CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA - WILLS   William Day

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William M. Day
State of Georgia
Cherokee County

Last Will & Testament    

I William M. Day feeling that I cannot long live
under the painful disease that now is praying upon
me and feeling it my duty as well as my privelege to
dispose of my property being of sound mind and
disposing memory do hereby constitute this my last
will and testament in words and figures as follows
all my land that I now own to remain unsold until my
youngest child becomes of age as when stated to
raise and support my children and as soon as my
youngest child becomes of age then my wife Nancy M.
Day to take one third of the land and the balance to
be sold and equally divided between my six children
namely James M. Day Mary F. Day Alpha A. Day Leanna
A. Day Gatsey L. Day William M. Day  In case my wife
death before the youngest child becomes of age it is
my wish that all my land should remain unsold until
the youngest child has become of age and held by my
Executors hereinafter named all my personal property
consisting of mules houses cows sheep hogs farming
tools household and kitchen furniture. I will to my
wife Nancy M. Day for the main-tenance education and
support of my six children until the youngest child
becomes of age and when my youngest child becomes of
age my will is that all te personal property be sold
and equally divided between my legal heirs and if my
wife should die before the youngest child should
become of age, then my will is that all the personal
property be sold and equally divided between my six
children as above named.  All the money coming to
the hands of my Executors after paying my funeral
expenses and lawfull debts and also the proceeds of
the sale of what cotton that I now have on hand
which cotton may be sold by Executors and sold at
such time as they may think best for the intrest of
my estate - Money on hand at my death be held at
interest for the benefit of my legal heirs and also
the money arising from the sale of the cotton when
sold be held at interest for the same purpose and be
equally divided between my legal heirs when the
youngest child becomes of age or at the death of my
wife Nancy M. Day. I hereby constitute and appoint
Martin Chamlee and Reuben Day my legal Executors
hereby revoking all former wills.

Signed in presence of	August 3rd, 1863
Isaac McConnell	William M. Day
Lewis Day
J. T. Hauston


Georgia	Cherokee County	

Personally came before me Clement T. Hauston and
Lewis M Hoak witnesses to the within will of William
M. Day who being duly sworn and that this matter
writing contains the last will and testament of
William M. Day deceased that the said William M. Day
signed the same of his own free will and accord
while he was of sound disposing mind & memory that
they subscribe the same as witnesses thereto at the
special instance and request of the said William M.
Day and in the presence of the other witnesses
thereto sworn to and subscribed before me the 9 May
1864	
Clement T Hauston
Lewis M. Hoak
James Jordan Ivey	


William Mitchell Day was my great-grandfather, who
was at the seige of Vicksburg, where he contracted
tuberculosis.  He did shortly after he returned home
to Cherokee County in 1863.  Reuben Day was his
father.  Both men were born in South Carolina and
moved to Cherokee County about 1850.