Georgia:  Wilkes County:  Last Will and Testament of Demsey Hinton
19 May 1779

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Submitted by Patricia Henry. Transcribed by James Henry.
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In the name of God Amen

I Demsey Hinton of the county of Wilkes being in perfect
mind and memory thanks be to almighty God and cauling to minde the
mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men
to die and with that small estate it hath been pleased God to bless me
with: I do dispose of in the following maner (to wit) imprimiss I give
and bequeath my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body I
recommend to the dust to be decently buried according to the direction
of my executors,

[ ? ] I lend unto my loving wife Mary Hinton all my estate real and
personal for the said Mary to rase my children on and when my daughter
Faithy arives to the age of sixteen years my will and desire is that my
estate be apprased by two honest men and a forth part delivered unto the
said Faithy [I mean] unto the
[ ? ] [ ? ] and so as my children arives to that age to
receive there part in proportion my son John next, my son James next and
the child my wife now goes with last. My land wee now live on on
Chicksaw Creek I leave to my wife during her natural life and after her
death to be divided between my two children John and James. Two hundred
acres of the east side the creek to James the other two hundred of the
east side to son John my three hundred acres of land surveyed on Broad
River I desire may be equally divided between my daughter Faithy and the
child my wife now goes with if it pleases God it lives if not my desire
is that there should be equally divided amongst the
[number] of children living at the age above mentioned and likewise I
[wish] that if either of my children depart this life before they come
to the [ age ] of sixteen that theire estates be equally divided to the
ones living. My will and desire is that my wife may live on my
plantation on Chicksaw Creek during her natural life and have the negro
girl [ Mareen] the same time without interruption nevertheless the
children [Mareen ] shall bring if any and one bead [bed] and
[furnishing] to be divided amongst my children as before mentioned.

Moreover I constitute and appoint my wife Mary Hinton, Charles
Bedingfield and Richard Aycock my executors of this last will and
testament in witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this 19th of May anno dom 1779 Demsey Hinton (seal/mark)

[Interlind] before [signed] in the twenty
[second] line with these [words] and one bead [bed] and [ ? ]
William Baylay [ D H ]
Matthew More
Jeremiah Cloud, Jun