Meriwether County GaArchives Wills.....Rees, Jordan  March 1 1875
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Source: Meriwether County, Ga Will Records
Written: March 1 1875
Recorded: December 1 1879

Last Will and Testament of Jordan Rees

Meriwether County, Georgia

In the name of God Amen:

Now know all men by these presents, that I,  Jordan Rees, taking into 
consideration the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and being in 
sound disposing mind, do make this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking 
all others.

Item 1st.  I desire in the first place that all my just debts shall be paid.

2nd.  I give to my daughter Mary A. Douglas two hundred and forty acres of 
land known as the place whereon I reside including all the dwellings and 
appertenances to have and to hold in her individual right forever in fee 
simple.  I give to my granddaughter Mary Margaret Douglas my bed, bedstead and 
furniture.

3rd.  I give to my two daughters Rebecca H. Scott and Emily F. Jackson the lot 
of land known as the Williams lot No. 225 to be divided equally between them.

4th.  I desire that my stock of all kinds and household and kitchen furniture 
shall be sold and after paying my granddaughter Sarah W. Lovelace two hundred 
dollars and my grandson Carlile B. Martin twenty dollars, the balance if any 
to be equally divided among my three daughters, viz:  Mary A. Douglas, Rebecca 
H. Scott and Emily F. Jackson.

6th.  (does not have a 5th. item.)  The property real and personal bequeathed 
to my daughter Rebecca H. Scott, I give to her and her children free from any 
control of her husband Henry Scott and I hereby appoint my grandson William 
Scott trustee of the property bequeathed to my daughter Rebecca Scott and her 
children for their ? and benefit.

7th.  I give to my daughter Mary A. Douglas my Insurance Policy whatever it 
may amount to as her individual right.

8th.  I hereby constitute and appoint Dr. C.A. Stiles and B.W. Williams my 
Executors to carry out the provisions of this my last Will and Testament.  
Jordan Rees  (seal)

Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of March 1875

In presence of:

Stith A. Parham

Robt. T.C. Tucker,

John Jackson

At Home, March 1, 1875

My dear children,

I have endeavored to act conscientiously in the distribution of my effects.  I 
have left Mary Ann more land than any of her sisters, simply because i have 
been a burden to her and will continue to be so as long as God seeith fit  to 
prolong my life.  Jordan Rees (seal)  Witness:  Robt. T.C. Tucker

Georgia, Meriwether County

Ordinary's Office, December Term 1879

The within last Will and Testament of Jordan Rees, dec'd, having been offered 
for Probate at this regular Term of the Court in common form and 
satisfactorily proven upon the testimony of Stith A.  Parham and Robt. T.C. 
Tucker, two of the subscribing witnesses who testified to al the facts 
necessary to prove the same.  Ordered that the same be admitted to Record as 
the last Will and Testament of Jordan Rees, dec'd, as proven in common form 
and that the nominated Executors B.W. Williams and C.A. Stiles be and they are 
hereby allowed to qualify and upon their so doing, that Letters Testamentary 
issue to them.  Under my hand and official signature this 1st day of December 
1879.  A.J. Hinton, O.M.G.

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