Taliaferro County GaArchives Wills.....Hart, Eli May 17, 1831 ************************************************ 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 July 5, 2005, 10:50 pm Source: Taliaferro Co., Ga Will Record A, Pp. 81-82 Written: May 17, 1831 Recorded: July 9, 1831 Eli Hart’s Will Georgia, Taliaferro Couty. In the name of God Amen; I ELI HART being [very?] weak of body from long Indisposition, but conceive myself in perfect mind and memory do hereby think best to make this my last Will & Testament and knowing that it is ordained for all men once to die, and as it may be my _______ soon or later, I do here dispose of my self & effects in the following manner. (Viz) First of all I Resign my Soul to God who gave it me, my body to its mother dust to be burried in decent burial order at the discretion of my friends and Relations. As to my temporal possessions that it has pleased God to help me with, I desire to dispose of in the following manner. Item 1st. My upper tract of land adjoining Mr. James Read I leave to my Mother during her natural life – Also my old mare Florogel(?), my stock of cattle & hogs, after the same manner, I also wish a sufficiency out of my present crop to be kept on the Plantation for the support of my Mother & Sisters that are with her and all the family the ensuing year. Item 2nd. I desire that the lot of land I drew in Decater County, the tract that I bought of JAMES VEAZEY, my negro man Isham (after this crop is saved), my sorrel mare Maria, my young horse coult, also my stock of sheep be sold out of which I wish first my debts to be paid, then fifty Dollars to MY SISTER MARY and the residue to be equally divided amongst all my Brothers and Sisters & the heirs or children of MY BROTHER JAMES HART to shear that portion that their Father would if alive. Item 3rd. I give to MY SISTER RECECCA my negro boy Marten. Item 4th. I give to MY SISTER MARY my Negro boy Willis. Item 5th. I give to ELI CHAPMAN SON OF BENJAMIN CHAPMAN my spotted Horse Marian (?). Item 6th. Out of the lot of land that I have left to my Mother during her lifetime after her death I wish to be sold and I give MY BROTHER SAMUEL One hundred Dollars out of the proceeds and the balance to be equally divided amongst all my Brothers and Sisters including Brother James Children as above __ in Item Second. Item 7th. I also wish my Waggon & harness to be sold and the proceedings thereof to be equally divided amongst my Brothers and Sisters after the same manner of that in Item the Seventh [-probably meant Sixth?]. Item 8th. My cotton gin and gear & thrasher to remain on the plantation for the use of my mother and after her death to be sold and divided as in Item the Second. It is my Will and desire that MY BROTHER SAMUEL be and act as my Executor on this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereby acknowledge have Signed & Sealed this my last will and testament in the presence of This 17th day of May 1831. /s/ Eli Hart [Seal] Test: Ann P. Fannin James Read James W. Fannen Georgia Taliaferro County July Adjourned Term 1831. In open Court the last Will and Testament of Eli Hart deceased was exhibited, and in due form of law was proven, by the oaths of James Read and James W. Fannin Subscribing Witnesses &c. You James Read and James W. Fannen do solemnly swear that you saw Eli Hart Sign, Seal, publish and declare this Instrument of writing to be and contain his last Will and Testament and at the time thereof he was of sound mind and disposing memory, and that he signed the same of his own free will and accord, and that you saw Ann P. Fannen Sign the same as a Subscribing Witness with your selves and at the request or suggestions of the Testator, So help you God. /s/ James Read J. W. Fannen Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this ninth day of July 1831. Henry Perkins, C.C.O. State of Georgia, Taliaferro County. By the Court of Ordinary for said County that at an Adjourned Court July 9th day 1831, while sitting for Ordinary purposes, Samuel Hart the nominated Executor in the last Will and Testament of Eli Hart decd, was qualified in open Court in due form of law, the Will and proceedings of said deceased, was by the Court ordered to be recorded. Henry Perkins, C. C. O. Additional Comments: Eli Hart was son of Samuel and Susannah (Boring) Hart. His date of birth is unknown and apparently he never married. His brothers and sisters were: 1. Sarah Hart, b. ca. 1778, NC, d. between 1856-1860, Taliaferro Co., GA. Sarah was mentioned first in Samuel Hart’s will and I believe she was the eldest of the children. Married Thomas Chapman (son of John Chapman)-- my line. 2. Elizabeth Hart was mentioned second in Samuel Hart’s will, b. 30 Jan. 1780, NC, d. 29 May 1863, Taliaferro Co., GA. Married Nathan Chapman (son of John Chapman), 20 Feb. 1800 (Bible Record). 3. John Hart, b. ca. 1782(?). (In his father's will he is mentioned after Elizabeth but before Susannah so was perhaps born in between these two sisters.) He was married and had at least one child, Samuel.) 4. Susannah (Susan) Hart, b. ca. 1784, d. 3 July 1863, Talbot Co., GA, mentioned fourth in Samuel Hart’s will. Married James Veazey, probably Hancock Co., GA. 5. Phebe Hart, b. 13 June 1792, d. 29 Aug. 1867, DeKalb Co., GA. Married Benjamin Chapman (son of John Chapman), 12 Jan. 1809 (Bible Record). 6. James Hart, d. 1826, St. Clair, Co., IL, married Mary Bell, 8 Feb. 1816, Hancock Co., GA. 7. William Hart, married Nancy Bell. No further info. 8. Samuel Hart, Jr., b. 2 July 1798, Hancock Co., GA, d. 8 Aug. 1879, Carroll Co., GA. Married Martha Veazey 2 (or 3?) Oct. 1826, Hancock Co., GA. 9. Rebecca Hart. No info. 10. Mary Hart, b. ca. 1800, d. between 1860-1870, Carroll Co., GA. Married 28 Dec. 1831, Taliaferro Co., to Alexander Colclough (Taliaferro Co. Marriage Bk. A, p. 56). 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