Jones County Wills

I have pages 948 & 949 from the book HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY. This copy was 
at the Jones co. courthouse.   These pages had some tidbits of info on some 
wills for these names.  The Last name is shown and other last names mentioned 
are in the (  ) .  Email me if these names interest you and I will be glad to 
copy the info!  Here are the names


ALLEN  

ALLEN, WILLIAM R.
Nov. 7, 1813; Mar. 7, 1814
To wife: Polly
To children of Mrs. Tabitha Gordy
Mentions: "Children"; desires son, John, to be "bound out" at age of 
seventeen.
Exrs.: Jno. Allen, Harris Allen
Wit.: Zachary Pope, William Cureton.


CARY  
(davison, cary, forrister, carey, vintress, melson, green, burford, horne, 
castleberry)

EILAND  
(rainey, eiland)

CHAPMAN
(philips, hill, anothony, chapman, hairston, smith)


CALHOUN, John
Apr. 27, 1815; July 3, 1815
To wife: Allice (Alline)
To Sons: Patrick, Samuel, John L., David W., William M., Lewis
To Step-son; Jno. Henderson
To daus.: Sarah, Rebecca H., Lucy C.
Exrs.: wife, Allice, son, Patrick
Wit.: D. Carson, Thomas E., McDowell, David Crocket.



BEDEL
(smith, wyche, tarver, bedel, langhon, mobley)

HALSTEAD
( simmons, hill, halstead, renton,  **names a slave named PRINCE**)

DICKENS
(humphries, gilbert, smith, dickens, johnston, weatherby, northern)

DICKENS, EPHRAIM
4-3-1814; Jan 3, 1815
To gr. daus.: Susannah Humphries, Sally Gilbert, Peggy Smith
Mentions: Property in Warren Co.
Exrs.: Samuel Johnston, Bird Gilbert
Wit.: Septimus Weatheryby, Wm. Northern, Peter Northern.

STONE
(coleman, womack, stone, white, pierson, cunnungham)

CASTLEBERRY
(thompson, harris, castleberry, allen)

HINES
( brooks, hicks, hines, bilson, moore)
HINES, JOHN
jan. 11, 1815; -
To wife: Rachel
Mentions "bounty of land, or any sum of money to be paid by the government 
for army service."
Exr.: Jacob R. Brooks
Wit.: Johnson Hicks, Isaiah Bilson, Jonathan Moore.


HAWKINS
(lumbough, ellis, hawkins, jameson)

HARRIS
HARRIS, JOSHUA, SR.
Jan. 29,1816; Jan. 6, 1817
To son: Joshua
To chil. of James Harris and Sally Harris
To gr. dau.:child of Nancy Green
Exrs.: Joshua Harris Jr., James Harris
Wit.: William Rose, Susanna Rose.

SMITH
(stewart, smith, galaway, huey, blair, moore, wilson, burgy, orsborn)
SMITH, SAMUEL
Dec. 27, 1815; Feb. 16, 1816
To sons: William, Samuel
To daus.: Jane Stewart, Phebe Galaway, Isabel Huey, Agnes Blair
To gr. sons: Samuel huey, Samuel Galaway. Samuel Smith
To gr. daus.: Sarah Galaway, Lilly Stewart, Sally Moore, Mary Smith
Wit.: L. Wilson, Jno. Burgy, William C. Orsborn.


REASE
(sweetheart - sally)

REESE
(gresham, baker, reese, cook)

DAVIDSON
(blount, donoho, davidson, triplet, smith)

HARRIS
(green, harris, rose)

McLAMORE
(chancey, McLamore, feagin)

HANSFORD
(harrison, stone, hansford, ryan, grimes, nichleson, sims, McFarlin)

ROGERS
(snipes, figg,ezell, hutchings, rogers, womack, lamar, hicks, morton)

CALHOUN
(carson, calhoun, McDowell, crocket)

HAWKINS
(clark, hawkins, gray, summons)

FINNIE