FORSYTH COUNTY, GA - WILLS S.B. Jones Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Chad S. Williams tw5@prism.gatech.edu Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/forsyth.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm State Of Georgia County Of Forsyth Last Will And Testament Of S.B. Jones I S.B. Jones Of Said State And County Being Of Sound And Disposing Mind And Memory Do Make This My Last Will And Testament Hereby Revoking All Wills Here To Fore Made By Me. Item 1 I Desire And Direct After My Death That My Body Be Buried In A Nice And Decent Manner And That My Soul May Return To God Who Gave It. Item 2 I Wish My Executors As Soon As Possible After My Death To Pay Me Debts, If A Sale Of Property Shall Be Necessary I Wish Them To Select For Sale That Which Can Be Most Advantageously Used For That Purpose And I Authorize Them To Sell The Same At Public Or Private Auction Sale As They May See Fit. Item 3 I Desire After All My Debts Is Paid That I Give To My Beloved Wife Eliza J. Jones All My Property Personal And Real Consisting Of Land, Stock, Wagon, And Buggy, Also All My Money, And Debts, If It Should Have Any On Hand At That Time. I Also Wish My Wife Eliza J. Jones To Control And Manage The Farm And Other Property And Have A Support Off Of The Proceeds Of The Same Item 4 I Desire That After The Death Of My Wife Eliza J. Jones That All My Estate Be Equally Divided Between All My Heirs At Law To Wit. Warren Jones, Mrs. Olea Green, John Jones, Charlie Jones, Laura Ivey, Robert Jones, Amanda Jones. Item 5 I Do Hereby Appoint My Son Charlie Jones And Son In Law Homer Jones Executors Of This My Will Instestimony Where Of I Have Hereto Set My Hand This The 8th Day Of April 1909 S.B. Jones Signed And Published By S.B. Jones As His Last Will And Testament In The Presence Of The Undersigned Who Subscribe Our Names Hereto As Witnesses At The Instance And Request Of The Testator And In His Presence And In The Presence Of Each Other, This The 28th Of April, 1909 Georgia W. Stovall, JP C.A. Stovall, A.J. Sims, J.J. Hutchins, A.M. Jones Georgia, Forsyth County We And Each Of Us Do Solemnly Swear That This Writing Contains That True Last Will Of The Within Named S.B. Jones Deceased, So Far As I Know Or Believe, And That We Will Well And Execute The Same In Accordance With The Laws Of This State. So Help Us God. Sworn To And Subscribed Before Me October 1, 1918 W.J. Tidwell C.A. Jones Ordy. C.H. Jones Filed In Office By Charley Jones September 2, 1918 W.J. Tidwell, Ordinary Will Proven In Common Form Admitted To Record In Open Court October 8, 1918 Forsyth County, Georgia Inventory and Appraisement Book S George W. Stovall, AJ Sims, JW Westbrook, AW Roper, and HP Mayfield, or any three of them are ordered to appraise and inventory the goods and chattels, land, tenements, rights, and credits of S.B. Jones, deceased in the county of Forsyth, which shall be sworn to Charlie and Homer Jones. Signed: WJ Tidwell, Ordinary October 7, 1918 We, AJ Sims, JW Westbrook, AW Roper, and HP Mayfield do swear that we appraised and inventoried the estate of SB Jones, deceased, and presented it to Homer Jones. November 16, 1918 Inventory and Appraisement of SB Jones, deceased 1 old one-horse buggy $5.00 1 cross cut saw $1.00 1 grind roy $0.50 1 turn plow $2.00 1 Roman harrow, single tree tools, axe, and 2 old hoes $2.00 1 vice and anvil $2.00 1 pork hog $50.00 1 washing machine $3.00 1 wash pot and tub $5.00 1 dry cow (doesn't produce milk) $35.00 3 feather beds, bedding, and 2 steads $50.00 1 bureau and safe (kitchen cabinet) $4.00 1 trunk and chest $1.00 Real estate $500.00 Total: $1260.50