Pike County GaArchives Wills.....James K Holsey April 14 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: D Hill dawnlfdp@yahoo.com November 25, 2003, 11:57 am Source: Pike County, Georgia Will Book D, page 67-70 Written: April 14 1880 Recorded: October 4 1881 Pike County, Georgia Will Book D, page 67-70 Georgia Pike County April 10th 1880 I James K Holsey of the county and state aforesaid make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills heretofore made by me. Item 1st My will is that my executrixs here in after named pay all my just debts (if any) out of my estate and the expenses of any last sickness and burial. Item 2nd As I have here to fore given my daughter Martha E.T. Moore property and money which gifts I hereby confirm and in addition thereto I will and desire to my said daughter Martha E T Moore during her natural life the west half of lot of land no (40) forty in the second (2) district of originally Monroe now Pike County (101¼) acres more or less and after her death to go to Imogene M Green in trust during her life and then to her children if any living in the event there is none living then to go to her brother John F. Green and her sister Union H M Green to share alike and I appoint Martha E.T. Moore as trustee to the above property. Item 3 Also in addition there to I will and desire to my said daughter Martha E T Moore during her natural life the south half of lot of land no forty one (41) in second (2) district of originally Monroe now Spalding County and after her death to go to Union H M Green in trust during her life and then to her children if any living in the event there is none living then to go to her brother John F. Green and her sister Imogene M Green to share alike and I appoint Martha E.T. Moore as trustee to the above property. Item 4th Also in addition there to I will and desire to my said daughter Martha E T Moore during her natural life the south half of lot of land no one hundred and five (105) in second (2) district of originally Monroe now Spalding County. Also two (2) acres of lot one hundred and four (104) in north east corner of Pike County also one acre lying and being in the south west corner of originally Monroe now Spalding County in the Second (2) district no one hundred and nineteen (119) and after her death to go to her son John F. Green in trust during his life and then to his children if any living in the event there is none living then to go to and his sisters Imogene M Green and Union H M Green to share alike and I appoint Martha E.T. Moore as trustee to the above property. Item 5 And in addition there to I will and desire my said daughter during her natural life and after her death to go and be equally divided amongest her four children that is now living that she had by T J Moore or any child or children that she may have born to her after this to share and share alike equally alike on lot of land (202½) acres more or less lying in the third district (3) originally Monroe now Spalding County no twenty three (23). Item 6 As I have hereto fore given my daughter Mary E Dickinson property and money which gifts I hereby confirm and in addition thereto I will and desire to my said daughter Mary E Dickinson two hundred two and one half (202½) acres more or less of lot of land (No 39) thirty nine in the second (2) district of originally Monroe now Pike County also the west side of Elkins Creek fifty five acres more or less also all the lands on the East side of the same creek all the lands that the said James K Holsey now holds a deed to bounded South by James Shivers and east by F Green being in originally Monroe but now Pike County No (38) thirty-eight in the Second (2) District one hundred acres more or less. And in addition there to I will and desire thereto, to my said daughter Mary E Dickinson one house lot in the city of Griffin known as the Boyington place two (2) acres more or less bounded by Meriwether Street on the west on the south by College street on the east by Dr. Darnall to have the above lands (302½ acres) the city lot with all the right numbers and appurtenances to the above property in any will belonging free from all charge or limitation whatso ever to her own property use benefit and behoof for ever with full power or will or deed to dispose of the same before her death as she may think proper Also in addition there to I will and desire to my said daughter Mary E Dickinson twelve hundred dollars (1200) to make her equal with Martha E T Moore with the right to dispose as she may think proper. Item 7 I hereby appoint Martha E T Moore and Mary E Dickinson my executrixs and request that they be qualified and have my will recorded and take charge of all my money notes and accounts and all the remainder of my property be it real or personally whatsoever may be found that I have not will away in this will and dispose of in this will and dispose of it as they think proper at public or private sale without any order of court or any authority from said court and sell it as you think best and the proceeds of the above property must be equal divided between Martha E T Moore and Mary E Dickinson to share and alike alike with all the rights to said property in any will belonging free from all charge or limitation what so ever to their own use benefit and behoof with full power to dispose at or before their death as they may think proper And further will that the said Martha E T Moore turn over all the property to Mary E Dickinson that is will to her in this will and take her receipt for the same and have the receipt recorded and this shall close her duty as executrix and Mary E Dickinson also turn over all the property to Martha E T Moore that wills her in this will and take her receipt for the same and have the receipt recorded and this shall close her duty as executrix James K Holsey signed sealed declared and published by James K Holsey as his last will and testament in the presence of us subscribed our names hereto in the presence of said testator at his special instance and request and of each other stricken out entered line before signed Test G W Jackson D M Coggin T B Reams State of Georgia Pike County} Before me came Green W Jackson, named as a witness to the within writing purporting to be James K Holsey's last will, and being duly sworn, saith that he with D M Coggin and T B Reams(? could be Reaves), at the request of James K Holsey, and in his presence did attest as witnesses the within writing as his James K Holsey's will; that the same was signed and published by James K Holsey in their presence as his last will that he was at the time of said attestation and signing by himself of sound and disposing mind and memory; that he executed the within paper voluntarily subscribed & sworn to before me this third day of October 1881 Green W Jackson Harry Well Ordinary Georgia Pike County} We do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last will of the within named James K Holsey so far as we know or believe and that we will well and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of their state So help me God Martha E T Moore Mary E Dickinson October 3 1881 Before me Harry Wells Ordinary Recorded October 4th 1881 Harry Wells Ordinary This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 7.8 Kb