Georgia:  Coweta County:  Last Will & Testament of Thomas Duke, 
16 August 1850

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FHC #040379	
Book B, Page 28
Coweta County Probate Court
August 16, 1850/September 2, 1850

Georgia
Coweta County

	I Thomas Duke of the County & State aforesaid knowing the 
uncertainty of life and the certainty of Death and being of Sound mind 
and disposing memory do for the disposing of my earthly goods after 
first disposing of My Soul to him who gave it and my body to the dust 
to be buried in a plain but Christian like manner ~ I do hereby make 
ordain publish and declare this my last Will and testament in manner & 
form following to wit ~

Item 1st	I give and bequeath unto my brother Charles Duke one Negro 
boy by the name of George and eight hundred dollars after my death.

Item 2nd	I give and bequeath unto Emily E. Berry one Negro Woman by 
the name of Leteto & her two Children Eliza & Ellen & her increase 
after my death ~

Item 3rd	I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Dodds one Negro Girl by 
the name of Dinah after my death.

Item 4th	I give and bequeath unto Stephen D. Smith one Negro man by 
the name of Willis after my death.

Item 5th	I give and bequeath Mary E. Word one Negro Woman by the 
name of Matilda and two hundred dollars after my death.

Item 6th	I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Glass wife of George Glass 
one hundred dollars after my death.

Item 7th	I give and bequeath unto Lucy Moton & Sarah Smith & the 
children of Bird Parks Sr and the following Children of Welcome Parks 
Wm B. Parks & Martha Smith wife of Stephen D. Smith & Caroline Carter 
wife of Thomas O. Carter & Montgomery P. Smith the balance or remainder 
of my Estate to be equally divided between the above mentioned persons 
so as for each one to receive an equal proportion thereof after the 
payment of all my debts & the Legacies before mentioned after my death.

Item 8th	I do hereby constitute & appoint Stephen D. Smith & Andrew 
J. Berry my lawful Executors to this my last will & Testament hereby 
revoking all previous wills made by me.  In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this the 16th day of 
August 1850.

					Thomas Duke  {LS}

Signed Sealed and publish in the presence of us the day and date above 
written
Wootson Rainey
David G. Harrison
R.W. Parks

Proved in Inferior Court September 2, 1850