Jasper County  GA  Will of Alexander Smith

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Transcribed from a photocopy of pages 163-164 (Jasper
County, Georgia wills?--Note: photocopy does not cite
official title of volume or volume/book number).  I have
tried to use the capitalization and punctuation as they
appear in the original document, and have inserted
question marks where I am uncertain of the word(s) and
notes in brackets.

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In the name of God Amen I Alexander Smith of the County
of Jasper and the State of Georgia being of good health
of body and of sound and(?) [could be crossed out "mind"]
disposing mind, memory and understanding, considering the
certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time
thereof and being desirous to settle my wordly afairs and
thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when
it shall please God to call me hence do therefor publish
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form viz.,
I leave my body to be decently buried at the discretion
of my executor hereinafter to be named and after my debts
and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as
follows viz., Item 1st I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Rebecca one negro girl named Corry Eighteen
years old one negro boy named Miles fore years old one
bed and furniture one stomp(?) countipin(?) and Blanket-
beside one horse saddle and bridle of the value of
seventy five Dollars one cow and calf, all which! I give
her and her heirs forever.

Item 2nd I give and bequeath unto my daughter Harriet one
negro girl named Liza Fifteen years old one bed and
furniture one stomp(?) countipin(?) and blanket beside
one horse saddle and bridle of the value of seventy five
Dollars and one cow and calf all which I give her and her
heirs forever.

Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
one negro girl named L[__?__] [Letta?] Thirteen years old
and one negro boy named Martin ten years old one bed and
furniture and one countipin(?) & blanket beside one horse
saddle and bridle of the value of seventy five Dollars,
one cow & calf, all which I give her and her heirs
forever.

Item 4th I give and bequeath to my Daughters Sally Martin
& Eliza Callaway two negroes named Charry (Chany?) and
Davy her son, to them and their heirs forever and it is
my further will and desire and I mention this Item of my
will so to mean that said property as aforesaid in this
Item shall not be subject to pay the said Debts or
demands of James L. Martin or Martin Calloway the
husbands of my said Daughters Sally Martin and Eliza
Calloway but the same after my death to go to them
thereof the the [sic] legal heirs of my said sons in law
Martin & Callaway of my said Daughters, Sally & Eliza of
them begotten, to them and their heirs which I give to
them forever.

Item 5th I give and bequeath the rest and the remains of
my Estate both real and personal to wit the lot of land
whereon I now live to Elisha H. Smith & Wyatt R. Smith
and they to pay my just Debts and the balance to be
equally divided between them.  Now and lastly I do hereby
constitute and appoint John Bridevin(?) of the said State
and County to be my sole executor of this my last Will
and Testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this 30th day of September in
the year Eighteen hundred and twenty Eight.  Signed
sealed and delivered to this my last in the presence of
us

                     Alexander Smith {Seal}[right justified] 
Test. Anthony Dyer
      Allen McClenden
      Martin Cochran


Georgia      }  
Jasper County} 

Court of Ordinary Jany Term 1832
Personally came Anthony Dyer, Martin Cochran  two of the
subscribing witnesses to within Will who being duly sworn
depose and say that they saw Alexander Smith sign, seal,
publish and declare the within to be his true last Will
and Testament and that at said time he was of sound
disposing mind and memory to the best of their knowlege
[sic] and belief.  Sworn to & Subscribed in open court
this 2nd Jany 1832
Wm. P. Stokes D.C.C.O.                    
                            Anthony Dyer [right justified]
                            Martin Cochran [right justified]
               Recorded Jany 17 1832 [centered]
                    Wm. P. Stokes D.C.C.O. [right justified]


[Inventory and appraisement follow but are not included here.]

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