Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Ward, Wyatt April 5, 1865
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Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court
Written: April 5, 1865
Recorded: April 2, 1866

Georgia
Pike County

I Wyatt Ward of the county and State aforesaid being of Sound and disposing 
mind doth make and appoint this my last will and testament
In the first place it is my wish that my just debts shall be promptly paid.

2nd     I give and bequeath to my step daughter Mrs. Elizabeth S. Carson, the 
bed and household furniture of mine which she has in possession; also a 
bedstead, a trunk one set of chairs, one set knives and forks; one fine table 
and fifty dollars in money, to her and her heirs forever.

3rd     The many acts of kindness performed, and the many valuable services 
rendered to me and my late wife by my step daughters Mrs. Jane E. Jackson and 
Mrs. Mary M. Lee give them strong claims on my gratitude and;  and I therefore 
give and bequeath to them my horse and buggy - my two cows and calves, all my 
household and kitchen furniture and all my other property and effects except 
what I have specifically bequeathed in the preceding clause of this will to 
Mrs. Carson, to have and hold said property to the said Jane E. and Mary M. 
Lee, their heirs forever

4th      I hereby appoint Roland Jackson & Mary M. Lee Executor & Executrix 
with authority to execute this my last will and testament, Signed Sealed and 
acknowledged this 5th day of April 1865

Wyatt Ward


Signed sealed and acknowledged by the testator in our presence and in the 
presence of each other; on the day & year aforesaid
 S. O. Jones
G. D. Harwell
J. A. Williams


Georgia
Pike County

Before me on the 2nd day of April 1866 at April Term for the purpose of 
proving the Last Will and Testament of Wyatt Ward the witnesses to said will 
and Testament S. O. Jones & J. A. Williamson and the will having been read & 
brought before me for probate by the Executrix who has filed a petition for 
probate of the same they the said witnesses depose and says they saw said 
Wyatt Ward signed and publish the same as his last will and testament on the 
day and year then stated as executed by him, that they witness the same at his 
request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, that the same was 
voluntarily executed by him while he was of sound mind & memory

J. A. Williams
S. O. Jones
Sworn to and subscribed April 2nd 1866
J. J. Harper


Georgia
Pike County

I Mary M. Lee do Solemnly swear that this writing contains the true and last 
will and testament of the within named Wyatt Ward deceased so far as I know or 
believe, and that I will [ well ] and truly execute the same by paying first 
the just debts and then the legacies contained in the 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.

Mary M. Lee


Sworn to & Subscribed before me this April 2nd 1866
J. J. Harper  Ordy



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