Oglethorpe County GaArchives Wills.....Hamilton, George April 20 1799
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Source: Oglethorpe County Will Bood - Recorded In Book A, Page 86
Written: April 20 1799

April 20, 1799 Last Will and Testament of Georgia Hamilton:
	In the name of God Amen, I George Hamilton of the County of Oglethorpe 
and State of Georgia, being weak in body but of a sound mind and memory, 
Thanks be to God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body 
and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain 
this my last Will and Testament.
	Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to God who 
gave it and my body i recommend to the earth and the discretion of my 
Executrix and as touching worldly estate wherewith God hath blessed me in the 
this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following form and 
manner- (To Wit) First I give Winney my Dearly Beloved Wife (whom I appoint my 
sole Executrix of this my last will and testament) during her natural life the 
land whereon I now live and at her decease to be equally divided between, Mark 
Rigan, John Watson and John Hamilton.
	Secondly I give unto Winney my beloved wife all the moveable property 
I do posses by her freely to be enjoyed and possessed forever----and I do 
utterly disabllow and revoke all former wills and executors and confirm this 
and this only to be my last will and testament In ratifycation of which I 
hereunto set my hand and seal this --day of - One Thousand Seven Hundred and 
Ninety-nine.

							GEORGE HAMILTON

Signed, sealled and delivered by said Georgia Hamilton Seal in presence of -us 

Signed} Joseph Wisem Patton Wise, and Smith Gannon 

State of Georgia}
Oglethorpe County} Personally appeared before me Smith Gammon and Joseph Wise, 
two of the subscribing witnesses as to the within will and after being duly 
sworn on this Holy Gospel of God deposeth and saith that they saw the within 
named George Hamilton deceased sign and publish and declare the within 
instrument of writing to be his last will and testament and at the time of his 
so doing he was of sound mind and memory to he best of their knowledge and 
belief - sworn to before me the twentieth day of April 1799 -(name illefible, 
TCOC??)
GEORGE HAMILTON, dec'd Will 
Proved approved and Exhibited and Recorded in Book A, Page 86


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