- WILL OF WILLIAM MCDOWELL
Recorded in Will Book "B", Page 198, Ordinary's Office, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia
GEORGIA, JASPER COUNTY
In the name of God, Amen
I, William McDowell, of the County and State aforesaid, being weak in body from the infirmity of old age, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and discretion, do make this my last will and testament, in manner following, viz.-
Item 1st: I give to my beloved wife, MARY ANN MCDOWELL, a negro man by the name of Jack and a negro woman named Lucy, and an equal interest with my daughter, ELIZABETH BULLARD, in the following tract of land, to wit. in all that tract of land known by land lot No. 81 in the 14th District, originally Baldwin, now Jasper, containing 100 acres, and sixty acres of land, being part of lot No. 80 in said district, and to be laid off as to include the house I now live in, an on the northwest line from lot 79 to lot 81, and one bed and furniture.
Item 2: I give and bequest unto my son JAMES, a certain negro boy by the name of Ephraim, and four hundred dollars, in addition to what I have already given him.
Item 3: I give and bequeath unto my son, DANIEL, a certain negro boy named Daniel, and two hundred dollars, in addition to what he has already received.
Item 4: I give and bequeath unto my son, WILLIAM, one hundred and a quarter acres of land, it being one-half of lot No. 175 in the sixteenth district of originally Baldwin, now Jasper County, and eight negroes, viz. -- Abram and Betty, his wife, and five children named Ben, Stacy, Grigs, Rachel and Dice, and one other yellow girl by the name of Matilda, and one bed and furniture.
Item 5: I give and bequeath unto my son CHARLES, a certain negro boy by the name of Nelson, in addition to what I have before given him.
Item 6: I give to my daughter, ELIZABETH BULLARD, an equal interest in one hundred and sixty acres of land, which I have bequeathed to her mother, Mary Ann McDowell, and herself.
Item 7: I give and bequeath unto my son, CHARLES MCDOWELL, in trust for my daughter, NANCY MALPASS, and her issue, one negro woman named Judith, one negro boy named Washington, and one other negro boy named Mitchell and the proceeds of a negro woman named Mary, who I desire to be sold.
Item 8: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, ELEANOR JOINER, eighty acres of land, adjoining Benjamin Fudge's land, being part of Lot No. 80 and in the 14th district of originally Baldwin, now Jasper County, in addition to what she has already received.
Item 9: I give and bequeath to my daughter, MARY WORTHY, sixty acres of land, being part of Lot No. 80 in the 14th District of originally Baldwin, now Jasper County, and bounded Southeast by the part of said lot given to ELEANOR JOINER, and northwest by a part of said lot given to my wife, Mary Ann McDowell, and ELIZABETH BULLARD, in addition to what I have already given her.
Item 10: I give and bequeath to my daughter, JANE BAILEY, two negro children, to wit, Faith and Jordan and three hundred dollars, in addition to what I have before given her.
Item 11: I give and bequeath unto my daughter TEMPERANCE MCDOWELl, four negroes, namely, Bobb, a man, Alfred, a boy, and two women, Martha and little Mary and one bed and furniture.
Item 12th: I give and bequetah to my son THOMAS MCDOWELL, four negroes, wiz. - Isaac, a man, Joe, a boy, Tamas, a woman and Hannah, a girl and a bed and furniture.
Item 13th: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, MARTHA MCDOWELL, five negroes, to wit: Manuel, a man, Jarrett, a boy, Fanny, a woman and her two children, Peter and Frank, and one bed and furniture.
Item 14th: It is my will and wish that my executors shall the next year after my decease, make a crop on my plantation, or if they should think it to the interest of my estate, to hire my negroes out and rent my plantation for one year, I leave it to them to do whichever they think best, and if they think best to rent the plantation and hire out the negroes, then I wish my horses and perishable property to be sold, and the proceeds applied to the discharge of my debits, and then I wish all my land (perishable property, if not sold before), other than such as have been named in this my last will and testament, shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the discharge of my debts, and to paying off the legatees, the several sums annexed to their names, and should there be any surplus, after paying all just demands, I leave it to be equally divided should there be a deficit, each legatee is to pay a proportionable share there.
In confirmation of these present., I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, hereby revoking and annulling all former wills and testaments that I may have heretofore made touching my estate, this the 30th day of September, 1822.
WILLIAM MCDOWELL (SEAL)
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
John S. Drew
Isiah Langley
Solomon Fudge
GEORGIE, JASPER COUNTY:
I William McDowell, do make this codicil to the above last will and testament, viz. - I leave my son, CHARLES MCDOWELL, guardian for my daughter, NANCY MALPASS, and her heirs, to govern and manage the property I have left her and the way I have directed. I also appoint my son, DANIEL MCDOWELL, and ISAAC BAILEY, executors of this my last will and testament.
Sealed and delivered this 30th day of September, 1822.
WILLIAM MCDOWELL
In the presence of:
John S. Drew
Isaiah Langley
Solomon Fudge
Court of Ordinary, 6th January, 1823, came into open court, John S. Drew, Isaiah Langley and Solomon Fudge, the subscribing witnesses to the within will, and being duly sworn, say that they saw William McDowell sign, seal, and publish and declare this instruments of writing to contain his last will and testament and at the said time he was of sound and disposing mind and memory.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court in the presence of:
John Drew
Isaiah Langley
Solomon Fudge
John C. Gibson, C.C.O.
Recorded 14th Feb. 1823
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