Taliaferro County GaArchives Wills.....Davidson, Paul August 9, 1859
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Source: Taliaferro County, Ga Will Record A, Pp. 263-264
Written: August 9, 1859
Recorded: September 5, 1859

State of Georgia, Taliaferro County
Last will of Paul Davidson of said State and County

Item 1st.  Intending this will to be a final disposition of my estate – I 
hereby revoke all wills heretofore made by me.

Item 2nd.  I wish my Executor to pay my just debts, among which the sum of 
Eighty dollars due TO MY NEPHEW STEPHEN JACKSON of Burke County.

Item 3rd.  The negroes, Tom, Washington, Scharlate, Sam, Caroline, Becca, and 
her children, William, Frank, Mosi [?],  and Isabel;  Fannie, and her children, 
John and an infant Adam, Julia ann[?] and her children Harriet, and an infant 
and five hundred fifty dollars are trust property belonging at my death to my 
THREE OLDEST CHILDREN, viz, ARTHUR C. DAVIDSON, MARY D. DAVIDSON, HENRIETTA J. 
DAVIDSON, which I wish appraised and deducted before any distribution is made.  

Item 4th.  I wish an equal amount of all the rest of my property be set apart 
if so much there is and if all the rest does not amount to as much as the trust 
property, then I wish all to be set apart and distributed equally between MY 
WIFE SARAH,  MY DAUGHTER SARAH BURTHA, and THE INFANT DAUGHTER UNNAMED in such 
a manner if possible they may all have share and share alike.

Item 5th.  If there should be a residue after making my wife and younger 
children equal with the three older ones, then I wish an equal division among 
them all of the residue.

Item 6th.  I do here appoint MY FRIEND WILLIAM A. DYER Executor to this my will 
and MY FRIEND JAMES H. FLYNT GUARDIAN for my three Oldest Children.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1859.
/s/  Paul Davidson
Signed and published by Paul Davidson as his last will and in our presence as 
witnesses thereto by his request this 9th August 1859.
William C. Wright
John A. Durham
Thomas J. Overton

Georgia Taliaferro County – Court of Ordinary September Term 1859.  The last 
will and testament of Paul Davidson decd. was propounded in open Court for 
Probate by William A. Dyer the Executor in and by said will nominated – William 
C. Wright & Thomas J. Overton two of the subscribing witnesses to said will 
being duly sworn, say that they saw Paul Davidson sign and declare the 
foregoing to be and contain his last will and testament, that he did it freely 
and without compulsion, that he was of sound mind and memory, that they signed 
the same in his presence at his request – and that John A. Durham signed the 
same as a witness in the presence of the testator and in their presence.
/s/  Wm. C. Wright
T. J. Overton
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
September 5, 1859 – The will and probate Ordered to be recorded
/s/ Quinea O’Neal Ordinary

Recorded Sept. 5th, 1859
/s/  Quinea O’Neal Ordinary





Additional Comments:
The three oldest children mentioned above (Arthur C., Mary D. and Henrietta J. 
Davidson) were from Paul Davidson’s first married to Drusilla A. Jackson.  
The “trust property” left to these three children was likely from the trust 
created by the marriage agreement between Paul Davidson and Drusilla Jackson in 
Burke Co., GA.  

Paul Davidson married second to Sarah Jane Dyer, daughter of Thomas and Nancy 
Dyer of Warren Co., GA, and by her had Sarah Burtha Davidson and Pauline 
Davidson, the “infant daughter unnamed.”  (Many thanks to Helen Bates for 
providing the names of Sarah Jane’s parents which led me to the discovery of 
the Dyer information below.)  

Dr. Davidson named his “friend James H. Flynt” as guardian to the three oldest 
children.  James H. Flynt was brother-in-law of Sarah Jane (Dyer) Davidson, 
having married her sister, Elizabeth Dyer.  (Note:  James H. Flynt was uncle of 
America (Flynt) Taylor, first wife of my gr. granduncle, John Seaborn Taylor.  
America and John S. Taylor named a son “Doctor Paul Davidson Taylor.)

It appears that William A. Dyer, Executor of Dr. Davidson’s will, was brother 
of Sarah Jane (Dyer) Davidson." 

These relationships can be found in the will of Thomas Dyer in Warren Co., GA

(Published by Georgia Pioneers, Albany, Ga)
DYER, Thomas – dated Feb. 19, 1857, Prob. Jan 11, 1864
Wife:  Nancy
Daus: ELIZABETH; Frances; SARAH; Mary Caudas; Martha E.; Julia Ann; Susan C; 
Lucinda C.
Son:  WILLIAM
SONS-IN-LAW:  John A. Jones, husband of Frances.
PAUL DAVIDSON, HUSBAND OF SARAH J.
JAMES FLINT, HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH
G-ch:  Children of dau., Mary Caudas
Children of son, William
Other:  Children of Martha; Julia Ann; Susan; and Lucinda, if they marry.
Exr:  William Dyer
Wit:  John Scott; David Lowe; A.L. Massengale

SOURCES  
1.  Marriage Agreement between Paul Davidson and Drusilla A. Jackson, Burke 
Co., GA (1843).
2.  Richmond Co., GA Marriage Records
3. Will of Thomas Dyer, dated Feb. 19, 1857, prob. Jan. 11, 1864, Warren Co., 
GA.
4. Census records, Taliaferro Co., GA and Warren Co., GA.
5.  Info. from Helen Bates.  



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