Georgia:  Oglethorpe County:  Will of Brinkley Smith, 1 Jan 1857

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Oglethorpe County Ordinary Office December Term 1857
Will Book D, Page 364
FHC #0158728
January 1, 1857/December 1857

Georgia}
Oglethorpe County} I Brinkley Smith of said County and State being of sound
and disposing mind and memory, make publish and declare this to be my last
Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me made ~

Item 1st I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Alley wife of Jesse Hardman
one hundred dollars ~~

Item 2nd I give and bequeath unto my son Isham Smith five dollars

Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my son Martin Smith's Estate five dollars
~~

Item 4th I give and bequeath unto my son Elisha Smith sixty dollars which
he is now due me for the rent of my land and also give him the privileges
of living on my land four years longer from the date of this will if he
wishes to do so.

Item 5th I give and bequeath and desire unto my son John B. Smith and my
four daughters their names are Nancy and Betsey and Sarah and Rebecca ~
all the rest and residue of my estate of whatever kind or nature real 
personal and mixed. I give and bequeath the whole balance of my property to 
my said five children above named in this Item to be equally divided between 
these five ~ also that they have the privilege of living on my plantation if
they can do so by agreement for their support ~ if they cannot agree to
live together in this way that four of them have the privilege of selling
the land for an equal division ~ their names are John B. Smith, Nancy and
Betsey and Sarah ~ my will is that my daughter Rebecca have nothing to
do with the agreement of selling the land that it be left wholly with the
other four above named to decide whether they will sell or not ~ but my
daughter Rebecca have an equal share with them in the division.
I appoint my son John B. Smith Executor of this my last Will and testament.
Signed sealed published declared in our presence in the presence of each
other & in the presence of the testator this
1st day of January 1857 ~ his mark

Brinkley X Smith {Seal}
Johnson F. Cunningham Rolly H. Mathews
Colerian Mathews

transcribed by Jeannie Smith Zadach DaisyZ@aol.com