Elbert County GaArchives Wills Early Elbert County GA Wills Index ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Chandler Eavenson 4 June 2006 SOME EARLY ELBERT CO., GA WILLS The Wills of the following individuals are contained in the Will Books indicated: Will Book A: Name Page No. Will Signed Will Probated Bibb, William 94 9 Sep 1795 30 Mar 1796 Cleveland, Jacob 2 4 Apr 1790 7 May 1791 Easter, James 13 19 May 1791 11 Feb 1792 Gatewood, Richard 10 Dec 1789 Nov. 1794 Giles, John 50 12 Apr 1794 28 Jul 1794 Grimes, William 57 29 Dec 1794 8 Jan 1795 Higginbotham Benjamin 8 9 Feb 1790 25 Jul 1791 Hodge, William 53 20 Sep 1794 3 Oct 1794 Human, Bazzle 66 10 Jan 1795 12 Mar 1795 Head, James 79 2 Oct 1795 7 Jan 1796 Meredith, James 5 13 Jan 1791 19 May 1791 Pearpoint, Larkin 47 28 Feb 1794 7 Apr 1794 Smith, Jasper 4 1 Dec 1790 19 May 1791 Stokes, William 90 16 Oct 1794 1 Mar 1796 Thompson, John Farley 31 3 Sep 1792 5 Feb 1793 Williams, Joseph 23 13 Sep 1792 15 Oct 1792 Walker, Jeremiah 25 14 Sep 1792 17 Oct 1792 Will Book B: Andrews, Nathaniel 60 25 Apr 1799 12 Sep 1799 Blake, William 30 8 Oct 1796 1 Apr 1798 Cunningham, William 70 18 Mar 1799 12 Sep 1799 Cook, Benjamin 78 4 Apr 1798 10 Aug 1800 Cosby, Charles 90 10 Mar 1800 2 Aug 1802 Clark, Christopher 99 12 Sep 1800 17 Mar 1803 Davis, Benjamin 23 2 Sep 1796 24 Jul 1797 Guthree, Robert 72 12 Apr 1797 12 Sep 1799 Hansard, William 32 10 May 1796 1 Apr 1798 Hubbard, John 73 1 Mar 1794 15 Feb 1800 Howard, Nemeah 34 17 Mar 1796 1 Apr 1798 Hudson, Cutberd 89 30 Sep 1799 20 Apr 1801 Harper, John P. 86 9 Jun 1801 3 Aug 1801 Harper, Sally 92 15 May 1802 2 Aug 1802 Hodge, John 85 20 Aug 1795 3 Aug 1801 Jorden, Absolom 39 8 Oct 1792 25 Jul 1798 Jones, Lewis 36 17 Feb 1801 3 Aug 1801 Johnson, John 96 13 Mar 1802 5 Aug 1802 Mackie, Thomas 19 23 Jul 1796 2 Apr 1797 Parnell, John 93 14 Jul 1797 4 Aug 1802 Smith, Nathaniel 95 15 Dec 1801 4 Aug 1802 Tait, James 41 30 Jan 1798 Thacker, William 80 3 Apr 1797 20 Apr 1801 Thompson, Drury 83 23 Jan 1801 20 Apr 1801 Tait, Zimri 88 2 Oct 1792 27 Nov 1801 Woldridge, William 37 6 Dec 1797 25 Jul 1798 Walthall, Garard, Jr. 89 7 Nove 1801 23 Mar 1802 Wilson, John 98 23 Sep 1802 17 Mar 1803 Will Book 1803-1806: Barnett, Nelson 57 3 Dec 1801 5 Aug 1803 Colley, Zachariah 51 8 Mar 1804 10 Feb 1805 Cook, Benjamin 63 24 Mar 1803 23 Apr 1805 Ford, John 19 21 Oct 1803 22 Jun 1804 Gatewood, Larkin 56 1 Oct 1802 22 Apr 1805 Herndon, Benjamin 65 18 Sep 1804 23 Apr 1805 Kidd, Webb 57 16 Aug 1803 22 Apr 1805 Norris, James 17 3 Oct 1801 12 Jun 1804 Pharr, Francis 58 4 Apr 1803 5 Aug 1803 Parham, John 59 2 Aug 1804 22 Apr 1805 Ragland, John R. 52 30 May 1803 22 Jul 1803 Strickland, Jacob 15 11 Jan 1804 12 Jun 1804 Towns, Elisha 52 21 Mar 1803 10 Nov 1805 Walker, Memorable 56 26 Apr 1803 5 Aug 1803 Walthall, Garred 61 20 Nov 1801 23 Apr 1805 White, Nicholas 64 27 Apr 1801 23 Apr 1805 Will Book-1805: Alexander, William 94 12 Mar 1805 12 Jun 1806 Bradly, William 118 12 Jan 1799 26 Sep 1805 Hollyday, Tabitha 56 2 Oct 1802 4 Jun 1806 Nunnellee, William 113 23 Nov 1804 21 Jun 1806 Parks, Charles 18 2 Nov 1805 15 May 1806 Saxon, Hugh 177 17 Feb 1805 13 Sep 1805 Shappard, John 30 8 Jun 1805 9 May 1806 Turman, George, Sr. 88 1 Jul 1805 7 Jun 1806 Woldbridge, Sarah 49 24 Feb 1804 27 May 1806 Will Book L-F,1804-09: Burgess, Thomas 64 5 Apr 1806 Jul term 1808 Carter, Lewis 99 29 Aug 1803 5 Sep 1808 Davis, Absolom, Sr. 30 12 Jan 1807 24 Jul 1807 Faulkner, James 152 11 Jan 1808 May term 1809 Gatewood, Betty 39 1 Jul 1807 24 Sep 1807 Garrett, John 42 23 Jul 1807 9 Jan 1808 Jones, Thomas 187 1809 May term 1809 Long, Joseph 135 11 Sep 1808 Nov term 1808 Napier, Rene 14 2 Feb 1807 Before Jan 1808 Patterson, John, Sr. 65 19 Mar 1808 4 Jul 1808 Turman, Thomas 43 No dates shown Thompson, Alex 136 15 Dec 1804 Nov term 1808 Whitman, William 108 21 Dec 1807 Nov term 1808 Woods, Middleton 14 12 Mar 1807 4 May 1807 Will Book 1809-1812: Alston, William 27 8 Dec 1809 Jan term 1810 Arnold, William 349 4 Jun 1812 Jul term 1810 Bell, James 34 17 Sep 1807 Jan term 1810 Burton, Abraham 84 10 Apr 1810 3 Sep 1810 Brewer, Sackville 263 24 Dec 1811 6 Jan 1812 Bailey, Ezekiel 367 25 Jun 1812 17 Sep 1812 Cottle, Delila 57 6 Jul 1808 Mar term 1810 Deadwyler, Martin 20 1 Jun 1809 4 Sep 1809 Eberhart, Jacob 131 26 Jun 1810 4 Jan 1811 Higginbotham, Benjamin 94 20 May 1809 3 Sep 1810 Lindsay, Reuben 67 2 Apr 1809 7 May 1810 Moon, William 132 7 May 1810 7 Jan 1811 Patten, Samuel 80 12 May 1810 Jul term 1810 Penn, Wilson 252 19 May 1811 4 Nov 1819 Thornton, Reuben 130 1 May 1810 7 Jan 1811 Will Book K, 1812-16: Alston, James 190 18 Oct 1814 1 May 1815 Bond, Nathan, Sr. 187 26 Feb 1813 1 May 1815 Brewer, John H. 50 8 Jun 1813 6 Sep 1813 Burton, Robert 85 11 Dec 1813 2 May 1814 Crawford, John 186 12 Nov 1814 1 May 1815 Cook, Francis 11 11 Aug 1804 1 Mar 1813 Davis, Absolom 261 15 Mar 1814 6 Jan 1816 Easter, Richard 101 23 Mar 1814 4 Jul 1814 Freeman, James 83 21 Oct 1810 2 May 1814 Gaines, Hierom 188 15 Mar 1815 1 May 1815 Glenn, Simeon 125 8 Oct 1814 7 Nov 1814 Goss, Elizabeth 195 15 May 1815 3 Jul 1815 Hamilton, James 289 30 Apr 1816 6 May 1816 Jones, Thomas 214 18 Feb 1809 May term 1809 Rich, John 124 7 Oct 1814 7 Nov 1814 Roebuck, Robert, Sr. 232 30 Aug 1815 6 Nov 1815 Rose, Thomas 303 16 Nov 1813 Sep term 1816 Rowsey, John, Sr. 211 No date 14 Sep 1815 Skinner, Archer 55 30 Nov 1813 4 Jan 1814 Stokes, Thomas 41 6 May 1806 5 Jul 1813 Tait, William 84 30 Mar 1814 2 May 1814 Thompson, William 54 3 Aug 1811 2 Nov 1813 Terrell, Jeremiah 290 20 Mar 1811 6 May 1816 Walthall, Susanna 213 2 Febv 1805 4 Sep 1815 Will Book L, 1816-1821: Adams, William 128 13 Oct 1817 2 Mar 1818 Bell, Joseph 155 19 Feb 1818 4 May 1818 Booth, George 181 23 Feb 1818 6 Jul 1818 Blackwell, Joseph 284 10 Nov 1804 Sep term 1806 Brewer, John 231 20 Nov 1818 5 Jan 1819 Banks, William 412 22 Jun 1807 1 Jan 1821 Clark, Christopher, Sr. 331 14 May 1819 Nov term 1819 Colbert, Richard 398 5 Feb 1820 1 May 1820 Crump, Charles 413 26 Oct 1820 1 Jan 1821 Carrol, Mary 430 5 Mar 1821 2 Jul 1821 Faulkner, John, Sr. 112 9 Jul 1806 1 Dec 1817 Hunt, Richardson 130 13 Apr 1816 2 Mar 1818 Harper, Edmond 245 27 Aug 1810 1 Mar 1819 Harbin, William, Sr. 370 16 Oct 1818 1 May 1820 Ham, John 447 21 Apr 1821 3 Sep 1821 Johnston, John 109 10 Nov 1817 1 Dec 1817 Kerlin, William 157 1 Mar 1818 4 May 1818 Mann, James, Sr. 17 24 Jun 1814 4 Nov 1816 McDougal, Neal 310 17 May 1819 6 Sep 1819 McMullin, John 123 6 Dec 1817 6 Jan 1818 Moon, Pleasant 134 25 Jan 1818 2 Mar 1818 Means, William 329 21 Aug 1819 1 Nov 1819 McCune, John M. 328 6 Sep 1819 1 Nov 1819 Morgan, Isham 458 10 Aug 1821 8 Jan 1822 Oliver, John 41 10 Dec 1816 6 Jan 1817 Patterson, John 126 16 Apr 1814 2 Mar 1818 Prothro, Evan 456 25 Dec 1817 8 Jan 1822 Richardson, James R. 135 10 Feb 1818 2 Mar 1818 Snellings, George 220 4 Oct 1818 2 Nov 1818 Shackleford, Henry 229 5 Apr 1808 5 Jan 1819 Satterwhite, Francis 244 5 May 1803 1 Mar 1819 Shackleford, Edmond, Sr.459 1 May 1821 8 Jan 1822 Tucker, Daniel 153 4 Apr 1818 4 May 1818 Towns, Drury 200 17 Nov 1807 1 Sep 1818 Upshaw, John, Jr. 198 18 Jan 1815 1 Sep 1818 Wright, Gabriel 179 22 Dec 1817 6 Jul 1818 White, Reuben 352 30 Jan 1820 6 Mar 1820 Webb, William C., Jr. 400 18 Sep 1820 6 Nov 1820 Williams, Matthew Jouett, Sr. 232 26 May 1818 25 Jan 1819 Book M: Alston, Charity 155 20 Apr 1823 5 May 1823 Banks, James A. 39 30 Feb 1822 6 May 1822 Burton, Henry 79 7 Aug 1822 2 Sep 1822 Burch, William S. 203 15 May 1817 17 Jan 1822 Bullard, Thomas, Sr. 157 12 Apr 1823 5 May 1823 Banks, Ralph, Sr. 206 24 Oct 1823 3 Dec 1823 Bradley, Robert C. 236 13 Jul 1818 12 Jan 1824 Bond, Elizabeth 236 10 Sep 1823 12 Jan 1824 Barnett, Nathaniel 368 No date 3 May 1824 Brantley, Joseph M. 293 No date 2 Jul 1824 Carroll (Carrel?), John 38 24 Dec 1812 2 Jul 1821 Cook, Joshua 77 17 Jul 1822 2 Sep 1822 Fleming, Henry 295 10 Aug 1823 5 Jul 1824 Fortson, Thomas 269 24 Jan 1824 1 Mar 1824 Gray, Joseph, Sr. 93 1 Jan 1819 21 Oct 1822 Gaines, Livingston P. 337 12 Oct 1824 1 Nov 1824 Highsmith, James 335 25 Dec 1819 10 Mar 1824 Lewis, Sarah 293 7 Nov 1823 2 Jul 1824 McDonald, John 207 12 Aug 1822 3 Nov 1823 Oliver, James 332 15 Feb 1800 21 Oct 1824 Prothro, Nathaniel 196 26 Feb 1823 1 Sep 1823 Richardson, Walker 80 13 Mar 1819 2 Sep 1822 Staples, David 94 30 Apr 1821 19 Nov 1822 Statham, John 209 27 Jun 1823 3 Nov 1823 Self, Samuel E. 491 22 Apr 1825 4 Jul 1825 Tate, David 156 15 Mar 1823 5 May 1823 Tate, William 294 13 May 1824 5 Jul 1824 Teasley, William 296 16 Jun 1824 3 Jul 1824 Tyner, Richard, Sr. 339 13 Sep 1824 10 Nov 1824 Underwood, Joseph, Sr. 95 25 Nov 1821 30 Oct 1822 West, Andrew, Jr. 57 5 Jun 1822 1 Jul 1822 Webb, William 125 12 Oct 1822 6 Jan 1823 Watkins, James, Sr. 334 4 Jan 1820 1 Nov 1824 Young, Elizabeth 237 23 Aug 1823 12 Jan 1824 Will Book N-Old Number, 1825-1829: Allen, William 70 20 Sep 1825 1 May 1826 Burton, Thomas 327 31 Oct 1827 7 Jul 1828 Carter, Elizabeth 131 17 Jul 1824 15 Dec 1826 Gaines, Francis, Sr. 10 12 Oct 1825 1 Nov 1825 Gibbs, William 451 27 Jul 1828 2 Mar 1829 Hansard, Jane 132 25 Jan 1803 15 Dec 1826 Jones, Wiley W. 190 14 Jan 1826 7 May 1827 Jeter, Barnett 119 31 Aug 1823 6 Nov 1826 Jarratt, Archelus 236 31 May 1827 15 Sep 1827 Jones, Standley 331 12 May 1828 7 Jul 1828 Oliver, Caleb 79 15 Apr 1823 13 May 1826 Penn, John 329 24 Mar 1828 7 Jul 1828 Taylor, Winney 29 7 Nov 1825 16 Nov 1825 Terrell, Joseph 117 17 Apr 1826 6 Nov 1826 Tate, Zimri 120 24 May 1823 6 Nov 1826 Tucker, Godfrey 165 7 Feb 1827 5 Mar 1827 Vawter, Johannah 78 14 Jul 1805 13 May 1826 Vawter, William 332 11 Jun 1828 7 Jul 1828 Ward, Richard 76 25 Jun 1825 13 May 1826 Ward, Walter H. 135 20 Dec 1826 27 Jan 1827 Webb, Milton P. 118 8 Sep 1826 6 Nov 1826 Wilkins, John, Sr. 417 10 Oct 1828 7 Jan 1829 Will Book N, 1828-1831: Bell, Joseph, Sr. 126 30 Jun 1829 5 Jan 1830 Butler, John 146 11 Jan 1830 30 Jan 1830 Crawford, William 324 19 Jan 1831 7 Mar 1831 Deadwyler, Joseph 327 15 Nov 1828 10 Nov 1830 Gunter, Jesse 101 12 Oct 1829 2 Nov 1829 Haynes, Moses, Sr. 12 18 Dec 1828 4 May 1829 Herring, William Ashur 123 17 May 1829 5 Jan 1830 Haley, William 267 2 Oct 1830 6 Dec 1830 Insheep, George 39 14 Jul 1829 (non-cupative) Lane, Thomas 112 18 Aug 1826 2 Nov 1829 Rucker, James 38 28 Jun 1828 7 Sep 1829 Taylor, Elizabeth 326 June, 1830 7 Mar 1831 Wheeler, Thomas 100 21 Sep 1829 2 Nov 1829 White, William 37 28 Jun 1829 7 Sep 1829 Record Book 1830-1835, Wills, Administrations, guardian bonds and marriages: Akin, Thomas 133 Jan/Feb 1832 7 May 1832 Allen, Joseph 247 29 Oct 1830 6 May 1833 Bray, John 32 3 Dec 1830 5 Sep 1831 Brown, Edward 350 20 Jan 1834 10 Feb 1834 Blackwell, Banks 13 1 Mar 1835 16 Mar 1835 Crawford, Lucy 13 2 Mar 1831 2 May 1831 Canning, John 143 No date 2 Jul 1832 Carter, John W. 501 27 Jan 1835 14 Mar 1835 Dickerson, Zachariah 12 9 Nov 1826 6 May 1831 Horton, James 342 16 May 1832 22 Jan 1834 Henderson, Simeon 22 17 Feb 1830 4 Jul 1831 Hunt, James 163 8 Feb 1832 5 Sep 1832 Hall, Elizabeth 169 24 Feb 1832 3 Sep 1832 Jones, Arthur 480 9 Oct 1834 5 Jan 1835 Lowrimore, Sarah 248 27 Jun 1814 6 May 1833 Lunsford, William, Sr. 316 11 Feb 1833 2 Sep 1833 McGee, Ansel 478 18 Dec 1834 5 Jan 1835 Pace, Barnabas 32 24 Mar 1827 6 Sep 1831 Pledger, Simeon L. 422 31 Dec 1832 22 Jul 1834 Rucker, William 477 5 Aug 1833 5 Jan 1835 Rucker, Willis 479 29 Jul 1834 5 Jan 1835 Stinchcomb, Absolom 328 20 May 1833 4 Nov 1833 Simmons, John, Sr. 483 6 Jan 1830 20 Jan 1835 Tate, Enos 161 12 Jun 1830 3 Sep 1832 Teasley, Isham, Sr. 474 20 May 1834 27 Oct 1834 Upshaw, George 124 17 Jul 1831 7 May 1832 Upshaw, John 472 26 Feb 1831 27 Oct 1834 Wilkins, Nancy 412 23 Jan 1830 7 Jul 1834 White, John M. 216 21 Sep 1832 4 Mar 1833 Wanslow, John, Sr. 482 11 Jan 1835 Jan term 1835 Others who had Wills in Elbert Co., GA between 1829 and 1860: Adams, Thomas Adams, Nicholas Adams, William Alexander, George Alexander, John B. Alexander, Peter Alexander, William Alexander, William G. Allen, Beverly Allen, Singleton Banks, James, Sr. Banks, James, Jr. Banks, Thomas A. Brawner, Henry Brawner, Joseph, Sr. Brawner, Jemima W. Brown, Elbert Brown, James N. Brown, Benjamin Bowers, William Booth, Gabriel Bond, Nathan Blackwwell, Joseph Blackwell, Ralph Bond, Daniel Benton, Nicholas Burton, Thomas Burch, Elizabeth Burden, Clareyca Browner, Dr. James Clark, David Clark, James Clark, Larkin Cash, Moses Colbert, Thomas Cook, Beverly C. Cook, George Cook, Smith Carter, James Cash, Moses Carpenter, James Carleton, Stephen Cason, Edwards Davis, James Davis, John Deadwyler, Lucinda Deadwyler, Susan A. Denny, Robert Dickey, Tolley Dye, Jane Eavenson, Mary Eaves, Rhody Edwards, Felix Faulkner, William Fleming, Sarah Fortson, Easton Gaar, William Gaines, William Gapping, John B. Ginn, Isaac Goss, Horatio J. Hall, Simeon Hansard, John Haynes, Letty Higginbotham, Sarah Hopper, Rolly Hughes, Alexander Hulme, John Hunt, Elijah Hunt, Moses Johnson, James J. Jones, Emily Jones, Solomon Kelley, Barney Key, William Bibb Lunsford, William Mantz, William Maxwell, Thomas, Sr. McCurry, Angus, Sr. McElroy, Henry Merit, John Middleton, Betsey Moore, Calvin J. Moss, William Newborn [Mewborn], Archibald Nelms, Alice Nelms, Jordan Nunnelee, James Oglesby, William Oglesby, Zachariah Oliver, James Ozley, Jesse Ozley, Larkin Parham, Isham Parks, Abraham Patterson, James Pledger, Thomas Powell, William R. Pulliam, William Rice, Ann Rice, Leonard Rich, James Rich, Sarah Rich, William Rich, William, Jr. Ridgway, James Roebuck, William Rowzie, Winslow Rucker, Barden Seals, George Shiflet, Picket Skelton, John Skelton, John, Jr. Smith, Drury Smith, John Smith, Margaret Staples, Fanney Stiefel, James Stinchcomb, Mary Tate, Enoz Tate, Mary J. Tate, Permelia Teasley, Benager Teasley, James, Sr. Terrell, William Terry, Joseph Thornton, Benjamin, Sr. Thornton, Daniel, Sr. Thornton, Daniel Thornton, Elizabeth Thornton, Reuben Upshaw, Leroy Vasser, Jane Vawter, Richard Vernon, Robert Walton, Nancy Wanslow, Thomas Watkins, John White, Henry Wilhite, Calvin F. Wilhite, Philemon R. Wilkins, Clement Worrill, Eleanor Wyche, George [Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson]