Macon-Colquitt County GaArchives Wills.....Jones, Martha  November 28 1885
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Source: Macon County Wills; Book A; 1856 - 1909
Written: November 28 1885

State of Georgia, Marion County -
In the name of God - Amen :

     I, Martha Jones of said State and County, being of advanced age but of 
sound and disposing mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart this 
life deem it right and proper, both as  __________ my family and myself that I 
should make a disposition of the property with which a kind Providence has 
blessed me. I do therefore make this my last will and testament hereby revoking 
and annulling all others by me heretofore made.

1st - I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christianlike 
manner suitable to my circumstances and condition in life - My soul, I trust, 
shall return to rest with God who gave as I __________ for Salvation through 
the merits and atonement of the blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2ndly I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by my 
Executors herein after named and appointed.

3rdly  I give, bequeath and devise to my son, William W. Bryan and his wife E. 
T. A. Bryan all the Western half of lot of land number Sixty eight (68) in the 
thirteenth district of Macon County, State of Georgia, except fifty (50) acres 
deeded off to James B. D. Dwight, also sixty 62 1/2 two  and one half acres of 
lot number Sixty (69) nine on the south side of said lot No. 69 its being all 
of said last named lot except that portion heretofore sold to Thomas Passmore, 
all containing in the aggregate one hundred 113 3/4 and thirteen and three 
quarter acres more or less all in the thirteenth district of Macon County 
Georgia with all the rights members and appurtenances to said tracts or parcels 
of land, for and during  their natural lives, and after their deaths to pass 
to  and become the property of their children, heirs of their bodies to be 
equally divided among their children. 

4thly  I give, bequeath and devise to my son, William W. Bryan and his wife E. 
T. A. Bryan all my household and kitchen furniture for and during their natural 
lives and after their deaths to pass to and become the property of their 
children, heirs of their bodies, to be equally divided among them.

                                                Martha Jones

Signed, sealed, declared and published by Martha Jones as her last will and 
testament in the presence of us the undersigned who subscribed their names 
hereto in the presence of said testator at her special instance and request and 
in the presence of each other - this November 28th 1885.

I hereby constitute and appoing my son William W. Bryan Executor of this my 
last will and testament - This November 28th 1885.

H. B. Wells                                        Martha Jones
___ N.A. Tullis
W. H. Dillard

Additional Comments:
Martha Bryan Jones was the wife and widow of Magruder Bryan father of William 
Washington Bryan, grandfather of Jesse Harris Bryan.

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