Williamson County, Tennessee Wills and Inventories, 1800-1818. ( Books 1 & 2 )

By: Louise Lynch, Pub. 1992, 144 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-471-9.

Williamson County was formed in 1799 from Davidson County, and until 1804 it extended to the Alabama line. Later counties cut out of this original Williamson County were: Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, and Giles. These two will books contain not only wills of persons who died, but also inventories of estates with lists of persons purchasing goods, lists of slaves mentioned in estates and in sales, estate settlements etc... This volume contains the names of approximately 11,000 persons.