Taliaferro County GaArchives Wills.....Acree, Seaborn N. February 24, 1898 ************************************************ 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: Rhoda Taylor Fone http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002953 November 15, 2007, 6:46 pm Source: Taliaferro County, Ga Will Book B., Pages 250-251 Written: February 24, 1898 Recorded: August 1, 1898 Wills 1826-1922 – Georgia Court of Ordinary (Taliaferro County) LDS Film No. 220541 Transcribed by Rhoda Taylor Fone Georgia, Taliaferro County I, S. N. Acree of said State and County being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills heretofore made by me – Item 1st – It is my will and desire that all my just debts shall be paid by my Executor hereinafter named, so soon after my death as practicable. Item 2nd – I will and bequeath unto Willie Acree wife of S. O. Acree during her natural life, and then at her death, unto the heirs of her body, for and during their natural lives, One Hundred and Twenty nine acres of land lying in said County of Taliaferro, also all kinds of stock that may belong to me at time of my death – the above named land is bounded as follows – On north by land of Mrs. Delia Boswell and lands of Mrs. Mary Kelly – On west by land of T. E. Bristow, On South by lands of John A. Caldwell and Nancy Moore, and on east by lands of Mrs. Ellen Stewart. Item 3rd – And it is my further will and desire that David P. Henry shall be the Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I the said S. N. Acree to this my last will and testament consisting of the foregoing have set my hand and seal this the twenty fourth (24th) day of February 1898. /s/ S. N. Acree Signed declared and published by S. N. Acree as his last will & testament in the presence of us the subscribers who subscribe our names hereto in the presence of said testator (at his instance and request) and of each other, he signing in our presence and we signing in his presence. Titus Richards Paul G. Lucas Thomas J. Evans Georgia, Taliaferro County By the honorable the Ordinary of said County. Whereas S.N. Acree of this County, lately died testate, having while he lived, and at the time of his death, divers lands & tenements, goods, rights & credits within the County aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the goods, rights & credits of the said deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations & reckonings of said administration, and a final dismission of the same to the Ordinary of said County, do of right belong; I, desiring that the lands and tenements, goods, rights and credits of said deceased, may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, do hereby grant unto D.P. Henry full power by the tenor of these presents, to administer the lands and tenements, goods, rights & credits of said deceased, which in his lifetime and at the time of his death did belong, and to ask, levy, recover and receive the same, and pay the debts in which deceased stood bond, so far as his lands & tenements, goods, rights & credits will extend, according to their rate[?] and order of law, being first sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory thereof and to exhibit the same to the Ordinary in the County aforesaid, in order to be recorded as required by law, and to render a Just and true account of said administration when thereto required, and you are hereby ordained, constituted and appointed Executor of all and singular the lands and tenements, goods, rights and credits of said deceased. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 1st day of August 1898 /s/ Geo H. Mitchell, Ordinary File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taliaferro/wills/acree767wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb