FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA - WILLS	Stone, James 1838

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I, James Stone of the County of Franklin and State of Georgia,
being in my proper mind and senses, and Knowing that it is
appointed once for man to die, and after death to Judgement, I so
make this my last will & Testament- In the first place I will my
soul to God who gave it, and my body to the ground to be laid away
in decent Christian burial, for which I have no doubt my friends
will do for me. And as to my property that I have in this world,
in the first place, I give to my daughter Emily Griffin, I give
one horse creature and saddle and one bed and furniture and one
cow and calf-And to my daughter Susannah Harrison, I give one
horse Creature and saddle and one bed and furniture, and one Cow &
Calf.  And to my daughter, Julia Blair I give one horse Creature
and saddle and one bed & furniture and one Cow and Calf and it's
my will that my beloved wife Elizabeth shall have the balance of
my property, consisting of my lands and plantation where I now
live with all my plantation tools together with my Kitchen and
household furniture and all my stock consisting of horses & cattle
& sheep & hogs, during her natural life and widowhood, and after
her death my will is that my other Children that is not named
above illegible in equal part with the above three named
daughters, illegible any left to be sold and equally divided
between my children Pamelia, Susannah, Julia, Elijah G., William
H., John F., James W. & Mary, neverless as my five last named
Children grows up and Comes of age or marries, if my beloved wife
Elizabeth has it to spare, to give off the five youngest children
Viz. Elijah G., William H., John F., James W., & Mary, as much as
I have given the three oldest.  And it is my will that my beloved
wife Elizabeth do send my five youngest Children to school so as
to learn to Read and write, or to make their learning equal with
the three oldest that is married off and left me heretofore.  And
it is my will that as I have gone through with my property I do
appoint Oliver Harrison and Elijah G. Stone they being my two son
in laws and my son Executors and as I have now gone through with
the division of my stuff.  It is my will that all my children be
content with the portion assigned to them.

Given under my hand and seal the eleventh day of October 1838-

Interlined (in Original) before assigned.

James Stone (Seal)

Test							


John Garner

William H. Farmer

Josiah Stovall


Georgia			Court of Ordinary

Franklin County			May Term 1839

Personally appeared in open court Josiah Stovall & John Garner who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they saw the above named
James Stone sign & seal the within will for the purposes therein
mentioned when in his proper mind, that they deponents subscribed
the same as witnesses and saw William H. Farmer do so likewise-

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court			
l6 May 1839							
Josiah Stovall
Thos. King C. C. O.					
John Garner

Recorded 15 May 1839


Source: Georgia State Archives
183/32 pages 61, 61a, 62