Lincoln COUNTY  GA  Wills  Mary Glaze 1858

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WILL  OF  MARY  GLAZE--recorded August 5, 1858--P. 150-152  Bk E--Wills and 
Estate Records, Lincoln Co Ord. Court, 1800-1877
 
Georgia  Lincoln County
In the name of God Amen, I Mary Glaze of the County
and State aforesaid, being of advanced age, feeble in
body, but of sound and disposeing mind and memory
being desiring to make a disposition of the property
with which a kind providence has blessed me do make,
ordain, declare and publish this to be my last will
and testament. Item 1st -I desire and direct my body
be buried in a decent christain like manner, and I
trust my soul will return to God who gave (sic -it to
me).

Item 2nd -I desire and direct that my Executor
hereinafter named shall pay my just debts as soon as
the nature of the circumstances will permit.  

Item 3rd- with the conditions  limitations and
restrictions hereinafter mentioned and imposed, I
give to my daughter Julia Ann Albea wife of Tilman
Albea for her support and the support and
maintainance of her minor children my tract of land
whereon I now live in said county containing one
hundred and eleven acres, more or less, and also the
choice one of my two negros, to wit Isaac and Jinney,
my said daughter to make her own selection after my
decease without regard to valuation for and during
the tenur of her natural life, the said land and
negroe nor either of them nor the annual rents,
issues, and profits of either shall be subject to the
debts, contracts power or control of her present or
any future husband, so as to impair in the least this
my desire and intention of securing the benefits of
said property to my said daughter during her life,
and at the death of my said daughter Julia Ann Albea,
I give desire and direct the said property both real
and personal herein given to her during her life
together with all its increase and advantages be
equally divided among her children and their ???
representative, share and share alike.

Item 4th - I give five hundred dollars in money to be
equally divided share and share alike between my
Grand children to wit.  Ellington Searls, Mary Francy
Searls, Martha Searls, Elizabeth Searls, Julia Ann
Searls and Thomas Searls children of Thomas Searls,
Jr. as their full distributive share in all my estate
both real and personal, and should either of my said
grandchildren die before there is a distribution of
my estate & this legacy paid over by my Executor then
and in that case I desire and direct the said five
hundred dollars shall be equally divided among the
surviving brothers and sisters.

tem 5th - All of the balance of my estate, left after
the paying my just debts, funeral expenses, and
necessary expenses of administration no matter what
it may consist nor wherever it may be with the
restrictions and limitations mentioned in 3rd Item of
this will I give to my daughter Julia Ann Albea and
at her death to her children.

Item 6 - After my daughter Julia Ann Albea shall make
her choice of a negro slave, I desire and direct my
Executor to sell my other slave in the way and manner
he may think most conducive to the welfare of said
slave and the interest of my estate, and appropriate
so much of the proceeds of said sale as will be
sufficient to pay the money legacy to my
grandchildren and my just debts.

Item 7th - I hereby constitute and appoint Stephen B.
Smith trustee to take charge of and manage and
control the property herein given to my daughter
Julia Ann Albea for hers and her childrens benefit
support and maintainance.

Item 8th - I also hereby constitute and appoint
Stephen B. Smith the Executor of this my last will
and testament to carry the same into effect.
 
                                                                                                                                           Mary (her mark X) Glaze
 
Signed Sealed published and declared by Mary Glaze as her last will and 
testament who signed the same in the presence of as who signed the same in her 
presence, and in the presence of each other as witnesses this 7th day of June 
1858.
B. Bentley
Aaron Hardy
E. J. Lyon
 
Georgia Lincoln County Court of Ordinary August Term 1858
The within last will and testament of Mary Glaze
having been duly proven at this regular term in open
court upon the oath of Edmund J. Lyon a subscribing
witness there to ordered that the same be admitted to
records.
                                                                                                                       Benjamin F. Tatom, ordinary
Recorded this 5th August 1858
Benj. F. Tatom ordinary