Married Adam White 11 Nov 1842 in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Father, Jones Andrews, Probate:

It is further decreed by the court that William Demumbrane, Wm N. Healy, Wm Petuay, Poud Dobson and Matthew Wilson, any three of whom may act in the premises, be and are appointed Commissioners to allot and distribute said slaves aforenamed between the persons aforementioned and to set aside as near as practicable to the said Mary Ann White, the one sixth in value of said slaves.

APPARENTLY MARY ANN AND HER HUSBAND ADAM WHITE HAD NO CHILDREN BASED ON HER HUSBAND'S WILL BELOW:

Adam White
Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
Name Adam White
Probate Date 21 Sep 1875
Probate Place Williamson, Tennessee, USA
Inferred Death Year Abt 1875
Inferred Death Place Tennessee, USA
Item Description Probate Records, 1838-1965


Adam White Will - 1875

In the name of God Amen, I Adam White do make this my Last Will and Testament, to wit:

I give unto my beloved Companion Mary A. A. White all of my Lands during her natural life for her own use and benefit and after or at her death I will and give it unto my brother Robert White and my sister Martha Thomborough's children to be theirs and their heirs - I also give unto my wife Mary A.A. White the sum of Two Thousand dollars - which she may dispose of or will as she pleases and any other personal property or over after giving to my wife Mary A.A. White the sum of Two Thousand dollars. I want it to be equally divided between my bro Robt's and sister Martha Thorborough's children. I do not appoint any executor to this my will and testament. I also want all of my just debts paid.

Given under my hand and seal this the 29th of August 1875.

A. White (Seal)

J.C. Biggers
L.K McCall

September 20th 1875

To the Judge of the County Court of Williamson County

Sir, I wish George M. White to be Executor to Adam White will's said Adam White being my husband.

Mary A. A. White

State of Tennessee Williamson County
To George M. White a citizen of Williamson County

Whereas It appears to the Court now in Session that Adam White has died leaving a will in which no executor is nominated and the court being satisfied as to your claim to the administration with will annexed and you having given bond and qualified as directed by law and the court having ordered that Letters of Administration with will annexed be issued to you.

These are therefore to authorize and empower you the said George M. White to take unto your possession and control all the goods and chattels claims and papers of said Testator and return a true and perfect inventory thereof in the next term of our county court county or within ninety days from the date hereof to collect and pay all debts and to do and transact all the duties in relation to said estate to deliver the residue thereof to those evidenced thereto by law.

Witness Thomas L Perkins, Clerk of said Court at office this the 21st day of September 1875 - and 100th year of American Independence.

Tho L Perkins, Clk
By T. B. MGohing, D Clk

The question arises under the above quoted clause of the Will whether the personal property other than the two thousand dollars given to the widow go to and is to be equally divided between the surviving child of Robert White - the children of his deceased child and the children of Martha Thornborough - whether the same is to be divided into two parts and one of such parts is to go to and be equally divided between the surviving child of Robert White and the other part to go to and be equally divided between the children of his sister Martha Thornborough - or whether the same is to be divided into two parts and one half of one of these parts is to go to the surviving child of Robert White - and the other half to the children of the deceased child of Robert White - and the other half or part to the children of Martha Thornborough. Your Orator can not safely act upon either of these constructions of the paper and distribute the personal estate in conformity to either construction. The like questions arise in regard to the devise of the remainder in the lands after the widow's life estate. Your Orator has sold all the personalty except the household and kitchen furniture. The same was sold by the consent and directions of the widow. The Will and Codicil taken together probably gives to the widow a life estate only in the personalty other than the two thousand dollars, and she is desirous to release her life estate in the proceeds of so much of the sale upon condition that the legatees in remainder will release to her their estate in remainder in the unsold household and kitchen furniture. But your Orator cannot as admr sanction and act upon such agreement between her and them, some of them being married women and some of them minors. He will however show the amount of the proceeds of the sale of such personal property as she had a life estate in and the character and value of the household and kitchen furniture and any other personalty if any remaining unsold and if she and the legatees in remainder shall consummate their proposed agreement and the court shall sanction the same by its decree - he will confirm his action to the Decree of the court. He has as admr other moneys on hands and is desirous to distribute the same among the legatees - after paying the widow the two thousand dollars bequeathed to her. But until this Honorable Court shall pass upon and settle the true construction of the Testator's Will, your orator cannot safely pay out the money on hand to the legatees - other than the two thousand dollars to the Widow. The testator left a small amount of indebtedness only, and the administration of the estate can be soon closed up once the construction of the Will is settled; and your orator is desireous to close up the same under the protection of the Decrees of this Court.

Campbell McEwen & Bullock, attorneys

JONES ANDREWS PROBATE
Bill of Complaint
August 28, 1866
Williamson County Records - Page 26

The Bill of Complaint of Adam White and Mary Ann, his wife, William V. Andrews, Drury A. Floyd, and Lucy B., his wife, and Robert D. Andrews, all citizens of Williamson County in the State of Tennessee, bring this Bill of Complaint against America M Andrews [wife of Newton Lucus Andrews], Margaret E. Andrews, and Lucy Andrews, Bettie Andrews, Mary Andrews, Sallie Andrews, Samuel J. Andrews and Horace Andrews, Jr., the last six being infants under the age of 21 years and who are without any general Guardians.

To the honorable Robert S. Ballou Judge dwelling the County Court for the County of Williamson

Newuity complaining showeth unto your Honor for Orators and Oratrixis above named that on the __ day of ____, 1844, Jones Andrews, being a resident of said county, departed this life, having first made and published his last will and testament which after his death was duly presented and recorded in and upon this county a copy of said will marked Exhibit (A) and is herewith filed and made a part of this bill. By reference to said will, it will be seen that said lecah dinetic that after the payment of his just debts, ec that the whole of his property real and personal was bequeathed to his wife for life with power in her from time to time to make advancements to his children not excluding a child's interest in his estate and at her death, the whole of said property real and personal then remaining on hand will be equally divided between his children, share and share alike. That on the __ day of __, 1860 the widow of said testator departed this life and proceedings were instituted in this honorable Court and all the personal estate of said testator left on hand was sold and the proceeds thereby divided among those entitled thereto by law and all advancements made to each child accounted for and left only the real estate of said testator to be equally divided between his children and their issue. The widow of said testator left surviving him at her death and children of testator Mary Ann White wife of Adam White formerly Mary Ann Andrews, William V Andrews, Lucy B Floyd, wife of Drury Floyd, Robert D. Andrews, Newton L. Andrews, and Horace G. Andrews, Senior. Since the death of said widow of testator and after the distribution of the personal estate and the settlement of the advancements ec On the __ day of ______ 18__, Newton L. Andrews departed this life intestate leaving surviving him his widow the defendant America M Andrews and his children and heirs at law and next of kin the minor dependents Lucy Andrews, Bettie Andrews, Mary Andrews, Sallie Andrews, and Samuel J Andrews who have no general custodian. And on the ___ day of ____ 18___, and likewise after the death of said widow, and after said distributions, Horace G Andrews departed this life intestate, leaving surviving him his widow and dependent Margaret E. Andrews and his only son and heir the minor dependent Horace G. Andrews Jr, who is also without any general guardian. All questions of advancements under said will of any use made by said widow of testator in his lifetime were settled and adjudicated in full when the personal estate was divided among different owners things and said real estate of which said testator died seized and possessed is now the only property bequeathed in and by said will and in all the property now left of said testator to be partitioned among his heirs at law and next of kin under said will. The testator died testate and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the County of Williamson, in the State of Tennessee containing four hundred acres more or less and in the 2nd Civil District of said county, bounded on the north by the lands of William Burris; On the west by the lands of William Rucker; On the South by the lands of Adam White; South and East by the lands of Mathias Wilson; and East by the lands of William Lanier and William Dlemiser. The Complaintants and Defendants except the defendants America M Andrews and Margaret E Andrews as tenants in common of said tract of land that is to say your Oratrix Mary Ann White is entitled to the one sixth in value therein and your Orators and Oratrixis William V. Andrews, Lucy B. Floyd, and Robert D. Andrews, each to a one sixth part in value therein and the minor dependents named in said bill to the remaining two sixth therein as the representatives of their deceased parents respectively, your Orators and Oratrixis say that they are entitled to and are deserving of having their shares in said land allotted and set apart to them in severalty. This say however that the same is so situated that partition thereof cannot be made among the owners thereof in the manner now pointed out by law without a sale and that it is manifestly for the interest of all such owners and more particularly of said minor dependents that said lands to sued for partition. They say that said lands have to be cut up into six different tracts of land if the same were partitioned only among the children of said testator but were the same divided among the grandchildren the minor dependents to cut that would greatly damage the interest of all concerned. They are of the opinion that no more than three separate tracts can be culled out of the said tract of land advantageously owing to the position and interaction of the wood and water thereon and the location and qualities of the whole land - they are of the opinion that in the event of a sale it would be to the interest of all concerned to divide said land into three parcels before selling the same and make three separate tracts therein. The premises considered Orators and Oratrixes pray your Honor that the persons named as such in the caption of the bill be made defendants thereto and be compelled to answer the same according to the practice of this court. That upon the hearing of the cause, your Honor shall decree a sale of said land for the purpose of partition to the end that your Orators may hold their shares therein in severalty and not as tenants in common. May it please your Honor to grant all necessary process to the end thus and for all such further and different relief as the premises as they are entitled to and as in duty bound they will Exes pray.

Ewing, Keocise, and Teisley

We acknowledge ourselves security for the cost of this cause. August 23, 1866

Ewing, Houce Teisley
EX (A)
Jones Andrews deceased Will. January Term 1844
In the name of God amen, I Jones Andrews of the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee being in my right mind and wishing to make a disposition of my temporal concerns do make and publish this my last will & testament in the manner & form as follows (org)

1st. It is my will that after all my just debts are paid that my land Negros stock of every description household and kitchen furniture in a word everything that is called mine is to remain as they now are for the use & benefit of my wife & family during my wife’s natural life or widowhood.

2nd. It is my will that my wife shall give a negro or any other property that she can spare to each of the children when they leave her & are capable of managing for themselves the property being valued where received so that at my wife’s death all of my children shall shear equal in my property.

3rd. It is my will that my wife and executor hereafter appointed shall have the liberty of disposing of negros stock or any other property that they think necessary to dispose of; they shall also have the liberty to buy sell or in trading they do not need in the estate.

4th I do hereby appoint my wife Lucy Andrews and Adam White my Executor to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this

13 day of September 1843. Jones Andrews [seal]

Bart Matthews
Ulysses A. Tull

The State of Tennessee Williamson County Court January Term 1844.
The last will and testament of Jones Andrews late of this county deceased is produced for probate and the execution thereof duly proven thus William Burns & Ulysses A. Tull subscribing witnesses thereto being sworn depose and say that they became such in the presence and at the request