Butts County GaArchives Wills.....Dennis, Elizabeth April 26 1843 ************************************************ 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: Teresa Rozich Teresa@maro.net October 18, 2004, 7:51 pm Source: Records - Some Wills, 1837-1845, Butts County, P 464-466. Written: April 26 1843 Recorded: May 8 1843 WILL OF ELIZABETH DENNIS Georgia Butts County I Elizabeth C Dennis being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind wishing to dispose of my worldly affairs in the following way (to wit) First I commit my soul to him who gave it & desire that my body after death should be buried in a decent & Christian like manner. Item 1st. I request that all my just debts be paid by my executors. 2nd. I give and bequeath to my four sister, Martha Norris, Julia M Price, Mary Bledsoe, Harriet Harkness, & my nephew John J L Berry, three negroes, (to wit) Jemima, Sucky, & Sillah, also all my stock of cattle hogs and sheep. It is my wish that Jemima shall go into the possession of sister Martha & that Sucky shall immediately go into the possession of Julia Price, and that Sillah shall go into the possession of Mary Bledsoe, and there remain until there can be a division on fair & equitable terms, my stock as above named to be equally divided amongst them and if Sillah should remain in the possession of Sister Bledsoe & not be able to pay for her raising then my executor must see she is paid until the time of the division. I also give my four sisters all my bed clothing except such things as is hereafter named. I also give to my sisters my things belonging to my kitchen to be equally divided amongst them. Also all my affairs about my dary to go to my sisters equally including knives forks spoons &Co. Except eleven silver spoons. I also give to my sisters all my corn cotton bacon fodder oats & all things about my smoke house, also all my gees ducks &Co. 3rd. I give to my sister Bledsoe my trunk and all my wearing apparel including my gold ring saddle bridles. 4th. I give to my sister Harkness my carpet. 5th. I desire my executor to make up to my three other sisters the value of my carpet to make them equal with sister Harriet. 6th. I give to my nephew John J D Berry one hundred dollars to make him equal with my four sisters. 7th. I give to my two nieces & nephew, Mary Ann M Bledsoe my mahogany bedstead bed & furniture. To Martha E Price my next bedstead bed & furniture. To John J D Berry a pine bedstead bed and furniture. 8th. I give to my beloved brother John V Berry and my dear old father all the demands I have against Brother John to be equally divided. 9th. I give to Thomas J Townsend the tract of land I live on also one hundred acres of land joining John Greer, and two mules and two horses, I also give to him one half of my plow geers including plows & hoes and waggon, also my beaureau large folding table desk & book case and all my sitting chairs & clock, also three beds bedsteads & furniture. Also my grindstone. I also give two negroes, Rachel & Clark, provided that Thomas J shall pay to Dennis L Townsend five hundred dollars. In the event of Thomas refusing to pay five hundred dollars to Dennis L then the negroes is to go to Dennis L. 10th. I give to John Dennis the son of Isaac Dennis my gold watch & chain. 11th. I give to William Armstrong, John Armstrong, James Armstrong, & also to Sarah and Nancy, sisters of the above Armstrongs, who is married & I do not know their husbands names & their heirs, Sarah, Eli & Leroy. Sarah & Leroy to be sold by my executor in Butts County & the money divided equally. Also my carriage & harness including money notes & the whole residue of my estate except such things as is hereafter excepted to be equally divided amongst them & their heirs. 12th. I give to John Greer, Cagey and the notes I have on John Greer & David Greer with the express understanding that Greer is to see to the support and maintenance of my old negro Cagey during his life time and request at his death to make provision for the support of said negro, I also allow John Greer to retain in his hands one thousand dollars to be used in settling up my estate & for the Maintenance of my old negro, and after all debts is paid and all expences, there should be any of the thousand dollars in Greers hands, then he is to pay it over to the Armstrong Family equally. 13th. I give and bequeath to Nancy Greer my loom & every thing pertaining to it. I charge John Greer with the faithfull execution of this will as my sole executor and in the event of the failure of Greer, I charge Britton Buttrill with the execution of the same. I hereby declare the foregoing to be my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills. Signed sealed and declared in presence of E. C. Dennis Test A L Robinson S A Saunders Sarah Hudson I certify that the foregoing will was wrote on this day & signed by the testator in the presence of the witnesses and was admitted to be dated at the time of signing 26th day of April 1843 Wednesday. I also certify I wrote the will & am one of the witnesses. A L Robinson Proved May 8, 1843. Records - Some Wills, 1837-1845, Butts County, p 464-466. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/wills/gwl113dennis.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb