Warren County GaArchives Wills.....Oliver, Benjamin 1809
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Sheila Schmutz sheila.schmutz@usask.ca September 18, 2007, 5:27 pm

Source: Will Book
Written: 1809

I Benjamin Oliver of Warren County do make and ordain this my last will and
testament (as follows to wit).
I give to my loving wife Sarah Oliver all my estate both real and personal
during her natural life and at her death to be divided between my children as
follows.
At the death of my wife I give to my son John (hard to read at edge of page)
 Oliver a Negro man by name of Reuben to him and his heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to my son Benjamin Oliver twenty five cents to
him and his heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to my son son Robert Oliver one hundred acre of
land it being that part of my land whereon he now lives beginning at a …corner
on Adam Jones’ land this on a line that is already run to Robert Abercrombie
land to him and his heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to my son Terry Oliver a Negro Boy by the name of
Terry (blot) Bed & furniture to him and his heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to James [note this name is hard to read and he
does not indicate a relationship] Oliver a Negro boy by the name of Caesar, a
feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my daughter Patsy Rogers a woman by the name of Rachel & her increase
to her and her heirs forever now in the possession of my son in law James Rogers.
I give to the children of my Daughter Nancy Candler deceased a Negro girl by the
name of Silvia to them and their heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to my Daughter Sarah Tate a Negro woman by the
name of Nell to her and her heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give to my Daughter Mary Oliver a Negro boy by the
name of Till, a feather bed & furniture a horse saddle & bridle to her & her
heirs forever.
A the death of my wife I give to my Daughter Ermine Oliver a Negro girl by the
name of Epps feather bed and furniture a horse saddle & bridle to her & her
heirs forever.
At the death of my wife I give the remainder of my estate to my two sons, Terry
& James Oliver to be [last word destroyed]
[continued next page]
At the death of my wife I give the residue of my estate to be equally divided
between all my children.
I appoint my loving wife Sarah Oliver Executrix.  William Flurnoy and Thomas
Friend my executors.  As witness my hand and seal this seventh day of May
eighteen hundred and nine.
Signed sealed & published  Benjamin   ___  Oliver   (seal)
					  For his mark there is a very large B
In presence of 
Green Andrew
James Lowe
Tho Lowe
Wm H Blunt





Probate
Georgia
Warren County personally appears Green Andrews James Lowe and Thomas Lowe and
being duly sworn on this  holy Evangelist of Almighty God defendth and saith
that they saw the written named Benjamin Oliver in sign seal and deliver this
Testament and (blot)
His so doing he was of sound dis…..(blot)
And memory to the best of their (blot)
being then in his presence and in (blot)
of each other and at his request they all became witness to the same.
Sworn in open court this third day of July 1809
Septimus? Weatherby	Green Andrews
CCO WC	James Lowe
	Thos. Lowe


Will obtained from the County Clerk of Warren County, GA in August 2007 and
transcribed by Sheila Schmutz. Note that a fire in the courthouse in 1909
damaged some records, such as this one and destroyed others.
Note that Sarah Sharpless pointed out that an abstract of this will was
published in:  The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., “Some Georgia County Records,
Vol. 1,” Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC, 1st printing 1977, 2nd
printing 1994. p. 338.



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