Wayne County GaArchives Wills.....Walker, Ansel 1820
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Source: Will Book
Written: 1820



LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ANSEL WALKER 
State of Georgia 
Wayne Co 

In the name of God Amen.  I Ansel Walker of the above State & County, being in 
perfect health of body and sound mind & memory, thanks be given to God.  
Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto 
all men one to die - do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & 
form as follows:

First:  I give & recommend my soul to Almighty God who gave it, And my body I 
recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner.  And as 
touching such wordly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this 
life.

First:  I give & bequeath to Allifred, my dearly beloved wife all my Estate 
real & personal to wit:  Lands, Slaves, Cattle, Horse creatures & Hogs with all 
my plantation Tools & house-hold & kitchen furniture.

Second:  I do give & allot to each one of my Brothers & to each one of my 
sisters, the sumof five dollars to be raised & paid to each one of them by my 
wife Allifred out of the property left to her as above mentioned.

Third:  It is my will & pleasure that Allifred my wife shall hold & enjoy the 
above property as given to her, her natural life & should she marry and have a 
child or children then for them to have the property at her death, and in case 
she should die childless, then it is my wish & request that the property or the 
amounts of value be Equally divided among my nephews & neices the children of 
my brothers & sisters the foregoing, I do Ratify and confirm my last will & 
Testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal.  This twenty 
second day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and 
twenty and in the Forty fifth year of American independence.  

Signed & Sealed in presence of us John Freeman, James Sapp{Signed by Ansil 
Walker}{his X mark}{Seal}

Additional Comments:
The above was transcribed from the book "Miscellany of Wayne County" by 
Margaret C Jordan [pgs 231-243].  Permission was given to put online by 
Margaret's son Jack.

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