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Last Will and Testament of John Williams (Sr.)
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John Williams' Will
In the name of God. Amen.
I John Williams of the State of Georgia and the County of Jones being aware of the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life, being in feeble body but sound & healthy mind and memory have thought proper to make and ordain there to be my last will & testament, in manner and form following, viz:
1st I do hereby nominate and appoint my three sons, John, Thomas J and Samuel L Williams, Executors of this my last will & testament.
2nd It is my desire and intention that my wife Mary shall have the use of the residence place and such negroes & stock as she may choose sufficient for her ample and d? suport during her natural life or widowhood.
3rd I give to my son John Williams a negro man named Spencer to make him even with my other three sons to whom I have primarily given a negro.
4th I give and bequeath to my four sons, Henry, John, Thomas J. and Samuel L. sixteen negroes, viz, Virgil, Clark, Isaac, Noel, Daniel, Henry, Jack, Bill, Snipe, Jim, Hilliard, Matilda, Maria, Ann, Betsy & Mary to be equally divided among them.
5th I give and bequeath to my two grand children, Henry L. and Martha Elizabeth Densler the following negroes, viz, Charity, Malinda, Rose, Amanda & Jerry, in trust of my executors aforementioned & should they both die before the arrive to the years of maturity or the age of twenty one years said property with all that accrues to them from this instrument to revert to the remaining legatees.
6th All the residue of my negro property I wish equally divided among my daughters Mittisiss, Barnard, Nancy Manderville, Katharine Bartlett and their issue after them & to the issue of my daughter Elizabeth Sawyer in trust of my executors (the portions following to Katharine Bartlett and the issue of Elizabeth Sawyer to be immediately under their control.
7th I give and bequeath to my daughter Mittisiss And after her to her issue all of the lands I own or possess on the northwest side of Cedar Creek – though if her husband Jesse Barnard should wish to remove he shall have the privilege of selling it.
8th I give and bequeath to my three sons, John, Thomas J. and Samuel L. all of my lands on the southeast side of Cedar Creek,
9th I give and bequeath to my son Henry nine hundred dollars out of the moneys arriving from my estate.
10th I give and bequeath to my grandson Jeremiah Mauderville two forty acre lots of land in the in the Cherokee County.
11th All the residue of my property, money, crops, horses, mules, cattle, sheep, & hogs, carriages of every description, plantation tools, house & kitchen furniture, I wish equally divided among my four sons above mentioned & my daughters & their issue aforementioned, and the issue of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Sawyer and Martha Densler.
John Williams
Signed and acknowledged this 10th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty four in presence of
W. D.Ethridge
John P. Key
John L. Smith
Georgia Jones County
In Chambers, Dec 28th 1849 and now in vacation before us, William Moreland and Jonathan Parrish two of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County in person came William D. Ethridge & John P. Key two of the subscribing witnesses to the within instrument of writing and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they saw John Williams the testator sign publish and declare the within instrument to be and contain his last will and testament and that testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory at the time of the execution there of and that deponents subscribed the same as witnesses together with John . Smith in the presence of the testator, and at his request, and in the presence of each other.
Sworn to and subscribed
before us, this 28th Dec 1849 W. D. Ethridge
William Moreland J.I.C. John P. Key
Jona, Parrish J.I.C.
Recorded 16th Jany 1850
Richard W. Bonner C.C.O.
Codicil to the Last Will and testament of John Williams
Georgia, Jones County
Whereas I John Williams did on the tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, Sign, Seal declare and publish my last will and testament in the presence of W.D. Ethridge, john P. Key and John L. Smith, who signed the said will and testament as witnesses, and whereas I am desirous of altering and changing two items in said Will and Testament, I therefore make and publish this codicil to said Will.
First I revoke and change so much of the fourth item of said will as relates to my son Henry Williams, and hereby give and bequeath the sixteen negroes in said item mentioned to me three sons, John, Thomas J. & Samuel L. Williams.
Second I also entirely revoke and expunge the within item of said will which gives to my son Henry nine hundred dollars as when he shall receive Six hundred dollars more from me, he will have received his entire share and interest of my estate.
Signed sealed published and declared by John Williams Sr. as a codicil to his will and testament of the tenth of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four, in presence of us.
W. D. Ethridge his
Alfred Wyche John W. Williams
J.A. Ethridge mark
Georgia, Jones County
In Chambers, Dec 28th 1849
And now in vaction before us William Moreland and Jonathan Parris two of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county in person came William D. Ethridge and Alfred Wyche two of the subscribing witnesses to the within instrument of writing and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they saw John Williams the testator sign publish and declare the within instrument as a codicil to his last will and testament as herein designated – that testator was of sound mind and disposing memory at the time of the execution thereof and that deponents together with J.A. Ethridge subscribed to the same as witnesses in the presence of testator at his request and in the presence of each other.
Sworn to and subscribed W. D. Ethridge
before us, this Dec 28th 1849 Alfred Wyche
William Moreland J.I.C.
Jona. Parrish J.I.C.
Recorded 16th Jany 1850
Richard W. Bonner C.C.O.
