Lee County GaArchives Wills....Lee County Wills Index ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Boswell Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 January 17, 2005 This will index was abstracted directly from the Lee County Historical Society's book HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY GEORGIA. with permission of the Lee County Historical Society...April 2001 The names and dates that are listed are as they appear in this book which was printed in 1983. I have no additional information about these wills Adams Testator: William Adams Executor: Andrew J. Tison and Jacob N. Sessions Date: 9-30-1853 Witnesses: Thomas S. Tuggle - James M. Bell - John C. Evans Anderson Testator: Jane Anderson Executors: By Order of Court said Will was admitted to Record Date: 1-9-1888 Witnesses: Angie Wilson - Lucy Spry - Mary Ann Walters - Porthine French - Isaiah Anderson - Nathan Anderson Avera Testator: Thomas J. Avera Executors: Wife, Harriet and brother, D.G. Avera Date: 1-17-1874 Witnesses: C.H. Wooten - W.J. Sears - G.W. Warwick Barnes Testator: William W. Barnes Executor: Mary B. Outlaw Date: 6-27-1887 Witnesses: W.H. Kimbrough - S.J. Hargove - H.L. Long Batts Testator: John Batts Executor: Mary Batts, Wife Date: 4-9-1877 Witnesses: F.D. Watson - W.S. Jennings - DeAlva Whitaker Batts Testator: Julia F. Batts Executor: J.L. Batts, husband Date: 10-3-1883 Witnesses: J.B. Hinkle -Onisha Peacock - J.G. Batts Bothwell Testator: William C. Bothwell Executor: Sarah M. Bothwell, Wife Date: 2-23-1857 Witnesses: Thomas Whitsett - Samuel deWyche - Fred H. West Testator: Parmelia C. Bryan Executor: M.W. Bryan Date: 12-3-1884 Witnesses: A.A. Paul - Jane Beddin - John Perry Bryan Testator: Ann J. Butts Executor: Arthur H. Simmons Date: 6-28-1886 Witnesses: J.O. Smith - A.E. Green - Emmie Smith Chapman Testator: Mrs. Fannie M. Chapman Executor: William Newsome Date: 12-29-1864 Witnesses: David A. Vason - John A. Davis -Wm. M. Cooper Clark Testator: Joshua Clark Executor: James Samuel Edwards Date: 3-6-1856 Witnesses: Samuel Lindsey - John H. Gilmore - Fred H. West - S.U.D. Hunt Clegg Testator: Virgil A. Clegg Executor: J.M. McBride - E.L. Kleckley Date: 5-17-1889 Witnesses: J.M. Rhodes - G.A. McDonald - A.A. Kearney Cock Testator: T.P. Cock Executor: Benjamin F. Cock Date: 3-24-1863 Witnesses: W.F. Griffin - C.D. Cock - Dam arias Sneed Cowart Testator: Wilson Cowart Executor: A.B. and J.L. Cowart Date: 2-20-1893 Witnesses: William C. Gill - Goodman Kersey - L.J. Hargrove Duncan Testator: Alexander B. Duncan, Sr. Executor: Ellen A. Duncan Date: 10-13-1851 Witnesses: Henry H. Herrington - Thomas S. Tuggle - Isaac J.P. Welch Fletcher Testator: Indiana Fletcher Executor: William J. Tillman Date: 11-11-1864 Witnesses: Daniel McCoy - M.F. Green - M.E. Fletcher Forrester Testator: Elizabeth T. Forrester Executor: J.R. Forrester Date: 6-22-1883 Witnesses: Mattie E. Love Gardner Testator: Mary G. Gardner Executor: Joseph Pow Date: 11-16-1858 Witnesses: John W. Jordan - Jim Thomas - J. Stewart - John Stegall Gray Testator: Sarah Gray Executor: Stephen V. Gray Date: 2-9-1860 Witnesses: K .J. Warren - Thomas F. Porter - Joe C. Floyd Green Testator: Ellen A. Green Executor: Date: 3-18-1872 Witnesses: K.J. Warren - H.B. Lipsey - Soloman Page Green Testator: Mary A. Green Executor: William A. Green Date: 3-9-1882 Witnesses: J.F. Watson - M.W. Bryan - H.T. Green Griffin Testator: Peter G. Griffin Executor: Lucender Griffin, Joseph Griffin Date: 4-1 8-1891 Witnesses: G.E. Clark - W.T. Sadler - John S. Paul Haynes Testator: John B. Haynes Executor: Mrs. Fannie Haynes (mother) Date: 3-16-1899 Witnesses: J.M. Hines - J.A. Lipsey - W.R. Bunkley Hayslip Testator: Jonas Hayslip — Bk. A pg. 5-8 Executor: William H. Green, Elizabeth Hayslip Date: 9-28-1853 Witnesses: Daniel B. O'Sullivan - Benjamin Green - A.E. Harris Heislar Testator: Elbert Heislar — Bk. A pg. 4-5 Executor: Jonathan David Date: 4-8-1857 Witnesses: Green B. Mayo - David Heislar - Elizabeth Holder - Mary Heislar Hooks Testator: Hardy A. Hooks — Bk. A pg. 67-68 Executor: J.B Hooks Date: 7-6-1867 Witnesses: ThomasWhitsett - H.B. Lipsey - J.W. Hooks -William Hooks Houdlett Testator: T. Warren R. Houdlett — Bk. A pg. 109-15 Executor: Erastus Bartlett, Joseph E. Burtt, Thomas H. Lord, Adms, & Exec. Date: 9-25-1883 Witnesses: C.S. Glidden - A.G. Sawyer - J.E. Alexander Howard Testator: Sarah Howard — Bk. A pg. 71-73 Executor: Willis A. Jones Date: 5-28-1861 Witnesses: John A. Davis - G.J. Wright Johns Testator: Enoch Johns — B. A pg. 1-4x Executor: Delphia Elizabeth Johns (wife), Thomas H. Moody (friend), David F. Johns (brother) Date: 12-14-1854 Witnesses: Thomas Speight - Elbert Heislar - Fred H. West Johnson Testator: Thomas W. Johnson — Bk. A pg. 137 Executor: Joel F. Johnson (son) Date: 2-2-1886 Witnesses: T.S. Burton - A.J. Miller - J.W. Clark Kriscal Testator: Dennis O. Kriscal Executor: Ida Anetta Batts Date: 1-12-1883 Witnesses: G.W. Warwick - A.J. Miller - J.F. Watson Laramore Testator: James Laramore — Bk A. pg. 58 Executor: John L. Laramore (son) Date: 4-22-1861 Witnesses: G.M. Stokes -William G. Heald - Fred W. West Laramore Testator: Mrs. M.E. Laramore — Bk. A pg. 146 Executor: Louis Laramore Date: 5-14-1889 Witnesses: C.C. Clay - P.C. Bryan - M.W. Bryan Leonard Testator: Susan C. Leonard — Bk. A pg. 169 Executor: Alma C. Carpenter (daughter) Date: 7-1895 Witnesses: J.G. Clark - R.E. McAfee - J.W. Batts Liggin Testator: E.W. Liggin — Bk. A pg. 69 Executor: Martha A. Liggin (wife) Date: 6-5-1871 Witnesses: William D. Green - J.W. Bryan - G. Willis Lindsey Testator: Miss Francis (Fannie) D. Lindsey — Bk. A pg. 131 Executor: Mattie E. Love (friend) Date: 11-2-1886 Witnesses: William H. Kimbrough - Henry L. Long - Eula Kimbrough Lindsey Testator: Vashti Lindsey — Bk A pg. 29 Executor: Samuel Lindsey (son) Date: 5-14-1859 Witnesses: Kittrel J. Warren - Steven V. Gay - D.A.J. Sessions McAfee Testator: William M. McAfee — Bk. A pg. 118 Executor: Mary E. McAfee (wife) - Robert E. McAfee (son) Date: 9-8-1883 Witnesses: W.S. Deidreich - W.A. Smith -G.W. Warwick McLendon Testator: John McLendon, Sr. — Bk. A pg. 15-17 Executor: William McLendon (son) Date: 8-29-1848 Witnesses: George C. Tickman - James Brim - J.E. Nobles McKenzie Testator: Hemp McKenzie — Bk. A pg. 50 Executor: Eleanora McKenzie (daughter) Date: 9-1-1865 Witnesses: E.A. Wilson - S.C. Pryor - James W. Covin Mercer Testator: Joel E. Mercer — Bk. A pg. 37 Executor: Leondes D. Mercer and Fannie Mercer (son and daughter Date: 11-25-1864 Witnesses: David A. Vason - John A. Davis - Dudley P. Jackson G.M. Byne Mercer Testator: John Mercer - Bk. A pg. 44 Executor: Leonidas B. Mercer (son) - William B. Jones (son-in-law) John B. Gilbert (friend) Date: 11-5-1851 Witnesses: Jeremiah Hillsman - James Pope - Leeman D. McLendon Miller Testator: Julia M. Miller — Bk. A pg. 86 Executor: G.W. Warwick Date: 12-29-1878 Witnesses: W.M. McAfee - M.D. Sanders - G.W. Warwick Norton Testator: John Wesley Norton -- Bk. A pg. 99 Executor: William Harrison Norton (brother) Date: 6-6-1879 Witnesses: Benjamin F. Blount - Reading J. Blount - Homer Walebelp O'Driscal Testator: Dennis O'Driscal — Bk. A pg. 105 Executor: Ida A. Batts (adopted daughter) Date: 1-12-1883 Witnesses: G.W. Warwick -A.J. Miller - J.F. Watson Page Testator: Solomon Page — Bk. A pg. 89 Executor: Mary E.D. Page (wife), Morgan Page (son) Date: 12-5-1879 Witnesses: K.J. Weaver - James Salter - William W. Barnes Ramsey Testator: Benjamin Ramsey — Bk. A pg. 54 Executor: Jesse Tucker Date: 1-18-1865 Witnesses: Joel Forrester - John H. Pope - Charles H. Conners Richardson Testator: William B. Richardson — Bk. 4 pg. 74 Executor: Mary Ann E. Richardson (wife), Richard J. Richardson (son), L.L. Evans (son-in-law) Date: 4-13-1873 Witnesses: J.G.T. Stanford - J.M. Adkins - George W. Warwick Sadler Testator: William T. Sadler — Bk. A pg. 101 Executor: Mary Elizabeth Sadler, wife, Dr. Jasper A. Smith, friend Date: 9-21-1882 Witnesses: H.J. Anderson - William D. Green - Isaac J. Hatfield William H. Baldy Sikes Testator: Darling Sikes — Bk. A pg. 42 Executor: Eli Coachman (father-in-law) Date: 5-2-1862 Witnesses: C.H. March - D.C. Bivins - James March Smith Testator: John B. Smith - Bk. A pg. 81 Executor: S.K. Turner Date: 2-11-1875 Witnesses: J.F. Watson - F.A. Snellgrove - Green B. Watson Smith Testator: Matthew Smith -- Bk. A pg. 41 Executor: John Henry, David W. Culpepper Date: 1-18-1860 Witnesses: Lenner Adams - J.M. Buffington - H.A. Black - J.M. Corr Sneed Testator: Dudley Sneed — Bk. A pg. 52 Executor: Jesse Cock Date: 8-4-1863 Witnesses: H.M. Buford - J.A. Brown - B.R. Rives Tison Testator: Eason Tison — Bk. A. pg. 35 Executor: Date: 8-15-1863 Witnesses: M.W. Tison - Lessee I. Tison - Nancy Holmes - Nancy Tison Tison Testator: Moses B. Tison — Bk. A pg. 24 Executor: Moses Tison, son Date: 6-6-1854 Witnesses: Jesse Tucker - David Mashburn - R.J. Weaver Walters Testator: Jack Walters — Bk. A pg. 107 Executor: Thomas McKenzie Date: August 1883 Witnesses: Ruben Strozier - Dock McCarey - B.J. Howell Washington Testator: George Washington — Bk. A pg. 158 Executor: B.J. Howell Date: 1-3-1897 Witnesses: B.J. Howell - Willie Ross - J.B. Howell Wells Testator: William Wells — Bk. A pg. Executor: W.D. Wells, J.L. Wells, son Date: 11-25-1887 Witnesses: J.F. Watson - J.F. Johnson - D.G. Avera Whitaker Testator: Hudson Whitaker – Bk. A pg. 83 Executor: Georgia A. Whitaker Date: 12-5-1876 Witnesses: James Dodson - W.D. Wells - G.W. Warwick Williams Testator: Charles Williams – Bk. A pg. 128 Executor: Julia William, Dan-Wesley Drake, son-in-law Date: 5-11-1886 Witnesses: A.M. Adkins - W.G. Bennett - J.F. Watson Windsor Testator: Alex Windsor — Bk. A pg. 156 Executor: John Windsor, J.A. Hill Date: 1883 Witnesses: J .H. Randall - T.S. Burton - l .M. McKinney Woolbright Testator: Mrs. Ardilla Woolbright – Bk. A pg. 142 Executor: Crawford W. Mayo, Thomas K. Taylor Date: 2-21-1879 Witnesses: C.B. Wooten - W.H. Wilder - W.C. Jelks Woolbright Testator: John Woolbright — Bk. A pg. 26 Executor: Peter J. Strozier, Lott Warsen, John B. Gilbert Date: 6-10-1844 Witnesses: John Mercer - Burch M. Roberts - George Cooper Young Testator: John J. Young — Bk. A pg. 148 Executor: Charlie A. Young, John H. Young, sons Date: 10-19-1889 Witnesses: G.W. Warwick - C.A. Rhodes - R .P. Salter