JACKSON COUNTY, GA - WILL   Prosser Horton 1820

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PROSSER HORTON, Book A, page 188
"In the name of God Amen I Prosser Horton of the State
of Georgia & County of Jackson in perfect health &
perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God, calling
into mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain
this my last will and testament (that is to say)
principally & first of all I give Recommend my Soul
into the hands of almighty God that gave it & my body I
recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent
christian burial at the discretion of my executors
nothing doubting but at the general resurrection, I
shall receive the same again by the mighty power of
God, & as touching such wordly estate wherewith it has
pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise &
dispose of the same in the following manner & form

First I give & bequeath unto Feraby Horton my daughter
all that part of the land that I now live on that lies
on the south west side of Walnut fork of Oconee river
containing two hundred & thirty acres more or less and
one horse bridle & saddle, one cow & calf, one feather
bed & furniture to be left to her own choice

Second, I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah
Horton one third part of the profits arising from the
plantation whereon I now live lying on the north side
of Walnut fork of the Oconee, during her widowhood &
the other two thirds to be equally divided between my
sons Fletcher & Prosser Horton during such widowhood &
after the death or marriage of my wife Sarah  

I do give & bequeath the above described plantation &
premises & all the land attached thereto to my sons
Fletcher & Prosser Horton and all the rest of property
after all my just debts are paid, and two hundred
dollars to William Clement to be equally divided among
my legatees except Sarah Glenn & her part of my
property except what she already had is to be equally
divided among the issues of her body & the two
illigitimate children that is laid to my Son William
Horton that is to say Jerome T. Flanigein & William M.
Flanagein provided Washington Allen my son in law give
a just & satisfactory account & return of all the money
& property my Son William had at the time of his death
in his possession without any trouble or expence he is
to be considered as one of my heirs in the general
provisions of this my will, & if not he is to be
excluded from any further part of my property except
what he has already had & my property to be equally
divided amongst the rest of my heirs except as before
excepted  

And I do hereby constitute & ordain James Hemphill &
William Bell esqr. my executors to this my last will &
testament And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke &
disannul all & every other former testaments wills
Legacies, bequests & executors by me in any wise before
named willed and bequeathed ratifying & considering
this & no other to be my last will and testament.  In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
29th day of November in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred & twenty,  

Signed sealed in presence
of
Charles Dougharty
E. Price
John Todd
John Young

(on right side)
Prosser Horton (LS)"

(probate witnesses 29th, 30th & 31st March 1823)