Glynn-Chatham County GaArchives Wills.....Forman, Thomas M. 1869 ************************************************ 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 June 9, 2005, 5:04 pm Source: Will Book G Written: 1869 Recorded: 1 Will Book G pgs. 428-430 Exhibit A State of Georgia Chatham County In the name of God Amen! I Thomas M. Forman of the County and State aforesaid being of sound disposing mind and memory do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and testaments heretofore by me at any time made. 1. First--I direct all my just debts to be paid out of my estate, by my Executors hereinafter named. 2. Second--Having already made proper provisions for my wife Helen B. Forman by articles of separation[?] heretofore entered into between us. I give her nothing by this will; and make this explanation here to prevent any difficulties or embarrassments which might arise hereafter out of the silence I herein observe concerning her. 3. Third--I give and bequeath to my daughter Florida Troup Forman and Gabriella Brooks Forman the sum of Five thousand dollars, to be equally divided between them. I give them no more because they are beneficiaries of the trust created by the articles of separation hereinbefore agreed to. 4. Fourth--After the payment of the said sum of Five thousand dollars, I give, devise and bequeath the remainder of my Estate as follows. One fifth thereof, with my Randolph watch, to my son John Scriven Bryan. One fifth to my daughter Mrs. Augusta F. Wayne. One fifth to my daughter Mrs. Georgia Bryan Courad. One fifth to my daughter Helen May Forman. One fifth to my son John Scriven Bryan and my nephew Henry Bryan, and the survivor of them, in trust, nevertheless to have and to hold the same, to and for the sole use of my son Hugh Bryan during his natural life, and from and after his death for his lawful issue then living, share and share alike. And I hereby explicitly declare it to be my will and intention, that if either of my said children John S., Augusta F., Georgia B., Helen May and Hugh shall die before me, the devise or bequeath herein made to him or her, shall go to his or her lawful issue having at the time of my death, if any; and if none then living then to the survivors of my said children or their issue living at my death, share and share alike. 5. Fifth--I nominate and appoint my son John Scriven Bryan and my nephew Henry Bryan to be the Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and Sixty Eight. Thomas M. Forman ---------------------------------------- Georgia } Glynn County } I do hereby publish and declare this present writing as and for a codicil to my last will and testament above written--Viz- First--In the event of the death of either of my daughters Florida Troup and Gabriella Brook before me, without issue, I direct that the survivors of my said two daughters shall receive the whole of the sum of Five thousand dollars bequeathed to my said daughters, in and by the Third item of my said will; and if either should so die leaving issue, then I direct that her share shall go to such issue. Second--I desire that the sum of One Thousand dollars now in the hands of George H. Kyle Esquire of Baltimore, Maryland, for the benefit of a coloured woman named Martha Burke for her lifetime shall upon the death of the said Martha Burke be paid by him to my son-in-law Robert P. Wayne and my daughter Augusta F. Wayne, his wife, in trust for their infant son Thomas Forman Wayne, to be kept by them, at interest, until their said infant son shall attain the age of twenty one years, when the same, with all the accumulated interest, shall be paid to him. Third--As all of my estate, except the house and lot in Brunswick consists of bonds and mortgages which are not due until December A.D. 1872 and as it is not probably that my debtors will pay before that time; I direct that as fast as any amount shall be received of the principal of the said bonds and mortgages, it shall be safely invested, and the estate be divided as soon as practicable after the 1st day of January A.D. 1873; the interest being paid in the mean time to my children in proportion to the bequests made to them in my said will. Fourth--All promissory notes and other evidences of debt of my son Hugh Bryan, whether endorsed by me or not, which may be found among my papers at my decease, I give and bequeath to my said son Hugh an direct my executors to deliver the same to him, my intentions being that he shall not be liable therefore to any estate. Fifth--I nominate and appoint my son-in-law Robert P. Wayne to be Executor of my will and this codicil, together with those already named. And if the laws of Maryland and Delaware require Executors resident in those States, I appoint my friend George H. Kyle of Baltimore to be Executor in Maryland, and my friend George P. Rodney of Newcastle, to be my Executor in Delaware. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Brunswick in Glynn County aforesaid this twenty fourth day of May Eighteen hundred and sixty nine. Thomas M. 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