CARROLL COUNTY, GA - WILLS - Joseph Little

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Will of Joseph Little 

Abstract by Barbara Good
                                             
Last Will and Testament of Joseph Little
 The State of Georgia, Carroll County

 In the name of GOD, amen, I Joseph Little of the
State and County aforesaid, being afflicted in body,
but of perfect sound mind and memory and knowing
that it is appointed that all men should die and
feeling that my time on earth is not long, do
constitute and ordain this to be my last Will and
Testament viz: It is my will and desire that all my
just debts should be paid if any exist at the time
of my death, and that the amount for that purpose be
raised out of the sale of such property as I may
leave not bequeathed and given to any particular
person.  I give and bequeath to my son JOSIAH
LITTLE, the sum of fifty dollars; I also give and
bequeath ten dollars to be equally divided among the
children of my daughter POLLY POWELL; I also give
and bequeath to my daughter NANCY TRAYLOR the sum of
fifty dollars which sum I give to her and the legal
heirs of her body; I also give and bequeath unto the
children of my son WILLIAM LITTLE ten dollars to be
equally divided among them; I further give and
bequeath unto my daughter ANNA ROBERTS the sum of
fifty dollars to her and the lawful heirs of her
body; I give and bequeath to my son THEOPHILUS F.
LITTLE the sum of ten dollars; I also give and
bequeath to my daughter ATHRILDA HINES the sum of
fifth dollars which shall be to her and the lawful
heirs of her body. And it is my desire that the
following property be sold and the above bequeaths
be paid out of the proceeds arising from said sale
so soon as 12 Months may expire after my death; I
desire that a negro man slave by the name of Prince
and a woman by the name of Hannah and her child, a
boy (Cim Polk), a man by the name of Charles and a
boy by the name of Sam, and a man by the name of
Frank, and a girl by the name of Martha all of which
sold together with lot of land which I may have at
the time of my death, number one hundred & seventy
two containing one hundred and fifty acres more or
less lying in the 8th, Dist of Carroll. It is my
will and desire after paying all my just debts and
funeral charges and the above bequeaths, that the
balance be equally divided among the children of my
last wife MARY LITTLE. I give and bequeath to my
beloved wife MARY LITTLE, a negro woman Adaline, and
a boy by the name of Butler together with all my
household and kitchen furniture, with all the
plantation tools, blacksmith shop, threshing
machine, cotton gin, and my stock of all kinds also
the lot of land I now live on number two hundred and
fifty containing two hundred and two and a half
acres more or less; I desire that my wife MARY
LITTLE shall remain on the plantation whereon I now
live in order to raise the present young children on
the proceeds of the plantation during her natural
life.  It is also my desire that my wife MARY LITTLE
dispose of property in left in hands at her death as
she sees fit or cause to do, I give and bequeath to
my son JOSEPH LITTLE one negro boy named Levi; I
give and bequeath to my son FRANCIS LITTLE, one
negro boy by the name of Jack; I give and bequeath
to my son THOMAS J. LITTLE one negro boy by the name
of Kinley; I give and bequeath to my daughter E.  L.
GREEN one negro boy Alford; I give and bequeath to
my daughter ELIZABETH LITTLE, one negro girl Violet
which girl I give to her and the lawful heirs of her
body; I give and bequeath to my son ELIGAH M.
LITTLE, one negro boy by the name of Eldor, also one
lot of land number two hundred and fifty one in the
8th Dist. Of Carroll containing two hundred two and
one half acres more or less; I give and bequeath to
my son JOHN W. LITTLE one negro boy named Allen also
one lot of land number two hundred and seventy three
in the 8, Dist of Carroll containing two hundred two
and a half acres more or less.   I give and bequeath
MARY C. LITTLE one negro by the name Ann which negro
I give to her and the lawful heirs of her body
forever; It is my wish and desire in the event that
either of the above children above mentioned viz:
Joseph Little, Frances L. Little, Thomas J. Little,
E. L. Green, Elizabeth Little, Elijah M. Little,
John W. Little and Mary C. Little, should die
without having children that the property bequeathed
to said child so dying without issue shall be
equally divided among the balance of my children by
my last wife MARY LITTLE; and if any of the negroes
above bequeathed should die before it is received by
the legatee to whom it is bequeathed the value of
such negro

 I desire to be made up to them out of my other
property. I do hereby constitute and appoint my
beloved wife MARY LITTLE my true and Lawful
executrix and also my beloved sons JOSEPH LITTLE,
and FRANCIS L. LITTLE, true and lawful executors to
this my last will and testament, revoking all former
wills heretofore made, and it is my will and desire
that so soon after my death as may best accord with
the interests of my estate that the land and negroes
before stated be sold on a credit of twelve months
by my executors. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal the 27, day of August in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
In Presence of:
Robert A. Reed,                                  
Thomas Farmer
Josiah Goggans
Zion Cantrell, J.P.                          

JOSEPH LITTLE

Thank You
Jesse Little
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