Morgan County GaArchives Wills.....Jones, Dr. Elijah October 30, 1876
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Source: Morgan County, Georgia, Court House
Written: October 30, 1876
Recorded: November 6, 1876

Know all persons by these presents that I, Elijah E. Jones, of said county and 
state being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish, and declare 
this my last will and testament, and hereby revoking all others by me 
heretofore made: 
Item 1st: It is my wish that my lot in the City of Madison Cemetery, upon which 
my mounment stands, be enclosed with granite in a good stile, 
Item 2nd: I give to the Court of Ordinary of said County of Morgan five shares 
of my Atlanta and West Point Rail Road stock, the income and dividens of which 
are to be used by said court in keeping up and beautifying my said lot situated 
in said City of Madison Cemetery. 
Item 3rd: I give to Jack Harrison and Elenor,his wife formerly my slaves, the 
sum of of five hundred dollars, to be invested by my executors in a home for 
them, and investing the title to said home in them, the said Jack and Eleanor, 
Item 4th: I will, bequeath, and devise to my former slaves Martha, wife of 
Wyatt Jones, and Aaron Jones, each, fifty acres of land to be taken from 
my "Harris Place;" and I also will and bequeath to my former slave, Albert 
Randolph, fifty acres of land to be off of my "Harris Place" as my executors 
may think best. 
Item  5th: I give to my son, Elijah C. Jones, all my household and kitchen 
furniture, my wearing apparel, my gold watch, my fire arms, my gold headed 
cane, my library, and all my silver ware of every kind and___ baskets about my 
house. Item 6th: I will, bequeath, and devise to my son, Elijah C. Jones, my 
house and lot in the City of Madison for and during his natural life, and at 
his death, to go to and vest in my grand daughter Virginia A. Jones, daughter 
of said Elijah C. Jones. 
Item 7th: I wlll and bequeath to Mrs. Jane L. Curr [?] for and during her 
natural life ten sahres of my "Atlanta and West Point" rail road stock, to 
revert to my estate at her death. I do this on account of her kindness to my 
grand children. 
Item 8th: My will and desire is that the ballance of my estate of every kind 
whatever, not herein or otherwise disposed of, be devided between the persons 
hereinafter named and in the manner hereeinater let forth, that is to say, I 
will, bequeath, and devise one fourth of the residue of my estate to my son, 
Elijah C. Jones, I will bequeath, and devise one fourth of said residue of my 
estate to the children of my deceased daughter, Georgia M. Mann, I bequeath, 
and devise, one fourth of said residue of my estate to the children of my 
deceased daughter, Florine C. Harris, I also will bequeath and devise one 
fourth part of said residue of my estate to Elijah Jones Moultrie, Louisa 
Wingfield Moultrie, William G. Reid, Bessie J. Napier, and Jane L.Napier, 
chldren of my deceased daughter, Mary. Subject to the limitations and 
conditions hereinafter named, viz, I do ordain and direct that the interest 
which may be going to William G. Reid under this Item of my will, be taken 
charge of by my son, Elijah C. Jones, to be held and managed by him as turstee 
for said William G. Reid and his children, born and to be born as long as the 
said William G. shall live and at his death to be equally divided between said 
children share and share alike. I do further will and direct that in 
ascertaining the interest of the said Bessie J. Naier in said on fourth of my 
estate that she is to receive nothing until she accounts in said division for 
the principal, interest, and costs paid by me under a decree of Morgan Superior 
Court, rendered at its March Term, in 1876, in the caseof Briggs H. Napier and 
wife Dr. Elijah E. Jones with interest thereon and I do further will and direct 
that in ascertaining the interest of said Jane L. Napier, in said one fourth 
part of my estate, she do account for the amount paid her and her husband 
George L. Napier, in final settlement with them of account of my having been 
her guardian--lay the sum of two thousand dollars with interes thereon from the 
day of  payment and I do further will and devise that whatever may be going to 
said Bessie J. and Jane L. Napier, under this item of my will be to them and 
their children in trust to be disposed of by them, the said Bessie and Jane, by 
willl, and to be paid by my executors only to such trustees as may be appointed 
by the proper court having jurisdiction in the premises. 
Item 9th: My will and desire is that if any of the persons specifically 
mentined in the preceding Item as my grand children or who may be included in 
either set of grandchildren, should die before this will takes effect, leaving 
a child or children, then such child or children should take his or his place 
in the distributions. 
Item 10th: That there may be no misconstruction of the 8th Item of this my 
will, I will here state that my intention and meaning is that the residue of my 
estate mentioned in said eighth Item be divided into four equal parts--one 
fourth going to the person or classes of persons wherein designated and taking 
the interest--therein specified and subject to the limitations and conditions 
therein imposed both as to the character of estate taken by them and the mode 
of ascrtaining  their respective interest or shares. I do hereby injoin it 
unpon my executors, if my friend Augustus Reese should then be in life at the 
time of my death, to employ his and their counsellor and adviser in the 
management of my estate and to follow advice in relation thereto, 
Item 11th: I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Elijah C. Jones, and my 
two grand sons, Reubin Elijah Mann and Elijah J. Moultrie my executors to carry 
out this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I hereto let my hand 
affixed my seal this thirteenth Day of October 1876.
                                                      Elijah E. Jones  LS
                                                        SEAL
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged, published and declared before us the testator 
Elijah E. Jones as his last will and testament whom we saw sign his name 
thereto and at whose specific instance and request signed our names as 
witnesses thereto in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each 
other,the  said Elijah E. Jones signing the same in our presence. This the 
thirtieth day of Cotober, 1876. The words "one hundred" erased and fifty 
and  "fifty" interlined in the fourth Item before signing.
Samuel A. Burney
Lucious L Penick
Henry W. Baldwin
[Written in the Margin} "Dr. D.D. Jones died Nov 4 1876 W.Woods,oridinary"

November Term 1876, of Morgan Court Ordinary came into open court Samuel A. 
Burney, Lucius T Penick, and Henry W. Baldwin and biing regulary sworn depose, 
that they saw said Elijah E. Jones sign and publish the within as his last will 
and testament while of sound mind and disposing mind that they witnessed the 
same for him at his request in his presence and of each other and that the same 
was executed voluntarly by him the day if purportes, to have been executed, 
sworn to, subscribe before me in open court, November term, 1876.
Samuel A. Burney                                W. Woods, Orginary
Lucius T Penick
Henry Baldwin

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