Georgia:  Coweta County:  Last Will & Testament of Bird Parks, Sr. 
24 May 1849

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FHC #0470379
Book B, Page 18
Coweta Co. 
May 24, 1849/January 1850

Georgia
Coweta County

		I Bird Parks Senr Considering the uncertainty of this 
Mortal life, and wishing to make such disposition of the property that 
I have accumulated as will in my opinion best promote the interest of 
my beloved Wife & Children, do make and publish this my Last Will and 
testament in manner & form following (Viz) First I desire to be 
decently buried in my family burying ground and without pomp.

Item 1st	I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Martha Parks & my 
Son Bird Parks Jr the lot of land whereon I now live No. 70 and the 
Thomas lot of land adjoining the __on the west No. 59 for their only 
proper use & benefit for & during the natural life of my said Wife and 
at the death of my said Wife, I give & bequeath unto my son Bird Parks 
Jr the aforesaid lot of land No 70 to him & his heirs forever and my 
will is that lot of Land No 59 reverts back to my Estate after the 
death of my wife and be equally divided between Thomas H. Parks, Polly 
Abraham, Emily Berry, Ann Perkins and Martha Cook ~ Also I give and 
devise unto my said wife the following Negroes Charlotte and her son 
Henry, Jane a Woman, Alfred a boy & Hulda & her two children ~ Also I 
give unto my said wife two choice bedsteads, feather beds & furniture 
such as she may choose, as many pork hogs or hogs to fatten and sows & 
pigs as she wants two horses such as she may choose and as much corn 
potatoes & other pro__ as she may want for the use of her family, and 
Stock for twelve months ~ Also I give unto my son Bird Parks Jr one 
good bedstead feather bed & furniture two cows & calves & two good sows 
& pigs.

Item 2nd	I give and bequeath unto my son James Parks one lot of land 
whereon he now lives No 40 to him and his heirs forever.

Item 3rd	My will & desire is that my three lots of land No 91, 55 & 
68 be divided among my Son Thomas H. Parks and my four daughters, Polly 
Abraham, Emily Berry, Ann Perkins & Martha Cook as equally as may be.

Item 4th	In order to make my daughter Polly Abraham as nearly equal 
as can well be done with my other Children for property ___ ____ I give 
and devise unto her Fanny a Negro Woman, Tucky, a Negro Woman & her 
child Kitty Ann.

Item 5th	My will is that the part of my Estate which may fall to my 
daughter Polly Abraham as her portion shall remain in the hands of my 
Executor or Executors she receiving the net proceeds thereof annually 
for a support during her life unless my executor or Executors should 
believe it prudent & safe to give it up to her after being advised by 
some person skilled in the law and after her death to be equally 
divided between her Children.

Item 6th	After the death of my said Wife my will is that all the 
Negroes & perishable property which I have given to her during her life 
shall revert back to my Estate & be divided equally among all my 
Children.

Item 7th 	My will & desire is that the balance of my Estate of 
whatsoever kind or description it may be shall be equally divided 
between my several Children, to wit Polly Abraham Emily Berry Ann 
Perkins Martha Cook Thomas H. Parks James Parks & Bird Parks Jr and I 
do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved Sons and trusty friends 
Bird Parks Jr, Thomas H. Parks and Andrew J. Berry Executors of this my 
last Will and testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand & seal this 24th day of May 1849.

Signed Sealed and Acknowledged in the presence of
James Eckles 						Bird parks  {Seal}
J.E.P. Hunnicutt
Elijah Martin
Wm H. Stokes

Georgia Coweta County - Inferior Court Sitting for Ordinary purposes 
~January Term 1850 
Proven by above men
Recorded January 23, 1850