Heard County GaArchives Wills.....John Israel Miller September 24 1913
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Source: Heard County Georgia Wills
Written: September 24 1913
Recorded: November 27 1913


Will of John Israel Miller

I,  John Israel Miller of Corinth, Heard County, Georgia being in full 
possession of all my faculties make and publish this my last Will and 
Testament:

I give devise and bequeath my estate and property real and personal as follows:

1st.  I direct that all my just debts be paid as soon as possible.

2nd.  That a suitable family monument be erected on a lot in the Corinth 
Cemetery to be selected by my wife where I wish my self to be buried.

3rd.  That my Executor pay for the monument and all other expenses incident to 
my burial.

4th.  To my beloved wife Sallie F. Miller, I devise and bequeath my home place 
where ne now live with eleven acres of land atached located in the village of 
Corinth.  A tract of land containing about one hundred and twenty acres 
located near Corinth purchased by me from A.B. Brown and formerly being a 
tract of the Thompson Estate.  Two small tacts located near Corinth both being 
formerly a part of the Isaac Pitman estate, one of said tracts containing nine 
acres and the other tract containing fifteen acres.

After all my debts are paid I direct that Two Thousand Dollars in cash be paid 
to my wife from my estate before any distributions is made to the other heirs 
provided this much cash is left after satisfying all obligations and previous 
directions giben by me in this my Last Will.

5th.  I bequeath to my beloved wife also all household goods, farm implements 
and machinery, buggies, wagons, harneses, corn, hay,  ? and hogs of which I 
die possessed.

6th.  I also give to my beloved wife Sallie F. Miller two of my best mules and 
two of my best cows, the same to be selected by her from among those I die 
possessed of.

I devise and bequeath to my dear children share and share alike the residue of 
my estate both real and personal. I direct my Executors to collect all 
insurance, sell all ? of every kind not otherwise disposed of by this Will and 
after all obligations are satisfied and bequeaths in this Will are paid, that 
the Executors after paying expenses of Administration divide equally among my 
children:  Norman C. Miller,  Nancy F. Jackson, Mary Elizabeth Daniel, Fannie 
Ruth Miller, Annie P. Jones (?) , John I. Miller, Ida E. Arnold, Harvey A. 
Miller, Moreland Miller, Thomas I. Miller the remainder and all lands of which 
I die possessed not previously given by this Will to my wife.  I direct my 
Executors to divide into ten parcels of as nearly equal worth as is possible 
and that one parcel be deeded to each of my children after they have drawn 
lots for the same after the usual mode prevailing in making such distributions.

It is my wish for my lands to be divided qually among my children without 
selling same if this is possible.  It being my special desire that each of my 
children keep their land distributed through my Executor and inherited by each 
of them as long as possible.

I appoint Norman C. Miller of Fulton County Georgia and William P. Arnold of 
Coweta County Georgia as my Executors of this my Last Will and direct that 
they serve as such without the usual rquirements of making a bond or reports 
to the Courts or other officials.

7th.  I commit my souls to the keeping of my maker and comment to my children 
the Religion of Christ.

In witness whereof I have signed and sealed and published and declared this 
instrument as my Will at Corinth Heard County Georgia on the 24th day of 
September 1913.  John I. Miller  

The said John I. Miller at Corinth Heard County GA on said  24th day of 
September 1913 signed and sealed this instrument and published and declared 
the same as and for his Last Will in our presence and at his request and in 
his presence and in the prsence of each other having hereunto written our 
names as subscribing witnesses.

C.B. Copeland
A.K. (or H.) Jackson
Lucius Arnold

Filed in Office Nov 27,1913  T.M. Awbrey, Ordinary

State of Georgia, Heard County
We do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true Last Will of the 
within named John I. Miller decased so far as we know or believe and that we 
will and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of this State so 
help us God.  Norman C. Miller,  William P. Arnold

Sworn to and subscribed before me this November 27, 1913.
T.M. Awbrey, Ordinary

Recorded December 5, 1913
T.M. Awbrey, Ordinary
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