Georgia: Greene County: John Whatley, Deed of Good Will, 18 April 1805 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Jeannine Shaffer ==================================================================== Following is a deed of good will for my ancestor from Greene County, GA. The will is found in DEEDS OF GREENE COUNTY, GA, Volume 4, pages 203-204. (Note: I have not changed spelling or wording -- it is as on the original deed of good will. Even the last name Whatley is spelled two ways in the document.) To all people whom these presents shall come I John Whatley do send greeting knowledge that I, the said John Whatley, of the State of Georgia and County of Greene, Forever for and consideration of my good will to my eldest son Richard Whatley, have given & granted and by these presents do freely given and granted unto said Richard Whatley, his heirs or assigns, one certain negro man named Holly now in my presence. -- Also to my second son Allan Whatley, I freely give and grant unto him his heirs & assigns, one certain negro boy child 2 yrs old named Young now in my presents, which I grant to him and his heirs forever. And to my third son Wyly Whatly, I freely give & warrant to him his heirs or assigns the just sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of my estate, as I shall hereafter point out, and the time of payment. Also to my fourth son Michael Whatley, I freely give and grant to him his heirs and assigns one certain negro boy named Ned, also one featherbed & furniture. -- Also my fifth son John Bowie Whatley I freely give and grant to him his heirs and assigns one negro boy named Daniel. -- Also to my daughter Sarah Whatly I do freely give and to her & her heirs or assigns two certain negro girls named Grace & Lucy, also one horse and saddle, one cow and calf, one featherbed & furniture, and one seal skin trunk, all these to be hers when she pays to Wiley Whatley his heirs or assigns the just sum of one hundred and seventy five dollars to be paid at my discretion anytime to him the said Wiley, his heirs or assigns. Also to my youngest son Seaborn Jones Whatley I do freely give and grant to him his heirs or assigns a certain negro woman named Milly, and a negro girl named Anney, one feather bed and furtniture, with all my household & kitchen furniture. Also one bay horse and all the cows and hogs I am indowed with on his paying Wiley Whatley his heirs or assigns the just sum of one hundred and seventy five dollars justly to be paid to the said Wiley Whatley his heirs or assigns, at any time that I point out or at my death as none of the property in this beforementioned and pointed out to my children, is to be their property till my death and the death of my wife Frances Whatley onless I may see fit so to do of which before the signing of those presents I have delivered each one his property as in this I have pointed it out. In testimony(?) signed with my own hand bearing with date to have and to hold to their uses in witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this 18th day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five. his mark John X Whatley (seal) Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of James Darter, Ishall Holloway, James Hall. Recorded the 18th day of July 1805 Henry Carleton, Sen. for Thomas Carleton, Clk.