Will of William Edwards 1818, Oglethorpe Co. GA
                                      
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     The Will of William Edwards, Will book B pg. 151 Oglethorpe County
     Ga.
     
     In the name of God Amen, I William Edwards of the county of
     Oglethorpe and state
     of Georgia, being sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing
     mind and of perfect
     memory , yet callling to mind my mortality and knowing it is
     appointed for all men to die,
     think fit to make this my last Will and Testament, that is to say,
     principally and first of all ,
     I give and recommend my soul to God who gave it, my body I
     recommend to the earth to
     be buried at the discretion of my Executors and as touching what
     worldly property it hath
     pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of
     the following manner and
     form.
     
     1st It is my will that all my just debts and funeral charges be
     fully paid.
     
     2nd. I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife, Elizabeth
     Edwards, my negro woman
     named Nelly during her my wifes life time and at my wifes death ,
     said Nelly and issue, if
     any, to be equally divided among all my children and it is my will
     that my wife and all my
     children that are not yet full age or live on the land on which I
     now live and then be
     supported on my property both of negroes, stock , household
     furniture, plantation tools,
     ect; and that it shall be in the power of my executors to sell at
     any time any of the
     perishable property as they may think best for the benefit of my
     family.
     
     3rd. I will and bequeath to my son Littleberry B.Edwards the tract
     of land on which he
     now lives, to be his forever. It is to be accounted to him when a
     final division of my
     property takes place at one hundred and fifty dollars. Also one
     horse, one bed and
     furniture at one hundred dollars to be also deducted as above.
     
     4th. I will and bequeath to my daughter Susannah Lumpkin, one bed
     and furniture and
     when the final division takes place among all my children, that bed
     and furniture to
     discount in her part thirtysix dollars , also to be discounted in
     her part one hundred dollars
     which I gave her in money.
     
     5th. I will to my son Thomas Edwards one horse known by name of
     Dick, one set of smith
     tools , horse and tools to discount in his part and when the final
     division takes place he
     shall for his trade I have given him for horse and tools and trade
     two hundred and fifty
     dollars.
     
     6th. It is my will that my children not above named, Viz; my sons
     Lemuel, Seaborn,
     William and Mordecai and Gresham do live with their mother , except
     that my executors
     should think at a proper age to put any of them to a trade. I also
     do allow my daughters,
     Elizabeth, Polly, Nancy, Cinthia, Rebecca and Judith to be under
     the care of their mother
     untill they come of full age or may marry , if their mother does a
     good part by them. then
     they are be at the disposal of my executors and at the death or
     marriage of my wife, all my
     property then in being to be equally divided among all my children.
     
     But if my wife marries, she is to draw a childs part and my son
     William to have one
     hundred dollars left on amount of his trade.
     
     I appoint my sons Littleberry B.Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Lemuel
     Edwards and
     William Lumpkin Senr to be my excecutors of this my last Will and
     Testament. I do
     revoke disallow and disapprove of all former wills by me and do
     declare this to be my last
     Will and Testament. In witness of which I set my hand and affix my
     seal this second day of
     November and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight
     hundred and seventeen
     and of the independence of the United States of America the forty
     second.
     
     his
     William x Edwards
     
     mark
     
     Signed sealed and pronounced in preasence of:
     Alexander McEwen
     Thomas Scroggins
     Henry Brittian
     State of Georgia, Oglethorpe County, March 2nd 1818 In vacation
     present their honors
     George Hudspeth and Yelvinton Thaxton
     
     You, Alexander McEwen, Thomas Scroggins and Henry Brittian do
     solomly swear that
     you saw the within William Edwards sign, seal publish and declare
     the within instrument
     of writing to be of sound mind and memory to the best of your
     knowledge and belief, so
     help us God.
     
     Sworn to and subscribed in open court the above day and date filed
     until May term and
     then orderd to be recorded.
     Alexander McEwen
     Thomas Scroggins
     Henry Brittian
     
     Mat Rainey C.C.O. Recorded 12th May 1818