Georgia:  Hancock County:  Benjamin Ingram Harper Will, 10 Jan 1829

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Georgia}
Hancock County}
I, Benjamin Harper of the County of Hancock and State of Georgia being 
of sound mind and memory and in my own hand writing do make this my 
last will on this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one 
thousand eight hundred and twenty nine in manner and form as follows, 
that is to say-I leave my beloved wife, Martha Harper my executrix of 
the estate that I may be possessed of at my death without giving any 
security or making any return to the Court of Ordinary of the value of 
my estate.  

I also leave and it is my special desire that all my just debts shall 
be paid out of any property that she may think proper to dispose of my 
estate and the balance that may remain of my estate after my just debts 
are paid, to be disposed of in the following manner.

I give to my beloved wife Martha Harper the one half of my estate both 
real and personal and the other half I give to my only son, Benjamin I. 
Harper-the said estate to be kept together until if my said wife Martha 
shall think proper until she marries or my said son Benjamin marries or 
becomes of age at which time an equal division must be made, revoking 
all other wills by me made.      
                                         Signed
                                         Benjamin I. Harper

Attest
Jno. Clemens
Isaac Yarbrough
Thomas S. Trawick
Miriam Trawick