Glynn County GaArchives Wills.....Minehan, Bridget 1887 ************************************************ 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 4, 2005, 4:52 pm Source: Will Book Written: 1887 Book G pages 493-496 State of Georgia} County of Glynn} In the name of God Amen. I Bridget Minehan (wife of Jere Minehan) of Brunswick in said County and State possessing a separate estate being of sound and disposing memory and aware of the uncertainties of this life, have thought fit that while I may yet do so I best give direction as to the disposition I wish to have made when I shall have past from this world of the property with which it has been the merciful pleasure of the Great Master to bless me. And to that end and for that purpose I make publish and declare the following to be my last will and testament hereby and herein revoking all former wills and testaments and codicils of all former wills and testaments by me heretofore at any time made. Item First I direct that my executor hereinafter appointed as were[?] after my death as Legally it can be done shall pay off and discharge my funeral expenses which no case shall exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars and all of my just debts and liabilities--The only debt and liability that I now remember to owe is a debt of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) dollars due to Cornelius W. Calnan (my brother William's son); But these may be some small debts that I do not now remember and that from time to time during his trusteeship my said executor pay of all legitimate expenses of administering my estate that should come in his hands as such expenses shall attach including the fees of a lawyer to represent him and direct him on the management of my estate. Item Second I direct that my said executor have placed over my grave an honorable [?], yet neat tombstone, truthfully inscribed to my memory in keeping with my circumstances in this life and costing not over One Hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars. Item third give, bequeath and devise unto John J. Spears of Brunswick Glynn County Georgia In trust never the less, as hereinafter mentioned all of my Estate both real and personal and amongst or which is the following real estate situate in said city county and state to wit, all of those lots tracts or parcels of land situate lying and being in the "New Town" of the city of Brunswick and numbered as follows:--Lot Number Three Hundred and Ninety Nine (399) and lot number Four Hundred (400) lying together and bounded south by lot number Three Hundred and Ninety Eight (398) and west by "A" Street; said tract lying in the block between "A" and "B" and "G" and "H" Streets and Lots numbered Six Hundred and forty one (641) and Six Hundred and forty two (642) lying together and bounded south by lot number Six Hundred and Thirty nine (639) East by "B" Street, South by lot Number Six Hundred and Forty three (643) and west by an alley said two lots lying in the Block between "A" and "B" and "F" and "G" Streets and lot number Twelve Hundred and Thirty seven Twelve Hundred and Thirty Eight (1238) Twelve Hundred and Thirty nine (1239) and Twelve Hundred and forty (1240) lying together and bounded west by "C" Street south by lot number Six Hundred and Thirty six (636) east by an alley and North by Lot Number Twelve Hundred and forty one (1241) said four lots being in the Block between "C" and "D" and "F" and "G" Streets which said eight mentioned lots I own in my own name and as my separate estate in fee simple. And also all the [illegible] interest and estate in "Town Commons" lots numbers One Hundred and Thirty four (134) and one Hundred and Thirty five (135) in the "Town Commons" of the city of Brunswick lying west of Cochran Avenue and wherever else the same may be, and however else described.--The description hereabove given with being intended to limit my right and title to property or confine my possessions to that as described but being given only for a more complete identification of so much thereof as is this above described. To Have and to hold the same in trust to an for the following purpose and uses only and to say First Said trustee shall keep all of said Estate on which insurance against loss or damage by fire can be obtained insured against such loss or damage and shall keep the same in reasonable and necessary repairs and out of the rents issues income and profits of such estate shall pay off and discharge all taxes insurance premiums and repairs from time to time as the same may become due. Second Said trustee shall after paying the said taxes insurance and repairs as above provided for pay out of the rents, issues income and profits of my said estate on the first Monday of each and every month the sum of Thirty dollars per month to my beloved husband Jere Minehan during his natural life. Third And said Trustee shall after said payments of taxes insurance and repairs and sad payment to my husband as above provided pay himself on the first day of January of each and every year of his trusteeship the sum of Fifty Dollars in addition to the fees allowed him by law. Fourth And after said payments of taxes insurance and repairs as provided for in part first of this clause and said payment to my said husband as provided in party second of this clause of my will and the said payment to my said trustee as provided in the third part of this item, said trustee shall in the first day of January of each year pay to my daughter, Mary L. Torras wife of Rosendo Torras of said County during her natural life and so long as said husband is in life the balance of money that may on such day be in his hands arising from said rents and issues, income and profits. Fifth And in the event my said daughter shall depart this life before my said Husband and shall leave a child or children surviving her, then and in that case said trustee shall hold the money that may be in his hands on said first days of January and which would be coming to her were she in life for the use of and in trust for such child or children as she may leave share & share alike and to the children of such child per [illegible]. Sixth At the death of my said husband should my said daughter Mary L. Torras survive him said trustee shall defray his funeral expenses not to cost over One Hundred and Fifty dollars and place over his grave a tombstone attesting his goodly virtues and purity of heart at a cost of not over One Hundred and fifty Dollars and shall then and from thence afterwards hold the said estate in trust for my said daughter Mary L. Torras and for her sole and separate use. Seventh And at the death of my said husband should he have survived my said daughter after paying for his funeral expenses and for a tombstone to his memory as mentioned in the sixth clause of this item then said trustee shall in that case hold said property in trust and for the sole use of any child or children that she may have left share and share alike and to the children of any such child per [illegible]. Eighth And said trustee for the better and more perfect execution of the trust is hereby authorized and empowered as follows and to say: He may sell and convey either at public or at private sale, and without any sort of notice to any one whomsoever and for whatever for and just consideration he may see fit and proper and either for cash or on time as he may judge best any property of said estate reinvesting at all time the proceeds arising therefrom in other property of like kind and upon the same said uses and trusts and in the doing thereof his discretion in that behalf shall be uncontrolled except in this where he sells on time unless fully one half of the purchase price be paid down he must take mortgage security for the purchase money on the property sold and on property in addition worth fully as much as that sold so that the investment may be ever secure. And when he sells on time and as much as half the purchase price is paid down he shall take a purchase money mortgage on the property sold for the balance: And in all sales by said trustee purchasers shall not be held to see to a reinvestment of the trust funds. During the while said trustee shall continue in said trust he may at any time and from time to time in his uncontrolled discretion improve any of said trust-estate, provided however none of the income from the same is used for such purpose except for usual wear and tear to be judged of by him and to that and said trustee is empowered to sell any of the property of the estate to improve any other property of the same keeping in view always the enhancement of the property and the welfare of the [two illegible words]. Item Fourth I authorize my said executor to pay Courtland Symmes out of any money coming into his hands and before paying any other debt except my funeral expenses and expenses of my last illness his charges and fees for drawing and preparing this my last will and testament if I do not pay the same before that time. Item Fifth I nominate and appoint John Spears of Brunswick Georgia as executor of this my last will and testament and he is hereby empowered to sell any property of my estate real or personal at public or private or public [sic] sale, as he, in his discretion deems best for the purpose of defraying any expenses or paying any debts or other charges he may be required to defray and pay off. If such sale be private then no notice of the same shall be given to any one. And I desire that my said executor conclude his administration of my said estate as soon as he can do so under the law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 26th day of November 1887. Bridget Minehan {LS} Additional Comments: Amy Hedrick OR Glynn County Genealogy & History Website OR File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/wills/minehan292gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.6 Kb