Carroll County GaArchives Wills.....Stephenson, James Madison 1925 ************************************************ 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: William L. Jr. Stephenson woodart@srbfl.com October 19, 2008, 10:23 am Source: Probate Court Records Written: 1925 Transcription of Last Will and Testament of James “Jimmie” Madison Stephenson Son of Anthony Franklin Stephenson and Jane Gardner Grandson of John Stephenson and Susan Ann Peeler transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr. October 6, 2008 Last Will and testament of James Madison Stephenson Filed in office for Probate in Common Form May 11th, 1925 E. T. Steed, Ordinary. Know all men be these presents: That I James Madison Stephenson of the City of Carrollton, County of Carroll, State of Georgia, do make declare and publish, this my last will and testament. Item 1. It is my will that all my just debts be paid. Item 2. I do give, bequeath and devise, to my wife Eudora Virginia, all of the estate, real, personal, -titled at the time of my decease, to have and to hold the same and to enjoy and receive all the rights and privileges thereunto for the remainder of her natural life, then to my children, born and unborn, to be equally divided among then share and share alike. Item 3. I do appoint my wife Eudora Virginia, sole executrix of this my last will and testament, and relieve her as executrix, from giving bond or making any inventory or appraisement of my estate, on making any return of returns as executrix hereunder. In Testamony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and decree this to be my last will and testament, in the presence of the witness named below, this 29th day of June 1917. Jas M. Stephenson, L. S. Signed sealed and declared and published by said James Madison Stephenson as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto. B. F. Brown, L.S. W. R. Robinson, L. S. J. W. Stone, L. S. Georgia, Carroll County. I, Eudora V. Stephenson, do solemnly swear that the within writing contains the true last will and testament of James Madison Stephenson, deceased, to the best of knowledge and belief, and that I will well and truly execute the same according to the terms thereof and the laws of said State. So help me God. Eudora V. Stephenson Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 1st day of June, 1925. E. T. Steed, Ordinary. (Seal) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/wills/stephens721gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb