Georgia:  Greene County:  Elijah Fuller Will, 8 Dec 1825

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Greene county Georgia Will Book F, pg 87,
Will of Elijah Fuller 

In the name of God, Amen, I Elijah Fuller of the county of Greene, state of 
Georgia, being sick & weak in body, but of sound mind & memory & calling unto 
mind the mortality of my body & knowing it is appointed for all men once to 
die, do make and ordain this my last will & testament that is to say 
principally ____ of all I have. I recommend my soul unto the hands of 
Almighty God that gave it & my body to the dust from whence it came & as to 
____ such world's estate whereas it hathe pleased God to give me within this 
life time d____ & all use of the same in the following manner.

First it is my will & desire that all my just debts be paid as also any 
funeral expenses

2nd I give & bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth Fuller the tract of lands 
wherein I now live during her widowhood & at her intermarriage to be sold & 
the money thence arising to be equally divided among the said Elizabeth 
Fuller, Jessee Fuller, Alfred Fuller, Green Fuller, the heirs of David 
Fuller, the bodily heirs of Millie Glaze, the present heirs of Phoebe Fuller, 
Celia Fuller, Elijah Fuller, John B. Fuller, Eliza Fuller, Martha Ann Fuller 
and Simon Fuller. If the said Elizabeth Fuller should die before 
intermarriage then all the said Land to be sold & the money thence coming to 
be equally divided among the rest of the above named heirs.

I give & bequeath to my daughter Polly Daniel the sum of one dollar to be 
paid out the estate.

I give & bequeath to my sons Alfred & Green Fuller the sum of one hundred & 
ten dollars each to be paid out my estate. 

I give & bequeath to the heirs of David Fuller the sum of one hundred dollars 
to be paid out of my estate.

I give & bequeath to the present heirs of Phoebe Fuller the sum of eighty 
dollars.

I give & bequeath to the bodily heirs of Millie Glaze the sum of eighty 
dollars.

I give & bequeath to Celia Fuller the sum of one hundred & fifteen dollars.

I give & bequeath to Elijah Fuller, John B. Fuller, Eliza Fuller, Martha Ann 
Fuller and Simon Fuller the sum of one hundred & fifteen dollars.

I give & bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Fuller the sum of one hundred & 
fifteen dollars.

I give & bequeath to my daughter Milly (Pg 88) Glaze the sum of one dollar.

I give & bequeath to my daughter Phoebe Fuller & my son David Fuller the sum 
of one dollar each. 

It is my will & desire that all the rest of my estate be equally divided 
among the before mentioned heirs of Jessee Fuller, Alfred Fuller, Green 
Fuller, the heirs of David Fuller, the present heirs of Phoebe Fuller, the 
bodily heirs of Millie Glaze, Celia Fuller, Elijah Fuller, John B. Fuller, 
Eliza Fuller, Martha Ann Fuller & Simon Fuller & Elizabeth Fuller.

It is my will & desire that my daughter Celia's part of my estate be & remain 
in the hands of my Executors until she hath a bodily heir, but to receive & 
have every advantage arising therefrom.

It is also my desire that a negro woman in the name of Betty, at the 
distribution of my property should remain in the hands of some of my first 
wife's children.

Lastly I constitute ordain & appoint my sons Alfred & Green Fuller my sole 
executors of this my last will & testament ratifying & confirming this & no 
other to be my last will & testament in writing whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand & seal this 8th day of December one thousand eight hundred & twenty 
five. [Note by SB: court clerk must have written wrong year, see testament 
date below] 

Signed sealed & Acknowledged in the presence of Abraham Yeats James Culberson 
                                               his 
                                         Elijah X Fuller 
                                               mark 

Georgia Personally appeared before us Abraham Yeats & John Bird & James 
Culberson Greene county subscribing witnesses to the within will who being 
duly sworn depose & say that they saw Elijah Fuller sign seal & heard him 
pronounce & publish the foregoing instrument in writing as his last will & 
testament . That they each believed him to be of perfect sound mind & memory 
at the time of his so doing & that they each in the presence of the testator 
subscribed their name in witness thereto.

Sworn to & subscribed before us this 5 day of May 1824 Abraham Yeats
Thomas Hooks J.P.C. 
John Bird
David J Terrill J.P.C. 
James Culberson 

Recorded 7th December 1825 , Ebenezer Torrance Clerk 
Transcribed by Sharon Fuller Bell: lion60@kih.net