Elbert County GaArchives Wills.....Rowsey, Senr. , John Unknown
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Source: Elbert Co. Will Book K,, Pages 211,212
Written: Unknown
Recorded: October 9, 1815


"In the name of God Amen I John Rowsey Senior of the State of Georgia 
and County of Elbert being weak of body but sound of mind and memory 
and calling to mind mortality do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following. 
1st Item-I recommend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it to me in 
hope of a blessed immortallity My body to the dust with a Christian
burial at the discretion of my surviving friends. 
2nd Item-I will that the whole or part of my Estate be sold and all
my Just debts to be paid at the discretion of my Executors. 
3rd Item-I will that after my aforesaid debts are paid the Balance 
of my Estate under the management of my Executors Be put into the 
hands of my Beloved wife Mary Rowsey as a loan to her for and during 
her natural life for her support. 
4th Item-I will that after the death of my wife my Estate or the money
arising from the sale thereof be equally divided among my following 
named beloved Children, my son Edmund Rowsey one equal share, my son
Stephen Rowsey one equal part, my son James Rowsey one equal part, my
son Foster Rowsey one equal part, my daughter Elizabeth Bond one equal
part, my daughter Claricy Bond one equal part, my daughter Polly Bond
one equal part, the Children of my daughter Tabitha Phipps Decd one 
equal part, the Children of my daughter Catern Lawless Decd one equal
part, my son John Rowsey One Dollar he having already received his 
full portion of my Estate. 
5th Item-I will that my Friends John Upshaw Jr and Thomas Oliver do 
fully execute this my last Will and Testament. 

                                 The words (of body) Enterlined 
                                 before signed between the second
                                 and third lines
                                        his
                                   John  X  Rowsey Snr    (Seal)
                                        mark
Witnesses
Archer (his mark) Burden
Penilope (her mark) Elder
Sarah (her mark) Powell " 

The above Will was proved on 14 Sep 1815 and, according to an original
copy of the Will, was recorded in Book K, Pages 211,212 on the 9th of 
October 1815, attested by Job Weston, C.C.O. 

[Additional Information: The testator John Rowsey, born ca 1740 in VA, 
married ca 1760 in VA to Mary Foster (1743-1818), daughter of Edmund
Foster and Tabitha Collins. John and wife lived in Spotsylvania and 
Amherst Cos., VA and he served in Capt. William Tucker's Co. of the 
Amherst Militia from January to March, 1781. They moved to Elbert Co.
ca 1790. Their children, all born in Amherst Co., were: 
(1) Edmund (1763-13 Apr 1838), m. 17 Jul 1793 to Elizabeth Hilley
(2) John (1765-), m. Nancy Crittenden 
(3) Stephen (1770-), m. Hannah ___
(4) Tabitha (1772-1812), m. Lewis Phipps 
(5) Catern (1774-1815), m. John Lawless 
(6) Elizabeth (1776-1870s), m. before 1803 William Bond 
(7) Claricy (1782-), m. 3 Sep 1809 Gabriel Bond 
(8) James (1784-), m. Sarah Higginbotham 
(9) Mary "Polly" (1785-1853), m. after 1803 Easom Bond 
(10) Foster (1788-1815), m. 15 Dec 1808 Sarah Dennard 
(William, Gabriel and Easom Bond were sons of Joseph Ballenger Bond, 
son of Nathan Bond, Sr. and Elizabeth Ballenger.)] 


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