Newton County GaArchives Wills.....Baker, Jordan October 22, 1847
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Source: Probate Court Of Newton County, Ga
Written: October 22, 1847

Georgia
Newton County

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Jordan Baker of the County of Newton and State of Georgia being of sound 
disposing mind and memory and being desirous of disposing of my property in my 
own way - do hereby utter publish and disclose the following to be my last 
will and testament - hereby revoking all other wills made by me heretofore at 
any time.

Item the first - It is my will and direction that all my just debts be paid 
and as early after my death as it can be conveniently done.

Item the second - I do hereby give and bequeath to my wife all and singular 
the property of every nature and kind whatsoever brought by her into the 
coverture and this lieu of dower in any of my lands.

Item the third - It is my will and desire that after my death my executors 
proceed as early as practicable to sell all my real estate lying and being in 
Newton County and in other places if any, also all my personal estate of every 
nature and kind whasoever except my negro property, and the funds arising from 
such sale to be equally divided share and share alike each one accounting for 
any advancement made, between the following persons, viz Daniel Newman Baker 
my son, Jesse L. Baker my son, Thomas Baker my son, Jesse L. Baker and Daniel 
N. Baker in trust for my son Wiley Baker and his children Jesse L. Baker and 
Daniel N. Baker in trust for Charles my son Zadock C. Baker and his children.  
To my son in law Charles Hutson, and to Jesse L. Baker and Daniel N. Baker in 
trust for the sole and separate use and benefit of my daughter Elizabeth 
Hutson and her children, to my daughter Fanny McLendon and her heirs to my 
daughter Zipporah Goss and her heirs and to my daughter Alis Bagby and her 
heirs - making in all ten shares to which the same is subject to division.

Item the fourth - it is my will and desire that my executors procure three 
persons to be appointed by the Court and ordinary of Newton County, to divide 
my negro property into ten shares and the same after such division to be given 
to the persons provided for and attended to in the third and preceeding item 
of this my will, and the shares inteded for my daughter Elizabeth Hutson and 
my sons Wiley and Zadock be held by the saida Jesse L. Baker and Daniel N. 
Baker in trust respectively for them.

Item the fifth - It is my will and desire that all other property evidences of 
debt and not herein and before disposed of by my executors turned over to the 
ten persons referens [sic] to in the third item and upon the terms and manner 
therein provided for.

Item the sixth - It is my will and desire that my wife have no other share or 
interest whatsoever in my estate either real or personal or mixed other than 
given to her in the second item of this will.

Item the seventh - It is intended that this last will and testament is to 
embrace any and all property owned and possessed by me at my death either not 
herein named or may result from future acquisitions or from the increase of 
any [blank space follows]

Item the eighth - Having full faith and confidence in my sons Jesse L. Baker 
and Daniel N. Baker I do hereby appoint them executors of this my last will 
and testament - in witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this 
the 22nd day of October Eighteen Hundred and forty seven

Jordan Baker {SEAL}

Witnesses:

John Willianson
John Harris
Cary [illegible]

Additional Comments:
Since Jordan's first wife, Polly, died Oct. 10, 1843, four years before the 
date of this will, the disinherited wife may be the Sarah McGuire who married 
a Jordan Baker in Newton County on Sep. 22, 1844.  On the other hand, she may 
not.

Jordan's daughter Zipporah was first married at an unknown date and place to 
Hamilton Goss.  Her second husband was Benjamin F. Sigman.

The provision of the will dealing with the disposition of slaves is a shameful 
fact and must beincluded if the transcription is to be faithful to the 
original, but I am sorry their names are not included, which would possibly 
make the dcoument of use to their descendants.  

This transcription is not from the original will, but from the text as found 
in the Newton County Will Book, and therefore reflects the spelling, 
cpitalization, punctuation and format of the copyist.

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