Upson-Wilkes-Statewide County GaArchives Wills.....Martin, Martha [Gresham] February 8, 1855
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Source: Elizabeth "bessie" Lethella Howell Beck
Written: February 8, 1855
Recorded: August 7, 1855

Georgia, Upson County

In the name of God. Amen.

I Martha Martin of the County & State do hereby make & ordain this my last 
will & testament, hereby revoking & annulling all others heretofore made by 
me.  

Item First:  I desire & direct that my body be committed to the grave in 
decent Christian burial and return my soul into the Hands of God who gave it.

Item Second:  I desire that all my just debts be paid without delay by my 
executors hereinafter named, as there is no necessity for delay.

Item Third:  It is my will & desire that all my property both real & personal 
wherever & whatever it may be, be sold, & to be equally devided between my 
children "to wit" Caroline Kelly, Nancy Howell, Frances Dees, Eliza Howell, 
William Martin, Martha Zorn, Jane Holmes, Susan Zorn, & Mary Ann Amanda 
Martin, and the children of Lucinda Owen now deceased, making all of her 
children to heir only a child's part.

Item Fourth:  I constitute & appoint my son William Martin the trustee of the 
property I have willed above to the children of my deceased daughter Lucinda 
Owen, and the said William Martin as the trustee.  I desire to pay to each of 
the said children when they shall become of age, their distributive share.

Item Fifth:  It is my desire that my old servant woman Katy have the privilege 
to live with any of my children that she may choose as she has been a faithful 
servant. I wish her to be treated kindly after my death.

Item Sixth:  I constitute & appoint my son William Martin and my son-in-law 
Elijah Zorn executors to this my last will & testament this 8th February 1855.

Martha Martin (her mark X)

Signed, sealed declared & published by Martha Martin as her last will & 
testament in the presence of us the subscribers who subscribed  ________ in 
the presence of said _______ and of each other this 8th February 1855.
E. B. Atwater
Geo. W. Davis
John W. Atwater 

Additional Comments:
Martha Gresham Martin:

Birth:  Aug. 5, 1792
Wilkes County,
Georgia
 
Death:  1855
Upson County,
Georgia

Wife of Austin Martin.

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An abstract of this will may be found on p. 268 of The Early History of Upson 
County, Georgia by Nottingham and Hannah.


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