Franklin County GaArchives Wills.....John Adam Miller December 3 1817
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Source: Court record
Written: December 3 1817


Franklin County, Georgia 1818
In the name of God, Amen.  I, John Adam Miller of Franklin District inthe
state of Georgia, being a mortal creature and as such always liable to
death and now of sound mind and memory, do constitute this my last willand
Testament and desire it may be received as such.
First, I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my Maker and my body Icommit
to the earth from whence it was taken with full assurance of its
resurrection, from thence at the last day.  As for my burial I desire it
may be decent at the discretion of my executor hereafter named.  As tomy
worldly estate I will and dispose of in the following manner.  It is my
will that all my estate both real and personnel be disposed of or givenand
divided as herein mentioned.
First, the two hundred and twenty acres of land which I now live on and
plantation orchards, buildings and all and every profit, privilege and
benefit belonging or appertaining thereto I leave and will to my wife
Seleter Miller to enjoy a peacable and quiet possession with my housing,
planting stock and all as it now is during her life time or widowhood;but
at her death or marriage, land and privileges clearly belong to my son
James Miller, and if he don't live to enjoy it, the land to belong toUriah
and Ezrell Miller.  I leave to Uriah and Ezreel Miller a Negro bondnamed
Jeter, to have him between them, and James Miller a horse and saddle andI
do leave to my two daughters Disey and Cinthey one Negro woman named Gin
between them and each one of them Disey and Cinthey Miller a bed and
furniture.  With them my wife is to have and hold all the abovementioned
to give or not to the above named children at her discretion during her
lifetime or widowhood bu at her death or marriage then all andeverything
else not mentioned above to be equally divided between Uriah, Ezreel,
James, Disey and Cinthey Miller.
I leave to Robert H. Miller one Dollar and to John Miller one Dollar andto
Mary Ann Davice one Dollar at my wife's death or marriage only granting
that all my just debts and contracts be settled.
I desire that they divide the things and not "SELL" them and I do hereby
constitute and appoint my son Uriah with Seleter Miller, my wife, bothof
Franklin County  and state of Georgia to be Executors of this my lastwill
and Testament.  Fully empowering the said Uriah and Seleter my wife or
either of them to act or account to the true intent of this matter or
business as aforesaid and above written, whereof I have set my hand and
seal this third day of December in the year of our lord, One ThousandEight
Hundred and Seventeen, signed, sealed, pronounced and published to be my
last Will and Testament.				/s/ John Adam 
MillerWitnessed By:
Esias Harbour     Jesse Holbrook     Thomeas Harbour  


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