Jefferson County GaArchives Wills.....Calhoun, Adam November 15, 1803
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Source: Jefferson County Will Book, P. 43
Written: November 15, 1803
Recorded: January 3, 1804

In the name of God Amen  the 15th day of November 1803 I Adam Calhoun of the 
State of Georgia and County of Jefferson Being very sick and weak in body but 
of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for his mercy:  therefore calling 
unto mind the mortality of my body that it is appointed for all men once to 
die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say 
principally and first I give recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave 
it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian 
burial at the descretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general 
resurrection I shall receive the same again by the might power of God Amen  as 
touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this 
life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.  
It is my will that the tract of land whereon I now live together with all the 
rest of my real estate, my wagons and horses and my negro women named Matt to 
be sold at public sale giving twelve months credit  I give my dearly beloved 
wife Rosanna the eleventh part of all my real and personal estate to be given 
her as soon as a diviners can be made by my Executors and also that she have 
the possession of all my stock of cattle, hogs, sheep toward the raising the 
two youngest children till they should marry or be come of age I give and 
bequeath my son William Calhoun twenty dollars to be made and levied out of my 
estate  I give and bequeath to Unity Godwin ten dollars and it is my desire 
that she have eighteen month schooling at the expense of my estate.  It is my 
will and desire that every description of the remainder part of my Estate not 
particularly before given or disposed of be equally divided between all my 
S_______y children as ________ they_______________________.  I do hereby 
constitute and ordain M Newton and Samuel Allen my sole executors of this my 
last will and testament and I do hereby utterly revoke and disannul all and 
every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequeaths and Executors by 
me in any way before named will and leagay through ratifying and confirming 
this and no other to be my last will and testament I witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed, published,  pronounced and declared by the sd Adam Calhoun to 
be his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers
Samuel Calhoun
Daniel Kingry
Jeremiah Wilcher


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