HARALSON COUNTY, GA - WILLS -J. M. Jordan

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WILL OF J. M. JORDAN
STATE OF GEORGIA
HARALSON COUNTY  

Item 1st...Intending this to be my last Will I
hereby revoke all wills heretofore made by me.

Item 2nd,.... I wish my executrix as soon as
possible after my death to pay whatever just debts I
may owe and if a sale of property is necessary to
pay my debt or debts, I may owe, I wish her to
select from it that which can be used best for that
purpose and I empower my executrix to sell the same
publicly or privately as she may think best.

Item 3rd.... I give to my wife the plantation
whereon I now live with such stock as I may own at
my death, and all and every other thing that I may
be legally possessed of at my death.

Item 4th.... I give to my wife all the property
above stated for the support and education of her
minor children and for use and support during her
lifetime.

Item 5th....At the death of my wife I will that
whatever of my property that be remaining in her
possession not consumed for the support of herself
and children may be administered upon and the net
proceeds thereof be equally divided amont my
surviving children.

Item 6th....I do hereby appoint my wife NANCY A
JORDAN, Executrix of this my will and as a
compensation for her for the execution of this will
I give her the free use of all my property for her
support during her life.

In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand
this 22nd day of August 1896.

Signed and published by J. M. Jordan as his last
Will and Testament in our presence as witness
thereto by request this 22nd day of August 1896.  We
signing as witnesses in his presence.

JESSE BEALL, 
G. D. GRIFFITH
H. D. HEAD
STATE OF GEORGIA
HARALSON COUNTY  

To the Ordinary of said County.  The foregoing is my
last will and testament and knowing it to be my last
will, I petition your court to pass an order
admitting the same to record as such. Witness my
hand and seal this the second day of November 1896. 

 J. M. JORDAN, TESTATOR
MARTIN GILNACK
C. R. TAYLOR

  Haralson Court of Ordinary , November Term 1896

J. M. Jordan having presented the paper hereto
attached as his last will and having in the presence
of Martin Gilnack and C. R. Taylor declared the same
to be his last will and he having at the same time
and in the presence of said witnesses petitioned the
Court to pass an order admitting the same to record
as such it is .  It is therefore hereby ordered that
said will be recorded on the record of wills. 

 Joe  W. Kelly, Ordinary

This book examined and approved this 27th of January 1897
G. M. Roberts)
J. W. Caseldine) COM.
C. W. Cremean)