Glynn County GaArchives Wills.....Burnett, Col. John March 14, 1838
************************************************
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:
Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 August 1, 2005, 1:23 am

Source: Inventories & Appraisements Vol. D Pgs. 354-356
Written: March 14, 1838

In the Name of God Amen.  I John Burnett of the County of Glynn, and State of 
Georgia, being in perfect mind and memory,  knowing that all men have to Die 
and that the time of my Departure cannot be far distant do ordain this my Last 
Will and Testament.  I do give and bequeath to my children herein named the 
following Property, to wit.  To my Son Samuel M. Burnett the following Negro 
slaves viz, Ben, Sue, Fortune, Celia, and Toby.  To my Son Albert G. Burnett, 
the following Negro slaves viz. Luvizy, Caesar, Lucy, Phillis, Peter, Lomis, 
George, and Joe.  To my Daughter Sarah Harriet Miller the following negro 
slaves viz. Anthony, Abby, Violet, Harry, Bedford, Tyra, Charles, and Nancy.  
To my Grand Daughter Mary McIntosh Burnett, Daughter of Samuel M. Burnett & 
Henrietta Burnett, one negro Girl slave viz. Matilda.  To my Grandson Andrew 
Jackson Miller son of the Late Doctor Frs. E.K. Miller and Sarah H. Miller, 
one Negro Girl slave viz. Cinder.  To my Son Albert G. Burnett and my Daughter 
Sarah H. Miller my House and furniture, with Twenty Acres of Land adjoining 
and all the Improvements thereon, to my son Samuel M. Burnett Ten Acres of 
Land, upon which he now Lives with all the improvements thereon.  To my Sons 
Samuel M. Burnett and Albert G. Burnett and my Daughter Sarah H. Miller, all 
my Lands not included with foregoing bequests and also all my stock and all 
other property, not herein enumerated to be Equally divided between them, the 
said Samuel M. Burnett, Albert G. Burnett, and Sarah H. Miller, or their Legal 
Heirs and Representatives.  And I do hereby reserve One hundred and fifty feet 
square of land as a family Burial plot, commencing ten feet west of a large 
line of Oak trees, to be forever a common property Between those interested in 
it.  I do hereby direct that in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight 
Hundred and fifty seven, the Negro slave Harry herein bequeathed to my 
Daughter Sarah H. Miller, shall be released from bondage and manumitted for 
the term of his natural Life.  And that the said Sarah H. Miller or the person 
or persons in whose possession he may be at that time, shall pay, or cause to 
be paid, to said Negro slave Harry, at the time of his release in good and 
lawful money the sum of Fifty Dollars.  In addition to the foregoing Bequests, 
I do give and bequeath to my Grand children John Burnett Miller and Andrew 
Jackson Miller, One Negro man Slave viz. Jim, one Negro woman named Rose, and 
one negro boy named Jim to be owned jointly between them the said John Burnett 
Miller and Andrew Jackson Miller, until they shall become of age, when the 
said Negro slaves Jim, Rose & Jim shall be equally divided between them the 
said John Burnett Miller & the said Andrew Jackson Miller and in the event of 
the death of either of them, the said John Burnett Miller or Andrew Jackson 
Miller the Survivor, shall receive all of the said Negroes viz. Jim, Rose and 
Jim and in the even of both of them the said John Burnett Miller and Andrew 
Jackson Miller , then the said Negroes Jim, Rose & Jim shall be owned by my 
Daughter Sarah H. Miller.  Lastly I do hereby appoint my Sons Samuel M. 
Burnett & Albert G. Burnett & my friend William H. McIntosh, my three and 
Lawful Executors to carry the foregoing will and Testament into full effect.  
Given under my hand and seal this fourteenth day of March and in the year of 
our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty Eight.

The word "And" on the twenty fourth line of the second page was erased, And 
the word "Or" inserted in its place previous to the signatures be a [illegible 
word] to this paper.

John Burnett {LS}

Witness
Mary B. McIntosh {LS}
Margaret Burnett {LS}
Wm. H. McIntosh {LS}



Additional Comments:
For more Glynn County genealogy & history visit www.glynngen.com or the sister 
site at www.rootsweb.com/~gaglynn/

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/wills/burnett360gwl.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/

File size: 4.5 Kb