TAYLOR COUNTY   Will Abstracts - Bk B 
 
From Essie Childs book, They Tarried in Taylor)

ALLMON, B.F. 1-14-1932; 7-10-1941
Legal heirs: not named
Exr.: R.P. Allmon, son

AMERSON, T.J.  11-28-1917; 7-1-1918
Daus.: Vannie Amerson Calhoun, Mattie 
Amerson Tucker, Carrie Amerson Sanders, & 
Lula Amerson Taunton

ASKEW, Jas. M. 1-19-1926; 3-1-1926
Daus.: Fannie Whitley, Willie Byrd, & Mrs. 
R.N. Robinson

BEELAND, Nancy Miss 8-24-1923; 8-29-1923
Siss.: Eveline Lucas, Carrie Kennedy
Bro.: T.B. Beeland
Heirs of Carrie Kennedy: Maud Shine & Rosa 
Kennedy
Mentions mother, Anna Eliza Beeland
Exr.: B.J. Martin
Probate names natural heirs of Nancy Beeland: 
Eveline Lucas, J.R. Beeland, Ellen Young of 
Byron, GA, Carrie Kennedy, Anna Josephine 
Byrd & Belle Martin
Heirs of J.S. Beeland: Sophie Beeland, W.D. 
Beeland, E.P. Beeland, Julius M. Beeland, Kate 
Eubanks, Susie Jones, Lee Pope, Nellie Beeland, 
Martha Beeland, & Ora Collins of Rosamond, 
N.C.
Heirs of Laura B. Pope: Mintie Pope, Wynelle 
Pope Amos, Ralph Pope of Memphis, Tenn., 
Louise Pope, & Horace Pope

BEELAND, Sophie M.D. 9-19-1923; 1-3-1934
Children: Wm. D. Beeland, Katie Lou Eubanks, 
Paul Beeland, Ora B. Collins, Nellie Beeland, 
Susie B. Jones, Martha Beeland, Julius 
Mangham Beeland (youngest son), dec'd. 
husband, J.S. Beeland
Exr.: Julius Mangham Beeland
Wit.: Charlie B. Hicks, J.C. Hind, M.D., & C.B. 
Marshall

BENFORD, Henry C. 1-26-1923; 12-22-1923
To: Wife, Mary L. Benford
To: Son, Gilbert
Bros.: D.J. & Richard Benford
Sis.: Marie Guy & Carrie Taylor
Exrx.: Mary L. Benford
Wit.: A.O. Montgomery, J.B. Lunquest, R.M. 
Jinks

BENTON, F.P. 1-22-1925; 6-11-1926
Joiner's Courtground
To: C.L. Millirons to care for him
Exr.: Friend, H.L. Elliston
Wit.: H.L. Elliston, J.M. White, C.O. White

BYRD, J.S. 2-17-1922; 4-7-1926
Wife: Bell
Children: not named
Exrs.: Son, S.B. Byrd & son-in-law, J.W. O'Neal
Wit.: W.T. Davis, C.E. Fickling, C.W. Foy

CANNON, Sarah Mrs. 11-2-1928; 4-2-1935
Dau.: Mrs. Addie Hammock
Wit.: Eula Hammock

CARSON, Belle Mrs. 3-4-1930; 7-10-1936
Dau.: Bessie Carson Dunwoody
Sons: Robt. A. & J.T. Carson

CHAPMAN, A.D. 12-8-1931; 9-3-1935
Wife: Georgia
Daus.: Tulula Pool & Eva Bigbee (later Byrd)
Son: Martin A. (Abner) Chapman 

CHILDREE, David A. 12-29-1910; 9-7-1928
Wife: Amanda (Whatley)
Gddau.: Eva Pearl Childree
Son: George D. Childree
Children: not named

COOPER, Emma Miss 7-20-1932; 8-7-1939
Bro.: G.L. Cooper, Sr.

COOPER, H(ardy) G(ilphin) 2-24-1919; 3-5-
1923
To: Wife, Maggie E. Cooper
To: 3 unmarried daus.
To: All children
To: Gdson, Edward Williamson
Exrs.: Sons, John Thos. & James Wm. Cooper

COX, W.W. 12-10-1921; 2-6-1922
To Children: O.S. Cox, H.W. Cox, Mollie Huey, 
Lula Pye, Vashti Hill, Nina Payne, Ethel Snyder, 
& J.F. Cox

CARWFORD, A.J. 11-25-1919; 12-22-1919
Youngest son: Charlie Crawford
He appoints S.T. Crawford, H.H. Newsom & 
Mitchell Neisler testamentary gdns. of his gdson, 
Mike Hugh Neisler, son of William
Exrs.: H.H. Newsom, Emmett J. Crawford, S.T. 
Crawford

CULVERHOUSE, Mrs. G.C. 7-24-1930; 11-4-
1941
Dau.: Alpha May Culverhouse
Other Children: not named

DANIEL, Sarah Antoinette Barefield 12-20-
1897; Probate: 7-1-1918
To daus.: Eula, Leona Childs, & Lucy Fountain
To: John T. Childs, son-in-law & his sons, 
Warren & Robert Childs
Exr.: John T. Childs
Wit.: W.D. Green & H.A. Childs 

DICKEY, John T. 7-20-1914; 3-03-1924
Sycamore, GA
Wife: L.C. Dickey
Dau.: Mrs. A. Janie Willis

ENGLAND, Mrs. J.B. 8-16-1937; 2-5-1940
Sis.: Miss Minnie Caldwell
Niece: Maybelle Moore
To: Mattie & Annie England
To: Arthur Moore
Exrx.: Miss Minnie Caldwell
Wit.: W.E. Steed, E.H. Perkins, D.A. England

ENGLAND. Mrs. W.T. 5-8-1923; 8-2-1926
Sis-in-law: Misses Mattie & Annie England
Niece: Janie Neisler
Exrx.: Janie Neisler

FARMER, Mary B. Mrs 9-24-1936; 11-4-1940
Sis.: Mrs. Laura Jordan
Sis.: Mrs. Waif Horn
Bro.: George Bivins
Husb.: Christian Farmer

FOUNTAIN, Mary A.J. 3-17-1913; March, 1928
Daus.: Ada V. Hammack, Mary Lizzie Hollis, & 
Annie Laura Smith
To children of dec'd. dau., Susan R. Payne: 
Mittie Lee Branch, A.J. Payne, Jr., Daniel Payne, 
Eugene Payne, Mary Lizzie King, Jonni_ Spell
Sons: T.J. Fountain, R.L. Fountain, J.E. 
Fountain, & G.W. Fountain
To: A.J., son of R.L. Fountain & other children
To: Sonny & Lina Hillsman, free use of their 
home place as long as they live
Exr.: J.H. Watley
Wit.: W.R. Watley, J.M. Weaver, R.A. Hinton

GARRETT, H.J. 7-20-1933; 9-5-1934
Lands in Taylor, Macon, & Calhoun Counties
Wife: Lala L. Garrett
Daus.: Mrs. Oriska Lorena Fouche, Mrs. Mamie 
Clifford Williamson
Interest in firm of Garrett & Fouche already 
deeded to R.E. Fouche
Exr.: J.T. Cochran

GILL, Z.D. 11-14-1915, 2-5-1918
To: Children; Georgia, Jackson, Bell Garrett, 
Lummy M., E. Cliff, Alice Maude Jinks, Alma 
Claude Trussell, Jewell, & Clark
Wife: Francis Elizabeth


GOODARD, Edward A. 5-18-1923; 1-8-1926
Wife: Julia Hines Goddard
Sis.: Helen S. Novell
Daus.: Ida G. Ong, Lafayette, Ind. & Lottie G. 
Marshall
Sons: George H. & Eddie Goddard
Exrs.: George H. & Lottie G. Marshall

GODDARD. Julie E. (Hines) 9-9-1889
Husb: E.A. Goddard
Children: Ida E. Goddard, Lottie S., George H., 
& Edward H.
Codicil: 12-6-1922; 2-9-1923
Exr.: E.A. Goddard

GOLDING, Gertrude V. 5-7-1929; 1-7-1936
Husb.: Frederick P. Golding
Son: Harold F. Golding

GOSTIN, W.T. 5-9-1933; 10-18-1935
Wife: dec'd.

GRAY, Helen W. 5-16-1911
To Daus.: Lila Gray & Hattie Gray Blasingame
To Sons: J.T., A.W. & J.H. Gray, Jr.
Exr.: J.H. Gray, SR
Wit.: Christian Farmer, H.C. Adams, H.E. 
Adams

HARRIS, James 3-12-1917; 6-2-1919
Son: Thos. J. Harris
Wife (#2): Sallie Letcher Harris
Gdchildren: Jack, T.J. & Milton Harris
Exrs.: Thos J. Harris & M.T. Gaultney

HARRIS, Sara Mrs. 11-29-1933; 4-11-1944
Nieces: Misses Janie & Mary Lizzie Neisler of 
Butler, GA
Exr.: Nephew, Chas. Hugh Neisler

HILL, James G. 3-27-1926; 7-7-1927
Sons: C.C. Sr., B.F., J.E., & Elbert Hill
Land in Clay & Early counties
Wife (#2): Lucy King Hill
Daus.: Allie Hill Saunders
Dau.: Camilla Hill
Grandfather of his children: G.W. McDaniel

HINES, Treat 3-25-1883; 2-5-1923
Macon, Bibb Co., GA
To: dau-in-law, Carrie, wife of James Hines
To: dau-in-law, Addie, wife of son, Richard 
Hines
To dau.: Julia Elizabeth Goddard, wife of E.A. 
Goddard

JACKSON, Hillery 5-18-1916; 1-5-1920
To: sis-in-law, Mary Mathews & her children; 
John, Freddie, Wesley, William, Mattie M. 
Carter
Exrx.: Mary Mathews

JONES, Addie E. Pope 3-5-1925; 3-30-1925
Nephew: J.H. Booth

LAYFIELD, E.R. 4-13-1934; 10-22-1936
Wife: Pauline Layfield
Exr.: Pauline Layfield
Wit.: J.N. Steed, W.A. Little, & T.W. Hines

LAYFIELD, T.F. 1-8-1925; 6-6-1928
Wife (#2): Carrie (Walker) Layfield
G'dau.: Lillie Flen Layfield
Son: E.R. Layfield
G'dson.: G.T. Layfield
To: Mrs. J.T. Adams
Exr.: E.R. Layfield

LUCAS, J.G. (James Turner) 10-10-1923
Sons: O.R., L.M. & J.H.
Daus: Lucile Lucas, Mrs. M.H. Carnes & Mrs. D.D. Moncrief
Son-in-law: M.H. Carnes

MANGHAM, Rachel Respess 8-9-1937; 10-11-
1937
John Mangham, "the child my husband & I 
reared & loved as our own child:
Sis-in-law.: Mrs. Lizzie Mangham Williams
Sis.: Starlight Respess Bussey, wife of Arthur 
Bussey
Exr.: John Mangham

MATHIS, Julia 2-25-1929; 11-4-1929
Daus.: Mrs. Mattie White, Mrs. Julia Farmer, 
Atlanta, GA
Sons: Johnny, Lewis, Henry Mathis
Exrx.: Mattie White

MONTFORT, Miss Mollie 10-25-1915
Sis.: Pink Montfort
Nieces: Mrs. Louise Kilpatrick & Mrs. 
Margarete Clements
Nephew: David T. Montfort
Exrx.: Pink Montfort

MONTFORT, Miss Pink 1-24-1919
Sis.: Mollie Montfort
Nieces: Mrs. Louise Montfort Kilpatrick & Mrs. 
Marguerite M. Clements
Codicil 9-17-1931; 1-6-1933
Sister Mollie, Dec'd.
Nephew: David T. Montfort & wife Ruth Taylor 
Montfort & sons David & Chas. Montfort & any 
other children of nephew David T. Montfort & 
wife Ruth
Exr.: Nephew, David T. Montfort

MUSSELWHITE, W.M. 12-2-1921; 4-27-1922
To Children: J.W., Ed, Mrs. John D. Goodman, 
Frank, Ruth, James A., Mary Lou, Kate, Willie, 
Mattie, Brown, Clara, Judson, & Jessie
Exrs.: Tobe Byrd, Jake Saylor, Ed Musselwhite

MCCANTS, Jennie 8-8-1924; 8-4-1925
Children: Miss Lora McCants, J. Morgan 
McCants, Mrs. Clara Cameron, Mrs. Kate Jarrell 
& Mrs. G.C. Stokes
Gdchildren: J. Clifton, & Va. McCants, children 
of Jerry McCants; children of O.G., Sr., Bessie, 
O.G., Jr.
Exrs.: J. Morgan McCants & J.C. Cameron

MCCARTHA, Tom 12-31-1913; 9-4-1922
To: Son, Andrew
To: Afflicated dau., Ada
To: Wife, Manerva (dead by 1922) 
Sons: John, Manse, Henry
To daus.: Lizzie Martin, Ida Terrell, Lottie 
Miller & Ophelia Brooks
Exrs.: Sons, Andrew, John & Manse McCartha

MCCRARY, R.E. 11-19-1931; 6-8-1932
Dau.: Mamie McCrary Evans
Son: Eldridge & Johnny McCrary
Gddau.: Gracy & Easter McCrary
Gdson.: Willie B. & Wanza McCrary
Wife: Ella & her 2 sons
Exrx.: Mamie McCrary Evans

NEISLER, Caroline Howard 4-29-1931; 1-3-
1934
Sis.: Mrs. Ben Mitchell of Nocona, Texas
Niece: Miss Janie Neisler & Miss Mary Lizzie 
Neisler
Exr.: Chas Hugh Neisler
Wit.: Mrs. Ruth Neisler, Mrs. Sara Harris & 
Miss Mary Hurdle of Montezuma, GA

NEISLER, Charles Hugh 10-29-1935; 6-1-1936
Wife: Louise Griffin Neisler
Sons: C.H. Neisler, Jr., b. 12-7-1907; Will 
Griffin Neisler, b. 9-7-1918
Daus.: Mary Louise Neisler, b. 9-7-1922; dau. 
Mrs. Rosamond Neisler Clark, wife of Van A. 
Clarke of Washington, D.C.

PARIS, Miss Nettie A. 4-29-1925; 5-6-1927
Niece: Mrs. Dorothy Paris Strong & her son, 
Guerry Paris Strong
Exrx.: Dorothy P. Strong
Wit.: H.K. Sealy, R.O. Perkins, C.B. Marshall

PARIS, Rebecca H. 5-29-1934; 6-15-1934
Nieces: Roberta Souder Rice, Virginia Souder 
Walton & Vivian Souder King
Nephew: R.C. Souder
Gdnephew: Chas. A. Rice, son of Roberta S. 
Rice dec'd

PARKS, Sallie E. 8-21-1919
Sons: Herman Barrow Parks & Luther Keith 
Parks
Exrs.: Sons Herman & Luther
Wit.: J.H. Draughon, L.T. Barrow, C.L. Pyron


PEEBLES, I.F. 3-16-1931; 9-8-1931
Sister: Mrs. Tommie (Arch) Gray
Nieces: Mrs. Ouida (Chapman) Turk,
Mrs. Sarah (Chapman) Cross, Mrs. Hortense 
(Gray) Jarrell, Mrs. Helen (Gray) Fountain, Mrs. 
Adella (Gray) Trussell
Nephews: Frank Gray; James Gray
To: T.L. Fountain (husband of Helen)
Exrs.: Robert Wilson; W.F. Gray; T(homas) L. 
Fountain
Wit.: C.W. Foy, O.S. Cox, L.T. Peed


PERRY, George D. 3-10-1932; 7-1-1940
Wife: Emily Perry

PETERMAN, Mrs. E.J. 10-24-1927; 5-6-1932
Dau.: Mrs. J.W. Taunton
Son: M.F. Peterman
Exrx.: Dau., Mrs. J.W. Taunton
Wit.: O.S. Cox & Louise Hill

For I.F. PEEBLES Will, see page 93

PETERMAN, J.B. 9-19-1912; 5-6-1918
To: Wife, Mattie & children
Exrx.: Wife, Mattie
Wit.: Olivia Montfort, C.W. Fickling, O.T. 
Montfort

PETERMAN, Leonard 2-18-1928; 4-11-1944
Wife: Mary Susie
Children: Martin C., Robt. C., Sam, George C. 
Charlie, Susie Glaude Gaultney, Ione, & Martha

POOL, Thos. W. 9-19-1917; 3-4-1918
To: Wife & 2 Children
To: Mrs. Ruby Grant, an aunt of my children
To: Mrs. Lola S. Cartledge
To: Mrs. Lou Ogburn, wife of W.H., uncle of my 
children, in appreciation of her care of my 2 
children by first wife for 10 yrs. After her death
To: W.H. Greer, brother of my mother, in 
Carthage, Miss.
To Cousin: Miss Bessie Singleton
To: Miss Celia Smith for kindness to first wife in 
her last illness
To: Mrs. Rachel E. Windham, friend, kind to me 
in my illness
To: O.H. Simmons & G.C. Hobbs, employees
To: Dau., Sarah Greer Pool
To: Son, Thos. W. Pool, Jr.
Exr.: Friend, R.A. Hinton
Wit.: W.E. Marshall. T.G. Turk, L.F. Montfort

PURVIS, Parris W. 9-2-1929; 12-5-1925
Wife: Docia & children (not named)

RILEY, Martha J. 2-9-1923; 5-6-1935
Dau.: Mrs. Hattie Riley Scandrett
Gdchildren: Mamie Harris Holley, Susie Berry 
Scandrett, Robert Rilley Scandrett & John J. 
Russell Scandrett
Exrx.: Gddau., Susie Berry Scandrett

ROBINSON, Susan Frances 4-12-1928; 3-8-
1934
Children: Mrs. Jessie Robinson Pool, Geo. 
Homer Robinson, Mary Robinson Lunsford
Gdchildren: Carolyn Va. Robinson, dau. of 
dec'd. son Joseph Hubert Robinson; e.m. 
robinson, Jr. son of Ezekiel Miller Robinson
Exr.: Son-in-law, J.R. Lunsford

ROGERS, James 11-28-1930; 4-8-1931
To be buried by 1st wife in Bloodworth, Cem.
Wife: (#2) Nancy Ann Rogers

ROGERS, W.R. 8-24-1916; 10-7-1918
To: Wife, Laura A.E. Rogers
To: Six children
To Sons: Wm. F., Lee, & Amos R.
Exrs.: Wife, Laura & son, Amos R.
Wit.: C.B. Marshall, F.B. Montfort, & P.W.M. 
Montgomery

SAUNDERS, Doles S. 7-16-1925; 11-12-1934
Wife: Viola Saunders, Exr., children not named

Saylor, J.J., Sr. 11-11-1913; 5-2-1921
To: Wife, Saphronoe S. Saylor
Daus.: Julia Saylor Vinson, Lula Bell Saylor 
Williams & Irene Saylor Harp
Sons: H.E. (Henry Esaias), J.J., Jr., R.L. Saylor
Exrs.: Henry E. & J.J. Saylor, Jr.
Wit.: A.D. Byrd, R.E. Davis, C.L. Pyron

SCANDRETT, Mrs. Hattie R. 7-17-1937; 3-5-
1940
Son: J. Russell Scandrett of Macon, GA
Dau.: Mrs. Mamie Scandrett Holley of Ferndale, 
Fla.
Daus.: Mrs Susie Scandrett Montgomery of 
Reynolds
Son: Henry Lanier Scandrett of Ft. Valley, GA

SCANDRETT, Robt. A. 11-4-1915; 1-6-1926
Wife: Jennie
Exrx.: Wife, Jennie
Wit.: M.R. Cameron, Q.G. McCants, H.P. 
Wallace

SCANDRETT, Mrs. R.A. (Jennie W.) 4-30-
1936; 6-8-1938
Daus.: Mrs. Jennie Heard McLean, Mrs. Helen 
Dunwoody, Mrs. Mary Persons, & Mrs. Carrile 
Saunders

SIMS, Mattie A. 12-20-1927; 5-10-1930
Nephews: W.W. & J.W. Edwards

STEWART, Isaac B. 1-19-1933; 4-2-1935
Wife: Mollie Stewart
Sons: Willie, Aubrey & Edmund Stewart

STRINGFIELD, Miss Callie 3-1-1928; 12-5-
1938
Niece: Lula Stringfield
Nephew: A.J. Stringfield
Wit.: A.H. Riley, H.J. Booth & Mrs. H.M. 
Parker

TAUNTON, Amanda E. 7-14-1924; 7-8-1930
Husb.: George W. Taunton
Son: Lincoln, dec'd.
Dau: Mrs. Beatrice Kirksey & her children; 
Darby & Merlin Kirksey & Irene Kirksey
Dau.-in-law: Mrs. James Henry Taunton & her 
children; Cleo & Dudley Taunton
Exr.: Beatrice Kirksey

TAUNTON, B.M.C. (Berry Mack Calvin) 2-2-
1931; 9-8-1933
Son: Eddie Taunton
Daus.: Mary Susan Taunton & Susan Shirah

TAUNTON, W.R. 2-14-1924; 4-7-1924
Son: J.F. Taunton
Other children: not named
Exr.: Son, J.F. Taunton
Wit.: Louis Smith, C.W. Foy, W.W. Douglas

TERRY, J.C. 5-21-1936; 12-15-1936
To: Elizabeth Fagan, dua. Of 'my' deceased 
daughter, Omie Terry Fagan
Sons: Sam, W.H. & Earl Terry
Dau.: Mrs. R.L. Garrett
Exrs.: Son, W.H. Terry & son-in-law, R.L. 
Garrett
Wit.: Mrs. H.C. Benford; Huell Bloodworth & S. 
Garrett

THEUS, Mrs. M(ary) J(ane) 12-22-1924; 5-6-
1932, probated
Heirs named are her unmarried children:
James Theus, Amos Theus, Walter Theus, 
Georgia Theus, Eddie Theus, Julia Theus
Exrs.: R.P. McGuffin; J.P. Harmon, L.A. 
Harmon

TRAPP, Mrs. Georgia 6-21-1919; 1-7-1924
Children: Inez, Horace, Stanley M. and Georgia 
I. Trapp
Husband: not named

TUCKER, Susan Jane 3-10-1913; 12-5-1929
To Dau.: Mrs. Wm. Sanders & her husband
G'dsons: Wm. Artis Sanders, Walter Dawson 
Sanders & Charlie Crisp Sanders

WATSON, Sarah 4-29-1910
Dau.: Mary E. Woodall
Nephew: John Watson
No. Exr. Named
Wits.: H.H. Rogers, J.B. Carroll, W.D. Gill, J.P.

WHITLEY, J.M. 12-25-1917; 2-6-1922
To: Wife, Fannie Askew Whitley
To: Children
Exr.: not stated
Wit.: L.F. Montfort, W.E. Neisler and O.T. 
Montfort


WILLIAMS, Early 9-13-1937; 12-9-1937
Bro.: Perk Williams
Sis.: Eva Roseborough
Wife: Maud Wily Williams, dec'd.
Niece: Flora Lou Brown

WINDHAM, J.J. 9-26-1939; 3-5-1940
Children: not named
Exr.: son, W.G. Windham




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