LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JUDGE HARRIS

I, Judge Harris being sound in both body and mind, do make this and declare it to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all others heretofore made by me

1st: I hereby appoint my friend P. Davis to execute this my last will without his being required to give bond.

2nd: I bequeath to my children all the personal and real estate that I may die possessed of; I also bequeath to them my life insurance money, it being a policy for $50,000.00 in the Penn Mutual.

3rd: I bequeath this all to them in fee, but desire the unused part thereof to revert to the James C. Harris heirs at their death. In explanation will say that in the event that one of them dies the surviving children shall inherit from the deceased one his or her share. At the death of them last one, I declare it to be my will that the property shall revert to the Harris (James C. Harris) heirs.

4th: By way of direction to my executor, I will say that I desire my cash to be loaned to the James C. Harris estate, the adult heirs executing a note to him for same, the interest to be the same as paid to others. This interest I desire my executor to spend as much of as necessary for the maintenance of my children and their mother as long as they shall live ( my children shall live)

5th: I hereby clothe my executor with power to spend part of the principal in addition to the interest if any emergency shall arise to make that necessary, such as sickness etc. or when my children get older, in their education. I leave this matter entirely in his discretion, but desire only the interest expended if possible.

6th: To my beloved wife, in addition to the support that I have herein above provided will say that I have already given to her my piano, a suit of furniture that I have recently bought for the dining room. I leave my pool & billiard table, my guns and books to her to sell, give away as mementos

to my friends or to keep as she sees fit to do.

In closing this, my last will and testament, I subscribe to same in the presence of my two friends, P. Davis & Dr. R. C. Snow who have witnessed it at my request.

This March 25th 1907, Tiptonville, Tennessee

Judge Harris

Witnesses:
P. Davis
R. C. Snow

[Note: Judge Harris drowned in Reelfoot Lake 6/11/1910. His wife, Lillian (Alexander) Harris was forced to sue his estate for her 1/3 dowry rights. ]

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