Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Wilkins, Francis 1869
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Source: Pike County Probate Court
Written: 1869
Recorded: July 7, 1869

Georgia 
Pike County

To all whom it may concern
Know ye that I Francis Wilkins of sound and disposing mind and memory do make 
and publish this my last will and Testament.

Item 1st     I desire my body to be buried in a decent and Christian manner

Item 2nd     I desire my Executors hereinafter mentioned to deliver to my 
Grand child Paula Bussey one bed Two pillers [sp] one Bolster one quilt two 
counter frames [?] three coverlets and two sheets. And to my Grand child Mary 
Brown one bedstead and bed furniture and my young cow and calf of dun color.

Item 3rd     I desire my Executors to sell all the residue of Estate at as 
early a date as they may deem best for the benefit of my heirs and to give of 
the proceeds [ _ ] of first to each of my two daughters Lavinia Hammil [?]& 
Para [?] Lee Hammil Ten dollars each and  all the residue of my Estate one 
half to my daughter Francis Brown and the other half to Georgian Bussey Said 
Legacies not subject to any liabilities of their present or future husbands.

Item 4th     I desire my Executors to give to my Daughter Georgian Bussey ten 
dollars in gold and half the silver I now have as a keep sake and to my 
daughter Francis Brown Seven and a half dollars in gold and the other half of 
silver for same purpose

Item 5th  I desire my Executors to finish my present crop and dispose of it as 
the residue of my Estate to Francis Brown & Georgian Bussey after expenses are 
paid.

Item 6th     I hereby nominate my worthy and trusty friends Thompson Graham & 
A. G. Har [ _ ]  Executors to this will
Francis Wilkins  her mark

Signed and Sealed in presence of
W. W. Curry
Thos. J. Allen
Thompson Graham

At Chambers Ordinary’s Office Pike County
June 18th 1869

Before me came on the 18th of June 1869 at chambers for the purpose of proving 
the Last Will and Testament of Francis Wilkins  the witnesses to said will viz 
Thos. J. Allen W. W. Curry and Thompson Graham and the will having before me 
been brought before me for probate  by one of the Executors Thompson Graham 
who has filed his petition for the sale of the same they the said Witnesses 
depose of the Same that they saw said Francis Wilkins Sign and Publish the 
same as her last will and on the day and year there stated as executed by her 
that they witnessed the same at her request and in her presence and in the 
presence of each other. That the same was voluntarily executed by her while of 
sound and disposing mind and memory.
Thos. J. Allen
W. W. Curry
Thompson Graham

Sworn to and subscribed before me this June 18th 1869
J. J. Harper CCO

Pike Court of Ordinary July Term 1869
Ordered that the Will of Francis Wilkins deceased, admitted to record as 
satisfactorily proven in [ _ ] on form that the Executor Thompson Graham have 
leave to qualify and [ _ ] So doing that letters Testamentary issue to him


Pike Court of Ordinary July Term 1869

I Thompson Graham do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true Last 
Will of the within named Francis Wilkins de’cd so far as I know or believe and 
that I will well and truly Execute the same in accordance with the Laws of 
this State So help me God
Thompson Graham

Sworn to and Subscribed before me in open court.
J. J. Harper  Ordy

Recorded July 7th 1869
J. J. Harper


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