Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Franklin, William L. December 14, 1872 ************************************************ 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: William Russell dragonraj@comcast.net September 23, 2006, 4:25 pm Source: Will Book D Pike County Probate Court Written: December 14, 1872 Recorded: January 9, 1874 Georgia Pike County In the name of God Amen I William L. Franklin of said State and County being of advanced age and knowing that I must shortly depart this life, deem it proper and right both as respects myself and family that I should make a disposition of the property which a kind Providence has blessed me, do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking others heretofore made by me. 1 Item I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner suitable to my circumstances and condition in life. My Soul I trust to return to God who gave it as I hope for Eternal Salvation through the merits and atonements of the blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ whose religion I have professed and as I humbly trust enjoyed for twenty years or more 2 Item I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by Executrix hereinafter appointed 3 Item I give and bequeath and devise to my beloved wife Sarah Franklin with whom I have lived in the strictest quiet for twenty three years all of Estate both real and personal that I may die seized and possessed of at the time of death. Money Notes accounts and every other article of value for and during her natural life 4 Item I devise and bequeath that after the death of my wife whatever there may be left of that I give to her, that the same be equally divided between my Children and grand children each family of grand children representing and drawing the share of their fathers or mothers would have done ad they been in life, each and all of them to have the rights & titles in fee simple to his or her share of my Estate. 5 Item I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife Sarah Franklin Executrix to this my last Will and Testament This 14 day of December 1872 William Franklin his mark Signed Sealed declared and published by William L. Franklin as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers who subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the Testator at his special instance and request and of each other this 14 day of December 1872 James D. Carriker Seaborn M Cranford Moses Cassius Taylor Georgia Pike County Before me came on the 24th day of December 1873 at Chambers for the purpose of proving the last Will and Testament of William L. Franklin two of the subscribing witnesses to said will viz James D. Carriker & S. M. Cranford who on oath depose and say that they saw William L. Franklin Sign seal & heard him publish and declare this writing to be and contain his last Will on the day and year thus stated as executed by him, that they witnessed the same at his request in his presence and in presence of each other, that the same was voluntarily executed by him while he was of sound and disposing mind and memory J. D. Carriker S. M. Cranford Sworn to an subscribed before me this 24th day of December 1873 T. J. Blasingame Ordinary Georgia Pike County I Sarah W. Franklin do solemnly swear that this writing contains a true and last Will and Testament of William L. Franklindeceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by pauing first the debts and then the legacies contained in said Will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels So help me God. Sarah W. Franklin Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court January 5th 1874 T. J. Blasingame Ordinary Recorded January 9th 1874 T. J. Blasingame Ordinary File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/wills/franklin674wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb