Georgia:  Walton County:  William Roberts Will, 4 February 1837

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In the Name of God, Amen, I William Roberts of the county of Walton and state 
of Georgia, being of sound mind and knowing the uncertainty of human life for 
the purpsoe of making sane distribution of my estate and effects after my 
death do make, ordain and establish this to be my will and testament.

1st. I have given JAMES T. ROBERTS, my son, in money and property to the 
amount of six hundred dollars

2nd. I have given to my son SANSOM M. ROBERTS in money and property five 
hundred and twenty-five dollars.

3rd. I have given my son GRIFFIN L. ROBERTS in land five hundred dollars.

4th. I have given my son WILLIS W. ROBERTS in land to the amount of four 
hundred and fifty dollars.

5th. I have given my son ABSOLUM E. ROBERTS in land to the amount of five 
hundred and twenty-four dollars.

6th I have given my son THOMAS S. ROBERTS one horse (?) worth twenty-five 
dollars which I ??? to them and their heirs forever.

7th. I wish all my property, both real and personal, sold and equally divided 
between my children JAMES T., SANSOM W., GRIFFIN L., WILLIS W., ABSOLUM E., 
THOMAS S., EDMUND W. AND MARY ANN ROBERTS deducting the amounts each one has 
received as above named, out of their part.

8th. I appoint DAVID RAMEY and PETER G. MORROW my executors to this my last 
will and testament, revoking all others in testimony whereof I set my hand 
and seal this 4th of February 1837. 

Signed, sealed in the presence of us: 
WILLIAM ROBERTS 
ELIAS BEALL
WM. B. NUNNALLY
WM. W. BRASWELL 
"Approved and ordered to be recorded 6th March 1837 
William Roberts md. Frankey Sansom (likely Frances Sansom) a d/o James 
Sansom, and wife, Martha of Greene Co., Ga..
on 30 December 1801.
Source:(Will of James 1793 names wife, Patsy and children: Jackey, Nancy, 
Frankey, Thomas, James, and Polly.
Jackey (John) md. Elizabeth Dunn, 13 Nov. 1805 Clarke Co., Ga. and Greene 
Co., Ga. Marriages, estate returns of James Sansom, a RS of Lunenburg Co., 
Va. and Greene Co., Ga. 
Polly md. Zaccheus Powell
James md. Lucy Wright
Nancy md. Absolem Echols
William md.? (research varies)
Thomas md. America Nunnally, d/o John and Susan Virginia "Sukey" Burton 
Nunnally--who were also the parents of William B. Nunnally of Walton Co., Ga. 
and witness to this will.
Absolem Echols a brother of Milner Echols who md. Susannah Sansom, also lived 
in Clarke/Walton Co.'s Ga. Nancy Sansom Echols buried in cemetery plot with 
Thomas and America Nunnally Sansom.