Elbert County GaArchives Will of John Hulme, 21 Nov 1856

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Will
John Hulme, 21 Nov 1856

The following is the Will of John Hulme on file in Elbert Co., GA.

"State of Georgia, Elbert County) I, John Hulme, of the county and
State aforesaid, being of advanced age and knowing that I must
surely depart this life, deem it right and proper both as it
respects my family and myself that I should make a disposition of
the property which a kind Providence has blessed me, therefore
make this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all others
heretofore made by me.

"Item 1st - I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent
and Christian like manner suitable to my circumstances in life.
Item 2nd - I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid
without delay.
Item 3rd - I give and bequeath and devise to my beloved wife
Elizabeth Hulme all of my estate both real and personal, that I
may die possessed of, to have and to hold for and during her
natural life or widowhood - for her own proper use and benefit
with full power to dispose of the crops of all kinds, and stock
of all kinds for the use and benefit of the family - and on the
happening of her death or intermarriage then it is my will and
desire that all of my estate be equally divided, both real and
personal, that then may be in the hands of my said wife, between
my seven children, to wit: Sarah Greenway, wife of Elijah
Greenway-Susah H. Conwell, wife of Daniel E. Conwell-Mary Cook,
wife of David Cook-Lucy Greenway, wife of John W. Greenway-
Elizabeth T. Hinton, wife of John L. Hinton-Milly A. Hulme and
George Washington Hulme, all to share equally in my said estate
as above stated.
Item 4th - It is my will and desire that my said wife, Elizabeth,
have full power if she sees proper to sell and dispose of my
negroes-bill for a fair price and make a division of the same
equally between my said seven children, if she wishes to do so.
Item 5th - It is my will and desire that if any of my said seven
children should die intestate, and without lawful heirs for their share or
part, to go to the surviving equally.
Item 6th - I also hereby give my said wife full power to dispose
of any portion of my said negroes that she may see proper among
my said children, so that she does it equally among them.
Item 7th - I do hereby constitute and appoint my son, George
Washington Hulme, my Executor to this, my last Will and Testament,
hereby ratifying and confirming this, and this only, and
renouncing any other. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty-first day of November, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty-Six.
                                      John Hulme   (Seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in
presence of us at his special instance
Elijah Chapman,Anderson Craft,
John B. Abney"

Georgia, Elbert County) Personally came before me William W.
Edwards, Ordinary in and for said County - Anderson Craft,
John B. Abney and Elijah Chapman, three of the subscribing
witnesses to the Will of John Helme, deceased, late of said
county, and after being duly sworn saith that they saw John
Hulme sign and seal the within and foregoing instrument of
writing as his last Will and Testament, and that they signed
the same as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator, and at
his request, and in the presence of each other, and these
deponents believe the Testator to have been of sound and
disposing mind and memory at the time he executed same.Sworn
to and before me the 11th Day of May, 1857.
                              W. H. Edwards, Ordinary
                              Anderson Craft, John B. Abney,
                              Elijah Chapman
Georgia, Elbert County, Court of Ordinary, June Term, 1857.
The within Will and Testament of John Hulme, deceased, having
been proven on the oaths of Anderson Craft, John B. Abney and
Elijah Chapman, the subscribing witnesses to said Will, on
vacation on the 11th Day of May, 1857, it is therefore ordered
by the Court that the said Will be recorded this 1st day of
June, 1857.
                              W. H. Edwards, Ordinary
                           Recorded the 1st day of June, 1857
                              W. H. Edwards, Ordinary

[Submitter's notes: John Hulme (1773NC-1857GA), married on 22
Dec 1798 to Elizabeth Alexander (1779VA-1859GA),daughter of
Rev. Soldier George Alexander, son of Rev. Sol. William
Alexander. Info from Mary Kinnebrew Marmelstein, great
granddaughter of George Washington Hulme, in 1975.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson