Georgia:  Elbert County:  Will of Mary Eavenson
30 July 1850
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Chandler Eavenson
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1855 Wills of Elbert Co., GA, pages 148-149, reflects the Will of Mary
Eavenson, as follows:

"State of Georgia, Elbert County. In the name of God Amen, I, Mary Eavenson,
of the state and county aforesaid, being in good health and possessed of
sound disposing mind and memory do make and ordain the following as my last
Will and Testament. Item 1st: I will that my just debts and burial expenses
be paid. Item 2nd: I will that all my property real and personal which I may
die possessed of be sold by Executors and my whole estate turned into money
and divided into seven equal shares. One share I give and bequeath unto my
son Willis Eavenson and his heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto my son
Thomas Eavenson and his heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Elizabeth Teasley and her heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto
Martha Harper my daughter and her heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto
the children of my daughter Prisciller Goss now deceased to be equally
divided between them, and the other share I give and bequeath unto Beverly
A. Teasley and Thomas Eavenson in trust for the children of my deceased
daughter Mary Oglesby said children each to draw their proportionable part
from said trustee or trustees as they marry or become twenty one years of
age. Item 3rd: I do hereby appoint Thomas Eavenson my son and Beverly A.
Tealey my son-in-law Executors to this my last Will and Testament hereby
revoking all former Wills heretofore by me made.

"In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this the
thirtieth day of July, one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.

"Signed: Mary Eavenson, X her mark, SEAL

"Signed, sealed and acknowledged before us William H. Edwards, Martha A.
Nelms, William B. Nelms."

The above Will proved in the Elbert Co. Court of Ordinary on 7 May 1855.

[Submitters notes: Mary "Polly" Hilley (1781-1855), daughter of Rev. Soldier
Thomas Hilley, Sr. and Mary Walker Bond, married on 24 Dec 1805 in Elbert
Co. to George Eavenson (1782-1843) of Chester Co., PA and Elbert Co., GA,
son of Rev. Soldier Eli Eavenson and Rachel Seal. Mary and George Eavenson's
son Willis married Frances S. Higginbotham; son Thomas married Sarah
Thornton; daughter Martha married Elijah Harper; daughter Rachel, not
mentioned in the Will, married William White, Jr.;son George W. married 1st
Sarah Thornton (not the same Sarah who was wife of Thomas) and 2nd to
Frances J. Hunt; daughter Mary married Rufus Oglesby; daughter Priscilla
married Rev. William Raburn Goss and they had 4 children, 3 of whom survived
to adulthood, i. e. (1) Mary Elizabeth Goss, married 1st to John Brown,
married 2nd to Green B. Bostwick (Bostick) and in 1902 were living in
Hillsboro, TX; (2) Martha Ann Goss, married 1st to G. W. McCullom, married
2nd to William R. Vaughn, she died in Texas, had several children; (3) Flora
Frances Goss, married William Johnson Killingsworth, lived in Fayette Co.
AL]

[Submitted by Chandler Eavenson]