Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Johnston, Catherine November 22, 1902
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Source: Pike County Probate Court
Written: November 22, 1902
Recorded: April 6, 1903

State of Georgia   County of Pike

Last Will and Testament of Catherine M. Johnston

I Catherine M. Johnston of said State and County being of sound and disposing 
Mind and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all 
Wills heretofore made by me.

Item 1st     It is my Will that all the property I may posses at my death 
including Land, stock, household and kitchen furniture, in fact all property 
of every description be given to my daughter in law, Mollie W. Johnston, wife 
of my son J. E. Johnston, for the use of herself her husband and children that 
are heirs of the said son J. E. Johnston, and at her death or marriage (should 
she be left a widow) it is to go to said children the heirs of J. E. Johnston, 
It is also my will that my son the said J. E. Johnston have the use of the 
lands that I may leave, to cultivate for the maintenance of his wife and 
children during his lifetime, but without the privilege of selling or 
otherwise disposing of the same.

Item 2nd     It is my express desire that my property be left, for the use and 
benefit of my son J. E. Johnston and his wife and his children, and it is my 
will that he the said J. E. Johnston shall not have the right or power to sell 
it in fee simple or for his lifetime, and that his wife Mollie W. Johnston, 
shall have the benefit of it her lifetime, or widowhood and should she Marry 
after his death, then My property is to go to his children the said J. E. 
Johnston’s bodily heirs. 

I appoint no executor for the simple reason that the property is to fo into 
the hands of those above designated without any process of law.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of November 1902

Catherine M. Johnston

Signed and published by Catherine M. Johnston as her last will and testament 
in the presence of the undersigned who subscribe our names hereto as witnesses 
at the instance and request of said testator and in her presence and in the 
presence of each other
This 22nd of November 1902

W. N. [?] Moore Sr.
Lizzie Dunbar
Josephus Coggin


State of Georgia   County of Pike

Before me came W. N. Moore Sr. named as a witness toi the within writing 
purporting to be Mrs. Catherine M. Johnston’s last Will and being duly sworn 
saith that he with Lizzie Dunbar and Josephus Coggin J. P. at the request of 
Mrs. Catherine M. Johnston and in her presence and in the presence of each 
other did attest as witnesses the within writing as Mrs. Catherine M. Johnston 
will; that the same was signed and published by Mrs. Catherine M. Johnston in 
their presence as her last will; that she was at the time of said attestation 
and signing by her of sound and disposing Mind and Memory; that she executed 
the within paper voluntarily
W. N. Moore Sr.

This the 6th of April 1903
J. W. Means Ordinary


Additional Comments:
Catherine in 1900 census was living with her son ans daughter in law 
Mary "Mollie" W. Johnston

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