Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Pitts, Martin March 26 1842
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Source: Pike County Probate Court
Written: March 26 1842
Recorded: May 7 1842

Will of Martin Pitts

I Martin Pitts of Sound & disposing mind constitute & ordain this my last will 
& testament in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal

Item 1st     I will that my entire estate both real and personal be kept 
together until my youngest child become of age to be used for the benefit of 
my Heirs all & each one shall have the privilege of cultivating the land 
without charge.

Item 2     When the general division of my Estate takes place I will that my 
property shall be divided equally amongst my Heirs with the exception that 
Stansover [?] B. Pitts children shall receive as a do notion all that 
proportionable [sp] part that I have hereunto assigned for him, but now it is 
given to his children for his use & benefit

Item 3     In the event my wife should marry or die I will & desire that my 
estate be divided immediately agreeable to the foregoing provisions

Item 4     I will that Allen [?] Pitts children shall receive that portion of 
my Estate that would have been his, had he not have died, also that they 
receive one hundred & fifty dollars over & above their proportionable part to 
be paid to them when each of them becomes of age
March 26th 1842

Witness
Moses R. Matthews
W. H. Cunningham
Francis M. Mathews


Georgia
Pike County

I Elizabeth Pitts do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last 
Will and Testament of the within named Martin Pitts deceased as far as I know 
or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the 
debts and then the legacies contained in the said Will as far as his goods and 
chattels will thereunto extend and the law charge me & that I will make a true 
& perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God
Elizabeth Pitts

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 7th day of May 1842
Wiley E. Mangham C. C. O.
  





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Note Added by Lynn Cunningham:
Martin M. Pitts was born about 1787 in South Carolina and died about 1842 In
Pike County. He was married to Elizabeth Ray on 22 Dec 1820 in Wilkes
County, Georgia. He came to Pike County in 1829.