JACKSON COUNTY, GA - WILL   Boring, Isaac 1829

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ISAAC BORING, Book A, page 150

"Georgia
Jackson County

I Isaac Boring Sen of the County & State
aforesaid, being of perfect sound mind &
disposing memory, and calling to mind the
uncertainty of life, do hereby make my last
will and Testament, revoking all other wills
heretofore made by me;

Item 1st.  I resign my Body to the Grave,
and my Soul into the hands of a gracious
God, in hope of a glorious resurrection and
everlasting life.

Item 2nd.  I desire that all my Just debts
be discharged.

Item 3rd.  I give and bequeath unto my well
beloved wife Phebe Boring, all the land
partaining to the Tract whereon I now
reside, including the plantation and
appurtenances together with all my stock of
Horses, Hogs, Cattle &c and also the
following Negroes to wit.  Moses, Jane,
Esther, Lewis, Moriah, Reuben, Willis,
Caroline, Clary, Mary, and Polly during the
term of her natural life, with a discretion
in her my said wife Phebe, and my Executors
hereafter named, to sell any of the personal
or real property above specified, or
implied, at any time they may think proper,
& best adapted to the interest of the
Legatees.

Item 4th.  At the decease of my wife, Phebe
Boring, I give and bequeath to my children
hereafter named, an equal dividend of all
the property specified in the above and
third item, or the proceeds thereof, to wit,
John Boring, Elizabeth Lyle, Robert Boring,
Phebe Johnson, Isaac Boring, Phebe Johnson
having regard to the property already given,
and for which receipts are taken.

Item 5th.  I give and bequeath to my
daughter Susannah Tait five dollars, to be
paid to her by my Executor out of my money
arising from the Sales of any of my
property.

Item 6th.  I give and bequeath to my Grand
Children Asenath Adams, Sarah Adams,
Elizabeth Adams, Joseph Adams, Penelope
Adams, Delilah Tait, and Mary Tait, one
Seventh part of my Estate, placing them in
the same situation, and allowing them
collectively the same share allowed to the
rest of my children.

Item 7th.  I give and bequeath to my Grand
Children by my daughter Asenath Wafer,
deceased, to wit, Thomas Wafer, James
Jackson Wafer, one seventh part of my
Estate. Viz one seventh to be equally
divided between the two.

Item 8th.  I give and bequeath to my Grand
daughter Sarah Adams, named in the Sixth
Item, in addition to that Legacy, one
Feather Bed and furniture, one Cow and Calf
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Item 9th.  I give and bequeath to my
Grandson James Jackson Wafer one feather Bed
and furniture, and one Horse Colt in
addition to his Legacy aforesaid.

Item 10th.  All the residue of my Estate,
real or personal, to wit., two Tracts Land
in the County of Lee, two Tracts in the
County of Gwinnett, one in Jackson whereon
David Thomas formerly and adjoining Waid
Slaton, I give and bequeath to my Children &
Grand Children under the same rule and
proportion by which their several Legacies
are herein before regulated.  and that my
Executor do proceed to sell and dispose of
the said Lands, as soon as it may be thought
by them to be most expedient and condusive
to the Interest of the respective Legatees,
and that distribution of the proceeds
thereof may be made.

Item 11th.  It is to be understood as the
true intent and meaning of the foregoing
Items making distribution of my property
between my Children and Grand Children, that
each respective Family of Grand Children,
are to be entitled to no more than an
Individual Child from whom they decended
would be entitled, upon an equal division of
the whole property.  It is also to be
understood: that by the word appurtenances,
in the third Item, is intended to embrace
Household and Kitchen furniture, working
Tools, or whatever may be found upon the
premises belonging to me.

Item 12th.  It is my Will and desire that
should both of my Grand Children, Thomas
Wafer, and James Jackson Wafer, decease
while in an Age of minority, and hierless,
that all the property bequeathed to them
shall revert to my other Children, and in
the same proportion of their other Legacies.
I do hereby appoint Phebe Boring, John
Boring, and Isaac Boring my lawful Executors
of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
this 14th day of September 1829.  

Sealed, Signed & delivered in the presence
of
W. Pentecost
Edmond Hunnicutt
Richard Pentecost

(on right side)
Isaac Boring (Seal)"

(probate below will - 7 June 1831)