JACKSON COUNTY, GA - WILL   Strickland, Elizabeth 1850
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ELIZABETH STRICKLAND, Book A, page 322

"Georgia
Jackson County
Know all men by these Presents that I
Elizabeth Strickland being of Sound mind &
Disposing memory Do make this my Last Will &
Testament to wit.

Item 1st  I give & bequeath to Caroline
Story & her hus (the wife of James F. Story)
the following negroes Viz.  Dick Willis
Rebecca & the Plantation Whereon I lived
before my intermarriage With my Present
husband said Property to be used & Enjoyed
by said Caroline Story During Life & at her
Death to be Equally Divided between her
heirs.

Item 2nd  I give & bequeath to my husband
Hardy Strickland my negro Boy Henry together
with all my Personal Property not bequeathed
in the first item

Item  In the Event that I should Die before
the Close of the year I Desire my negroes to
Remain on the Plantation untill the Crop is
geathered

Item 4th  It is my Desire that my Friend
Caroline Story have my Wearing apparel

Item 5th  I hereby appoint Giles Mitchell
Executor of this my Last Will & Testament
hereby Revoking all former Wills

In Witness Wharof I have hereto Set my hand
& seal this 5th Day of March 1850

Elizabeth  (her mark) Strickland (seal)
Signed Sealed &
Acknowledged in Presence of
James Sisson
John J. Sisson
Shadrick (his mark) Hogan"

(probate 6th May 1850)