Troup COUNTY GA Wills John Glaze File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Meredith Clapper" http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/troup/wills/glaze.txt Troup Co., Will Book B, p. 100: State of Georgia, Troup Co.: I John Glaze of said county and state knowing the uncertainty of human life deem it right both as respects myself and my family that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind providence has blessed me. I therefore make this my last will and testament. Item first: I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid by my executors hereinafter named without delay. Item 2nd: I desire and direct that all my estate both real and personal of every description whatever not herein otherwise disposed of remain in the hands of my wife for the purpose of raising and educating my minor children until the youngest child marries or becomes of legal age or until my wife's death or remarriage. Item 3rd: My daughter Matilda Phelps has received the amount of eighty three dollars, my son-in- law Josiah C. Hardy in right of his wife Ann ninety Dollars and seventy-five cents, my daughter Sidney Watkins seventy four dollars, my daughter Martha McElhaney seventy-seven dollars, seventy-five cents, my daughter Orry Murphy thirty-seven dollars, my son Thomas sixty-two dollars, twenty-five cents, my son William eighty-three dollars. I desire that each one of my other children when they marry or arrive at legal age, a bed and furniture, a cow and calf and a saddle, any my sons a horse each all at their value. Item 4th: Whenever my youngest child marries or arrives at legal age or at the death of my wife whichever takes place first, I desire and direct that all my estate both real and personal be sold and equally dived amongst all my children including the advancements to each of them. Item 5th: I desire and direct in the case of my wife should marry before either of the events mentioned in Item fourth then that all my estate be sold and equally divided amongst all my children and her and including the advancements. Item 6th: I constitute and appoint my son William Glaze and my sin-in-law John D. McEllhaney executors to this my last will and testament with full power to buy or sell anything that may be necessary for carrying on the farm or for the interest of the estate also with full power to sell any part of my real estate and the whole of it if they think best in case my family wishes to remove. This November 4th 1850. John Glaze Signed, sealed, declared, and published by John Glaze as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers who subscribed our names in the presence of said testator and of each other this November 7th 1850. Charles Gullatt John Ferguson his Matthew X Partridge mark John W. Shepard ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============