Pike County GaArchives Wills.....WIlliam HArp August 25 1847
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Source: Pike County Probate Court Will Book C
Written: August 25 1847

Georgia Pike County August 25th 1847
I make this my last will and Testament.
I bequeath to my wife Seary(?)  Ann Harp during her life one hundred acres of 
land whereon she now lives and a Negro woman named Nancy. All the rest of my 
property consisting of four lots of land in this County and two land lots and 
our Gold(?) lot in the Cherokee purchase also four Negroes viz - Rich, Doc, 
Jim and Charles and all my stock of horses, hogs, cows, sheep and any farming 
utensils, a gin, a thrash and all my other effects to be put up to the highest 
bidder and sold for cash in sixteen months from this time, one half to be paid 
down at the day of sale , the other half in twelve months thereafter. In 
addition to the one hundred acres of land and the Negro woman Nancy above 
named, I will to my beloved wife during her lifetime Clabe(?), Sarah, _?_ and 
her child. I want the proceeds of the sale of all my property except my 
wife's  portion to be equally divided among my children Robert, Dixon, William 
Henry, Nancy, _?_, Emily, Amanda, Albina, John Mitchum, Alfred, Green, James 
Talbot, Isabel and Zachariah Taylor as they become of age and my wife Seary(?) 
Ann at my wifes death I want her portion of property designated in this will 
and its increase to be equally divided among my children their names being 
before mentioned as they become of age.
I also appoint as executor to this will Alford P. Harp and Henry H. Hurst to 
carry it into effect, in case of the failure of Alford P. Harp and of Henry H. 
Hurst in the execution of this, I appoint Martin L. Harp to succeed either in 
their executorship.
William Harp

Sworn in the presence of
Foster Bailey
W.H. Holly
James M. Davis


State of Georgia
Pike County

We Foster Bailey, Wade H. Holly, and James M. Davis do solemnly swear that we 
saw William Harp sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain 
his last will and at the time thereof he was of disposing mind and memory and 
that he did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge this 7th 
day of December 1847.
Foster Bailey 
W.H. Holly
James M. Davis

Attest in open Court
Wiley E. Mangham  C.C.O.



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