Patrick Shields

Citations

1. [S1620] Tennessee, Washingon Co. Wills, 1779-1889, online Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Roll 26, img. 507/966. State of North Carolina, Sullivan County [now Tennessee].
   I, Aaron Burleson being in perfect mind and memory considering the uncertainty of life and being desirous of settling my affairs in a regular manner before I depart this life, I do hereby give and bequeath all my possessions as followeth viz first I commit my Soul to God that gave it my body I commit to the dust from whence it came and my worldly estate real and personal I give and bequeath as followeth.
   First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife all my real and personal estate during her life except three mares which I give one to my son John one to my son Jonathon and one to my son Joseph and each of said sons a good rifal gun which my widdow is to give out of the estate to the three sons when they come of ___ age and further I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elebeth [Elizabeth] one sheling sterling and to my son Thomas one sheling sterling and to my daughter Sarah one sheling sterling and to my son Aaron one sheling sterling and to my daughter Rachel one sheling sterling and to my daughter Nancy one shilling sterling and to my daughters Abigail and Mary and Roday [Rhoda] each one cow the whole to be paid by my widdow out of my estate and to the remainder of all my estate real and personal I give to my son James at the death of my beloved wife or at her next marriage. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth of November 1781. I do hereby before sealing of the above last will and testament constitute and appoint my beloved wife executrix and my son Aaron Burleson executor to the above will.
   Aaron Burleson (seal)
   Witness
   Thomas Williams
   Patrick Sheles [Shields] (his mark)
   Henry Clark.