UPSON COUNTY, GA - WILLS   Carter Adams

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March 27th 1858
Georgia Upson        

The Last Will and Testament of Carter Adams is that
I bequeath my soul and Body unto God who gave it,
and I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife
Mariam Adams as my administratrix.

That it is my Will that my wife shall pay all debts.
It is my will that she keep the property under her
control and management and also to sell one negro,
either man or woman to satisfy my debts and for her
proper uses.

It is also my will that when the children, as they
become of age that the property shall be valued,
except the settlement of lands in Upson County; Then
the oldest child to receive their proportionable
part either in money or negro.

It is also my will and also I bequeath into my wife
the choicest of my Negroes. It is my will that the
property be kept together until my youngest child
becomes of age, then to sell the Lands in Upson
County and then it be equally divided between my
wife and children and at her death her
proportionable part to be divided among my children.

Upson County Ga. Entered in Record of Wills Page 186
this 4th day of May 1858
                 William A Cobb, Clerk