Talbot County GaArchives Wills.....William H. Ellison August 5 1907 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com October 23, 2003, 2:20 pm Source: Talbot County, Ga. Will Book B, Pages 444-445 Written: August 5 1907 Talbot County, Ga. Will Book B Pages 444-445 Georgia, Talbot County I, William H. Ellison of said State and County being of sound mind and body and knowing the uncertainty of life do in the fear of God, make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other will heretofore made. Item 1st I direct that all my just debts be paid as soon as possible and that no expensive monument be erected over my grave. Item 2nd I will and bequeath to my great-granddaughter, Sarah Ellen Lightfoot, Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid from the proceeds of my estate as soon as my Executor may think best and direct that the money must be invested for her sole use and benefit and the total amount paid her when she becomes of age or marries and in the event of her death before she marries or if she should die without a child then the amount goes to her mother and invested for her sole use and benefit. Item 3rd I give to my granddaughter, Florrie Jean Lightfoot the portrait of my father and mother. Item 4th I give all my household furniture to be equally divided to Florrie Jean Lightfoot and Carrie Lou Rowell to be divided as they elect. I give my gold watch to my grandson, Wm. Ellison Richards. Item 5th After the payment of the above amount to Sarah Ellen Lightfoot, I will and bequeath to my daughter Jane Ellison Peacock one third interest in all of my personal and real estate which will be one third interest in all the lands known as the old homestead where my sister Sarah E. Ellison now resides – said lands being Lots No. 261-262-225-243-244-half of lot 226-1/8 of lot No. 226-1/4 of Lot No. 224-1/8 of Lot 209-1/2 of Lot 209 containing 1,521 acres more or less, also 1/3 interest in lands as the Fallen place No. 259-246-245 containing 202 ˝ acres more or less – also 1/3 interest in the lands on which I now reside known as Cabean, Jourdan and McCurly lands containing 552 acres more or less. I will and bequeath the 1/3 interest in above described lands to my daughter during her natural life at her death the same interest shall revert to the children of her sister, Sarah E. Richards. Item 6th I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah E. Richards all interest in the balance of my real and personal estate (fully described in Item 5th) after the payment of the above described bequest in Item 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th. Item 7th I especially request and demand of my executors and my daughters that in the disposition of said lands the wishes and interest of my sister Sarah E. Ellison must be regarded and protected – the lands must be disposed of as she directs. I want the property to remain just as it is now as long as she lives. The/She ? pay a good interest. Item 9th I wish a plain marble slab placed over my grave marked Wm. H. Ellison born 1st April 1828 Died - Another on my wife’s grave marked Mary Ellison born Oct. 5th 1834 died July 26th 1902. Wm H. Ellison Signed, sealed and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of each of us who in his presence and the presence of each of us signed the same as witnesses. This the 5th day of August 1907 J.M. Neal E. Brakefield J.W. Sparks **Note - According to a memorial written in honor of William Holmes Ellison in the September 24, 1908 Issue of the Talbotton New Era, he was born in Fairfield District, S.C. on April 1, 1828. He passed away at his home in Talbot County on April 2, 1908. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb