Georgia:Columbia County: Will of Obedience D. Burch, 12 February 1840 
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OBEDIENCE D. BURCH

"Georgia In the name of God Amen

I Obedience D. Burch being in good health, of sound mind and disposing 
memory but knowing the uncertainty of life Do make and ordain this my last 
will and Testament.
Touching my worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with 
in this life I dispose of in the following manner To wit
Item First I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Ann Burch One 
third of my real Estate Together with one half of my personal estate, to 
be paid her by my Executors (herein after named) when she arrives at age 
or marries
Item Second I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Burch one third 
of my real estate, together with one half of my personal Estate to be paid 
him by my Executors when he shall arrive at the age of Twenty One Years
Item Third I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Eliza L. Kennedy 
who intermarried with John Kennedy the remaining third of my real estate
Item Fourth I do hereby constitute and appoint my Brother Benjamin Bugg, 
and my friends William A.L. Collins and John Kennedy Executors of this my 
last Will and Testament Hereby revoking all and every other will and 
Testament by me made Hereby ratifying and confirming this and no other to 
be my last will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twelfth day 
of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Forty
O.D. Burch (seal)

Signed sealed and 
acknowledged in the presence of
Jefferson S. Briscoe
John C. Lambert
Jno A. Stapler"

(probate info. and witness testimony on right inside page of will with 
signatures of J.S.. Briscoe, J. Charl? Lambert - 2 March 1846, G. Jones 
Clk)

on back of will:
"Obedience D. Burch
Will

Georgia
Columbia County
Clerks office of the Court of Ordinary
Registered in Book B.B. folio 135 & 136
this 2d day of March 1841? G. Jones clerk"
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