Coweta County GaArchives Wills.....Gray, Abraham August 4, 1856
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Source: Record Of Wills Volume B Pg. 125 Coweta County Probate Records, 1826-1966
Written: August 4, 1856

State of Georgia
Coweta County

Mr. William Westmoreland, James M Jones and Richmond B Bridges all of the 
County and State aforesaid, were personally present on the fourth day of 
August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six at the 
residence of Abraham Gray in said County of Coweta which was during his last 
illness and the day before he died.  About half after ten oclock in the 
morning of the fourth instant some eighteen or nineteen hours before his death 
in perfect possession of his mental faculties, he, the said Abraham Gray, in 
being notified by the said Wm Westmoreland the there were persons or witnesses 
present to listen and pay attention to whatever he might wish to say in 
relation to the disposition of his property, he the said Abraham Gray sat up 
in his bed and looked upon the above mentioned witnesses who were standing in 
and around his bed, and stated that he wished to make a verbal will disposing 
of his property.  He then said that his will and desire was that Benjamin Gray 
should act as trustee for his daughter Nancy Sansom formerly Nancy Gray and 
that he willed to the said Benjamin Gray the one fifth part of his whole 
estate to be held by him the Said Benjamin in special trust for the sole and 
separate use and behoof of his said daughter Nancy and the balance of his 
estate should be equally divided between his other four children and after 
getting through with the forgoing statement the said Abraham Gray stated that 
that was his will this 6th August 1856 		
						Wm Westmoreland
						J M Jones
						R B Bridges


Georgia  Coweta County
	Court of the Ordinary September Term 1856
In open court personally came William Westmoreland, James M Jones and Richmond 
B Bridges when being duly sworn depose and say that the foregoing is the 
verbal will of Abraham Gray late of said County deceased that the same was 
made freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any compulsion or 
influence whatever and at the time of making the same the said Abraham Gray 
was of sound disposing mind and memory and that      ?       were at the 
making thereof.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
Sept. 1st 1856
							
William Westmoreland
James M Jones
R B Bridges

B M Mitchell  Ordy.						
						


Abram Gray
Georgia Coweta County

To Franklin Sansom
You are hereby notified that we shall apply to the court of Ordinary to be 
held in an aforesaid County on the first Monday for the purpose of proving the 
last will of Abraham Gray late of said County deceased
August 6th 1856

								Hosea Gray
								Benjamin Gray



Georgia
Coweta County

Court of Ordinary Sept Term 1856
In open court personally came Wm Westmoreland who being duly sworn  deposeth 
and saith that he served a true copy of the written notice personally on 
Franklin Sansom the 8th day of August 1856
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court   Sept 1st 1856

B M Mitchell    Ordy.							
Wm Westmoreland


Recorded September 19 1856
			B M Mitchell





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