Will of Miles Jennings, 1840, Oglethorpe Co. GA

Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge <barwinge@bellsouth.net> 

     
                               Miles Jennings
                                      
                                      
     State of Georgia Oglethrope County March Term 1840
     In the name of God Amen I Miles Jennings of the County of
     Oglethrope & State of Georgia being of Sound mind & disposing
     memory do now make and constitute this my last Will & Testament in
     manner & form as follows (to wit),
     I will first of all that all my last debts be truly & punctually
     paid together with all my burial & funeral expenses.
     Item the second. I will to my Brother Soloman Jennings all my land
     & plantation the same whereon I now live together with my Stock of
     Hogs, Sheep, & Cattle, also all my farming & plantation utensils my
     waggons & Gear also two negroes Aney a woman & Alfred A man & that
     the whole of my Negroes Remain together & make the Crop commenced &
     my Brother Soloman Jennings after the payment of my debts as
     foresaid shall have the whole of the Crop of Corn & Cotton so made
     & four mules to him his heirs & Assigns forever -
     Item the Third. I will to my loving wife Sarah Jennings five
     negroes (to wit) Amey a woman & her child a boy by the name of
     Wiley. Also one Negro Woman Viney Lummer a boy and John a boy three
     feather bedsteads and furniture of her choice all my Household and
     Kitchen furniture of every description with two Horses her Choice
     of my Stock to her her Heirs & assigns forever-
     Item the fourth. I will to my Brother in Law George W. Bottom One
     Negro Man by the name of Stephen & one Horse after the choice of my
     Loving wife as aforesaid.
     Item the fifth - I will to my friend and Neighbor Peter P. Butler
     my cart & steers at the end of the year as named in the second
     item.
     As to all the Remaining part of my estate not herein before
     mentioned I leave that whether bonds notes due or demands or of
     Whatsoever kind it may be in the hands of my Brother Soloman (the
     whole Remaining together as in Item the second) Confiding in him to
     do with it as I shal give him direction- & I now revoke all former
     wills by me made. Ratifying & Confirming this & this only my last
     Will & testament & I do now Appoint my testor & well beloved
     friends Peter P. Butler & David Mattox my Executors to carry into
     effect the same
     Witness my hand & seal this twenty fourth day of January One
     thousand eight hundred & forty
     Miles Jennings (LL)
     
     Attest
     James Bell Cir.
     Jonathan Bell
     Nathan Mattox
     
     Georgia
     Oglethrope County Court of Ordinary
     March Term 1840
     This within Last Will & Testament of Miles Jennings having been
     duly proven at this Regular Term in open Court upon the oaths of
     James Bell Jonathan Bell & Nathan Mattox - Ordered that the same be
     Admitted to Record ___ and that P. P. Butler One of the executors
     Appointed in said will was duly Qualified to execute the same
     According to law.
     Recorded the 5th day of March 1840
     Henry Britian C.C.O.

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