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Oglethorpe County
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In the name of God
Amen, I, William Ellis, knowing that it is appointed for
all men once to die and being of sound mind & memory do ordain,
constitute & appoint this my last will & testament, in the
following words.
Item 1st:
My will & desire is that all my just debts be paid together with
funeral Expences.
Item 2nd:
I will to my beloved daughter, Frances Anderson, one
dollar out of my Estate, to be paid by my Executors.
Item 3rd:
I give to the Lawful heirs of the body of Frances Anderson
the following property to wit: Suck, Joe, Isle and Mint, Jr.,
and their increase and the tract of land I drew in Appling
County, which land is granted to me containing four hundred and
ninety acres more or less and one hundred and forty dollars for
the schooling of her five youngest children, to be applied as my
Executors, hereinafter named, may think fit & proper and these
Negroes and lands left in this item to be suffered to be used
for the use of my daughter, Frances Anderson, during her
natural life under the special care and direction of my
Executors, and in case of their decease, it is my desire said
property should be placed in the hands of trustees, and also the
benefits of said property to be applied to the support and for
the use of my said daughter as above mentioned and it is
especially my wish that said property should not go to the
payment of Mathew Anderson’s debts and as said property
is to be equally divided at the death of Frances Anderson
between the Lawfull heirs of her body together with one bed and
furniture.
Item 4th:
I give to my beloved children, Radford Ellis, William Ellis,
Thomas Ellis, Elizabeth Wyatte, John Ellis and the lawfull
heir or heirs of my son, Willis Ellis, the following
property to wit: All my Estate both real and personal of every
description which is not heretofore disposed of in this will, to
be equally divided after my death between the last mentioned
children in this Item and the lawfull heir or heirs of my son,
Willis Ellis’ body, but it is my desire that my son,
Thomas Ellis, act as guardian for the heir or heirs of
Willis Ellis, and that his widow, as long as she remains a
widow have the use of the property of Willis Ellis’ heir
or heirs during widowhood or until the child or children come of
age or Marry, unless the child or children die before it, or
they arrive to the age of twenty one or marry, then and in that
case, it is my desire that the property return back and be
equally divided between the balance of my heirs in this Item,
together with the lawfull heirs of the body of Frances
Anderson.
Item 5th:
It is my desire that my son, John Ellis, draw first a
Negro boy named Major and then come in for his equal dividend.
Also, it is my wish that my son Willis’ heir or heirs in
addition to their equal dividend, with the rest of my last named
legatees, equal in the general division they are to have use of
Silas Eictra. And it is my wish that my son, Thomas, pay
all the just debts of my son, Willis, but such as were
contracted for spirits, out of the property placed in his hands
as guardian.
Item 6th:
It is my wish that Jones and Mat should choose which of the last
mentioned children in the 4th Item they will live with and it is
also my desire my negro property be divided by Lot.
I do hereby
appoint my beloved son, John Ellis, and my trusty
friend, Mathew Varner, my Executors to this my last will
and testament. Witness my hand and seal this thirteenth day of
March 1829.
his
William (X) Ellis
mark
Signed, sealed
&
delivered in the presence of:
Beverly Nowell
Elijah Lumpkin
George Lumpkin
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GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY
September, 1832
Personally appeared in open court, Beverly
Nowell and Elijah Lumpkin, two of the Subscribing Witnesses to
the within will and being duly Sworn, deposeth & saith that they
saw the within named, William Ellis, sign, seal, publish and
declare this writing to be his last will and testament; and at
the time of so doing he was of sound disposing mind & memory.
So help us God.
Beverly Nowell
Elijah Lumpkin
Sworn to & Subscribed
in open court.
William H. Smith, Clk
Recorded 5th September, 1832
William H. Smith, C.C.O.
GA Archives M/F Dr. 46, Box 11
Oglethorpe County Will Book C, Page 125
Transcribed by:
Bob & Linda Ellis, Duluth, GA
NOTE: This is William Ellis, Sr.
of Oglethorpe County, GA who married Frances Mabry in Rowan
County, NC. He is a son of John Ellis, Jr., Indian Trader (of
Amelia Co., VA, then Rowan Co., NC). Please check Henry &
Spalding County, GA for more in on his descendants.
