Will of James Dodd 23 Sep 1852 Habersham County, GA

The last will and testament of James A. Dodd in Habersham 
County, Georgia, 1852.

Minutes of the Court of Ordinary   November Term 1852
The last will and testament of James Dodd having been duly proven at 
this regular term of Said Court in open Court upon the oaths of James B 
Smith Jesse T Cash and Philip Martin witnesses thereto and William Dodd 
Executor of Said Will  Ordered that the same be admitted to record and 
that letters Testamentary do issue to William Dodd Executor in terms of 
the law and it is further ordered that Elijah Sisk Amos Jackson Thomas 
Washburn J. M. Berry & J C Jackson be and they are hereby appointed 
appraisers of the estate of Said James Dodd.

Georgia		}	In the name of God Amen
Habersham County}	I James Dodd of the County and
State aforesaid being advanced in age and weak and feeble in body but of 
Sound and disposing mind and memory and believing it to be my duty of 
dispose of all the property and effects while in life with which it has 
pleased a kind Providence to bless me, do hereby make and publish and 
declare this following writing to be my last will and testament hereby 
revoking all other wills of whatsoever kind heretofore made by me

Item 1st  At my death I commit my body to the dust from whence it came 
and my soul to God who gave it to me, and desire that my body shall be 
decently buried by my family and friends according to their wish 

Item 2nd  I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Susannah during her 
natural life and at and after her death, to be equally divided among all 
my children (Except my daughter Elizabeth) in the way and manner 
hereinafter set forth and designated.  One negro woman slave of yellow 
complexion about Eighteen years old named Lette two cows and calves one 
heifer, one two horse wagon one yoke of Oxen ten head of young sheep, 
ten head of hogs, all my household and kitchen furniture, and all the 
crop of corn fodder and other produce, made this year on the place 
whereon I now live and also on the Mathews place and one horse Dick and 
one hundred and twelve dollars in money.

Item 3rd  I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth fifty
dollars to be paid her after my death, out of my estate which is all I 
intend for her to have of my estate 

Item 4th, I give and bequeath at and after my death to my beloved Son 
John H. Dodd an equal share of all the property of whatsoever Kind Debts 
and effects, that I am Seized and possessed of at my death, with the rest 
of my children born of my beloved wife Susannah and so in like manner 
and so in like manner (sic) I give and bequeath, a like equal Share to my 
beloved daughter Sarah to her sole and separate use during her natural 
life and at her death to the children born of her body, free from the 
disposition and free from the debts of her present or any future husband, 
and in like manner I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Susannah 
Marilda a like equal Share of my estate, to her Sole and Separate use 
during her natural life, and at her death to the children born of her 
body, free from the debts of her present or any future husband and in 
like manner I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Jane to her Sole 
and separate use during her natural life and at her death to the children 
born of her body free from the disposition and debts of her present or any 
future husband a like equal share of my estate and in like manner I give 
and bequeath to my beloved daughter Mary Malissa to her sole and separate 
use during her natural life and at her death to the children born of her 
body a like equal share of my estate free from the disposition and debts 
of her present or any future husband And in like manner I give and 
bequeath to my beloved Sons William, James A. & Green B. a like or equal 
share of my estate after my death Saving and reserving out of the estate 
so given and bequeathed in this Item first fifty dollars, which I give 
and bequeath to my beloved son Levi H. which together with what I have 
given him heretofore is all that I intend for him out of my estate except 
his equal share of the property herein bequeathed to my beloved wife 
Susannah after her death, all the gifts and bequests in this Item having 
relation only to such of my estate as is not given and bequeathed to my 
beloved wife Susannah in the 2nd Item of this my will and testament.  

Item 5th I will and desire that all the estate that I my die Seized 
and possessed of as named in the last above Item may be Sold at a fair 
and public Sale by my Executor herein after named and the proceeds divided 
according and agreeably to the fourth Item in this my will and testament.  

Item 6th I will and desire that all the property given and bequeathed to 
my beloved wife Susannah in the 2nd Item of this my will shall at her 
death or so much thereof as she may be possessed of at her death, be sold 
at a fair and public Sale in like manner as the residue of my estate 
and the proceeds of such Sale be equally divided Share and Share alike 
(to her my Said beloved wife’s daughters, precisely as it is given to 
them in the 4th Item of this my will) between and among all the children 
of my beloved wife Susannah her sons and daughters to share equally in the 
distribution of the Same and the share of her my Said wife Susannah’s 
daughters, in the estate bequeathed to her in the 2nd Item of this my 
will to be as in the 4th Item free from the disposition and debts of their 
present or future husbands but to immure to their Sole and separate use 
during their lifetime and at their death then to the children born of 
their respective bodies.  

Item 7th For the purpose of carrying this my last will and testament into 
effect I hereby Constitute and appoint my son William Dodd my Sol (sic) 
Executor.  In testimony where of I have hereunto Set my hand and 
Seal declaring and publishing the above and foregoing to be my last will 
and testament in the presence of Witnesses the 23rd day of September 1852.

  James Dodd [SEAL]

We the Undersigned have this day being the 23rd day of September 1852 
Signed and Subscribed our names to this paper as the witnesses to the 
last will and testament of James Dodd at his request in 
the presence of the testator & of each other.
					James B. Smith}
					Jesse T. Cash    }  Witnesses
					Philip Martin    }



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