Bibb County GaArchives Wills.....Ernest, Asa E May 10, 1859
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Source: Bibb County, Georgia Will Book B, Pages 207-208
Written: May 10, 1859
Recorded: May 6, 1862


Georgia, Bibb County

I Asa E Ernest of said county being of advanced age but of sound and disposing 
mind and memory make declare and publish this as my last will and testament 
hereby disposing of all the property I may own or possess at the time of my 
death & hereby revoking all former will or wills before made by me.

1st  I desire my body to have the rite of Christian burial _ited to my condition 
in life.

2nd I desire all my debts, if any, paid as soon after my death as the same can 
be done

3rd To my wife, Juliann Earnest I give the sum of six thousand dollars ($6000) 
in such of my property as she may select at a fair valuation or in money at her 
option if the money should be on hand; the above to her for & during her live & 
at her death to be equally divided among my six children, share and share alike, 
in case of the death of any of my children their descendants to take his or her 
share; the above to my wife in full & in lieu of all claims of dower.

4th I have advanced my children Martha Sherwood and William C each two hundred & 
fifty dollars Mary E and Amelia each one hundred and seventy dollars and I 
desire eight dollars shall be paid to said Mary E & Amelia each, and two hundred 
fifty dollars to Asa M. & George W each to make all six equal in this respect.

5th All the balance of my estate & property of every kind & sort I wish equally 
divided and given to my said six children, share and share alike; in case any of 
my said children should die leaving child or children, such child or children 
will take the share & part of the deceased parent equally among them; If they or 
any of them died leaving no child or children, then their part & share to be 
divided among my other surviving children.

6th I desire that all and everything any of my daughters shall receive under 
this my will shall be there for their lives as a sole & separate property free 
from the debts or contracts of any husband.  Any of them may have and at their 
deaths to be equally divided among their children but if they leave no children 
or descendants, then to go to my other children’s descendants if any.

I hereby nominate and appoint my three sons William C, Asa M & George W (as soon 
as George W Is of age) Executors of this my last will and testament and trusting 
for my three daughters & their property; and I hereby authorize them to sell and 
dispose of the property in their discretion at public or private sale; and I do 
not wish them to go to the trouble or expense of making any returns to the Court 
of Ordinary, but wish them to settle and divide the estate under this will among 
themselves.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal to this as 
my last will and testament this 10th day of May AD 1859.
                  A E Ernest {LS}
The above and foregoing signed sealed & declared by Asa E Ernest as & for his 
last will & testament in our presence and we have here to set our hands and 
seals as witnesses at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each 
other this 10th day of May 1859.
          Peter Soloman {LS}
           James A. Knight {LS}
          L N Whittle {LS}
          N W Hodgkins {LS}

Bibb Court of Ordinary May Term 1862
Personally appeared Lewis N Whittle who being duly sworn saith that he saw said 
Asa E Ernest Sign seal declare and publish the above & foregoing as & for his 
last will and testament that he did so freely and voluntarily & without any 
constraint or compulsion whatever, that at the time he was of sound and 
disposing mind and memory, that deponent subscribed the same as a witness at 
request of said Ernest in his presence and in the presence of the other 
witnesses and saw them to wit:  Peter Salmon and James A Knight & N M Hodgkins 
do so likewise.
          L. N. Whittle
Sworn to and subscribed before me this May 5th 1862 in open Court
          Wm M Riley, Ordinary
Recorded May 6th 1862
Jno J Riley, D.C.C.O.


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