Clarke County GaArchives Wills.....White, John  September 19 1874
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Source: Will Book D, Page 326
Written: September 19 1874
Recorded: December 9 1894

Clarke County Will Book D , page 326

State of Georgia             }
Clarke County                }  In the name of God Amen
   I John white of the County and State aforesaid being of sound mind and 
disposing memory do make ordain publish and declare this to be my last Will and 
Testament revoking all former will by me heretofore made.
Item 1st   I Commend my soul to god and my body to my family and friends to be 
buried in a plain decent maner
Item 2nd   I wish all my Just Debts paid
Item 3rd   I give and bequeath unto my son William T M White Four Hundred 
Dollars to be raised out ob my Estate after the death of my beloved Wife
Item 4th   I give and bequeath unto my son James M White Four Hundred Dollars 
to be raised out of my Estate after the death of my beloved wife as I give my 
wife all my Estate during her life
Item 5th   I hereby Give and bequeath all my Estate real personal and mixed to 
my beloved wife Lavina H White for and during her natural life giving her the 
privilege of selling my personal property if absolutely necessary for her 
support and maintainance
Item 6th   After the death of my beloved Wife and the Payment of the specific 
legacies to my sons William T. M. White and James M. White which are given them 
to make them equal at my death with my other legaties who have already received 
a portion – It is my will and desire that the whole of my Estate be sold by my 
Executors in the manner most conducive to the interest of all and to be equally 
divided amongst and between my Sons Robert F White William T. M White James M. 
White Lavinia R Harris Wife of Stephen A Harris my Daughter Elizabeth A Willson 
and my Grand Daughter J__ Meaders Wife of Wiley Meadors and Daughter of my son 
John R. White Share and Share alike the Portion bequeathed to my Daughter 
Elizabeth A Willson being one sixth part after the payment of the 
aforementioned two specific legacies I give in trust for the sole use and 
benefit of my said Daughter Elizabeth A Willson and to carry out the Trust I 
hereby appoint Stephen A Harris my Son in law her Trustee during her life and 
at her death to go to my Grand Daughter Ophelia Willson by the ___ Elizabeth A 
Willson ___ ___ Elizabeth A Hudson she having again Married since the death of 
her first husband James Willson and is now the wife of S. Hudson.
Item 7th    I hereby nominate constitute and appoint J___ H Strickland of Banks 
County Georgia and my son-in-law Stephen A Harris of Jackson County in said 
State Executors to this my last Will and Testament
    In witness whereof I the said John White have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my seal this Nineteenth (19th) day of September in the year of our Lord 
One thousand Eight Hundred & Seventy Four (1874)
Signed Sealed and Delivered
acknowledged, published and
Declared in our presence who                        John White
sign in the presence of each 
other and of the Testator
   T. E. Brown
   J. F. Willson
John Calvin Johnson

Georgia              }  Court of Ordinary Regular Term
Clarke County    }  7th December 1874
    Personally appeared in open Court John Calvin Johnson and James F. Willson 
two of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing Will of John White 
late of said County Decd who on oath say that they saw said Decd on the day on 
which said Will ___  ____ voluntarily and of his own free will and accord sign 
and seal said instrument and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last Will 
and Testament that at the time of his sodoing he was of sound mind and memory 
that they and T. E. Brown all signed the same as Witnesses in the presence of 
each other and of the Testator and at his Request
Sworn to and subscribed
in Open Court                          John Calvin Johnson
Asa M. Jackson                       Ja F. Willson
    Ordinary

Whereupon it is considered and Ordered by the Court that said Will and Probate 
be Recorded in terms of the last Regular Term 7th December 1874
                          Asa M. Jackson    Ordinary

     Recorded 9th December 1894

(As to Probate in Solemn form see minutes June Regular Term 1881  Page 240 and 
as to proceeding of probating in Solemn form, See Record of Proceedings 
Book “A”  Page 1st
     
   [Note written after the preceding paragraph:  Error – this refers to another 
John White]


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