Pike County Georgia Wills Gideon Barnes Testamentary Letter File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Lynn B. Cunningham" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Testamentary Letter Page 32 Georgia, Pike County By the Court of Ordinary of said County. To All Whom These Presents Shall Come - Greeting: Know Ye, That on the Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy One the last Will and Testament Gideon Barnes deceased, late of said County, was exhibited in open Court, and in common form of Law proved and admitted to Record, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, and administration of all and singular, the Goods, Chattels, Rights, Credits and Lands of said deceased was granted to C.W. Brown and James R. Campbell in and by said Will named and appointed Executors, and they having first taken the oath and performed all other requisites required by Law, are by order of said Court, and by virtue of these presents, legally authorized to administer the Goods, Chattels, Rights, Credits and Lands of said deceased, according to the tenor and effect of said Will and Testament, and according to Law; and are hereby required to render a true and perfect Inventory and Appraisement of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights, Credits and Lands of said deceased, and make returns thereof to this Court according to Law; and render a true and correct account to the said court of their actings and doings yearly, until their administration is fully completed. By the Order of said Court, this Sixth day of June 1871 J.J. Harper, Ordinary Notes: Sarah Virginia Barnes, dau. of Gideon Barnes, married 1861 Wm. H. Keifer in Barnesville. In 1880, she was in Monroe, Monroe, MI. In 1870, she is on the Pike County, Georgia census: Microfilm #593-169, Page 217B, District not noted Family 1506/1520 Kiefer, William, 33, M, W, Harness & Saddle Maker, $3200, $2000, Va. Kiefer, Sarah V., 26, F, W, Keeping House, Ga Kiefer, Willie, 7, M, W, Ga Kiefer, Cornelius, 4, M, W, Ga Kiefer, Charles E., 1, M, w, Ga Rogers [?], John T., 20, M, W, Harness Maker, Ga Researcher: Montford L (Monty) Reed ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============