Oglethorpe Co., Georgia, Last Will & Testament of Noah Hill, 25 Feb 1805 

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Last Will and Testament of Noah Hill, 1805: Oglethorpe County, GA Will Book 
A, p. 152-155

Ordinary's Office---

In the name of God amen-
I Noah Hill of the County of Oglethorpe & state of Georgia
Being very sick & weak; but of perfect mind & memory
Thanks be Given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality
Of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men
Once to die, do make & ordain this my last will and
testament, that is to say principally & first of all, I 
give & recommend my soul, into the hands of almighty 
God that Gave it, & my body I recommend to the earth
To be buried in a decent christian burial at the discretion
Of my Executors, nothing doubting, but at the general
Resurrection I shall receive the same attain by the mighty 
Power of God-and as touching such worldly estate
(illegible)with, it has pleased God to (illegible) me within this
life, I give devise & dispose of in the following manner
and form-

First, it is my desire that all my worldly
Estate be Equally divided between my three children
(to wit) Alexander Franklin Hill, Walton Pope Hill
and Paulina Hill both real & personal & it is
My desire that the lands & plantation whereon
I now live, be rented out as long as my Exs thinks
Fit; & then exposed to publick sale, to the highest
Bider & a credit of four years be Given the Quantity
of acres is three hundred two & a half-it is 
my desire, that whenever the eldest child comes
of age, or in case Paulina Hill should marry-
that my executors should make an Equal division
of the whole Estate, & the one coming of age, or the
one marrying should receive their part & the other
two parts put together again, until the other boy
comes of age; or Paulina should marry, then the 
Estate to be Equally divided between them-

It is my desire likewise, that Abraham Hill,
Wiley Pope, Miles Hill & Robert Pope whom
I likewise constitute make & ordain the sole Exs.
of this my last will & testament & I do hereby
Disallow, revoke & disanull, all & every other
Former testaments, wills, ligairs(?), bequeaths & Exs
By me in any wise before made, willed and
Bequeathed ratifying & confirming this &
No other; to be my last will & testament, in
Witness whereof I have hereunto unto set
My hand & seal this twenty fifth day of 
February in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
& five in the twenty ninth year of american
Independence---
Signed sealed & acknowledged } Noah Hill (sig) (Seal)
in the presents of }
Thomas Wootton (sig) }
Benjamin Taylor (sig) } Recorded 20th June 1805
Wiley Pope (sig) } (Signature of Ordinary of the Court)


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