Morgan County GaArchives Wills.....Downs, William April 15, 1824
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Source: Morgan County Georgia Will Book B
Written: April 15, 1824

 It being appointed for all men to die & being old & much afflicted & bodily 
strength much decreased though sound in mind & memory make this my last will & 
testament. I give to my daughter Sarah McCullock $20 to be paid out of the 
property hereafter named. I give to the above Sarah McCullock & David Downs my 
beloved daughter & son a negro fellow Tom about 55 or 60 years of age, a lot 
of land in the 5th Dist. of Houston County No.2, a feather bed which at my 
death is to be equally divided between Sarah McCullock & David Downs after the 
$20 shall be taken out. Also the above named negro fellow Tom having been a 
faithful servant to me & my children I wish him not to be sold out of my 
family but for him to be appraised by two disinterested persons & whichever of 
the two children he wishes to live with to take him & pay to the other half of 
the valuation. I constitute & appoint John M. Butler & Peyton R. Jenkins my 
executors of this my last will & testament, 15 April 1824./s/ William(x)Downs.
 Witnesses: Wiley Downs, Nancy Downs, Eliza Reason. Georgia Morgan County
 Proved by: Eliza(her x)Reason, Wiley Downs, & Nancy Downs, 3 May 1824.
 Test: John W. Porter, clerk. [No recording date].

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