A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Nashville Iris Association’s president Jesse E. Wills, “whose garden at his home on Belle Meade Boulevard always attracts a large number of visitors during Iris Week. Pictured in the...
An original will of John W. Akin, dated December 14th? 1866. Illustrates the first page of the document. Akin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court, the verso notes “recorded in Book 21 of Wills & Inventories? Page...
An original will of Joseph A. Aldrich, dated March 16th, 1873. Illustrates the first page of the document. Aldrich’s will was presented for probate on May 28th, 1874, recorded in “Min. Book “N” p. 39304, recorded in Book of Wills & Invy....
An account sales list of personal property of Willie E. Allen, “sold by J. D. Brown, Admr.,” subscribed and sworn on September 2nd, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Notation: “Rec. in Book of Wills, no. 30, pgs. [314?]”...
An original will of Alexander Allison, dated April 17th, 1871. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allison’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 22nd, 1874. Notation: “Recorded in Book of Wills, No....
An original will of Alexander Allison, dated January 23rd, 1862. Illustrates the first page of the document. Notation: Recorded, Wills & Inventories Book, No. [19?], Page 139” for probate to the Davidson County Court. Forms part of Record...
An original will of Matilda C. Alloway, dated May 26th, 1900, a citizen of Franklin County, Tennessee, “formerly of New York City.” Illustrates the first page of the document. Alloway’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County...
An original will of John Aukenbauer, September 8th? 1884. Illustrates the first page of the document. Also includes the will of Mary Ann Aukenbauer, “of the township of Mill Creek, County of Hamilton, State of Ohio,” dated January 20th, 1868...
An original will of Alberta P. Bache, “residing at Benicia Arsenal, California,” dated June 2nd, 1878. Includes a document affixed with the seal of the Superior Court, State of California, Solano County, dated October 5th, 1881. Illustrates...
A typescript copy of an original will of Mrs. E. S. Bailey, dated June 12th, 1896, Sharon, Tennessee, Weakley County, citing that she is “revoking two others … one the 10 of June 1895, the other the 15 of September, 1895.” Certified by C. H....
A typescript copy of an original will of H. C. Bailey, dated August 20, 1890, Weakley County, Tennessee. Certified by C. H. Hilliard, County court clerk for Weakley County, that “the above is a true copy of the will of H. C. Bailey, dec’d”...
Original wills of W. L. (William L.) Bainbridge (will dated March 16th, 1905, probated in Davidson County Court on November 4th, 1905) and his wife Valeria E. Bainbridge (will dated April 5th, 1906, probated in Davidson County on September 17th,...
Original wills of husband and wife, Mrs. Emily C. B. Baird and A. J. Baird, of Davidson County, Tennessee. Illustrates the first page of the document (Mrs. Emily C. B. Baird’s will of April 26, 1899). Mrs. Baird’s will was probated in Davidson...
An original will of James Baker, “of the 16th Civil District of Davidson County, State of Tennessee,” dated March 9th, 1863. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was “Recorded in Book of Wills & Inventories No. 20,...
An original will of Leonard D. Baker, “of the City of Nashville,” dated September 4th, 1865. Illustrates the first page of the document. The notation on the verso: “Recorded Book No. 20, Wills & Inventories, Page 254” in Davidson County,...
An original will of W. F. Baker, State of Tennessee, Davidson County, dated January 3rd, 1871. Illustrates the first page of the document. The notation reads: “Recorded in Book of Wills and Inventories No. 21, Page 689.” Another notation...
An original will of Alfred Balch, n.d. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso refers to “Book 16, Pages 182, 183, 184” in the Davidson County Court, that was recorded in the Wills & Inventories volume on December 7th, 1853. ...
An original will of Henry Aaron. Illustrates the first page of the document. Aaron's will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 27th, 1920. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Richard Abbey, of Tunica, Mississippi. Illustrates the first page of the document. The will was “ordered adjudged and decreed this 6th day of August, 1883.” Abbey’s will was presented for probate to the Tunica County Court...
An original will of Callie P. Abbott. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abbott’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 27th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.