Georgia:  Columbia County: William Hunt Will, 
14 November 1809
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WILLIAM HUNT

"I William Hunt of the county of Columbia in the State of Georgia, being weak 
in body but sound of mind and memory, and calling to mind the certainty of 
death, and the uncertainty of the time, Do make and Ordain these presents my 
last Will and Testament in manner and form following (vizt.)

First I bequeath my soul to my most merciful Savior and Redeemer, and my body 
to be committed to the Earth at the discretion of my Executors ~
and touching such worldly property as the Governor of the Universe has 
endowed me with, I dispose of the same as follows ~

It is my will that all the few debts I owe do be speedily and justly paid.

1 It is my will that my well beloved wife Jannet Hunt shall possess and enjoy 
my whole Estate during her natural life, She to leave my real Estate taken 
good care of, my negroes and stock of all kinds, She is to enjoy the use of 
during her life as aforesaid and the two negroes Jude and Jinny I bequeath to 
her and her heirs and assigns forever.

2d It is also my Will that as the decease of my wife all my Estate real and 
personal shall become the Bona fide property of Henry Hunt and Constance Hunt 
the children of my Brother Thomas decd. to be held by them share and share 
alike, and should one of them die before my wife, and the other survive, the 
survivor to possess the whole Estate in as full and ample a manner as I now 
possess the same; and should both of them die before the decease of my wife 
then and in that case the whole of my Estate as aforesaid (Jude and Jinny 
excepted) shall become the property of Thomas White and William White, 
children of Thomas White Senr. share and share alike as in the aforesaid 

Item, after the decease of my wife and not before

And I do hereby nominate and appoint my well and truly beloved wife, my 
executrix and my friends and neighbors James Ray Esqr and James Lovelace 
Executors to carry my will aforesaid into effect according to the most simple 
and easy meaning thereof, revoking and disannulling all former Wills or Will 
whatsoever

In Witness whereof I do to these presents set my hand and affix my seal this 
fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and nine

William Hunt
Sealed, Signed, and delivered
in the presence of 
Cyntha (her mark) Roberson
Wm Burkham
James Stapler
William Stapler"

(probate on inside right page of will - 1 Jan 1810)
also - "Ordinaries Office
Jan 10th 1810
Registered in Book H fol. 183, 184, 185 & 186
A.? Crawford Clk

form letter for executors signed by Janet Hunt, James Ray and James Lovelace 
1st Jan 1810
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