Greene-Muscogee County GaArchives Wills.....Livingston, Aron January 12 1807 ************************************************ 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: Lynda Livingston Walden jdwal@gulftel.com July 9, 2004, 3:58 am Source: Copy Of Will Obtained From The Greene County Georgia Courthouse Written: January 12 1807 Recorded: July 7 1807 pages 31 & 32 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I ARON LIVINGSTON being somewhat indisposed? in body but of sound mind & memory believe ? it fit proper to dispose of all my worldly substance, lands & instruments goods, & chattle in the following manner 1. I give & bequeath unto Jean my wife all the property of every kind that I got with her & relinquish every right in any other that she was entered unto ? & she is thereby to have nothing further of any of my property & neither any kind of dower(power)?? 2. I give in trust unto my two sons, JOHN & THOMAS, the plantation & negroes & stock except the mills with the condition that they are to raise my younger children until they come of age & give them a good English? Education such as arithmetic, spelling, reading, writing & when they shall come of age all the property not otherwise disposed of to be sold & to be disposed of as herein after mentioned. 3. I give unto JOHN DAY, the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid after the above mentioned sale. 4. I give unto my son, ROBERT, the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars to be paid after the above sale. 5. I give unto my son WILLIAM the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid after the above sale. 6. I give unto my daughter, SALLY one negro girl, CHRISSY at her marriage & if she should not marry until my youngest child comes of age or twenty one years of age, she shall not take the girl out-of-state or stock ??. 7. I give unto my daughter, POLLY one negro girl named PHILLY with her like conditon ? & limitations ? both of those girls to be appraised when they are named & to stand as part of their equal ??. 8. I give unto my son ADAM the mills until my youngest child comes of age with thy ? that at that period he shall return the same in as good repair as they are now. He is also to give security for the performance of the same at his receiving of them. And when the above mentioned time arrives, Plantation, mills, negroes, stock & all to be sold & the monies are equally divided between JOHN, ADAM, THOMAS, ARON, ?, & ALFRED, SALLY, & POLLY. And I do hereby constitute my son, JOHN & THOMAS Executors of this my last will & testament & of any difficulty or dispute should arise in any part of my will it shall be settled by five arbitrators to be chosen by the parties in this manner, each of the parties choose two of them then so chosen to choose the fifth, their decision to be final & moreover if my younger children shall complain of their treatment or ? it, I do hereby authorize SAMUEL LIVINGSTON & ROBERT GREER to see them reported & their grivances recorded. I hereby revoke & make void all other wills & testaments whatever and set to my hand affix my seal thy twelfth of January one thousand eight hundred & seven. Acknowlege signed in presence of Jas Whaley Aron Livingston(his mark) Robt Campbell Dread Welder(mark) Court of Ordj. July term 1807 The within last will& testament of Aron Livington was duly proven in open court by the oath of JAMES WHALEY, ROBERT CAMPBELL, AND DREAD WELDER & ordered to record. Henry Carlton Recorded July 7, 1807 Additional Comments: I believe this will is the will of Adam Livingston who was also called Aron Livingston. The names and dates are appropriate to make this assumption. This, Aron or Adam is the father of Thomas Livingston who is named in this will. Thomas Livingston's will has been submitted to the Muscogee County, Georgia Archives. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/greene/wills/nwl17livingst.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb