HARALSON COUNTY, GA - WILLS - R. T. Speight

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WILL BOOK A, PAGE 136-137-138  
WILL OF R. T. SPEIGHT
STATE OF GEORGIA
HARALSON COUNTY

To Honorable Thos. A. Hutcheson, Ordinary of said
County: The petition of MARY ANN SPECIGHT, a
resident of said county shows that R. T. SPEIGHT,
late of said County, died testate on the 7th day of
September 1900, owning valuable real estate and
personal property in said State. Petitioner herewith
presents the last will and testament of said
deceased and shows that she is interested in said
will.  

Your petitioner shows that the following named
persons are all the heirs at law of said testator,
ALLEN SPEIGHT, POST OFFICE DELIA, GA., MARTHA T.
DAVIS, CLEBORNE COUNTY, AL., SARA JANE CORNELL,
BUCHANAN, GA., JOHN SPEIGHT, NEWSVILLE, GA., MRS.
NANCY STANFORD, BREMEN, GA., MRS. SARAH A. GRIFFIN
,-------TEXAS, MRS. ELIZABETH M STEPHENS, DRAKETOWN,
GA., JAMES SPEIGHT, BREMEN GA., CORA HOWARD, -------
ALA., AND that of said persons named, the following
are minors, CORA HOWARD AND JAMES SPEIGHT.
Petitioner Prays leave to prove said will in solemn
form, and to that end, she prays that citation do
issue to said heirs at law in terms of the statutes
for such cases made and provided, and that guardians
adlitem be appointed to represent said minors when
made parties to this proceeding by proper service. 
      Beall and Edwards
      Petitioners Attorneys

The foregoing petition read and considered: 

Ordered that Allen Speight, Martha T. Davis, Sarah
Jane Connell, John Speight, Mrs. Nancy Stanford,
Mrs. Sarah Griffin, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Stephens, Cora
Howard and James Speight do be and appear before the
Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said state
and county on the first Monday in December 1900.
Let citation issue accordingly, and be served
personally on ALLEN SPEIGHT, SARAH JANE CONNELL,
JOHN SPEIGHT, MRS. NANCY STANFORD, MRS. ELIZABETH M.
STEPHENS, AND JAMES SPEIGHT, TEN DAYS before the
said term of this Court.  Let MARTHA T. DAVIS, SARAH
A. GRIFFIN, AND CORA HOWARD, NON RESIDENTS of the
State of Georgia, be served by publication of said
citationtwice a week for two months in the Tribune,
a newspaper published in the town of Buchanan, said
County.
      Thos. A. Hutcheson, Ordinary

GEORGIA, HARALSON COUNTY
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, Dec. 8, 1900.

Whereas MRS. MARY ANN SPEIGHT, WIDOW of R. T.
Speight, deceased, late of said County, has applied
to me in due and legal form to prove the last will
and testament of the said R. T. SPEIGHT in solemn
form, and it appearing that Martha T. Davis, Mrs.
Sarah A. Griffin, and Cora Howard, heirs of the said
R. T. Speight reside without the limits of said
State of Georgia, be it therefore ordered that said
non-resident heirs be served by Publication as
required by law in such cases, in the Tribune a
newspaper published in said County

This 8th day of December 1900, Thos. A. Hutcheson,
Ordinary


PAGE 138 Signed, declared, and published by R. T.
Speight as his last will and testament in the
presence of us the subscribers, who subscribed our
names hereto in the presence of said testator, at
his instance and request, and of each other, he
signing in our presence , and we signing in his
presence. This May 10, 1900.      

R. T. SPEIGHT
Witnesses: H. N. Easterwood

  James Lynch (X his mark)
  W. H. Swofford, N.P. & Exoff J. P.