Will of John Wynne, 1856, Oglethorpe Co. GA.

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                          Will of John Wynne, 1856
                                      
     Jack Wynn transcribed and kindly furnished this will copy to me:
     
     Oglethorpe Co., GA Will Bk D Pgs 340-341 (copy from microfilm GDAH)
     
     pgs 340/341
     Oglethorpe County Ordinary Office May Term 1856
     
     Georgia Oglethorpe County } I John Wynne of said County being in
     good health and sound & disposing mind and memory do make publish &
     declare this to be my last Will and testament Revoking hereby all
     former Wills.
     First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susannah as much of
     my household & Kitchen furniture as many of my horses and mules,
     plows, gear, wagons & carts, as many hogs, sows and pigs, sheep &
     as much corn fodder oats shucks bacon & meat as she may desire and
     select, also my carriage & harness & carriage horses, my buggy and
     harness & all of my poultry. The above is given to my wife during
     her natural life & after her death, such as may be then in her
     possession and not previous sold or disposed of by her, to be
     divided according to the residency clause of my Will herein after
     set forth & expressed (?). I also give and bequeath unto my said
     wife during her natural life and & after her death to be divided
     according to the said residency clause, the following property, to
     wit, all the land I own in said county, lying on the left side of
     the road leading from Lexington to Washington & so much of my land
     on the right hand side of said road as is included in the following
     boundary, That's to say Commencing at the upper Corner of the
     Jackson tract of land near a large Red Oak standing on or near said
     road & thence runnin rather a south west course to a Black Jack or
     Post Oak Corner on Ms. Simmons land, Thence running on the line
     between my land and Ms Simmons land to a pine corner and thence
     running nearly a north course to a post Oak, thence bounded by
     lands of Chandler & Dorough (?) and thence bounded by the Brown
     tract of land ( the land given to my said wife includes of Course
     my dwelling house, out houses, stables, barns etc etc and also the
     following negroes to wit, Delilah, Hannah, Jane, David, Ann, the
     wife of David & her child. Jim & Charity his wife, Evans, Little
     Jim & Charles, Joe, Erasmus, Doctor & Savannah, the children of
     Delilah and Albert, the grandchild of delilah & the future increase
     of said females.
     Second All the rest & residue of my estate real personal and choses
     (?) in action of whatever nature and kind that I may own and
     possess at the time of my death. I give & bequeath to my sons
     Thomas, Glenn, George & my beloved grand daughter Susannah Stevens
     and the two children of my deceased son William. The two children
     of son William under this clause one fifth or per stirpes.
     Third In case my grand daughter Susannah Stevens should die before
     marrying, then I desire that the legacy she receives under this
     will shall go to my sons Thomas, Glenn & George & the two children
     of my deceased son William. The said children of William taking per
     stipes. And in case the said children of William should inherit
     anything from my said grand daughter Susannah and both of them
     should die before they arrive at the age of twenty one, the
     property so inherited shall then go to my sons Thomas, Glenn &
     George. In case both of William's children should die before they
     arrive at the age of twenty one, then I desire the legacy they
     receiveunder the will shall go to my sons Thomas, Glenn & George &
     my beloved grand daughter Susannah Stevens, and in case my said
     grand daughter should inherit anything from William's Children and
     she should die before marrying, the property so inherited shall go
     to my sons Thomas, Glenn & George -
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     Fourth, It is my further desire that the legacy or legacies given
     to my son Thomas under this will shall vest in my son Glenn in
     trust for the support & maintenance of my said son Thomas and his
     children now born or may hereafter be born, free from all
     Contracts, Liabilities and Control of my said son Thomas and at the
     death of my said son Thomas the same to be equally divided between
     his children then living and the Representatives of such as are
     dead. The Representatives taking per stipes.
     Fifth. I hereby nominate & appoint my son Glenn Wynne & my nephew
     John Favers & Patrick M. Stevens Executors of this my last Will &
     testament. In witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand in the
     presence of these Honourable witnesses on the 12th April in the
     year of our lord Eighteen hundred
     and fifty six. his
     signed ??? and published in presence of } John { x} Wynn
     B. F. Hardeman } mark
     Allen J. Arnold }
     Sarah F. Wynne } (notation : carried over for probate)