Pickens County GaArchives Wills.....Abraham Crow June 23 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lisa Kennard liowke@charter.net September 29, 2003, 9:24 am Source: Will Written: June 23 1880 I, Abraham Crow of said state and county, knowing the uncertainty of life, deem it both right and proper as respects my family and myself that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind providence has blessed me, do therefore make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all others heretofore made by me. Item One - I desire that my body be buried at Refuge Church suitable to my circumstances and conditions in life in a decent Christian like manner, my soul itself will return to God who gave it. Item Two - I desire and direct that my Executrix and Executor hereinafter mentioned, named and appointed, pay all my just debts without any unnecessary delay. Item Three - I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Phoeba Crow, with whom I have lived and loved all my real estate. Towit: Lots of Lands numbers one hundred and sixty and one hundred sixty four and one hundred and sixty five, all lying and being in the thirteenth district and second section of Pickens County, state of Georgia; and all my personal property of every description, monies, notes, and accounts that I may die seized and possessed except such as may be necessary to pay my just debts and pay taxes from year to year, if necessary, during her natural life; nothing in this item to be so construed as to prevent my wife from using or trading any of the personal property for any comforts necessary for her or ot prevent the Executrix and Executor from selling real estate or personal property to pay my just debts and taxes during my wife's lifetime. Item four - I desire and direct that all my real estate mentioned in the foregoing third item of this will that is not disposed of a directed in said item, after the death of my wife, be equally divided between my seven sons, EDWARD CROW, THOMAS A CROW, HENRY K. CROW, McKINNEY CROW, JOHN CROW, JAMES CROW, and EZEKIEL CROW. Said land to be run off in seven parts and valued and then drawn by lottery if it cannot be satisfactorily arranged without said lottery either on all of my sons having the right to transfer the interest to take effect at the death of my wife and if either or any of my sons should die before my wife, then their interest to vest in their children, if there be no children; the interest to vest in the other brothers. Item five - I desire and direct that all the personal property at my wife's death be equally divided between my daughters Anna Crow, Susan Willbanks, wife of Bird Willbanks, Lurena Rider, wife of C B Rider, Malinda Carney, wife of William Carney, Diana Little, wife of Henry Little, Elizabeth Pinyan, wife of Jeptha Pinyan, and my two grand-daughters and one grand-son. William E Phoeba, Jr and Nancy M Lindsey, children of Serena Lindsey, on equal share with each of my daughters. Item six - I desire and direct that my executor and executrix give to my grand- daughter Sarah J Crow, daughter of my son William Crow, deceased, to the value of ten dollars in household or kitchen when she married or gets a house of her own. Item seven - I desire and direct that there shall be no appraisement of my estate required of my Executrix and Executor and futher that no annual report shall be required of them of my estate and if it should become necessary to make any sales of property as mentioned in item three of this will, that they make the same without an order from the ordinary and at private sale. Item eight - I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife Phoeba Crow and William Tate Executrix and Executor of this my last will and testament. This 23rd day of June 1880. Signed, Abraham Crow Signed, sealed, delivered and published by Abraham Crow as his last will and testament in our presence who signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request, and in the presence of each other. John C Whitfield Martin E Little William B Tate Recorded June 4th, 1883 W R Allen, Ordinary Additional Comments: Abraham Crow died August 19, 1881 and is buried in the Refuge Church cemetery in Pickens Co., Georgia. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb