Will of James Bridges 10 Feb 1812 Oglethorpe County, GA Will of James BRIDGES Oglethorpe County, GA 10 Feb 1812 Proven 8 Nov 1820 Be it remembered that I, James BRIDGES of the County of Oglethorpe and State of Georgia, being weak in body, but of sound mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following (that is to say), First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Susanna BRIDGES, all my real and personal estate, goods and chattels of what kind and nature ____, during her life or widowhood, and at her death or marriage I ordain that the whole of my estate, real and personal, be sold on twelve months credit and equally divided between all my children, and I do hereby appoint my son Jacob BRIDGES and my son in law George CRAWFORD my executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 10th day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twelve. James (x) BRIDGES Signed, sealed and declared in the presence of Robinson HENDON Burrel BRIDGES Violet (x) PONDER ***************** Georgia County of Morgan To the honorable Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County, These are there fore to sertify that it is my wish that there should be a sale of the Real Estate belongin to the estate of James BRIDGES, dec’d (to wit) the land and Negros, for the benefit of the legatees of said estate, given under my hand this 5th of November 1826. Susanna (x) BRIDGES Test: George CRAWFORD ******************* Sale of Negros and Land 28 Dec 1827 Charlett, a girl - to M.H. GATHRITE -- $409.60 Linus, a man - to William MATHIS -- $507.00 Betty, a woman - to William MATHIS -- $312.00 Stephen, a man - to John BRIDGES -- $308.00 1 Lot of land in the 11th District of Early #223 - to Philip H. BURFORD -- $14 1 Lot of land in Appling 9th District #13 - to William FLOYD -- $5.00 300 acres of land whereon the house stands the dec’d lived in - to Murray SIMS -- $282.00 200 acres where William THOMAS lives - to Stephen THOMAS -- $250.25 ********************* Heirs paid by the Estate of James BRIDGES 1821-35 1821 - Susanna (x) BRIDGES 1822 - Susanna (x) BRIDGES 1823 - Susanna (x) BRIDGES 1824 - Susanna (x) BRIDGES 28 Aug 1826: Mr. Jacob Bridges, Sir. Please to pay Thomas BRIDGES One Hundred dollars out of the first money that is coming to me out of the estate of my father and this shall be your receipt for the same. August the 28 1826. Allen J. BRIDGES. 29 Dec 1826: John BRIDGES - $103.75 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 29 Dec 1826: Burrel BRIDGES - $105.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 29 Dec 1826: George CRAWFORD - $105.95 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 13 Dec 1827: Rowley CRAWFORD - $205.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 18 May 1827: Thomas (x) BRIDGES - $205.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 5 Feb 1827: Jonathon F. BRIDGES - $105.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 16 May 1827: Reuben BRIDGES, admin. of Jeremiah BRIDGES - $105.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 8 Dec 1827: Allen J. BRIDGES - $105.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 29 Dec 1830: George CRAWFORD - $50 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 29 Dec 1830: George CRAWFORD for Jonathon F. BRIDGES by order - $50 29 Dec 1820: Burrel BRIDGES - $50 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 24 Dec 1831: Thomas (x) WATSON - $100 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 4 Feb 1832: Burrel BRIDGES - $20 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 23 May 1833: Reuben BRIDGES, Admin. of Jeremiah BRIDGES - $194.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 23 Feb 1833: Burrel BRIDGES - $124.00 "one of the heirs of said estate" 9 Mar 1833: John BRIDGES - $124.00 "a legacy bequeathed to me" 1 Mar 1834: Jonathon F. BRIDGES - $132.25 "as one of the heirs of said James BRIDGES" 6 Sept 1834: George CRAWFORD - $212.72 "as one of the heirs" 6 Sept 1834: Burrel BRIDGES - $30 "as one of the heirs" 4 Nov 1834: Thomas (x) WATSON - $214.26 "as one of the heirs" 2 Jul 1835: James BRIDGES, Admin. of Solomon BRIDGES - $299.37 "as one of the heirs" ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Jeanne Arguelles ejarguelles@msn.com ====================================================================