Pike COUNTY GA Will of John Crawford File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doris Caldor http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/wills/crawford.txt Will: John Crawford Pike Co., Georgia dated September 4, 1835 Pike County Georgia. John Crawford Will dated September 4, 1835 Bk B p 64-66 **************************************************************** This file was contributed by: Doris Irons Greer caldor@neto.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/contrib.htm **************************************************************************************************************************** In the name of God Amen. First that my just debts first be paid Second I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Rebecca all the estate both real & personal & every piece of property I am possessed of during her natural life or widowhood. Third that the property after the death of my wife or widowhood be sold & equally divided amongst my children except that of Richard Hunter. I will that he has one third of a Childs part and Nancy Rodgers and her child John Abraham Rogers have the other two thirds of a child Part. **About five words marked thru and unreadable. Lastly I constitute & appoint my beloved son David Crawford & Gideon Barnes Executor to this my last will & Testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand & affixed my seal this the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & Thirty five. Signed & sealed in the presence John Crawford (seal) of us & signed by us in the presence of Testator Test. C.G. Turner Seaborn Covington September Term adjourned Court of Ordinary ___) This within last will & Testament of John Crawford same having been duly proven at this adjourned term in open Court upon the oaths of Seaborn Covington ordained that the same be admitted to record Except these Items relating to Manumission of a slave & the ___ Estate. Georgia } Mr. David Crawford & Gideon Barnes do solemnly swear that this Pike County} writing contains the true last will of the within named John Crawford said deceased so far as we know or believe that we will truly execute the same by paying first the debts & then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods insert (& chattels) will thereunto Extend & the law charge us. Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 25th September - 1837 David Crawford H. G. Johnson CCO Gideon Barnes Recorded this 29th Sept 1837 H. G. Johnson C. C. O. ======================== 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. ==============