Wills: Henry Hill, 1829: Oglethorpe Co., GA ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Laura Stotler Lstotler@aol.com Last Will and Testament of Henry Hill, Oglethorpe County, GA Will Book C (1826-1833), Pgs 75-78. Oglethorpe County Ordinarys Office In the name of God amen. I Henry Hill of the County of Oglethorpe and State of Georgia being somewhat weak in Body but in my proper mind & memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death have therefore made this my last will & testament in order to dispose of my worldly goods that it hath pleased God to bless me with and first of all I commend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the dust to be buried in a plain decent manner as touching my worldly estate it is my desire that my executrix and executors h ere after named as soon as possible pay all my just debts out of my monies due me & the present growing crop and from the sale of my town Lots and fifty acres of land adjoining to the town out of the balance left after paying my debts from the sale of said lots and crop- Item 1-I give and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth Hill the plantation whereon I now reside including all my land in the north west side of the Petersburg area with all the household & kitchen furniture and plantation tools also my horses & stock of all kinds & carriages of all kinds with the exception of what my be hereafter excepted also the following named servants (To wit) old Cofe, Littleton, Henry, Allen, Mathew, John, Jiney, Charlotte, Patience, Molesey, Hannah, Jimmy, Dinah. Item 2nd I give and bequeath to my loving son Whitman Coke Hill all my lands on the east side of the Petersburg land also the following named servants (To wit) the five which he now has in possession Brister, Turner, Lydia and her son Jamisson & Fanny likewise Joe, Little Tom, Shane, Nancy, Tabby, Irwin, Leacy & their further increase, also two cows & calves, two sows & pigs fifty Barrels of corn and twelve hundred weights of Polk(?). [Could be pork] Item 3rd I give an bequeath to my loving daughter Sophia Wesley Lucas, the following servants (To wit) Lonnon, Harrow, & Frances. Item 4th I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Susannah Hampton Williams the negroes which she now has in possession. Item 5th I give & bequeath to my loving son Henry Philbin Hill the following servants (To wit) Ben, little Sam, Squire, Burrel, Willis, Priscilla, Prudence, Becca, Jane and Little Cofe, also two cows & twelve Hundred weight of Polk(?). [Could be pork] Item 6th I give & bequeath to my loving daughter Elizabeth Walton Hardeman the following servants (to Wit) Washington, William, Soloman, Clarke, Sue, Lydia, Mary Ann, George, Bob & Sarah and all their future increase. At the death of my wife the property left her during her life I make the following disposition that is to say to my son Whitman Coke Hill I give & bequeath my boy Allen, Dinah & John one feather bed & furniture. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sophia Wesley Lucas one feather bed & furniture.. I give and bequeath to my daughter Susannah Hampton Williams the following servants (To Wit) Harry, Patience, & Hannah also one feather bed & furniture. I give & bequeath to my son Henry Philbin Hill the following servants (to Wit) Mathew, Molesey, & Charlotte & also two feather beds of furniture. I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Walton Hardeman Jimmy & Littleton and one feather bed & furniture all the rest of the household furniture to Henry at his mother's death with one half of the stock that may then be left after the different items before named & the other Half to my son Whitman Coke Hill-my other tracts of land lying in Wilkerson to be sold and a good horse Bridle & saddle (can't read words) for my Daughter Elizabeth and one bureau and the lands willed to my wife during her life I give & bequeath to my son Henry Philbin Hill. I give & bequeath to the now forming Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church one Hundred Dollars-It is my will and desire that after all my debts are paid for the monies which may be left to be equally divided between my loving sons Whitman Coke Hill & loving Son Henry Philbin Hill. I acknowledge this my last will & testament revoking all others. I nominate my loving wife Elizabeth Hill my Executrix and my loving son Whitman Coke Hill & loving son Henry Philbin Hill my Executors to this my last will & testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this twenty ninth of April in the Year of our lord Eighteen Hundred & twenty Nine 1829. William McLeary (sig) } Jas. Tippen (X his mark) } Henry Hill (Sig) (Seal) Joab. Jones (sig) } It is my wish that old Cofe and old Jiney have the privilege (after the death of my wife Elizabeth Hill) of living with any of my Children which they may think proper. Georgia Oglethorpe County} Personally came into open court James Tippen one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will and being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he say Henry Hill sign, seal, publish and declare to within making to be sent (can't read word) his last will & testament and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind & memory & that he also saw Wm. McLeary & Joab. Jones subscribe themselves as witnesses to the same. Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court James (X his mark) Tippen (W. H. Smith--Signature of Ordinary) Recorded 16th September 1929 (Wm. H. Smith--Signature of Ordinary) Transcribed by Laura Stotler August 5, 2001 Note: Spelling, punctuation and capitalization are transcribed as written.