Waller researchers are advised to try their local "Family History Center"
for the appropriate microfilm. The Mormon volunteer there will help you
determine the correct film to order. As Sistler points out at the bottom of
this page, the film can be purchased from the Tennessee State Library &
Archives in Nashville. Please send a copy of your ancestor's will to Ali for posting to your homepage so your cousins can copy it.
Name of deceased; year of the probate, or of first mention of the estate; where the original record can be found; county.
Identification of where the record can be found is represented by the following symbols:
abl Administrators bonds & letters
Alpha No page #s--in alphabetical order
as Administrators settlements
db Deed book
eb Estate book
gs Guardian settlements
ib Inventory book
Lr Loose records
Lw Loose wills
mr Miscellaneous records
rb Record book
wb Will book
This symbol is followed by the letter or number of the record book, and then the page number. If the book has pagination errors we have placed an asterisk (·) after the page number to indicate this is the second page of that number in the book. Where no symbol as above is shown we have used the microfilm roll number in place of a symbol. If the deceased was black we used a capital B in parentheses.
With few exceptions the names in the index were taken from microfilmed copies of the original county records. This microfilm is available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville.