Georgia:  Elbert County: Will of William Blake
8 October 1796
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Chandler Eavenson
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Will Book 1791-1803, pages 30-31, reflects the Will of 
William Blake. In it he left property to his wife Lucy
and children: "my youngest son Joseph Blake; my daughter
Happy Blake; my children Lucy Adkins, John Blake, William
Blake, Rhoda Rogers, Sarah Hall, Alcy Cook; my three 
daughters Patsy Blake, Nancy Blake and Olive Blake to be
equally divided amongst them at the decease of their 
mother...."

He appointed his wife Executrix and trusty friend Thomas
Jones, son of John Jones, Executor. Witnesses were James
Bell, William Mobley and Sally Hudleston. The Will was
recorded in Elbert Co. on 1 April 1798. 

An Inventory of the estate of William Blake was made on 
8 June 1798. It included 24 head of cattle, 50 head of 
hogs, 10 head of sheep, one sorrel colt, one bay colt, 
one black ball horse, one dark bay horse, 26 geese, 7
slaves, one bee hive, one parcel of corn and bacon, 
and many items of kitchen utensils, furniture and farm
implements. 

[Submitter's notes: The above William Blake who died in
1798 was the son of another William Blake, as evidenced
by deed records in Wake Co., NC where he had lived at the
time he married his 2nd wife Lucy Allen Mobley, widow of
William Mobley on 23 May 1780. He later moved to Wilkes
Co., GA in that part which later became Elbert Co. and
accompanying him were his children from his first wife,
name unknown, his children by Lucy and Lucy's children
by William Mobley. It is known that his daughter Sarah
(wife of William Hall), his daughter Alcy (born ca 1769,
died 16 Mar 1839 Elbert Co., wife of John Cook), and his
son John (born 8 Mar 1766, married Martha Moon) were 
children of his first wife whose name is unknown. John
being his oldest child, William Blake is assumed to have
married his first wife in 1765. William Blake's name is
shown on the DAR monument to Revolutionary Soldiers in
Elberton, GA.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson