Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Crosson, HugH January 7 1837
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Source: Pike County Probate Court
Written: January 7 1837
Recorded: March 10 1837

Will of Hugh Crosson

Georgia
Pike County

I Hugh Crosson of the State aforesaid & county of Pike, feeling myself sinking 
under disease & physical affliction though of sound mind & memory, through the 
mercies of providence make known this my last will & devise, as regards the 
disposition of all my estate (to wit) It is my will & desire after my death 
that my beloved wife Elizabeth Crosson as my sole proprietor & Superintender 
[sp] of all my Estate, as well real as personal during her widowhood or 
natural life, Except one hundred dollars which I give to my daughter Ann to be 
received by her twelve months after my decease. It is my will & desire should 
my beloved wife Elizabeth either die or intermarry that the heirs of my body 
my daughter Ann excepted either appoint for themselves or the court of 
Ordinary for them guardians to take charge or manage such part of my estate as 
may be allotted to each after the same should have been equally divided among 
them if possible without sale (my daughter Ann Crosson excepted). It is my 
will & desire that my beloved wife be authorized at any time after the 
marriage of any of my children to give them off any property she may think 
proper after the same shall actually be valued by a majority of the court of 
Ordinary of the county & said gift shall hereby be valued to such heir 
provided Such heir shall not receive more than an equal share with the others 
in which case it shall be paid back to such amt. As shall be only equal - It 
is my will & desire that should my beloved wife again marry that she have an 
equal share with all my heirs so long as she shall live and after her death 
the said legacy to return back to the heirs of my body all except my daughter 
Ann the beforementioned hundred dollars is all that I wish or desire her to 
have of my estate.
It is my will & desire that my beloved daughter Melisa Ellen have an equal 
education with all my other children for the expense of which she shall not be 
individually charged - Commending my soul to God & beseeching his mercies on 
my beloved wife & children, I hereby confirm the foregoing to be my last will 
and desire, by subscribing my 


name and affixing my seal in this the Seventh day of January in the year of 
our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty seven. 
Hugh Crosson

In presence of
Wiley E. Mangham
Nathan [--?--]
James Crawford


Georgia 
Pike County

Court of Ordinary March Term 1837
The within last will & testament of Hugh Crosson having been duly proven at 
this regular term in open court, upon the oaths of Wiley E. Mangham, James 
Crawford & Nathan [--?--]. Ordered that the same be admitted to record as a 
will for personal & real estate.

Georgia
Pike County

I Elizabeth Crosson do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last 
will of the within named Hugh Crosson deceased so far as I know or believe & 
that I will well & truly execute the same by paying first the debts & then the 
legacies contained in said will as far as his goods & chattels will thereunto 
extend & the law charge me, and that I will make a true & perfect inventory of 
all such goods & chattels, So help me God
Elizabeth Crosson   her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6th March 1837 in open court
H. G. Johnson  C. C. O.



Recorded 10th March 1837
H. G. Johnson C. C. O.


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