Greene County GaArchives Wills.....Furlow, Sarah December 17, 1855 ************************************************ 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: Ken Doggett kendoggett2000@yahoo.com August 25, 2005, 1:11 pm Source: Greene County Ga Probate Court Written: December 17, 1855 Recorded: January 15, 1856 SARAH FURLOW'S WILL Georgia, Greene County I Sarah Furlow of said state & county being in good bodily health & of sound disposing mind & memory, calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and directing how the Estates with which it has pleased God to bless me shall be disposed of after my death, do make & publish this my last will & Testament, hereby revoking all wills & Testaments by me heretofore made. My will is first, that after my decease, my body be buried in a decent Christian-like manner, suitable to my circumstances and situation in life. My will is that my just debts be paid by my executors hereinafter named. As to the residue of my Estate & property with which God has blessed me, & which shall not be requird for the payment of my debts, Funeral charges & the expenses in or about the execution of my will, I give devise & dispose thereof as follows. To be divided by my Executor hereinafter named equally between my two youngest sons, George William Furlow and Albert Crosley Furlow. My reason for so doing is George & Albert have assisted me in making what little I have & I think it right and proper that they enjoy it when I am gone. It is my will and I direct my Executors (if Albert desires it) to let my boy Sherdow be included in Albert's share. My will is that all my property be divided equally between George and Albert, share and share alike. I hereby constitute & appoint my two dutiful sons George W. and Albert C. Furlow my Executors to this my last will and Testament. Signed sealed declared & published by Mrs. Sarah Furlow as her last will & Testament in the presence of us the subscribers, who signed our names here in the presence of said Testatrix at her special instance(?) & request. Test. her Geo O Dawson Sarah X Furlow Ls James H. Perdue mark Wm C Day Georgia Greene County & Court of Ordinary Jan'y Term 1856 Personally appeared in open court, George O. Dawson and James H. Perdue, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and Testament of Mrs. Sarah Furlow deceased, and each on oath say that they saw her subscribe her mark to the same, and that they believed her to be of perfect sound mind and memory at the time of her signing the same and they they with Wm C. Day the other witness signed their names as witnesses in the presence of each other, and in the presence of the Testatrix and at her request. Sworn to in open court this 14th January 1856 Geo O. Dawson James W. Godkin Jas H. Perdue ordinary Recorded January 15th 1856 James W. Godkin ordinary Additional Comments: Sarah Furlow nee Sarah Dawson, daughter of George Dawson & Katie Ruth Marsen. Date will was written did not appear in the records; therefore, the above date is her date of death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/greene/wills/furlow592wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb