Wilkes County GaArchives Wills.....Stribling, Thomas April 6, 1847 ************************************************ 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: Donna Newman centavo@lserv.com September 5, 2013, 8:23 pm Source: Microfilmed Copy Of Will Written: April 6, 1847 Recorded: January 12, 1848 From Georgia Probate Records, Wilkes County Wills 1819-1877, Vol HH-II, images 387 and 387, at familysearch.org. Thomas Stribling will Written: 6 Apr 1847 Proved: 10 Jan 1848 Executors: Sarah Stribling, William F. Stribling and Francis McLendon State of Georgia Wilkes County I Thomas Stribling of the state & County aforesaid being of sound & disposing mind & memory & knowing it is appointed of God for man eventually to die & being desirous to dispose of what goods the Lord has been pleased to bless me with do make & ordain this my last will & testament, viz 1st My will & desire is that all my just debts be paid by my Executors in the manner as follows (viz) I desire all my property of every description to remain together on the plantation and crop it till my debts are paid but if in my Executors opinions or if my creditors shall insist upon payment sooner than the cropping will enable them (my Executors) to make payment in that case they are requested to take such prudent course as to them may seem fit & proper 2nd I will & bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Stribling four negroes such as she may choose from my family of negroes as long as she may remain a widow & in the event of her remaining a widow my will is that she keep them till her death after her death my will is that they fall back into my general stock or estate for distribution as I will hereafter mention 3rd I will & bequeath to my beloved sons Charles C. William F Milton O. & Thomas L. Stribling & my daughters Sarah Jane & Frances Stribling all of my property of every description save what I shall herein further dispose of to be divided among them equally in the following method (Viz. I desire that when any one of them should arrive at lawful age or when the daughters marry that my Executors give them off a negro at whatever valuation a few selected men may place upon it & at the death of my beloved wife Sarah Stribling the residue to be equally divided among before mentioned children no division is however to be made until my debts are all paid. It is my further desire that should my before mentioned children prefer to keep the property together they can do so. It is however my will that should they marry & their husband desire their negro it be stricken out 4th Should my aforementioned children keep the property together for any length of time after the payment of my debts my will is that the profits which may arise be equally divided among the above named children Viz Charles C. William F Milton O. Thomas L Sarah Jane & Frances A Stribling 5th I will & bequeath to my beloved son Augustin E. Stribling fifty dollars to be paid by my Executors at the time of the time the division takes place 6th I will & bequeath to Isaac McLendon Two Hundred dollars to be paid by my Executors at the time of the division 7th After my children first named in my will have received as much as my son Augustin E. Stribling my will is that he share in the balance equally with them 8th Lastly I nominate & appoint my beloved wife Sarah Stribling & my beloved son William F. Stribling & my worthy friend Francis McLendon Executors to this my last will & testament hereby revoking all others hitherto by me made The above done on Tuesday the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & forty seven Thos Stribling (seal) Signed & sealed in presence of M.E. Bruckner Joseph Garnder N.G. Barksdale Georgia Wilkes County Court of Ordinary January Term 1848 Personally appeared in Open Court N.G. Barksdale one of the subscribing witnesses to the annexed will who after being sworn deposeth & saith that he saw the Testator Thomas Stribling sign & seal & heard him acknowledge the same to be his last will & Testament & at the time of hs so doing he was of sound disposing mind & memory & that he signed the same as witness in his presence at his request together with M.E. Bruckner & Joseph Gardner Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court Jany 10th 1848 N.G. Barksdale attest G.G. Norman C.C.O. Ordered that the within will be admitted to record W.T. Anderson JIC Henry P. Wootten JIC Welcome Fanning JIC Recorded Jany 12th 1848 Additional Comments: Sarah Stribling was the daughter of William Statham, who died in Lincoln County, Georgia in 1822, and Jane (Davis) Statham, who died in Wilkes in 1831. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkes/wills/striblin916wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb