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Note: ****************************************************************************************************************************** I, John Fields, being in my right mind do publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me made. 1st. It is my will and desire for my wife Martha (Speight) to have and to keep my land and live thereon and have all my property together in during her natural live or widowhood. 2nd. It is also my will and desire for my two daughters Martha and Freelove to live with their mother, also Mary Kennedy and her little children while they remain single. It is moreover my will and desire for my wife Martha to dispose of my surplus stock that she may have to the best advantage for her and the above named familys benefit. It is my will and desire after the death or widowhood of my wife Martha for all my property both real and personal to be sold to the highest bidder except my land if my two daughters Freelove and Martha should live or remain single at the death of my wife Martha in that case. Should it be, it is my will and desire for them to live on said land and be entitled to all the privileges thereon while they remain single or live. If they should marry or die, then it is my will for the land to be sold as the above named property and the proceeds equally divided among the heirs of my body, except Bennett Fields and Nancy Beamon. They have had some propertys and some of the rest have had some. It is my will and desire for those that have had nothing, to have equal with those that have had and thus an equal division among them all. It is my will and desire for the part that would be going to Edmond Beamon I bequeath to the heirs of his body to be equally divided amongst them to wit: Ridley, Martha, Sension, Freelove and Nancy Ann Frances, the heirs of Nancy Beamon. I do hereby appoint John Fields and Seth Fields as executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I do to this my last will set my hand and seal this 17th day of September, 1844. (seal) John Fields Signed, sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names in presence of the testator this 17th day of September, 1844. James M. Coly William Martin John C. Freeman State of Tennessee, Henry County Court, term 1854 This the foregoing will was exhibited in open court and thereupon stated. James M. Coly, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto who after being duly sworn according to law says that he was personally acquainted with John Fields, the testator, that he saw him sign and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last will and testament with all its erasures. That he was at the time of so doing of sound and diffusing mind and memory and that he signed the same in the testator�s presence and at his request as a witness. And it was ordered to be so certified and recorded. Robt. Simmons?, Clerk Submitted by Debbie Fields Murphy GGGGGranddaughter MSDFIELDS@@earthlink.net Transcript by David Duncan Reproduced with his permission ******************************************************************************* Could this be OUR John Field(s)? Valley Forge Muster Roll, Revolutionary War 1 Results Name ID Number State Rank Regiment FIELD, JOHN RI12397 RI PRIVATE 2 RI ******************************************************************************* Database: Family Data Collection - Births -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Information Name: Fields, John Father: Fields , John Mother: Speight , Martha Birth Date: 1789 State: RI Country: USA Source Information: Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Births[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. ********************************************************************************** See Historical Document Married About 1808, Greene County, North Carolina b: December 03, 1763 in Rhode Island d: December 29, 1853 in Henry County, Tn (Cottage Grove?) John Fields, Sr was b. 3 Dec 1763 and d. 29 Dec 1853 in Henry Co. He is buried near Cottage Grove TN in Henry Co. His will was written in 1844 and probated in 1854. 1854 Will Book Index of Henry Co. TN, Will Book G., page 547 ******************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 1830 Census Greene County, NC Fields, John Sr. Township: Not Stated County: Greene State: North Carolina Year: 1830 Roll: 121 Page: 243 Males 10 & under 15: 1 Males 60 & under 70: 1 Females 5 & under 15 : 1 Females 15 & under 20: 1 Females 20 & under 30: 1 Females 50 & under 60: 1 1830 United States Federal Census Record Name: Fields, John Sr Township: Not Stated County: Greene State: North Carolina Number of persons in household: 6 Ages of persons in household: Males 10 & under 15: 1 Males 60 & under 70: 1 Females 5 & under 15 : 1 Females 15 & under 20: 1 Females 20 & under 30: 1 Females 50 & under 60: 1 Foreigners not naturalized: 0 Image Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Greene, North Carolina; Roll: 121; Page: 243. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1830 U.S. Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1830 United States Federal Census. M19, 201 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C ******************************************************************************* 1840 Cenus John Fields, Sr. Township: Not Stated County: Henry State: Tennessee Roll: 522 Page: 448 Males 20 & Under 30: 1 Males 70 & Under 80: 1 Females Under 5: 1 Females 5 & Under 10: 1 Females 15 & Under 20: 1 Females 20 & Under 30: 2 Females 30 & Under 40: 1 Females 60 & Under 70: 1 Free Colored Persons: 0 SLAVES 1 M 10 & <24 1 F 10 & <24 Total: 11 4 in agriculture 1 # white persons over 20 who can not read or write ************************************************************************* * Notes of Bennett Fields Family Bible * Will signed 17 Sept 1844, probated 1854, Book G, p.547 * 1830 Greene Co. NC Census, p. 121 * 1840 Henry Co. TN Census p. 448 * 1850 Henry Co. TN Census p. 340,341, Dist 11 ******************************************************************************* *************************************************************************
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