Wilkes County GaArchives Deed.....Colley, Frances Owens - Owens, Mary January 1, 1819
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Written: January 1, 1819
Recorded: March 5, 1819

Wilkes County, Georgia, Deed Book EEE, pages 106-107, Mary Owens grantor to 
her children, 1 January 1819.
Copied at the Wilkes County Courthouse in Washington, Georgia, September 2006, 
transcribed by Marshall Styles (This is a very poor copy):

Georgia}
Wilkes County} Whereas by the Last Will and Testament of my husband John Owens 
Sen’r, deceased, provided _?_ that the Negroes belonging to the Estate of the 
said Deceased, that at my decease be divided amongst my children and heirs. I 
have thought _?_ proper this day to give to my children the following Negroes 
(to wit)
To my Son Dempsey C. Owens the following Negroes (to wit); Rose, Jerry and 
Lucretia.
To my daughter Serena Sharman the following Negroes to wit: Minny and child 
Eliza, Polly & Charles, and to my daughter Frances Colley the following 
Negroes to wit: Polly, Amy & Caroline, and to their heirs and assigns 
Separately and not jointly and their future increase and interest forever of 
the said Negroes. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, 
this first day of January 1819.
Mary {her X mark} Owens {Seal}
In presence of Matthew Talbot, Charles Smith

Georgia}
Wilkes County} Personally appeared before me Charles Smith who being duly 
sworn saith that he is a subscribing witness to the above Deed of Gift and saw 
Mary Owens make her mark and acknowledged the same as her Act of Deed and as 
such to be recorded and this deponent  also saith that he saw Matthew Talbot 
subscribe his name as a witness to the same.
{Signed}Charles Smith
Sworn to before me this 10th day of January 1819, B. Porter JP.
Recorded the 10th January 1819
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Wilkes County, Georgia, Deed Book EEE, pages 154-155, Mary Owens grantor to 
her children, 16 January 1819.
Copied at the Wilkes County Courthouse in Washington, Georgia, September 2006, 
transcribed by Marshall Styles:

Georgia}
Wilkes County} Whereas by the last will and testament of my Husband John 
Owens, Senior, Deceased, it provides that at my Death all his Estate both real 
& personal should be equally divided between his said children & whereas I 
have thought proper this day to give and bequeath unto my Three Children, 
Dempsey C. Owens, my Daughter Serena Sharman now the wife of John Sharman and 
my Daughter Frances Colly now the wife of Francis Colly  each of them & to 
their heirs forever separately and distinctly the following lots or parcels of 
land – being three fourths of certain tract of land originally granted to 
Richard Coll and also that tract purchased by my said husband John Owens, 
Sen’r, of Bedford Brown and then sold by my said husband John Owens Sen’r to 
my son John Owens Jun’r and him the said John Owens Jun’r having deceased 
without issue or heirs, then the said land becoming by the consent of my said 
children as part of my said husbands estate I do then fore give as aforesaid 
unto my son Dempsey C. Owens lott number one joining William G. Gilbert 
containing one hundred four acres & ¼; To my daughter Serena Sharman lot 
number two joining Andrew Russell and others containing one hundred & four ¼ 
acres and to my daughter Frances Colly lot number three containing one hundred 
& four ¼ acres.
To have and enjoy the said Lots or Tracts of Land & their heirs in Testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Sixteenth day of 
January 1819
Mary {her X mark} Owens {Seal}
Acknowledged in Presence of Margaret Patterson, Simon Pettee, Obadiah Flournoy 
JP
Recorded 5th March 1819
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