Wilkes County GaArchives Court.....Colley, Henry F. (Francis) October 6, 1862
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Source: Wilkes County Court House, Letters Testamentary, Washington, Georgia
Written: October 6, 1862
Recorded: October 6, 1862

Georgia             } Court of Ordinary
Wilkes County }  October Term 1862
Personally appeared in open Court B.M. Callaway one of the subscribing 
witnesses to the within Instrument & being duly sworn deposeth & saith that 
Henry F. Colley published & declared the same to be his last will & testament 
& at the time of his doing he was of sound disposing mind & memory, that the 
same was done in his presence & in the presence of the other witnesses, who 
together with himself signed & witnessed in the presence of Henry F. Colley 
the Testator & at his request & in the presence of each other.
{Signed} B.M. Callaway
Sworn to in open Court October 6th 1862
{Signed} G.G. Norman, Ordinary

State of Georgia, Wilkes County}} Letters Testamentary
By The Court of Ordinary For Said County
To all whom these Presents shall come – Greeting:
Know ye, That on the Sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and sixty two, the last Will and Testament of Henry F. Colley, 
late of Wilkes County, deceased, was exhibited in open court, and in common 
form of law, proved and admitted to record, a copy of which is hereunto 
annexed, and administration of all and singular the goods, chattels and 
credits of said deceased was granted to Isabella M. Colley, the Executrix in 
and by said Will named and appointed, she having first taken the oath, and 
performed all other requisites required by law, she is by order of said Court, 
and by virtue of these presents, legally authorized to administer the goods, 
chattels and credits of said deceased, according to the tenor and effect of 
the said Will and Testament, and according to law; and she is hereby required 
to render a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels 
and credits of the said deceased, and appraised and returned to this Court 
according to law, and to render a true and correct account to the said Court 
of her actings and doings yearly, and every year, until her administration is 
fully completed.
Witness my hand as Ordinary, and the Seal of the said Court this 6th day of 
October eighteen hundred and sixty two. {Signed} G.G. Norman, Ordinary


Additional Comments:
Henry Francis Colley wrote his last will and testament in Wilkes County on 18 
October 1861.
Died on 22 August 1862 from wounds suffered at Battle of Gaines Mill, near 
Richmond, Virginia

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