Wills: Micajah McGehee, 3 April 1811: 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 Micajah McGehee, Oglethorpe County, GA
Will Book B (1807-1826), Pg. 59.

Ordinarys Office

I Micajah McGehee of the County of Oglethorpe & state of Georgia, being weak 
in body, but in perfect mind & memory, taking into view the uncertainty of 
life & the certainty of death, do make constitute and appoint Thomas McGehee 
& Abner McGehee my true & lawfull Executors to do & perform this my last will 
& testament in manner and form following (viz) I give & recommend my soul 
into the hands of almighty God who gave it, & my body to be decently buried
Item, 1st I do give and bequeath unto my affectionate wife Ann McGehee twenty 
five hundred dollars which is to be entirely at her disposal during her life, 
& at her death to be equally divided as the law directs--the balance of my 
Estate both real & personal to be sold & divided as above stated; after 
paying my debts & deducting the within amts. out of each debters legacy-
Witness my hand this 3rd Day April 1811} Micajah McGehee (Signed) (Seal)
E. Brower (sig) }
H. Gray (sig) )
John Butler (sig) )

Probate of Will-
We Hezekiah Gray & John Butler do solemnly swear that we saw the within named 
Micajah McGehee decd sign seal publish and declare the within Instrument of 
writing to be his last will & testament & at the time of his so doing he was 
of sound mind & memory to the best of our knowledge & belief-as also we say 
on oath that we saw the within named Elisha Brower sign his name as a 
subscribing witness-sworn to subscribed in open court at September term 1811 
} H. Gray 
& ordered to be recorded } John Butler
(Signature of Ordinary)
Recorded 18th Sept. 1811
(Signature of Ordinary)

Transcribed by Laura Stotler August 10, 2001
Note: Spelling, punctuation and capitalization are transcribed as written.