Clarke County  Georgia Wills  Asaph K. Childs

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Will: Asaph K. Childs, 1901, Clarke County, GA



Last Will and Testament of Asaph K. Childs, Clarke Co., GA Will Book E (1885-1911), Pages 312-313 Court of Ordinary


State of Georgia, Clarke County


Last Will and Testament of Asaph K. Childs of said State
& County. 

I Asaph K. Childs of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia,
being of sound mind and testimony do make & publish this
my last will & testament and hereby revoke all other
wills heretofore made by me:


Item 1st        I wish my just debt all to be paid;


Item 2nd        I give and bequeath to my daughter
Francis C. Barrow my house and lot on Milledge Avenue,
Athens, GA-known in Athens City________ Enumeration as
No. 6 North -- Milledge Avenue being the house and all
contiguous land and other improvements thereon, and now
rented to and occupied by Judge Howell Cobb and bounded
on north by lot of H. H. Linton Trustee, west by Milledge
Avenue, south by Broad Street and east by unimproved lot
owned by my son-in-law Professor David C. Barrow-to be
held & owned by her and her heirs and assigns in fee
simple;


Item 3rd        I give and bequeath to my son Walter L.
Childs my plantation in Clarke County, Georgia, known as
the Joe Morton Place and to be held and owned by him and
his heirs and assigns in fee simple;


Item 4th        I give and bequeath to my grandchildren
Susie D. Barrow, Benjamin N. Barrow, Elena P. Barrow and
David F. Barrow- children of my daughter Mrs. Francis C.
Barrow each three shares each of the Capital stock of the
National Bank of Athens (Georgia) stock (now standing in
my name on books of said Bank & owned by me) and the
total legacy under this Item 4th being Twelve (12) shares
of said stock; and each of my said grandchildren named to
take and hold as in fee simple, separately his or her,
their shares of said stock to him or her respectively, or
his or her heirs & assigns as in fee simple;


Item 5th        I give & bequeath to the Wardens and
Vestry of Emmanuel Parish in Athens (Georgia) the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars;


Item 6th        All residue of my property in possession,
expectancy, remainder or reversion: and all property and
rights of property vested in me: and not herein before
specifically mentioned and bequeathed-I give and bequeath
in equal shares, one half each, to my children Francis C.
Barrow and Walter L. Childs, each to take his or her one
half in fee simple to him or her and his or her heirs &
assigns;


Item 7th        I nominate my son-in-law Prof. David C.
Barrow and my son Walter L. Childs to be Executors of
this my last will and testament: and relieve them from
giving any Bond: and relieve them from making any
Inventory of my Estate or any Returns of this management
of by Estate to the Court of Ordinary, or any other Court
whatever other than they or either of them may
voluntarily do: and should they or either of them make an
inventory & file same as provided by law, this act shall
not be construed to require this or either of them to
make any Returns: Nor shall they or either of them be
required to make any further returns should they or
either of them at any time voluntarily make any one or
more returns:


In witness whereof I Asaph K. Childs have this 5th day of
August, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and One
(1901) have hereto signed my hand & my seal officially.
A. K. Childs      (LS)


Signed, sealed & published as the last Will & Testament
of Asaph K. Childs by him in our presence and we each &
all signed the same as witnesses hereto in his presence
at his request, and in the presence of each other, this
fifth (5th) day of August 1901.
                        James White
A. S. Packer
Jno. White Morton


Georgia         }
Clarke County   }  I Asaph K. Childs do make this as a
Codicil to my last Will & Testament made & executed,
August 5th 1901-Nineteen Hundred & one.  I republish that
will and add thereto this clause to wit: I nominate and
make my son-in-law Prof. David C. Barrow to be
Testamentary Guardian for his and my daughter Mrs.
Francis C. Barrows minor children, to wit-Benjamin H.
Barrow, Elena P. Barrow and David F. Barrow, without Bond
and relieve him of making any Return to any Court
whatever as such Guardian, and give him power or
permission to sell & transfer the National Bank Stock
left each of my said grandchildren for reinvestment or
for their use in his judgment but without any Order of
any Court whatever: and to make any & all changes of
Investment of said funds as he thinks best, without
review of any Court, and to draw all dividends as now
invested under the same direction without Return to any
Court whatever.
Witness my hand & seal t his 17th day of August 1901.
                        A. K. Childs     (LS)


Signed, sealed & published as a Codicil to this will of
Asaph K. Childs in his presence and we each signed in his
presence and presence of each other at his request this
(day omitted) August 1901.
        Witnesses       James White
                        M. L. Stephenson
                        Jno. H. Lambert




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