K. Clark, John G. Walson

PAGE TWENTY-TWO
L. B. WILLIAMS W. R. Mullins December 7, 1874 G. W. Council , A. C. Williams	ELIZA WEST John West December 10, 1874 William H. Warren, A. W. Harmon

PAGE TWENTY-THREE
W. K. CORBITT Jackson Anderson February 1, 1875 J. W. H.Knowls, O. P. White, B. J. Young	WILLIAM TAYLOR Oliver P. White May 6, 1875 B. J. Young, Jackson Anderson

PAGE TWENTY-FOUR
HENRY LASSETER Elijah F. Boswell June 7, 1875 L. A. Stanford, John S. Fuller, John B. Boswell, James Moffitt	MARTHA JANE BALLARD William Bell November 1, 1875 John H. Day, Joseph Bell

PAGE TWENTY-FIVE
LEVI H.WALKER William Johnson April 3, 1876 Elias F. Parish, John Bray	MICAJAH JOYNER Archibald Joyner December 4, 1876 B. H. Brown, C. R. Scarborough

PAGE TWENTY-SIX
GEORGE JOHNSON George Johnson, W. C. Trice January 1, 1877 Halcombe Robertson, William J. Hodges	BRYANT FRY J. H. Fry October 2, 1876 C. R. Scarborough, R. H. Read, John McCall

PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN
NANCY PHILLIPS John R. Teague June 4, 1877 Riley Johnson, W. H. Denison	PRETY MORRIS Stephen Hollowell October 1, 1877 G. G. Moore, R. Williams, J. B. Duke

PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT
NANCY C.SKINNER James H. McAdams November 5, 1877 J. B. Rhodes, Erwin McAdams	SUSAN C.BOREN E. J. Timberlake February 6, 1878 Samuel Howard, L. A. Stanford

PAGE TWENTY-NINE
ALLEN HAMM A. B. Hanna May 6, 1878 E. D. Smith, P. W. Hassell	JAMES HART M. D. L. Hart, Henry C. Hart, W. H. Hart July 10, 1874 No bondsmen given

PAGE THIRTY
WILLIAM STEWART A. Stewart October 7, 1878 John Stewart, W. R. Peeler	Mrs. MOLLIE E. HANEY E. E. Tarbet July 7, 1879 Samuel Howard, John H. Howard

PAGE THIRTY-ONE
JOHN PARSONS J. F. Parsons December 1, 1879 J. N. Timberlake, B. J. Teague, Clark Diffee, L. F. McHaney, Jesse Winslow	MARTHA BROWN J. D. Brown February 9, 1880 John Brown, J. M. Wadley

PAGE THIRTY-TWO
WILLIAM STEWART A. Stewart April 5, 1880 Reuben Stewart, F. B. Peterson (same person on page 30 but with different bondsmen)	ELVY EUBANKS May 3, 1880 B. W. Foster, William Bird

PAGE THIRTY-THREE
SOLOMON BIRD, JR. (Nuncupative Will) Green West July 8, 1880 R. J .Dyer, J .M. Wadley	Lower portion "x'ed" out

PAGE THIRTY-FOUR
ROBERT MATHEWS D. W. Knowles April 7, 1881 W. C. Christopher, J. W. H. Knowles	EDMOND KNOWLES J. W. H. Knowles, D. W. Knowles April 25, 1881 C. F. McHaney, W. H. Wilson, G. H. Priddy, J. A. Teague, M. L. Gallaway, Jackson Anderson

PAGE THIRTY-FIVE
ELIZABETH BLAIR W. H. Warren September 5, 1881 E. J. Timberlake, J .S. Fielder	JOEL PHILLIPPS Samuel Phillipps January 2, 1882 J .N. Timberlake, J. P. McKinney, R. D. Moffitt

PAGE THIRTY-SIX
JOHN JONES Lucy Jones May 1, 1882 E. W. Walker, I .C. Jones	EDWIN RHODES Robert Rhodes, John A. Rhodes August 7, 1882 T. N. Rhodes, J. L. Phelps, G. B. Wallace, W. M. Rhodes

PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN
CHARLOTTE BRAY Ann America Bray December 4,1882 B. H. Brown , D. F. McHaney	WILLIAM BRODIE Z. T. Wilson March 5, 1883 E. G. Whitehead, J. M. Evans, J. H. Wise, J .B. Duke, J .B. Hays

PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT
ENOCH DOUGLASS John G. Douglass, colored October 13, 1883 Alick White, Smith Hart	JOHN B.ARMSTRONG Jackson Anderson October 9, 1884 O. P. White, A. G .Douglass

PAGE THIRTY-NINE
Miss ARABELLA HARMON Adeline Warren April 6, 1885 By provision of will not required to make bond	WILLIAM BELL O. P .White March 1, 1886 Jackson Anderson, B. J. Teague

PAGE FORTY
HENRY TAYLOR W. H. Pugh December 6, 1886 O. P. White, Jackson Anderson	HOSA (Hosea) PRESLAR Dugal W. Ross May 7, 1888 Isaac Davis, J. R. Scott, Stephen Preslar, M. A. Maness, F. M. Stubblefield

PAGE FORTY-ONE
LOUISA EVANS J .T. Bradfield September 6, 1888 J. C. Carrington, S.D. Carrington	ENOCH R.LAWLER W. T. Lawler September 12, 1888 W. F .Brooks ,J. C. McHaney

PAGE FORTY-TWO
JAMES M. LANIER Catherine Lanier August 4, 1890 J. H. Lanier, C. F .McHaney	MARANDA TAYLOR J. E. Sisson August 4, 1890 J. L. Murry, T. A. Sisson

PAGE FORTY-THREE
W. L. SMITH T. N. Smith September 11, 1893 E. D. Smith, J. F. Dyer, H. F. Smith, J. F. Smith, J. I .Dyer, J .B. Smith	Lower portion blank

PAGE FORTY-FOUR
ROBERT KIZER [see Note 2] M. C. Kizer January 29, 1894 S. L. Kizer, Josie Kizer	WILLIE CARRINGTON [see Note 1] G. W. Jones, S. M. Bolen September 2, 1895 J. L. Gooch, J. W. Rosser, R. Williams, C. R. Scott, C. F.McHaney, J. H. Howard

PAGE FORTY-FIVE
S. P. BOON J. H. Barr May 1894 No bondsmen listed	Lower portion left blank

PAGE FORTY-SIX
ELIZABETH REED [see Note 3] G. W. Jones October 1, 1894 L. A. Stanford, J. T. Stanford	Lower portion left blank

PAGE FORTY-SEVEN
JOHN SHODIX [see Note 4] A. B. Hanna November 12, 1894 J. J. Stanfill, J. R. Record	Lower portion left blank

Notes:

Carrington's will was the first recorded in the surviving Will Book 3, pages 2-4. (Carrington and wife were buried on their homeplace in north Henderson County; graves lost; tombstones pushed off graves; relatives placed them in Carrington Cemetery near Wildersville. WILIE CARRINGTON (June 25, 1820-Aug. 10, 1895); first name pronounced as Wylie. Wife, L. F. (Fanny) CARRINGTON, January 28, 1846-January 14, 1916.)
Kizer's will was entered in Will Book 3, pages 18-19, in January 1897.
Reed's will had been destroyed or lost and a copy of it was admitted to probate, October 25,1897.
A partial settlement on Shodix's estate was filed in December 1895, as shown in County Court Minute Book, 1895-1897, page 98.

(The will of Enoch Douglass, on whom an executor's bond is listed in Executors Record A, page 38, was re-recorded in Will Book 3,pages 34-37. It had been probated in October 1883.)

Wills mentioned as being admitted to probate in County Court Minute Book, 1891-1893:

page 10. M. G. MIDDLETON, probated April 7, 1891; Hannah Turner Middleton was appointed executrix.

page 391. N. C. ROBINS, probated April 17,1893

page 454. W. L. SMITH, probated September 11, 1893; T. N. Smith, executor

page 502. WILLIAM REED, probated December 1893

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.

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