Marital Agreement Between John Pitts and Lucy C. Pitts, 23 May 1850
Jones County, Georgia, Deed Book R, pages 368-369

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  Georgia    }     Whereas a marriage has been had and
Jones County }     Solemnized between John Pitts and his wife Lucy
C. Pitts who was Lucy C. Williams of Said county. And whereas previous
to said intermarriage it was agreed by and between the said John Pitts
and Said Lucy C. that the property which the Said Lucy C. had and
owned before said intermarriage then one individual one fourth interest
in the estate of her former husband Howel F. Williams late of Said county
deceased. Which said property has since Said intermarriage been
assigned and Set apart to the said John Pitts and consists of Three negroes
named Lewis Edmund and Adaline Tow [sic] Bouroes a half dozen Flag Chairs
one Bed, Bedstead and furniture one couch one work Stand and
promisory notes amounting to Eleven hundred and Twenty dollars and
twenty one cents and yet an undevided one fourth interest in a house
and lot in which Said Lucy resides before and at the time of said
intermarriage Should not become the property of him the Said John Pitts
absolutely but that in the event that Said marriage Should be had and Solemnized between the Said John Pitts and Lucy C. that Said John Pitts
would hold and control the said property for and during the joint
lives of the Said John Pitts and Lucy C. for his own use and benefit
not to be accountable for the hire of Said negroes their earnings and
gains or the interest on Said notes or the rent of Said interest in said
house and lot and in the event that the said Lucy C. Shal[sic] Servive
the Said John Pitts and in that event the said negroes with the natural
increase of said female slave said house hold furniture the amount
of the principel of said promisory note and the individual interest 
in said house and lot should be absolutely the property of the said 
Lucy C. at the death of him the said John Pitts and in the
event that the said John Pitts Should Servive the said Lucy C.
then and in that event and at the death of the said Lucy C.
the said negroes furniture the amount of the principel of Said
promisory notes and the undevided interest in Said house
and lot and the natural increase of Said female Slave Shall be 
the property of James D. Williams Howel Flewellen Williams
Thomas Jefferson Williams children of the said Lucy C.
And it was agreed on the part of the Said Lucy that she is not
to claim dower or a distributive Share in the estate of the Said
John Pitts in the event that She Should Servive him. Now in
consideration that said marriage having had & solemnized and in
consideration of the promises the said John Pitts does hereby acknowledge
that he holds and possesses said negroes furniture promisory notes
and the undevided interest in said house and lot as trustee subject
to the foregoing Stipulations and agreement entered into before said
intermarriage. And the said John Pitts covenants to and with the said
Lucy C. that in the event that She should Servive him that She the 
said Lucy C. shall have said negroes furniture and the amount of the
principel of said promisory notes and the undevided interest in said house
and lot with the natural increase of said female Slave at the death
of him the Said John Pitts as her own property and right absolutely
and Should said principel of Said notes be used by me the amount thereof
is to be raised from my Estate And the Said John Pitts covenants 
to and with the said James D. Williams Howel Flewellen Williams
& Thomas Jefferson Williams that in the event that the said Lucy C.
shall depart this life before the death of him the said John Pitts
that at her death he the said John Pitts will convey and deliver
said negroes furniture the amount of the principel of the said promisory
notes the undevided interest in said house and lot and the natural increase
of the female slave unto them the said James D. Williams Howel 
Flewellen Williams and Thomas Jefferson Williams absolutely and 
forever. And the Said Lucy C. for the purpose of carrying out said
agreement entered into before said intermarriage as before expressed
into effect in consideration of the promises of the said marriage agreement
hereby covenants to and with the said John Pitts his heirs Executors 
and administrators that in the event that she shall Servive the said
John Pitts then of the heirs Executors and Administrators of him the 
said John Pitts at his death shall deliver said negroes furniture 
the amount of the principel of Said promisory notes the undevided 
interest in Said house and lot with the natural increase of the female
Slave then and in such event she the said Lucy C. is not to claim
dower in the lands of said John Pitts nor any distributive interest
in his estate. In testimony whereof the said John Pitts and
Lucy C. Pitts have here unto Set their hands and seal this the
23rd May 1850.
Attest             }          John Pitts (Seal)
Columbus A. Pitts  }          Lucy C. Pitts (Seal)
Wiley B. Pope J.P. }

                   Recorded 28th May 1850
                                 Moses R. Draper Clk  


[Transcriber's note: the words "principel, promisory, and undevided" spelled
as in the original record]

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