White County GaArchives Wills.....Colley, James December 17 1864 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vicki Shaffer wire@shaffer.com November 18, 2004, 10:47 am Source: White County, Georgia Written: December 17 1864 Will of James Colley Page 75 White Co. Georgia In the name of God. Amen I, James Colley, of the County of White and State of Georgia, being of sound mind and memory and being desirious to settle my worldly affairs while I have strength to do so do make and publish this My last will and testament hereby revoking all wills by me at my time heretofore made and first, I commit my soul to God, who gave it and my body. I desire to be buried in the Family Burial Ground by the side of my first wife in said County and my worldly state I dispose of as follows: First I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Izorah Levage Colley all my home place that I now live on, it being Number 117 and bounded as follows: Commencing @ White Oak near J.C. Allen's thence East @ Conditional line to @ white oake corner near the river, thence down the river to the original line, Hence around the original line to the beginning corner containing one hundred and eighty seven acres 187 acres more or less and all my personal property that I am now possessed of in any way having heretofore given to my other children as much as I have Izorah. I wish my trusty friend, Isaac Oakes to be my executor to see that this my last will is carried out according to the provisions herein contained, in witnesss whereof I, James Colley, to this my last will have set my hand and seal. This the 17th day of December 1864 X (James Colley's mark) Signed , sealed and published by the above James Colley as his last will and testament in the presence of us when at his request and in presence of each other have inscribed our names as witnesses: John C. Allen James Allen James Black Before me came J.C. Allen named as a witness to the within and attached writing purporting to be James Colley's last will and being duly sworn saith that he with James Allen and James Black at the request of James Colley and in his presence did attest as witnesses the within and attached writing as his, James Colley's will that the same was signed and published by James Colley in their presence as his last will , that he was at the time of said attestation & signing by himself of sound and _____ mind and memory that he executed the same within paper, voluntarily subscribed and sworn to before me This March 2, 1885. Isaac Oakes John C. Allen Additional Comments: Descendants of James Colley 1 [1] James Colley b: Abt. 1781 in Virginia d: Abt. 1864 in White Co., GA Fact 1: 1832 Drew land in Cherokee Co. in the 1832 lottery .. +Lucy Waters b: December 10, 1780 in Virginia d: May 1, 1854 in Habersham Co., GA 2 Anna Colley b: Abt. 1812 in Habersham Co., GA +Isaah Joseph Holcombe b: in Georgia m: March 11, 1830 in Habersham Co., GA 2 Daniel Carson Colley b: Abt. 1813 in Habersham Co., GA d: November 12, 1899 in Atlanta, GA Fact 1: Buried at the Sardis Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia .... +Olive Vine Queen b: 1816 in North Carolina m: December 22, 1842 in Habersham Co., GA d: June 2, 1901 in Atlanta, GA Father: Joseph H. Queen Mother: Ursula Jones Fact 1: Called Lavina on 1860 Georgia Census. 2 Matilda (Polly) Colley b: 1825 in Georgia d: Abt. 1850 in Habersham Co., GA .... +John Goss b: Abt. 1815 in South Carolina m: April 8, 1838 in Habersham Co., Georgia 2 Obediah Colley b: Abt. 1823 in Georgia .... +Rachel A. Black b: 1826 in South Carolina m: March 15, 1843 in Habersham Co., GA 2 William John Colley b: Abt. 1829 in Habersham Co., GA d: Abt. 1856 in Habersham Co., GA .... +Nancy Chambers b: 1836 in Habersham Co., GA m: January 2, 1853 in Habersham Co., GA 2 Aggie Colley b: Abt. 1830 in Habersham Co., GA d: Bef. August 1854 in Habersham Co., GA .... +William Jackson Holcomb b: 1828 in Georgia m: March 24, 1850 in Habersham Co., GA d: January 11, 1863 in Ringgold, Catoosa county, Georgia 2 Joseph C. Colley b: Abt. 1834 in Habersham Co., GA +Tabitha Bryan m: September 23, 1855 in Habersham Co., GA *2nd Wife of [1] James Colley: .. +Sarah Thompson b: Abt. 1824 in North Carolina m: January 2, 1855 in Habersham Co., GA 2 Izorah Levage Colley b: Abt. 1859 in White Co., GA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/white/wills/gwl225colley.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb