WARREN COUNTY, GA - WILLS Sterling Jones ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: janster@hotmail.com Janice Blackhurst Will of Sterling Jones Georgia, Warren County. In the name of the ever living God. I Sterling Jones of Said county being now of Sound & disposing mind & memory, but feeble in health - desirous of making a disposition of my estate, do make and declare the following as my last will and testament. I direct that my remains be intered in a decent manner - and that my just debts that I may owe, be paid from the funds herein after mentioned. I give and devise to my beloved Wife Patsey the lot on which we live including the Stable lot, bounded by the public Square, the Augusta Road - the lot conveyed by here in trust for my daughter Mrs. Rogers and by Neal & Chapman with all the buildings thereon, and The Rose tract of land, containing two hundred acres, more or less - I also give to her all the furniture in Said houses of every description, garden tools and stable utensils - all the cash & Bank bills in hand at my death, the carriage & harness & the pair of horses that may be used with it - the two horse wagon & harness - and the following slaves - hostler Tom, Isaac, Susannah, Sally, Terry and his daughter Cornelia - to her and to her heirs forever. To my son Andrew Jackson Jones I give and bequeath the following slaves - Seaborn - Henry - Nelson - Susan - Abram & Savone & their future increase. I give & bequeath to my sons Andrew Jackson & Sterling W as trustees the following slaves - Peter - Caroliner (a man) - Caroline - Cicilly - Patty & her child & their future increase - to be held by them in trust to and for the separate use & benefit of my daughter Adeline Smith during her life free & exempt from the claims & rights of her husband - and on her decease to be equally divided among her children. I give and bequeath to my sons Andrew Jackson & Sterling Washington the following slaves - Bob - Cynthia - Eliza & her child - Jane - Arnold & Dick & the future increase of the females to be held by them in trust to & for the separate use & benefit of my daughter Emeline, free & exempt from the (marital?) rights & claims of any man whom she may marry during her life and upon her death to such person or persons as she may in writing direct. To my Son Sterling Washington, I give & bequeath the following Slaves - Black Tom - Amos - Paul - Mary & her three children, Rachel, Nelly & George and the future increase of the females - and my watch - gun & cream colored horse. I direct that my plantation be cultivated by my Executors with such hands as they may have under their control for the benefit of the family: until a sale thereof be acquired - and that they keep up the stock - and whenever a majority in number of the (bequeathed?) entitled shall in writing acquire a Sale it Shall be the duty of the executors to Sell Said plantation and all my land (except the tract herein before given to my Wife - and except one acre around & including the family burial ground) at the end of the current year or beginning of the next after Such notice, on Such terms as to quantity and time of payment as Such majority may suggest - giving at least sixty days notice - and also - all the Stock perishable property on Said plantation, of every kind & description at the time of Such Sale - and after the payment of any debts that I may owe at my death, I direct that the proceeds of Such Sale be equally divided amongst my following children - Mrs. Maria Roberts - Sarah Satterwhite - Susan Boler - Samuel - James & William Jones - and for the purpose of Said Sale I hereby authorize the executors hereof and The Survivors to Sell all my lands herein directed to be Sold - and good & sufficient titles to make to the purchasers. I nominate & appoint my beloved Wife Patsey and my Son Andrew Jackson Jones executors of this my Will hereby revoking all & any former will by me made. In witness whereof I have here to Set my hand & Seal this 5th day of November 1843. Sterling Jones (Seal) Signed, Sealed & declared by the Testator To be his Will - in our presence who in his Presence & in the presence of each other have Hereto subscribed our names Test J. A. Chapman W. H. Blount Nath. C. Sayre Recorded by Patrick N. Maddux, c.c.d. April - 1843