Will of Josiah Kimbrough 14 Oct 1825 Greene County, GA


Greene Co., GA, Will Book F (or 4), p. 114



                                             Josiah Kimbroughs will

I Josiah Kimbrough of the County Green & State of Georgia being sick & 
weak in body but of sound mind & Memory thanks to Almighty God for the 
same but calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life do make 
& ordain this to be by last will & testament in manner & form following

Item     it is my will & desire that all my just should be paid out of 
my estate.

Item     I give unto my loving wife Elizabeth Kimbrough one negroe woman 
named Jane & one negroe girl named Ann one girl named mandy one girl 
named Rose & their futer increase.  I give the said negroes to my loving 
wife Elizabeth to dispose of them as she may think proper.

Item     I lend unto my loving wife Elizabeth Kimbrough one negro man 
named Bob & all the balance of my estate both real & personal during her 
natural life & at her decease I give the said property to be equally 
divided between the heirs of my brother Bradley Kimbrough & my brother 
John Kimbrough.  I do hereby appoint my loving wife Elizabeth Kimbrough 
& my brother John Kimbrough & John Slaughter senr Executrix & executors 
of this my last will & testament utterly disannulling all other wills 
heretofore made by me.  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
& seal this 14th day of October in the year of our Lord 1825.

                                          Josiah Kimbrough {seal}

Signed sealed & delivered
     in presence of
Nathl Howell
Rodderrick (his X mark) Harris
Stephen (his X mark) Simmons


Georgia Greene County Court of Ordinary January Term 1826
Personally appeared in open court Nathaniel Howell Rhoderick Harris & 
Stephen Simmons subscribing wit-nesses to the within will who being duly 
sworn say they saw the within named Josiah Kimbrough sign seal & heard 
him acknowledge the same 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 subscribed their names as witnesses thereto in 
the presence of the testator.

                                          Nathl Howell
                                          Rhoderick (his X mark) Harris
                                          Stephen (his X mark) Simmons

Sworn to in open court [16 ?] January 1826

[indistinguishable] Torrence [?]  Clk

Recorded 8th Feby 1826

[Ebenezer ?] Torrence [?] Clk


====================================================================
     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:  
		       Sarah Sharpless
                       sks6@earthlink.net
====================================================================