Rockdale County GaArchives Wills.....Dennard, Thomas Washington January 24, 1890
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Source: Rockdale County Wiil Books, Vol A-b, Pages 176-178
Written: January 24, 1890

State of Georgia Rockdale County

Know all men by there presents that I Thomas W. Denard of said county, do this 
day make ordain and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, 
and hereby declare all other will heretofore by me made to be null and void.

Item 1st  It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid by my executor 
and executrix as soon as practicable after my decease.

 Item 3  It is my will and desire that my beloved wife Kansada Denard have and 
keep all of my property real and personal together and manage it as she may 
think best so to do for the support and maintenance of herself and the 
maintenance and education of the youngest children while they stay with her, and 
during her lifetime, and after he death, I desire all my property to put up and 
sold to the highest bidder and the proceeds to be equally divided amongst all my 
children ti wit:  Martha Ann Peek, John F. Denard, James M. Denard, Sanford 
Denard, Mary Wade, Melvina Denard, Eugenia Denard, Jefferson D. Denard, George 
W. Dennard, Ellen Jane Elllington, and Charles Denard.  Each of my children to 
have an equal share of the proceeds of my estate.

Item 4  I give and bequeath to my daughter Eugenia Denard in trust for the sole 
and separate [sic] use and benefit and advantage of my son Sanford Denard all 
that portion of my estate that may be coming to him upon an equal division of my 
estate and that have no control over it no further than the said Eugenia Denard 
may allow him to have and that portion of my estate that comes into the hands – 
the said Eugenia Denard as trustee for my son Sanford Denard, shall never be 
subject to, nor never be taken to pay any debts that he has ever made, or that 
he may ever make only so far as the said Eugenia Denard may see proper to pay 
out of his said trust funds.

Item 5  James M Denard having received from me two hundred and ninety one 
dollars for which I am now holding his notes and if he pays off them notes, I 
desire for him to share equal (share) with all the rest of my children but in 
the event the notes are not paid the amount of the notes is to be counted 
against him as an advancement made to him and that he draws nothing from my 
estate until all the rest of my children have been made equal with him before he 
shall be entitled to draw anything from my estates.

Item 6th  I hereby appoint and constitute my beloved wife Kansada Denard my 
executrix and Jefferson D. Dennard my executor to this my last will and 
testament.  In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and fix my seal this 24th 
day of January 1890.
                                                                     Thomas W. 
Denard

The above _________ and ______ was made before signing 

Signed sealed published and declared in presence of us and in the presence of 
each other and in the presence of Testator and at his special request.
J. H. Dabney
D. M. Almand
J. J. Langford
E. C McDaniel
                               



Additional Comments:

Thomas Washington Dennard married Kanzada Sparks on 6 January 1842 in Newton 
County, Georgia.  He was a son of John Dennard (b ~1794, d 1856) and Mary Ann 
Almand (b 1803, d after 1870).  All the children named in the will are all the 
known children of Wash and Kanzada.  They are buied in the Almand Cemetery in 
Rockdale County, Georiga.

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