JONES COUNTY GA Will John Moore - 1842 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Larry Comer LComer@houston.rr.com LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN MOORE ==================================================================== JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA, RECORD OF WILLS TRANSCRIBED FROM BOOK A 1809-1815, BOOK B 1815-1825, BOOK C 1826-1856, PAGES 291-294 (originally in Will Book C) Office of the Probate Judge of Jones County, Georgia Georgia } Jones County ) I, John Moore of the county and State aforesaid, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, s't to wit s't [sic]. I will that all debts due me at my death be collected and all debts due by me to be paid off. I give and bequeath unto my trusty friend John Pitts the following negroes, to wit, David and Rebecka, Hagar, Susan, Wyet, Serry and William, Martha and Elysa, and their increase hereafter born, upon trust that he shall control and use the same and apply the profits arising therefrom to the support and maintenance of my daughter, Nancy C. Moore, wife of John R. Moore, and her three children now with her, namely, Thomas, John and Benjamin Moore, or any child or children hereafter born of her body, for and during the natural life of the said Nancy C. Moore, and at the death of said Nancy C. Moore, all the said negroes, with their increase to be equally divided between her three children now with her namely: Thomas, John and Benjamin Moore, or any other child or children hereafter born of her body., to them and their heirs, forever, and in case of the death of either of the brothers before they are twenty one years old, the living brothers to heir the property to them and their heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto my trusty friend John Pitts six hundred and seven and a half acres of land more, less, which I bought of Paton T. Pitts whereon I now live, with a cotton gin, upon trust that he shall control and use the same, and apply the profits arising therefrom to the support and maintenance of my daughter Nancy C. Moore and her three children now with her, or any other child or children hereafter born of her body, for and during the natural life of said Nancy C. Moore. It is my will and desire that after the death of my daughter Nancy C. Moore that my land be equally divided between the three children now with her, or any other child or children hereafter born of her body, to them and their heirs forever, and if either of the children die before they are twenty one years old, the living above mentioned to heir the property of the deceased to them and their heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto my trusty friend John Pitts the following property, namely, three feather beds and furniture, three of the bedsteads and mattresses, one desk and book case, one clock, on side board, one walnut table, one small painted table, one large pine table, two chest, six rush bottom chairs, one large looking glass, fire dogs, tongs and shovel, all my library of books, in a word all my household and kitchen furniture and crop of corn and cotton, if any in hand, all my plantation utensils, upon trust that he shall control and use the same, and apply the profits arising therefrom, to the support of my daughter Nancy C. Moore and her three children now with her, namely, Thomas Moore and John and Benjamin Moore, or any other child or children hereafter born of her body, to them and their heirs forever. Should John R. Moore live longer than his wife, Nancy C. Moore, it is my will and desire that he shall have a reasonable support out of my estate, during a single life, and in case said John Pitts should die before the death of my daughter Nancy C. Moore, wife of John R. Moore, in that event it is my will and desire that the Court of Ordinary of Jones County appoint some suitable person to act in his place, to carry this, my last will and testament, into effect as directed and the person so appointed by said court, from time to time, and give the power before vested in said John Pitts and for the same purposes and at the death of said Nancy C. Moore, wife of John R. Moore, this trust to cease and determine. I give and bequeath unto my son Henry Moore the following negroes, to wit, Shadrick, Jerry, Charlotte, Jack, Mary, Temple, and their increase, to him and his heirs forever. I hereby constitute and appoint John R. Moore and Paton T. Pitts executors to carry into effect this my last will and testament. I hereby revoke all former wills by me made. Given under my hand and seal this the 6th day of January 1840. John Moore (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Joseph Winship Peter Clower Howell F. Williams Georgia } Jones County } In Chambers 1 February 1842. And now in vacation, before us, James Gray and Charles Hutchings, two of the justices of the Inferior court of said county, in person appeared Joseph Winship and Peter Clower, two of the subscribing witnesses to the within instrument of writing, who being duly sworn say that they saw John Moore, the testator, sign, seal, publish and declare the within instrument of writing to be and contain his true last will and testament, that testator did the same freely and without compulsion & that at the time of the execution of the same, the testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory, and that deponents signed the same as witnesses with Howell F. Williams at the request of testator, in his presence and in the presence of each other. Joseph Winship Peter Clower Sworn to, subscribed before us this February 1842. Charles Hutchings, J. I. C. James Gray, J.I. C. 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