Wilkes County GaArchives Wills.....Colley, Francis September 14, 1850 ************************************************ 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: Marshall Styles marshallstyles@yahoo.com December 19, 2006, 2:39 pm Source: Wilkes County Georgia Will Book Ii, Pages 317 & 318 Written: September 14, 1850 Copied at Wilkes County Courthouse in Washington, September 2006, and transcribed by Marshall Styles. State of Georgia Wilkes County}} In the name of God Amen. I Francis Colley of the State & County aforesaid being in good health & of sound & disposing mind & memory, Knowing that it is appointed to all men to die, do make, publish & declare the following to be my last will & testament. 1 – I direct that all my just debts if any be paid. 2 – I give to my son Dempsey C. Colley my negro boy Willis & in consequence of the affliction of said boy, I direct that he shall be charged only three hundred dollars for the same. 3 – I give to my son Zebulon D. Colley when he becomes of age the following negroes: Haywood, Bill & Martha & Such bedding & furniture as may be thought suitable & proper. And if either or all of the above named negroes should die before the said Zebulon shall because of age, then I direct that some other, or others as the case may be, of equal value be given to him out of my Estate and if either of the above named negroes before the majority of my said son shall be injured or become disabled by disease or otherwise, I direct that they be returned back to my Estate & other sound & of like value be given him in their stead. 4 – To my beloved Daughter Sarah A.F. Robert wife of Milton G. Robert for her sole and separate use for & during her natural life free & exempt from the debts of her present or any future husband & on her death to such child or children as she may leave, I give & bequeath the following negroes: Isaac, Harriett, Milley, & Sophy, also such bedding & furniture as may be suitable & proper __?__ __?__ for which cost item no charge whatever shall be made, and in the event of the death of my daughter leaving no child or children then the negroes & property herein given shall revert back to my Estate & become apart & parcel thereof & be distributed as is hereinafter provided for. 5 – My Servant Woman “Chloe” I give to my beloved wife Frances Colley during her natural life & on her decease to my daughter Sarah A.F. Robert without any charge for said woman & on the same terms & limitations & conditions as are contained in the 4th Item of this Will, and in the event of the death of my daughter, then the said Woman Chloe shall have the privilege of Selecting any one of my sons for her Master. And the one selected shall take her without any charge therefore. 6 – The limitations & restrictions in the 4th Item of my Will attending the bequests to my daughter are not intended to debar her husband Milton G. Robert from the use of said property & negroes for the support of his family during the natural life of my daughter. 7 – I give to my beloved wife Frances Colley all the remaining negroes & personality in my possession & their increase & all the land of which I die possessing in the County of Wilkes to be hers during her natural life & at her death to my Children or their representatives. The portion falling to my daughter Sarah A.F. Robert is given under the same limitations and conditions as are contained in the 4th Item of this Will. 8 – All the real estate of which I die possessing being & lying out of the County of Wilkes, I direct to be sold & the proceeds distributed among my children. The portion falling to my daughter Sarah A.F. Robert is given subject to the before mentioned limitations & conditions. 9 – Having already before the date of this instrument given off the following named property to my sons, to wit: To my son John Owens Colley, Phill valued at $600, Jefferson $600, Susan & her child Jane $600. A tract of land $500, two horses Saddles & bridles at $82, the whole amounting to twenty three hundred & eighty two dollars. To my son Henry F. Colley, Aaron valued at $600, Eli $600, Maria $500. A tract of land $1600, a horse & saddle $72, the whole amounting to the sum of ($3372) thirty three hundred & seventy two dollars. To my son Dempsey C. Colley, Israel valued at $600, Frank $500, Willis $300, Margarett $500, a horse & saddle $85, amounting to the sum of ($1985) Nineteen hundred & eighty five dollars. Now I direct that when on the death of my wife my estate shall be distributed as directed in the seventh item of this will, then the above valuations already given to my sons together with such other sums as I may yet give after the date of this instrument & which may be found charged in my account book (Receipt with my children for this express purpose) shall be respectively charged to each, so that the inequalities which at present exist shall then be rectified & each share equally alike. 10 – I appoint my Sons John O. Colley, Henry F. Colley & Dempsey C. Colley trustee of all the property herein bequeathed to my daughter Sarah A.F. Robert. I also appoint them together with my wife Frances Colley Executors of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this fourteenth day of September in the year 1850. Francis Colley {{}} Signed Sealed & declared by Francis Colley as his last will & testament in the presence of us the Subscribers (at his request) & of each other the fourteenth day of September in the year 1850 {Signed] R.R. Randolph; F.G. Wingfield; Stephen G. Petten(?); E.M. Burton; A.L. Alexander Additional Comments: Francis Colley (25 Feb 1785 - 23 Mar 1863) is son of John Colley & Sarah France Colley. He married in Wilkes County on 25 December 1818 to Frances Ann Louise Owens (12 Apr 1791 - 16 Mar 1871), daughter of John & Mary Owens Sarah A.F. Robert is Sarah Ann Frances Colley. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkes/wills/colley696wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb