Georgia: Oglethorpe County: Will of Harrison Musgrove 16 Nov 1796 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Ann S. Grainger masgrainger@knology.net ==================================================================== Registers Office, Book A, pages 44-46 "In the name of God, Amen. I, HARRISON MUSGROVE, being in a sick and low condition of body; but in perfect mind & memory & sensible of my approaching mortality & the uncertain duration of human life, do make this my last will & testament in the following manner & form. I allow all my just debts to be paid by collecting the debts due me & applyed to that purpose, Also, by the price of 115 acres of land lying on the north fork of Little River. Also with the price of 327 1/2 acres lying on Lodam Branch in Hancock County. The tract of land on which I now live on, containing 1800 acres, together with my stock of every kind accept the B. H., I give and bequeath to my beloved wife. Also my mill on the north fork of Little River together with all the appertanances, to be possessed by her during her natural life or widowhood, the proceeds arising from the said plantation and mill, I allow to raise and school my children. It is my will and desire that my son, ROBERT, be put to and continue at school until he acquires a sufficient education to quality him for publick lifeor so long as his proportion of the profits of the estate will support him at learning. It is my will and desire that at my wife's decease, the above tract of land, the mill, etc., be sold and the price divided among my children (Viz) ROBERT H. MUSGROVE, SARAH O. MUSGROVE, NANCY MUSGROVE, BETTEY ANN MUSGROVE. My daughter, KITTEY (or KATHEY?) is to receive no other of my estate than she now possesses, only equal support with the rest of the children till she leaves the family. It is my will & desire that my black horse, together with my waring cloths, my guns and my large case be sold on credit and the price when collected be applied to purcase for my children horses, saddles, etc., as they may need them. I give & bequeath my watch to my son ROBERT H. MUSGROVE. If in the course of providence my beloved wife should find it necessary to alter her condition by marriage in that case, It is my will and desire that she should have free & full priviledge and possession of the dwelling house and other out houses, and also share a childs part of the profits of the plantation on which I now live from and after her marriage. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, twenty five pounds. I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Executrix, GLEN OWEN, FRANCIS GORDON, JOHN T. SANKEY, Executors of this my last will and testament. Signed and sealed in the presents of JOHN COLLIER, JAMES PARKER and HOWELL GATUNA? H: MUSGROVE (Seal) Recorded the 16 of November 1796 by M. Raimey, R.C.O.C. Foot notes added by Mary Ann Strickland Grainger: 1. The identify of the property HARRISON MUSGROVE called "B. H." that was excluded in his will has not been further identified by me at this time. 2. On 21 Sep 1796, MARY M. STONE filed a return in Oglethorpe Co., GA, for the support of the support of the children of HARRISON MUSGROVE, her grandchildren. If this date is accurate, it predates the recording of HARRISON MUSGROVE's wil by almost two months, and is puzzling because their mother was still living. 3. HARRISON MUSGROVE was the only son named in the will of HARRISON MUSGROVE, SR. dated 29 Apr 1760, Charles Co., MD, who had died young, leaving HARRISON, above, and a daughter named SARAH MUSGROVE, who later married an unidentified BRISCOE. His widow was MARY WARREN, who remarried to JOHN STONE and had additional children. . SARAH (MUSGROVE) BRISCOE died without issue and left a will dated 17 Mar 1781 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, leaving her mother, "MARY STONE", the bulk of her estate. She left her brother HARRISON MUSGROVE, a gold ring, and her "brother", JOHN BRISCOE, two Negroe slaves. HARRISON MUSGROVE, SR. was the son of CHARLES MUSGROVE II, and second wife, CATHERINE STEWARD. CHARLES MUSGROVE's will was dated 16 Feb 1744, Charles Co., MD, which identified his wife, CATHERINE and one son, CHARLES. All of his children were identified in his estate records of 18 Jul 1752, as CHARLES, HARRISON, ELIZABETH, LIDYA, HENRIETTA and CHARITY MUSGROVE. MARY WARREN, widow of HARRISON MUSGROVE, SR., was said by some researchers to be the 8th child of Captain BARTON WARREN and an unidentified first wife. Her second husband, JOHN STONE, was a son of MATTHEW STONE and RACHEL SMOOTE. . This MUSGROVE-STONE-BRISCOE family moved to Pittsylvania Co., VA, where HARRISON MUSGROVE, (JR.) maried JANE "JEANE" OWENS on 16 Apr 1782. They were there for the 1790 US Census. 4. By 1783, HARRISON MUSGROVE was listed as the Quartermaster, in Wilkes Co., GA's militia, 4th Regiment. Wilkes was the parent county of Oglethorpe Co., GA. He was also on the 1783 tax list which indicated he owned much land in both Wilkes and Greene Counties, and much stock in trade. 5. In 1794, he was listed in an index book of Loyalist to Great Britain before or after the Revolutionary War, who had land conficated. 6. 7 Jan 1795. HARRISON MUSGROVE was somehow involved in the Yazoo Land Scandal via the Yazoo Act by the Georgia State Legislature, believed to have been bribed by wealthy businessmen, and an effort was made to hang him by one North Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, MILES JINNINGS, who carried a piece of rope and entered into a crowd, pulled out his rope and told companions that he intended to "Hang Musgrove." Jennings was said to have cried out to the crowd that "This rope is to hang Musgrove who sold the people's land for a bribe." HARRISON MUSGROVE is said to have managed to escape the mob who began looking for him. 7. On 14 Feb 1799, the executors of HARRISON MUSGROVE's will, GLEN OWEN, FRANCIS OWEN, & JOHN T. SANKEY, purchased for the his heirs 200 acres in Oglethorpe Co., GA, for $769.00, from ISAAC MUSGROVE. relationship, if any, is unknown at this time.