BURKE COUNTY, GA - WILLS ADAM MCCULLOUGH

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DATED JULY 2ND., 1906----------FILED IN OFFICE OCT.
13TH 1909. RECORDED IN WILL BOOK-B-P-151 PETITION TO
ORDER IN MIN- BOOK 9-PG-136-137 LAWSON & SCALES-
ATTYS.

STATE OF GEORGIA) )  TO THE ORDINARY OF SAID
COUNTY:-COUNTY OF BURKE)

I, ADAM MCCULLOUGH OF THE COUNTY OF BURKE AND STATE
OF GEORGIA BEING OF SOUND AND DISPOSING MIND AND
MEMORY DO MADE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

ITEM 1. I WISH MY EXECUTOR HEREINAFTER NAME TO PAY
ALL OF MY JUST DEBTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER MY
DEATH, AND IF A SALE OF MY PROPERTY IS NECESSARY FOR
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS PURPOSE, I AUTHORIZE AND
EMPOWER HIM TO SELL ANY OR ALL OF THE SAME AS IN HIS
JUDGEMENT SEEMS FIT AND PROPER EITHER AT PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE SALE AND WITHOUT OBTAINING ANY ORDER OF THE
COURT PERMITTING IT.

ITEM 2. I GIVE TO MY WIFE OLIVE MCCULLOUGH ALL OF MY
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF EVERY KIND OR DESCRIPTION,
INCLUDING MULES, HORSES, FARMING UTENSILS,
PROVISIONS AND ALL OTHER PERSONALTY OF WHICH I MAY
DIE  POSSESSED.

ITEM 3. HAVING PROVIDED BY DEED PRIOR TO THE MAKING
OF THIS WILL FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN,,IN
WHICH I HAVE CONVEYED THEM THE REAL ESTATE UPON
WHICH I NOW RESIDE, I MAKE NO FURTHER PROVISION FOR
THEM.

ITEM 4. I HEREBY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT MY FRIEND
MR. W.M. FULCHER EXECUTOR OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT AND IT IS MY EXPRESS DESIRE THAT HE BE
RELIEVED FROM MAKING ANY APPRAISEMENT OR ANY RETURNS
OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER OF HIS ACTINGS AND DOINGS TO
THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION HEREOF AND THAT NO
BOND BE REQUIRED OF HIM. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I
HAVE HERETO SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED MY SEAL THIS THE
SECOND DAY OF JULY 1906.

Adam M Cullough

SIGNED BY HIS MARK AND PUBLISHED BY ADAM MCCULLOUGH
AS HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF
THE UNDERSIGNED. WHO SUBSCRIBE OUR NAMES HERETO AS
WITNESSES AT THE INSTANCE AND REQUEST OF SAID ADAM
MCCULLOUGH AND HIS PRESENCE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF
EACH OTHER, THIS THE SECOND DAY OF JULY 1906.