DAWSON COUNTY, GA - WILLS Moses M. Burt
 
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State of Georgia   } 
Dawson County    }  
 
In the Name of God    Amen 

I, Moses M. Burt of the County of Dawson and the state of
Georgia being of sound and disposing mine and memory but in
feeble and declining health deem it necessary to make this my
last Will and Testament hereby revoking all others by me made
and I commit my sold to God who gave it and my worldly estate I
dispose of as follows 

Item 1st  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Elisabeth
Burt for ever all the fixtures household goods furniture and
effects which should at my death be in or about my house 

Item 2nd I give and devise to my said wife all my personal and
real estate consisting of live stock of all kinds, money,
notes, and accounts all the fixtures and appliances of my  farm
and the farm its self situated on Amicolola Creek and upon
which I now live in the above named county and state and after
paying my just debts to use and dispose of the balance as she
may think right and proper for her own and the benefit of my
children during her natural life or widowhood, but in case she
should marry again then it is my will that she receive only a
child part except my first bequest. 

Item 3rd It is my and request that all my children who become
of age after my death received as much of my personally
property to give them a start in life as the ones that have
left me received provided the financial condition of my estate
and circumstances will permit 

Item 4th I desire and request that there be and appraisement or
inventory taken of my property at my death. 

Item 5th I appoint my said wife Mary E Burt and my son William
J. Burt. Executrix and executor of this my last will and desire
that they shall not be required to give security for they
performance of their duty 

Item 6th At the final settlement of my estate is is my will
that my executor be vested with the power to sell my property
at public or private sale or divide it equally between any body
heirs provided a majority of them be willing to such
disposition and further it is my will that all my children
receive equally shear and sear alike in the final settlement of
my estate. { I, Mosses Merida} marked out 

In witness whereof  I, Moses Merida Burt have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirteenth day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and eighty four Moses M Burt
{Seal} Subscribed by the testator in presents of each other and
at the same time declared by him to us as his last will and
testament 
                                                                   
W H Burt 
                                                                    Charles J Harben 
                                                                  Martha  __ Harben 
Georgia Dawson County 
I, W J Burt and Mary J Burt do solemnly swear that this writing
containers the true last will of the within named Moses M. Burt
deceased so far as I know or believe and that we will well and
truly execute the same in according with law of this sate so
help us God. 
 Sworn to and Subscribed   }                                            William J Burt 
to before me this 6th day     }                                            Mary E Burt 
of July 1885                          } 
              J S Taylor 
                     Ordinary 
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Source 
 Dawson County---State of Georgia ---Court of Ordinary    
      Wills  1876- 1959 
 FHL- US/CAN  Film  288158 
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