Works Progress Administration (Wpa)

Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories 1858-1895 Works Progress Administration (Wpa)

Marc Notes: Reprint. Originally publised: Nashville, Tenn.: Historical Records Survey Transcription Unit, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration, 1938.; Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, State Librarian and Archivist, Sponsor; T. Marshall Jones, State Director, Mrs. Penelope Johnson Allen, State Supervisor; Mrs. Caroline Small Kelso, District Supervisor--Original title page.; Prepared by Bessie Johnson;indexed by Bessie Johnson;typed by Otis E. Pickett--Preliminaries.; During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Will Books for the years 1858 to 1895. This book contains these originial transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. An excellent genealogical source.--; Provided by publisher.