Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Last Will & Testament of Henry Augustine Pope, 10 November 1807 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Laura Stotler Lstotler@aol.com> *********************************************************************** * 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 *********************************************************************** Last Will and Testament of Henry Augustine Pope, Oglethorpe Co., GA Will Book B (1806-1826), Pages 10-11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- In the name of God amen______ I Henry Augustine Pope of the County of Oglethorpe & State of Georgia, being weak in body, but of sound mind & memory, do make & ordain this my last will & testament, in manner & form following. (Viz) Item, I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Pope one negro wench named Penny, also an Equal part of Household & kitchen Furniture, plantation tools live stock of all kinds & she is to live on the plantation until Middleton Pope comes of age, or Sally should marry, at which time the household & kitchen furniture is to be divided & after the one takes their share, the balance is to be put together again, untill a second division is necessary to be made, as my wife is to live on the plantation, & keep her children, negroes, & their part of the stock & household and kitchen furniture, untill Middleton comes of age, as she has nothing to do with their parts, (That is Sally & Middleton Pope) Item, I give & bequeath to my daughter Sally Pope two hundred acres of land whereon John Spears now lives. It being the land I purchased from George Hinton also five negroes: namely Betty, Isaac, Beeker (sp?), Martin & Elisa and an Equal part of the household & kitchen furniture, live stock of all kinds & plantation tools to be divided whenever she comes or age or shall marry, & then the balance put together untill a second division is wanting_____ Item, I give & bequeath to my son, Middleton Pope five negroes, to wit, Joseph, Allick, Amy, Judy & Nathan, only Nathan is to work in the shop with Phil, but my Executor hereafter named, is to draw his part for Middleton also an Equal part of the household & kitchen furniture live stock of all kinds & plantation tools. also I give & bequeath to my three sons Middleton, Benjamin & Henry Jefferson Pope the following tracts of land, to wit, five hundred & seventy five acres including the plantation whereon I now live, 575 acres being the mill tract, 125 acres I purchased from David Martin joining the mill 104 acres I purchased from James Martin joining that I dad of David Martin, 50 acres I purchased form William Harris joining the mill tract & 144 or 147 acres which I purchased from William Martin to be Equal divided by my Exs when Middleton comes of age observing of the units of this land is to go to Middleton Pope. It is my desire that Thos. Wootton continue on the place whereon he now lives during pleasure or untill this(?) child whose tot it is comes of age, the said Wootton is to have the land to the first crop & once going to the mill & then on both sides of the road upwards._____ Item, I give & bequeath to my daughter Clary Pope our tract of land containing three hundred acres be the same more or less know by the name of the corner land. I also give & bequeath to my daughter Clary Pope, Benjamin Pope & Henry Jefferson Pope the following negroes Ben, Phil, Caleb, Jack, Moses, Jacob, Dinah, Such Ruth, Silva, Nancy, Harriat, & Alex & Bromfield, only Bromfield is to have his choice to say which of the children cast mentioned he will live with to be Equally divided among them, when Clary Pope comes of age or shall marry likewise each of them an Equal part of this household & kitchen furniture live stock of all kinds & plantation tools be Equally divided as above mentioned. I also constitute my beloved Benjn Blanton, Benjn Taylor, Miles Hill & Robert Pope my whole & sole executors of this my last will & testament revoking all other wills or bequeaths in writing whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal the tenth day of november 1807____ Signed, Sealed acknowledged } Henry A. Pope (sig) (SEAL) In present of us--- } Tabitha Wootton (sig) } Georgia } Court of Ordinary Jan/Term 1808 Charles Finch (sig) } Oglethorpe } personally appeared before me in court Charles Thos. Woolton (sig) } Finch & Thos. Wootton two of the witnesses to this will & after being sworn saith that they saw the within named Henry Pope decd sign, seal publish & declare the within Instrument of writing to be his last will & testament & at the time of his sodoing he was of sound mind & memory to the best of their knowledge & belief_______ Matthew Rainey, C.C.O. Recorded the 14th day of Jan/1808 Matthew Rainey, C.C.O. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------Transcribed by Laura Stotler July 7, 2001.