Monroe COUNTY  GA  Wills -WILEY H. POPE - 1847

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILEY H. POPE - 1847


MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, WILL BOOK A, PAGE 262
Office of the Probate Judge of Monroe County, Georgia


Georgia Morgan County


I Wiley H. Pope being of sound mind and disposing memory
do make and Publish this my last will and Testament.


Item 1st I will that all my just debts be paid.


Item 2 I will that all my real and personal property
(with the exception of my house and lot in the Town of
Forsyth on the Thomaston road, which House and lot I give
to my beloved mother Susan Pope) be devided into five
equal parts one part I give and bequeath to John W. Stark
in trust for his wife Eliza Stark during her natural
life, then to go to her children and in no case subject
to said John W. Starks debts. One part I give and
bequeath to William M. Pope in trust for his wife
Caroline Pope and his children and in no case subject to
said William M. Popes debts. One part I give and bequeath
unto John W. Stark in trust for Susan A. Evans, and her
children being for their the said Susan and her childrens
sole and separate use. One part I give and bequeath unto
John S. Colbert in trust for his wife Emily F. Colbert
and her children. The last and fifth part I will to be
divided into three equal parts, one part of which I give
in trust to William M. Pope for the use of Henry G.
Gibson -  another part of which I give in trust to
William M. Pope for the use of Wiley A. Gibson, and the
other part I give to William M. Pope in trust for
Virginia Josephine Gibson. In the event of the death of
Henry G. Gibson Wiley A. Gibson or Virginia Josephine
Gibson without heirs, I will that his or her shear be
given to the survivor or survivors in manner and form as
specified above. Signed sealed and published in the
presence of the Testator and each other this 20th May
1847.


                              Wiley H. Pope
James H. McHenry
Reuben Mann
William S. Stokes


Georgia Morgan County. This my Codicil made the 20th day
of May one thousand Eight Hundred and forty seven,
Witnesseth that in addition to the House and lot given in
my will to my Mother Susan Pope, I hereby give and
bequeath to her the following negroes Granville, Fanny,
and her children during her life and after her death to
be divided amongst the legatees named in my will in
manner and form as therein specified. Signed sealed and
published in the presence of the Testator and in the
presence of each other.


                              Wiley H. Pope
James H. McHenry
Reuben Mann
William S. Stokes



[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: there were several men named Wiley
H. Pope; this one was the son of Henry Pope (son of Jesse
Pope of Hancock County, Georgia) and Susannah Evans]


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