Georgia: Oglethorpe County: Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Colquitt, 1 June 1896 ==================================================================== 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: Troy Colquitt telles@elberton.net ==================================================================== PAGE 1 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ELIZABETH COLQUITT, SECOND WIFE OF WILLIAM H. COLQUITT MARRIED 3-23-1856 BOOK C, PAGE 239. WILL RECORDED PROBATE JUDGES OFFICE, OGLETHORPE COUNTY GEORGIA, ) I, ELIZABETH COLQUITT OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE BEING OF OGLETHORPE COUNTY) SOUND AND DISPOSING MIND AND MEMORY, DO MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. FIRST- I GIVE AND BEQUEATH AND DEVISE TO MY SISTERS MARY CARTER AND ANN CARTER, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. TO WIT. SIX SHARES OF THE CAPTTAL STOCK OF THE GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY AND ALSO ALL OF MY HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE AND THE BELONGINGS, UTENSILS AND MY BUGGY TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME DURING THEIR NATURAL LIVES AND AT THEIR DEATH, OR THE DEATH OF THE ONE WHO MAY SURVIVE THE OTHER, ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY OR SUCH PART OF IT AS THEN REMAINS, I WILL AND BEQUEATH TO THE NATURAL HEIRS OF MY DECEASED HUSBAND WILLIAM H. COLQUITT TO HAVE AND TO HOLD IN FEE SIMPLE. ITEM SECOND I HEREBY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT MY STEPSON HOPSON H. COLQUITT AND MY FRIEND CHARLES R. COLQUITT EXECUTORS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. THIS THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1896 HER ELIZABETH X COLQUITT MARK WITNESSES: W. J. DAVENPORT R. L. HARGROVE J. H. GUNTER W. H. WISE SUSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS THIRD OF AUGUST 1896 J. J. BACON ORDINARY DISPOSITION OF ELIZABETH COLQUITTS PROPERTY RECORDED IN ANNUAL RETURN BOOK Z 1895-1903 BOOK # 30 PAGES 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392. H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT EXECUTORS ON THE ESTATE OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED MAKE THIS THEIR FIRST AND FINAL RETURN TO THE COURT OF ORDINARY OF THEIR RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR ACCOUNTS OF SAID ESTATE. TO RECEIPTS TO AMT REC'D FROM SALE OF 6 SHARES OF GEORGIA RAILROAD STOCK SOLD FIRST TUESDAY IN AUGUST-1900 AT $110.00 PER SHARE, AND SOLD TO J. J. C. MCMAHAN---------- $1260.00 TO AMT REC'D FROM JULY DIVIDENDS 1900 ON SAID 6 SHARES STOCK----$16.50 TOTAL RECEIVED ___________ $1276.50 BY DISBURSEMENTS BY AMOUNT PD. J. J. BACON ORDINARY---------VOUCHER # 1 $ 13.00 " " ECHO OFFICE, ADVERTISING----" " 2 $ 12.00 ----------- $ 25.00 AMOUNT BROUGHT OVER-------------- $ 1276.50 $ 25.00 BY AMOUNT PAID GEO. J. CUNNINGHAM VOUCHER # 1 2.00 EXECUTORS COMMISSION ON $1276.50 REC'D AND PAID OUT 90.82 63.82 _________________________ $ 1185.68 $ 90.82 FOR REVENUE STAMPS . .50 . . .50 ------------------- $1185.18 TO BE DIVIDED AMONG 6 LEGATEES PAGE 2 VALUE OF ONE SHARE $ 197.53 BY AMNT PD. MRS. M. E. STEVENS----HEIR----VOUCHER # 4--$ 197.53 " " W. E. COLQUITT---------------- " # 5--------197.53 " " H. H. COLQUITT---------------- " # 6--------197.53 " " J. W. COLQUITT----------------- " # 7---------65.84 " " T. D. COLQUITT----------------- " # 8---------65.84 " " A. G. COLQUITT---------------- " # 9---------65.84 " " J. P. COLQUITT----------------- " # 10--------32.92 " MRS. R. A. COLQUITT--------------- " # 11--------32.92 " " W. H. COLQUITT-------------- " # 12--------32.92 " " J. W. COLQUITT--------------- " # 13--------32.92 " " J. W. COLQUITT, GUARD.----------- " # 14--------32.92 " MRS. W. A. COLQUITT--------------- " # 15--------32.92 " MRS. Z. E. STEVENS------------------ " # 16--------28.21 " " W. T. BROOKS, GUARD.-------------- " # 17--------28.21 " " T. E. WATKINS----------------- " # 18--------28.21 " " CORDELIA WATKINS--------------- " # 19--------28.21 " MRS. M. E. BRADFORD---------------- " # 20--------28.21 " MRS NORA WATKINS, GUARD.------- " --# 21 -------28.21 " " RETAINED FOR WALLER AND SALLE MAE BRAWNER MINOR CHILDREN OF MRS. MOLLIE BRAWNER DECD' SEE PETITION FOR DISMI---SEE MARGIN FEB 9TH 1915-------------------28.21 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ----------------------------------$ 1185.18 ( ON BORDER OF PAGE ) CRAWFORD GA. NOV. 28, 1914 PAY TO THE ORDER OF WALLER AND SARAH BRAWNER $ 28.21 TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 -DOLLARS TO BANK OF CRAWFORD , CRAWFORD, GA M. C. COLQUITT PAID DEC. 16, 1914 , BANK OF CRAWFORD THIS CHECK WAS GIVEN BY M.C. COLQUITT SON OF H. H. COLQUITT DEC'D ONE OF THE EXRS..OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT, DEC'D IN FULL SETTLEMENT OF THE AMOUNT RETAINED IN THE HANDS OF THE EXRS. OF THE EST. OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT FOR WALLER & SARAH BRAWNER MINOR CHILDREN AT TIME OF FIRST SETTLEMENTOF SAID DEC'D ESTATE. THIS 9TH FEB., 1915 L. H. BACON ORDINARY O. C. COPY OF VOUCHERS (VOUCHERS THAT WERE EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE WERE OMMITTED.) VOUCHER # 4 $ 197.53 RECEIVED FORM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT EXECUTORS OF ESTATE OF MRS ELIZABETH COLQUITT, DECEASED, ONE HUNDRED AND NINTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 53/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS SEPT. 1, 1900----------------MRS M. E. STEVENS VOUCHER # 5 $ 197.53 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT EXECUTORS OF ESTATE OF MRS ELIZABETH COLQUITT, DECEASED, ONE HUNDDRED AND NINTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 53/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS LEGATEE UNDER WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS OCT. 4, 1900-----W. E. COLQUITT, BOWLING GREEN, FLA. VOUCHER # 6 $ 197.53 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF ESTATE OF MRS ELIZABETH COLQUITT, DECEASED, ONE HUNDRED AND NINTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 53/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST IN SAID ESTATE, I BEING SON OF WILLIAM COLQUITT, DECEASED, AND A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID DECEASED - THIS OCTOBER 10, 1901---H. H. COLQUITT VOUCHER # 7 $ 65.84 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED SIXTY FIVE AND 84/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS SEPT. 11, 1900---J. W. COLQUITT, OXFORD, ALA. VOUCHER # 8 $ 65.84 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, SIXTY FIVE AND 84/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS SEPT. 11, 1900-----T. D. COLQUITT, ROCK RUN STATION, ALA PAGE 3 VOUCHER # 9 $65.84 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT. EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, SIXTY FIVE AND 84/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. E.LIZABETH COLQUITT THIS SEPT. 12, 1900------A. G. COLQUITT, MERRELLIN, ALA. VOUCHER # 10 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 27, 1900------J. P. COLQUITT VOUCHER # 11 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 27, 1900----MRS R. A COLQUITT. VOUCHER # 12 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 27, 1900----W. H. COLQUTT VOUCHER # 13 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 27, 1900------J. W. COLQUITT VOUCHER # 14 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 29, 1901-J. W. COLQUITT, GUARD. RUBY COLQUITT VOUCHER # 15 $ 32.92 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, THIRTY TWO AND 92/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 24, 1900------MRS W. A. COLQUITT. VOUCHER # 16 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 31, 1900-MRS. Z. E. STEVENS. VOUCHER # 17 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS OCT. 15, 1900-----W. T. BROOKS, GUARD. FOR REESE AND WESLEY BROOKS. VOUCHER # 18 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 24, 1900------T. E. WATKINS. VOUCHER # 19 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQITT AND C. R. COLQUITT,EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS AUG. 24, 1900-------CORDELIA WATKINS. VOUCHER # 20 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS OCT. 11, 1900---MRS. MATTIE E. WATKINS. VOUCHER # 21 $ 28.21 RECEIVED FROM H. H. COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT, EXECUTORS OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED, TWENTY EIGHT AND 21/100 DOLLARS IN FULL OF MY INTEREST AS A LEGATEE UNDER THE WILL OF SAID MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT THIS SEPT. 18, 1900------MRS. NORA WATKINS, GUARD. OF MINOR CHILDREN OF W. E.. WATKINS. GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY PERSONALLY AFFIRMS H. H COLQUITT AND C. R. COLQUITT EXECUTORS ON THE ESTATE OF MRS. ELIZABETH COLQUITT DECEASED AND ON OATH SAYS, THAT THE FOREGOING FINAL PETITION IS CORRECT AND TRUE AS IT STANDS STATED TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. SWORN TO AND SUSCRIBED BEFORE ME} H. H COLQUITT} APRIL 6, 1901 J. J. BAKER, ORDINARY} C. R. COLQUITT} EXECUTORS FILED IN OFFICE APRIL 16, 1901} RECORDED APRIL 28, 1901 J. J. BACON, ORDINARY } J. J. BACON , EX, OFF, CLK, C, O, O, C PAGE 4 THE $ 197.53 IS FOR FULL SHARE OF NATURAL HEIR OF WILLIAM HENDRICK COLQUITT. W. E. COLQUITT( SON OF WILLIAM E. COLQUITT), H. H. COLQUITT( SON) MRS. M. E. STEVENS (DAUGHTER) BURIED AT APPLE VALLEY CEM. JACKSON CO. GA. J. W. , T. D. , AND A. G. COLQUITT,( SONS OF GEORGE TRAVIS COLQUITT AND MOLLIE SETTLE OGLESBY). J. P., MRS. R. A., W. H., J. W., RUBY, AND MRS. W. A.,(THESE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF JOHN ROBERT COLQUITT AND SARAH ELIZABETH COLLIER). THE OTHER HEIRS ARE DECENDANTS OF MARY H. COLQUITT AND THADDEUS R. WATKINS. SUBMITTED BY TROY COLQUITT