Will of John Davis 30 May 1793 Effingham County, GA


LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of JOHN DAVIS 
Written 30 MAY, 1793, Effingham County, Georgia
Probated January 1794, Effingham County, Georgia

Record of the Last Will & Testament of piece of writing of John Davis, 
deceased, though not completed, but advertised for better than 30 days 
and no person complaining, therefore Established his Will & Testament 
by therefore Letters granted to William & Joseph Davis.
Now the piece of writing is as follows:

(Viz)  In the Name of God Amen.
	I, John Davis, Being as I expect a leaving this life I recommend 
my soul to God that gave it and my Body to the Dust and to His world. 
Concerns I dispose of as follows:

(Viz)	After my lawful Debts is paid, I give my True and Loving wife, 
Elizabeth Davis, one Negro woman named Phoeby, and one Negro boy 
named Adam; I give my sons Joseph, John, James, William & Samuel, 
ten pounds each, and George and Walter, twenty pounds each. My 
daughter, Nancy, twenty pounds, William Osteen, ten pounds, or at 
that rate equally divided according to the amount of the Estate.
	And respecting my lands at Buckhead, according to my Contract 
with William and Samuel, paying what monies I owe for said lands, it 
shall be their Right and Property.
	To my son, Walter, I give the Plantation we now live on, and the 
lands 'round about to George. The Boat shall be divided between William, 
Samuel, George and Walter.


May the 30th 1793
Witnesses present, signed:
Joseph Davis
George Davis
Agnes Davis
Elizabeth Osteen

      We the subscribers, believing this Testament to be the Will & 
Desire of our Deceased Father, do freely and voluntary agree that the 
same should be executed agreeable to the Tennor of the same, witness 
our hands this 9th day of Sept 1793.

Signed:
	Joseph Davis
	John Davis
	Samuel Davis
	Walter Davis
	George Davis
	Nancy Davis
 	William Davis

State of Georgia, Effingham County:
	Personally appeared Mr. Joseph Davis and made Oath & Declared 
that at the request of his Father, John Davis, deceased, he wrote the 
within as his Last Will & Testament, and he believes that he was in his 
perfect senses at the time he wrote, and that it is as he desired him 
to write it, and after he wrote it he did read it to him and he was 
satisfied, but did not sign it, and the within named or signed as 
witnesses was present and that he was satisfied, 
names as thus, Joseph Davis, George Davis, Agnus Davis, and Elizabeth 
Osteen.

Sworn before me this 27th Jan 1794                  Signed: Joseph Davis
       A. C. Revost, R.P.E.C. 	


Source: Effingham County, Georgia Miscellaneous Records 1791-1819, Book 1

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message 
         remains on all copied material. These electronic 
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the 
         written consent of the file contributor. 

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
	 Archives by:  Betty L. Norem
                      <BNOREM@aol.com>
====================================================================