WILL OF LOW BROWN In the name of God Amen. I Low Brown being frail of body but sound of mind do make this my last will & testament and revoke all others. I give unto my three daughters Cinthy, Jane & Elizabeth my Negro boy named Frank to live with them year about after this year. This year he is to remain with my daughter Cinthy for the purpose of raising a crop. I also give unto four of my sons Joseph, Andrew, George & Low, one dollar each out of the proceeds of my estate, also to my daughter Sarah I bequeath one dollar of my estate. I also will unto my grandson Henry McGranahan one red cow with a white back. I also will unto my son William my desk and book case, and unto my son John I bequeath my cupboard. The balance of my property after paying all my just debts and reserving a sufficiency to have me decently intered, I will to my five daughters Polly, Martha, Cintha, Jane & Elizabeth to be equally divided between them, I do also appoint my two sons William & John as my executors of this my last will & testament given under my hand & seal in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fourty one. January 18th. his Low x Brown Mark Teste. John Tiffany, John Harris, Leroy Harris Virginia, in Tazewell County Court Feb. 7, 1841. The last will & Testament of Low Brown deceased was proven by the oath of John Tiffany & John Harris subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. Teste. Geo. W.G. Browne *Tazewell County Will Book 2 page 179
Submitted by: John Grace