Liberty County GaArchives Wills.....Clark, Nathaniel 1761
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Written: 1761
Recorded: 1768

GEORGIA

In the name of God Amen.

I, Nathaniel Clark of St. John Parish in the Province aforesaid. Planter being 
infirm in body but of perfect men.... and memory & mindful of my mortality do 
make ordain and ratify this my Last Will and Testament.

My Soul I comment unto the hands of God my Creator and my Body to the earthy to 
be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors.

The worldy goods with which it hath pleased God to bless me, I dispose of in 
the following manner.

..primer?
After my lawful debts and funeral charges is paid, I give and bequeath to the 
children of my loving Brother Stephen Clark one half of my  Real and Personal 
Estate  to put out at interest til they are of age & then to be equally divided 
amongst them.  The Interest notwithstanding if needful to be made up of for 
their schooling

Secondly
I give & Bequeath to my brother, Joshua Clark, all the money that he owes me.

Thirdly
I give and bequeath the other half of my Real & personal Estate for the support 
of the Gospel Ministry of which the Rev. Wm John Osgood at present is Minister 
and to be paid by my Executors unto the hands of the Select men of the above 
Gospel Ministry as soon as it conveniently can be sold, and they receive the 
money for it

Fourthly and Lastly I constitute and appoint my loving Brother, Stephen Clark 
&  M.? John Winn Executors of this my Last will & Testament. In witness whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of August in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty one.  26 Feb 1761

Nathaniel Clark

Signed, sealed and published and declared by the within named Testator, 
Nathaniel Clark to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who 
subscribe our names in the presence of the Testator

John Stewart
Elizabeth Summer
George X Fitzgerald

Before His Excellency James Wright Esquire Captain, General and Governor in 
Chief of His Majesty's said province and ordinary of the same. Personally 
appeared John Stewart, one of the subscribing witnesses to the last will and 
testament of Nathaniel Clark late of St. John's Parish in the Province 
aforesaid, Planter dec'd and being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists made oath 
that he was personally present and did see the Testator sign, seal, publish, 
pronounce and declare the same to be and contain the last will and testament, 
and that he was of  sound and disposing mind and memory to the best of his 
knowledge and belief and that he with Elizabeth Summner and George Fitzgerald 
signed his name as a witness to the said at the request and in the presence of 
the Testator and in each others presence. At the same time, Stephen Clark named 
Executor qualified as such before me.

Given under my hand this 25th day of Febry 1768

Geo (George) Wright

Additional Comments:
Midway, located in Liberty County on Highway 17 between Savannah and Darien, 
has a long and distinguished history. Founded in 1754 by a group of English 
Puritans, the Midway Society was a Congregationalist group in which 
Christianity and daily living were closely interrelated. These Puritans 
migrated to St. John's Parish, Georgia, from Dorchester, South Carolina, in 
1752. They established a new Dorchester and another nearby settlement that was 
to become much more prominent, the Midway community.  
Historic Midway Congregational Church 
The Midway colonists received sizeable land grants in St. John's Parish 
primarily because the colonial officials wanted a large number of settlers 
there to protect them from the Creek Indians. These first settlers were soon 
joined by families from England, Scotland, and South Carolina. The first 
permanent meetinghouse was erected in 1756, and the first service was held in 
1758. 



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