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- "In the name of God Amen, I John Ridenour Senior of Campbell County and State
of Tennessee, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory,
do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say, principally,
first of all, I give and bequeath my body to earth to be buried in a christian
manner and my soul to God. Secondly I give and bequeath to my son John
Ridenour a piece of land lying on Indian Creek below John Sharp's mill
containing 20 acres. Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son Martin Ridenour my
chestnut sorrel mare, and my cow and all my notes and accounts that I have in
my hands now and all my tools and my trunk and one little wheel and one small
oven and one check real, three pewter plates and one dish and one bed stead and
I ordain my son Martin my executer of my last will and testament. Signed,
sealed and pronounced by said ridenour as his last will and testament in the
presence of us,
Test: George Sharp His
Test: Her John R. Ridenour
Nancy X Scruggs Mark
Mark
State of Tennessee)
Campbell County ) Court of pleas and quarter sessions
10th January 1828
The execution of the foregoing last will and testament of John Ridenour,
deceased, was this day proven in open court in due form of law by George Sharp
and Nancy Scruggs, witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded at full
length.
Test:
Jo Hart, Clerk
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Reference:
"Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 386.
"One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 39, 40, 129.
Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2.
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