Chattahoochee County Georgia Will of William W. Clark File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marilyn Clark Lynskey lynskey7@cox.net Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/crawford.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Will of William W. Clark In the name of God, Amen. I, William W. Clark, of the county of Chattahoochee and state of Georgia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory and being desirouse of setting my worldy affairs do make and publish this my last will and testament. First, I commit my soul to God, who gave it and my body I entrust to my friends to be burried in a decent Christian like manner. My worldly estate I dispose of as follows: It is my will and I so desire that my entire estate be kept together and managed for the best interest of my heirs by my executors hereinafter named, the 25th day of December, 1895** and then after paying off my just debts to be divided as follows: **note this is in conflict with ending paragraph date Between my beloved wife, Mollie Clark and my beloved children, William R. Clark, James W. Clark, H.M. Clark, Sarah E. Scogin, Angerena Clark, Lula Owens, Nancy F. Culpepper, Irene Clark and Anna L. Clark, and my granddaughters, Jesse Owens, who is a daughter of Malissa Owens and also Vera C. Culpepper, a daughter of Susie Culpepper, deceased children and grandchildren by my deceased wives. And also Wyly and Drury H. Clark, children by my present wife. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mollie Clark and to her two sons, Wyly and Drury, a lot of land no (118) one hundred and eighteen and the south half of lot land (119) one hundred and nineteen, together with all the improvements situated thereon. The ? ? given to the above named beneficiaries is to be shared equally between them and at the death or marriage of my said wife, Mollie Clark, her interest in said land is to go to and be divided equally between her said children, Wyly L. Clark and Drury H. Clark. Said land is situated in the 5th district, originally Muscogee, now the county of Chattahoochee. I will and bequeth to my beloved children, viz, William R. Clark, James W. Clark, H.M. Clark, Sarah K. Scrogin, Angerone Clark, Lula Owens, Nancy F. Culpepper, Irene Clark and Annie E. Clark, the following described lands to wit: Lot of land no (105) one hundred and five; lot no (106) one hundred and six, one hundre seven (107), one hundred and eigh (108), two hundred and twenty acres, known as the Littleton Wynn place, and land being divided equally, according to valuation betweent he aforesaid nine children--said land being in the 5th district. Fourth. I give and bequest to my beloved grandchildren, Jessy Owens and Vera c. Culpepper, the following descrbied land to wit: Vera Culpepper all of lot no (86) eithgy six, in the 5th district; lyong on the North side of the public road, leading from Glenalta to Columbus, GA and if there should not be as much as fifty acres on said piece of land, I desire that the balance in value be made up to her in money from other effects of my estate; and to Jessy Owens I bequest fifty acres of lot of land no (119) one hundred and nineteen situated in the Northwest corner of said lots of land. New handwriting begins here, different hand) The balance of my estate, both real and personal, I desire be sold and after paying all of my just debts be equally divided and share alike between all of my lawful heirs. I do hereby constitute and appoint my son, H.E. Clark and my son-in-law, J.A. Culpepper executors of this my last will and testament, and I do enjoin upon them to see that my wishes are carried out. In witness where of, I, the said William W. Clark, to this my last will and testament have set my hand and seal, in the presence of these subscribing witnesses. This the 7th day of August, 1893 William W. Clark (his mark) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named William W. Clark, as his last will and testament in presence of us, who at his request, in presence of eachother have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. F.M. Garly, J.A. Laxson, R.L. Majors We, H.M. Clark and J.A. Culpepper, do solemly swear that this writing contains the true last will and testament of the with said W.W. Clark, deceased so far as we know or believe and that in accordance with the law of this State, so help us God. H.M. Clark J.A. Culpepper Sworn to and subscribe before me this Dec 6, 1893 James Castleberry, Ordinary Georgia Chattahoochee County I, James Castleberry, Ordinary in and for said county do hereby certify that the within and foregoing four pages hereto attached contain a true copy of the will and testament of William W. Clark deceased, which said will is of file and of record in office. Given under my official signature and seal of office, this 2nd day of January, 1894. James Castleberry Ordinary Note: I don't know where William W. Clark is buried. His son, H.M.- Henry Malone Clark is my gggrandfather and is supposedly buried at County Line Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Chattahouchee Co., according to the great Aunt ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============