Georgia:  Oglethorpe County: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN COLQUITT
18 October 1799
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN COLQUITT. (ORIGINAL WILL RECORDED IN WILL 
BOOK (A) PAGE # 88, LATER TRANSCRIBED BY COUNTY ON JANUARY 8, 1936 IN BOOK 
72, WILL BOOK AB, PAGES 35& 36. 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I , JOHN COLQUITT OF THE COUNTY OF OGLETHORPE, AND 
STATE OF GEORGIA, BEING SICK AND WEAK OF BODY, BUT OF SOUND MIND AND MEMORY, 
AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE, DO MAKE THIS MY 
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING: 

IMPREMISE, I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY BODY TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A DECENT 
MANNER AND MY SOUL TO THE GOD WHO GAVE IT TO ME. 

ITEM. I WILL AND BEQUEATH TO MY WELL BELOVED WIFE, ELIZABETH COLQUITT, ALL MY 
TENEMENTS, CHATTELS, DOMESTIC AND FURNITURE OF WHATEVER NATURE OR KIND EXCEPT 
SUCH AS IS HEREAFTER EXCEPTED DURING HER NATURAL LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD, PROVIDED 
THE SAID ELIZABETH COLQUITT SHALL MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT HER DAUGHTER HANNAH 
COLQUITT DURING HER LIFETIME OR STATE OF CELIBACY OUT OF THIS SAID ESTATE. 

ITEM. I WILL AND BEQUEATH TO MY SON, ROBERT COLQUITT, ALL THAT TRACT OR 
PARCEL OF LAND NOW BELONGING TO ME, LYING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GROVE 
CREEK, TO BELONG TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. 

ITEM. I WILL AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER, HANNAH COLQUITT, AFTER THE DECREASE 
OR MARRIAGE OF MY WIFE ELIZABETH COLQUITT, ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BELONGING 
TO ME, LYING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GROVE CREEK DURING HER LIFE AND AFTER 
HER DEATH SAME TO GO TO HER SON WILLIAM COLQUITT AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. 

ITEM. IT IS MY WILL AND DESIRE THAT ALL THE PROPERTY NOT HERETOFORE 
ESPECIALLY WILLED AND BEQUEATHED AFTER THE DECREASE OR MARRIAGE OF MY WELL 
BELOVED WIFE, ELIZABETH COLQUITT, BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY CHILDREN, 
HANNAH COLQUITT, ROBERT COLQUITT, SAMUEL COLQUITT, AND SARAH GUTHREY. 

I HEREBY NOMINATE AND CONSTITUTE MY SONS, ROBERT COLQUITT AND SAMUEL 
COLQUITT, EXECUTORS AND ELIZABETH COLQUITT, EXECUTRIX OF THIS MY LAST WILL 
AND TESTAMENT. 

IN WITTNESS MY HAND AND SEAL, THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF 
OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE. 

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN 
PRESENCE OF US AND WE IN PRESENCE OF 
EACH OTHER HIS 
MARTHA BELL JOHN X COLQUITT 
GEO. PHILLIPS MARK 
ANDREW BELL 
RECORDED JUNE THE 23RD DAY 1800 
MAT RAINEY R.C.O.C. 
(NOTE: ORIGINAL WILL BADLY TORN.) 
THIS INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY TROY COLQUITT.