Butts County GaArchives News.....Col. McKibben’s Estate is Above $100,000 September 17, 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 November 6, 2006, 9:22 pm Jackson Argus – Butts County September 17, 1897 The appraisers appointed to value Col. M. V. McKibben’s estate have completed their investigation; but have not yet filed their report with the Ordinary. According to the appraisement the gilt-edge notes of said estate foot up between $60,000 and $70,000, and the entire estate, above all indebtedness, will reach $115,000 or more. Col. McKibben left a very plain, common –sense will. He elects that his estate shall be equally divided between his two children and Mrs. McKibben but specifies that a four thousand dollar advancement made to Mrs. Lane shall be accounted for. By the terms of his will, he leaves $2,000 for the completion of Van’s education, but this amount is not to go to Van unless he uses it for educational purposes. He also leaves his fine law library to his son, provided he becomes a lawyer, but in case he does not study law, then the library goes back to the estate. He denominates R. M. Fletcher and D. J. Spencer as executors, and A. W. Lane as attorney for same, and expressly provides that no bond shall be required of them for the management of his estate. Levi J. Ball is named as testamentary guardian for Van. It is a common-sense will, and one, which shows that Col. McKibben was a thoroughly practical, and a thoroughly fair man. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/newspapers/colmckib1957gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb