BIBB COUNTY GA Will Book A (1823-1851)
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89-70 1823-1851 Book A indexed
1851-1871 Book B indexed
1855
1870-1891 Book C indexed
89-71 1891-1900 Book D indexed
1901-1910 Book E indexed
1903
1907
89-72 1910-1916 Book F indexed
89-70 1914
89-72 1916-1923 Book G indexed
89-73 1923-1929 Book H indexed
89-70 1933
ASBURY, JONATHAN 4/16/1837 - 5/1/1837 pg 41
Wife: Jane
property to remain on plantation for raising and schooling of 2 children
Children: (oldest daughter)Nancy Asbury $2, James Houston Asbury, Jane Caroline Asbury
Witnesses: Charles McCardle, William Dickson, David
Moncreaf
ASKEW, JOSIAH F. 9/19/1848 - 12/4/1848
Wife: Emma
Children: mentioned as babes buried at Sister Calhoun's
Others mentioned: Brother-in-law: Green B. Haygood; Rev. James R. Thomas
of W.F. College; Brother: Paul Askew; Sister: Martha Haygood;
Mother-in-law not named; Beloved sister: name not decipherable;
Witnesses: Thomas Hardeman, Peter Solomon, W.R. Branham
Wishes to be interred by Order of Sons of Temperance. Mentions his
manuscripts.
BAREFIELD, SAMPSON 4/27/1846 - 7/6/1846
Wife: not named
Children: William P. Barefield, Sampson W. Barefield, Robert B. Barefield,
John R. Barefield, James F. Barefield, Benjamin R. Barefield, Septimus T.
Barefield, Elsy Maryanna Barefield
Others mentioned: Brother: Richard Barefield; Witnesses: J.C. Woodson,
John A. Heifer and George G. Miller
BEALL, ROBERT AUGUSTUS 7/14/1836 - 7/21/1836 pg 35
Body interred according to the rites of Methodist Episcopal Church.
Wife: Caroline S.
Children: Florida Jane Beall - Negro girl Amelia.
Gold watch to be sold to mark the graves of my parents
Evaluation made by neighbors: Col E. Hamilton, Mr. J. Cowles, and Mr. Robert M. Fort.
Exe: wife, friedn Henry Lockhart of Wrren Co, Edward B. Young of Twiggs Co. Guardian for dau Florida Jane -my wife Caroline and my mother Elizabeth Beall, and friend Henry Lockhard.
Witnesses: E. Hamilton, Thomas Hardeman & Edward R. Ballard
BLACKWELL, RANDOLPH 3/17/1850 - 2/24/1851
Wife: not named
Children: John R. Blackwell
Others mentioned: Granddaughter: Elizabeth Randolph Winn; Mary Ann
Francis Pettis; Frances Atkins; John McMahan; Polly McMahan; Friends:
James B. Walker & Dr. Charles J. Walker; Witnesses: Will Rhodes, R.B.
Cornelison, R. J. Pulley
Last Will & Testament presented in the town of Richmond, Madison County, KY
by witnesses William Rhodes and Robert B. Cornelison
BLAKE, MARY ADALINE 2/18/1847 - 3/19/1849
Husband: Samuel R. Blake
Children: Samuel Reese Blake
Others mentioned: Absalom H. Chappel; Witnesses: M.P. Flint, William M.
Cromby, Washington Poe
BUSH, ISAAC 1/19/1835 - 2/20/1825
Wife: Zilpha
Children: David Bush, John Bush, William Bush, Sary McElmurray
Others mentioned: Grandson: Isaac Newman Bush; Witnesses: Samuel Tarver,
John B. Bowers, Sharry Weath....(?) not decipherable
Certified as the original will from Will Book C, p. 138 in Barnwell County,
SC by Orsamus D. Allen, Judge of Court of Ordinary for Barnwell District
SC.
BURNETT, JEREMIAH 8/8/1849 - 12/5/1849
Wife: not named
Childen: Alexander Burnett, Missouri Ann Rebecca Burnett, Anne Eliza
Burnett
Others mentioned: Adopted daughter Narcissa Bailey; Friend: John Bailey;
Witnesses: R.R. Hines, Abner Humna, Ellison Edwards
Codicil dated 8/11/1849 Witnesses: R.R. Hines, G. Parker & Boswell Parker
***Pat Hall <PJHall@prodigy.net>
Jeremiah Burnett, his wife was
Susannah Lipsey, the daughter of James and Sarah "Sally" Brown Lipsey.
Jeremiah was born in Abbeville, SC and died abt 1849 in GA. He and
Susannah
were married 27 Oct 1831 in Bibb Co., GA. If anyone does want more
information, I have approximate birth years for children.
Pat Rogers Hall
BURNETT, JOHN 1/15/1828 - 9/11/1828 pg 9
Wife: Soffhian
Children: Martha Rache Burnett, Susan Elizabeth Burnett, John Surrader
Burnett, Mary Drop Burnett
Exe: wife Witnesses: Edward C. Beard, Edward Wilder & John Audolf
BURTON, ROBERT 12/13/1827 - 1/5/1829 pg10
William Burton$2.00 & John Burton
Archer Burton & son Alunson Burton (s half of LL299 where I now live) Negro woman Caney and her 3 children Jackson, Josephine and Polly.; Edward Roff & son
John Roff all debts due me in Virginia; Friend: David S. Booth-horse and saddle; Exec: Friend: Benjamin B. Lamar; Witnesses: Martin
H. Brown, Daniel Smith & R.H. Howard
CALHOUN, ELBERT 5/1/1840 - 3/7/1842 pg 93
Son, Aquilla Turner Calhoun - negros Simon, Ann, Allen, Malinda, Lawrence and Isham alisa Reuben
Daughter - Elizabeth Smith Bivens - Negros Mariah, Sabrina, Mary, John Diley
Son- Seaborn Augustus Calhoun- negors: Jacob, Caroline, Elizabeth, Andrew, Julia, Isam, Joshua, and lots of land LL69, 84, 85 and east half of LL83
Dau -Martha Victoria Calhoun-Negroes John, Nanyc Moses, Elvira, Ester & Bill
Dau-Susan Ella Calhoun- Negro-Arnold, Jim, Wiley, Emeline, Harriet and Benjamin
Son Elbert Calhoun- Negroes Alexander, George, Ephraim, Winey, Susanh and LL347, 349, 339, 341, 349 and east half LL330 and LL31 all land in 13thd Dis Bibb.
Wife - Negroes Sophia, Caoline, Reuben, Pratt, David, Judy
Exec: son, Aquilla Turner Calhoun and Seborn Augustus Calhoun
Witnesses: Jesse L. Owen, L. Eckley & O. A. Huggins
CAUSEY, LEAVIN 11/13/1850 - 1/13/1851
Wife: Nancy
Children: William Causey, Philip Causey, George Causey, Susan Causey,
Jane Beasley
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: William I. Beasley; Child of Jane Beasley
not named; Children of Alexander Causey: Charlton Leavin Causey, William
Byron Causey & Polina Causey; Friend: James W. Armstong; Julia Manning;
Witnesses: Washington Poe, Charles Thompson & W. Holmes
CHAMBLESS, HENRY 8/12/1834 - 11/3/1834 pg 31
Wife: Rachel to raise children until they come of all
Anachy and Brown and lot I now live on.
Children: Lawson G. Chambless, Andrew D. Chambless, William H.
Chambless,
Joseph B. Chambless, John F. Chambless, Sarah Ann Chambless
Exec: Wife, and Lawson G. Chambless. Witnesses: Benjamin Russell, John Parks & Elizabeth Russell
CHURCH, RODMAN E. 12/14/1839 - 5/21/1840 pg 68
Monument for himself and his dear Maria who has just
preceded me to the tomb. A neat fence to be erected
around the 3 graves after the same plan and constcution
as the one around the grave of Charles A. Jones except
the brick work be not quite so high. Brother,L.H. Church
who has provided for my dear mother to receive my share
of Sarah Church's estate in Bethlehem Connecticut;
Brother-in-law, Lewis L. Strong Execu and guardian of
only sons, Lewis Sheldon and Robert Rodman also
neighbor: John L. Jones executor; Witnesses: E.B. Weed,
Henry Williams & James A. Wallis
CLARKE, MARK D. 10/10/1850 - 11/25/1850
Wife: Nancy M.
Children: William P. Clarke, Mary V. Clarke, Georgia S. Clarke
Others mentioned: Witnesses: Herman Mead, James M. Green & Washington
Poe
CROCKETT, DAVID 4/1/1830 - 5/3/1830 pg 20
Wife: Elizabeth (Negros Ned, Caty, Sarah, Bill, Edmond and mariah)
Brother's son: Archibald Crockett land after wife's decease; Exec: Friend: John D.
Singletary; Witnesses: Henry Clem, Durham Singletary & M.M. Griffin
CUTTER, HENRY S. 7/6/1818 - 10/15/1847
of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
1/1848 Bibb County, Georgia
Wife: Annah
Children: not named
Others mentioned: Witnesses: Richard M. Berrien, William H. Cuyler & J.
Cuyler
DANIEL, WILLIAM 12/27/1839 - 1/6/1840 pg 65 Equal
division between Wife, Ellen and son, William Lafayette
Daniel If both die with no heirs, 1/2 to wife's relatives
and 1/2 to my relative Charles Hutchins Exec and guadian
of young son, William Lafayett; Witnesses: Ossian
Gregory, W.L. Wright & Levi Calhoun
DARRAGH, ARCHIBALD 2/3/1836 - 11/21/1836 pg 39
After paying my debts in Pennsylvania... 1/2 to Dnaiel Darragh, other half to Mrs. Beard.
My friend major Davis of Pittsburgh should make a gratuity of the lot of which I now live to my natural daughter, mary Darrah. My trunk and all my clothes and papers to be sent to Pittsburgh to my Exe.
Persons in this county indebted should pay to Charles J. McDonald, and he is to apply to my funeral expenses and forward surplus to my nephew Neil Darragh of Pennsylvania.
Ex: nephew Neil Darragh
Witnesses: Charles J. McDonald, John Loving & H.H. Howard
DAVIS, REBECCA (widow) 12/1/1838 - 10/24/1844
Children: Benjamin Davis, Elisha Davis
Others mentioned: Witnesses: G.M. Powell & John Powell
Buried: Hove Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Twiggs County, Georgia
DICKSON, THOMAS 10/27/30 - 3/7/31 pg 31
Wife: Anna
"lame" Elizabeth Dickson should have $200 more than rest.
Children to get $200 as they come 21 or marry. Exe: Brother: Benjamin Dickson; Witnesses: Patrick
McCallum, Josiah Dickson & Robert Dickson
DRAKE, FRANCIS 7/23/1838 Wake County, NC - 8/1838 Nash
Co, NC pg 181. Wife: Elizabeth use of Negroes Fed,
Byrd, Perry, Carver, Ally, her 3 youngest children Say,
May James & Baldy also Caroline and Mary with her 2
youngest children Maridy and Robert. sons: W.F. Drake,
children of dec'd son Green Drake - child's portion. dau:
Dorothy Drake - Negro girl Siley Exec: wife and Sons-in-
law: Nicholas W. Arrington & Thomas W. Wright; Witnesses:
William Hart & J.A. Drake
DURRETT, LOUISA A. 2/25/1848 - 3/6/1848
Wife: not named
Children: David M. Durrett, Susan G. Cook
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: Henry L. Cook; Witnesses: Charles D.
Hammond, R. McGoldrick, Samuel F. Goor & Thomas I. Hunt
ENGLAND, CHARLES T. (of Baltimore, MD) 6/26/1847 - 7/5/1847
Wife: not named
Children: not named
Others mentioned: Sister: Mary E. Wyatt; George W. Adams of Chatham
County, Georgia; Witnesses: M.C. Williamson & Forney Willis
FLEWELLEN, ANN 10/12/1846 - 12/28/1846
Children: Patsy Mathews, Betsy Lane Holt, Nancy Myrick, Margaret Redding
Others mentioned: William C. Redding; Witnesses: Roland Bivins & John
C. Hardiman
FLUKER, BALDWIN 1/2/1829 - 3/2/1819 pg12
Wife: Sarah Q.
Children: Robert O.T. Fluker, Baldwin M.M. Fluker, Rebecca M. Fluker,
Ann E. Fluker (each inheriting 1/5 estate)
Exe: wife and Thomas Pace; James Willis; Isaac Boatland;
Witnesses:
Nicholas Childers, Walter L. Campbell & Edwin E. Campbell
FORT, ROBERT W. (of Charleston, SC) 5/27/1839 - 7/9/1839
pg 62 In Macon at time of death. Buried by Methodist Epis
Church. Wife: Adeline W. and minor child Julia L. Fort
$40,000 to share Should Julia die, 1/4 amount to
Brothers: Benjamin Fort, Marand Fort, William Fort,Ira
E. Fort, Edward K. Fort, James Fort; Brother-in-law:
Thomas J.Shinholser; if she should die - $1000 to
Misionary Society of Methodist Epis Church if she should
die: $1000 Archibald W. Martin; and Colonel Thomas N.
Beall & wife Antionette; William F. Scott & son William
H. Scott (of Baldwin County);
Exec: Friends: Everard Hamilton (of Macon, Georgia), John
R. Hayes (of Charleston, SC); Witnesses: J.B. Wiley,
James Wimberly & Thomas J. Cater
GODFREY, FRANCIS H. 6/20/1835 - 11/2/1835 pg 33
Wife: Nancy (description of furniture, blacksmith tools and horse, "True Blue"
Children: Virginia Godfrey African Negro woman Hannah called short Hannah
Grandson: Francis Harrison - 1 shotgun
James W. Harrison, relative living with him 1 yr horse colt Bellfast
Friend and brother Mason, Henry G. Lamar, my Masonic Royal Arch Diploma;dau, Martha Susan Powledge,
Sell balance of property and divide wit 2 daughters: Frances H. Godfrey and Godfrey Virginia Godrey $300 more than to wife and daughter M. Susan Powledge.
Exe: friends, Henry G. Lamar and Dr. Ambrose Baber; Witnesses: J. L. Owen, Thomas R. Lamar & John L. Mustian
GROCE, ANN 10/1/1848 - 11/6/1848
Children: Lewis J. Groce, Jarrott W. Groce, Lewis J. Groce, Solomon J.
Groce, America Andrews
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: Joseph B. Andrews; daughter-in-law:
mentioned, not named; Grandchildren: by son Lewis J. Groce, not named;
Witnesses: Charles P. Hammond, J. R. Clarke & Richard McGoldrick
HALL, SELINA P. 3/4/1844 - 7/7/1845
Children: Susan P. Howard
Others mentioned: Grandson: John W. Howard; Granddaughter: Isabella A.
Howard; Witnesses: C. Vaughan, Joseph C. Hunt, & James B. Payne
HARDIN, MARTIN L. 12/17/1842 - 1/ /1843
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth
Children: infant, not named
Others mentioned: Mrs. James; Henry Wilkes; John H. Lowe; William G.
Macon; Witnesses: Basil Lamar, Patrick Cunningham & Alexander I. Raymour
HARDY, WHITMILL 1/30/1837 - 4/1/1841 pg 78 Wife: Sidney
and our children balance of estate Eliza Proctor (child
of 1st wife)$50; Exec:wife and Robert Collins;
Witnesses: Stephen Collins, B. Stebbins & Charles Collins
HARRELL, HARDY 10/8/1837 - 10/30/1837 pg 43
Wife: not named
Children: John Harrell, James Hardy Harrell (2 lots on Walnut Street in Macon bordering on preserve + Negro Bob, Green Berry Harrell (lot on Bridge St where I live) + Negro Betty and 4 children (Maria, Lucy Ann, Ned, Phillis) (and $500 note I hold on him); Malinda Strickland (daughter- lands in Upson Co--50 acres joining the factory lot + 9 acres where I formerly lived after the death of my wife)
Equally to the children: $10,000 in notes and money
Sarah
Keown, Rachel Lyons, Polly Matthews, Betsy Matthews, Nancy Hearn, Susan
Park, Rebecca Hammock, and all the other children mentioned above.
Exec: Friend, Charles J. McDonald; Witnesses: James M. Green,
William E. Harrell & George Vigal
HOLT, TARPLEY 11/29/1839 - 9/7/1840 pg75 to wife,Betsy
Lane Holt, mansion house with square of land LL318 13th
Dis. Also negroes: Surry, 35; Peggy 45; Cuty 30; Debary
38.
To son, Abner Flewellen Holt - negroes Emily, Hampton and
Sam;
son, William Simon Holt equal portion +$200; son, Tarpley
Lafayette Holt-receive collegiate education out of
estate; dau -Martha S. Holt receive 1 bed and furniture
extra To Sons-in-law: John B. Ross - 5 negroes;
To son-in-law Timothy M. Furlow - Negro woman and $300;
Other land: Carter Tract adjoining wife's land and land
in Gwinnett Co Exec: Abner F. Holt; John B. Ross,
Timothy M. Furlow Witnesses: Simeon Holt, Phillip
Thurmond & James Wilson
HOWARD, JOHN 3/29/1836 - 10/10/1836 pg 37
Wife: Susan P. Howard - negroes Addy, Mary, Josiah, Daniel, Adam
Dau Susan A. Smith negro girl Margarett
Dau Caroline my girl Hester with her issue at her marriage or when she turns 21.
Dau Lydia Anclaux- girl Kitty Ann with issue at her marriage or when she turns 21.
To dau Mary when she reaches 16, my boy silas or sooner if she marry
To Thomas at ag 21, my boy William
Son John at age 21 my boy Josiah
Son Edwin at age 21, my boy Alexander.
Laura (a cripple) to remain in possession of wife with her mother Aggy until my daughter Mary shall marry.
Son Thomas Coke, my silver watch and all my papers.
Exe: wife and friend Thomas Hardeman.
Witnesses: William Fort & Luke Bliss
HUDSON, JAMES 1/13/1849 - 7/2/1849
Wife: not named
Children: not named
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: Henry N. Scarborough; Witnesses: John
Mitchell, John Scott & Joseph Ford
HUFF, EDWARD (Chatham County, GA) 4/28/1832 - 2/25/1833 pg 24
John C. Nicole, Esq. Judge of Court of Common Pleas of
Savannah & Oyer and Terminer for City of Savannah - mulatto woman, Dianna and her female child, Eliza Jane; John C.
Nicole to pay debts: $2.50 to John Carter and 7 or 10 censt to James Lamar, my doctor's bill.
Exc: John C. Nicole; Witnesses: Margaret Pendergast & Ben Sheftall
HUNT, ELIZABETH (Monroe County, GA) 1/9/1851 - (Bibb County, GA) 5/5/1851
Children: Ann F. Keene, Nancy M. Brown, Sarah C. Connally
Others mentioned: Grandchildren: Edward L. Connally, James H. Connally,
William F. Connally, George A. Connally; Son-in-law: James C. Connally;
John V. Walker; V.D. Redding & wife Ann W. Redding; Henry W. Tindall;
Grandson: Henry G. Brown; Friend: William D. Redding; Witnesses: William
F. Carroll, Thomas M. Tyler & William C. Redding
(parts of will not decipherable)
JEMISON, HENRY 3/19/1822 (Baldwin County, GA) - 3/10/1823 pg 1
Wife: Susanna
Negroes to Wife: Rahcel and her 3 children, Ned, Joshua and Dolly.
Children: Robert William Jemison, Sara Sophia Jemison, Susanna Margaret
Jemison (both real and personal to be owned jointly until each one becomes of age.
Exe: Wife, Susanna and her brother, Tomlinson Fort; Witnesses: Tomlinson
Fort, J. Bozeman & Appleton Rosseter
JETER, ANDREW 2/19/1811 - 7/7/1828 pg 8
Daughter Betsy Stovall (use of Negroes to her girls until they come of age.)
Balance after sale of goods to pay debts - Massillian Pleasant Stovall; Granddaughter Mary H. Birdsong - Negro Jim
Granddaughter Louisa Jane Stovall - Negro Hannah and child Amy
Ex: Robert Birdsong;
Witnesses: Joseph
Fluker, Ezekiel Coffin & John R. Garland
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM 3/2/1837 - 11/ /1838 pg 53 Wife:
Millison S. (2 lots of land (232 + 231) in 4th Dis Bibb
Co) + Lot #3 Sq 24 Macon + negroes Rose, Venus, Robert
and Squire. Use of lots #183 5th Dist Bibb until son
Luther R. Johnston is 18 years of age and L232 in 4th
Dist Bibb until son, Morgan P. Johnston is 18. son
Gideon, property already given. son, Caleb , property
already given + $550. Daug Mary Ann Turk, property given
+ Negro Amelia; Daug Rebecca Turk, property + Negro Jim
Wife and child of deceased son, Joel Mac Johnston,
property given him. Son, Asa, property already given +
Nego man May. Son, Loyd Johnston, property already given
+ Negro Frank Son, William B. Johnston, Negro man Sam,
girl Sla, land on which he now lives in Bibb Co. Dau
Susan Clark, 3 negroe Allen, Peggy and Nancy Dau Eliza
Harrington, 3 negroes Maria, Harriet, Caroline Dau
Vastile Johnston, 4 negroes Fanny, Mourning, Viney and
Orange Son Luther R., 3 negroes Spencer, Tom, and Matilda
Son Morgan P., 4 negroes Jack Maria, and her 2 children
Dau Millison H. - 4 negroes, young Ben, Daniel, Mary and
Jean Dau Ann Miriam Johnston, 4 negroes Wiley, Powell,
Julius and Sopha Exec: Wife, Millison S. Johnston, Exe:
Peter Stubbs and son Gideon Johnsto Witnesses: Charles J.
McDonald, Alexander E. Patton & Abner P. Powers
KING, JOHN 3/2/1825 - 3/10/1825 (Baldwin County, GA) pg 17
Wife: Winefer
Children: James H. King, Jackson Esly King, Parnale King, Caroline King as they come of age their equal share
Witnesses: Samuel Smith, John Flewellen & James C.
Humphries
KING, THOMAS 6/22/1846 - 12/12/1853
Wife: Susanna
Children: James N. King, Thomas H. King, Ann Mary Campbell
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: Charles Campbell; Witnesses: B.B. Wharton,
William A. Johnson & Thomas Redding
LAMAR, BENJAMIN B. 11/28/1835 - 2/1/1836 pg66 Executor:
Wife, Eliza and children: James Lamar, Henry Lamar, John
Lamar To purchase land for negroes and all be kept
together and given to children as they become of age. To
Rev. John Robinson my religious books; Witnesses: Daniel
S.M. Carter, William Simmons, & W.C. Eubanks
LANIER, JOHN I. 7/3/1837 - 7/26/1837 pg 42
Beloved Mother: (not named) house and lot and negro man Tom
Afer her death all to be sold and divided equally:
N.B. Beard (negro man Peter); Sarah Beard (nero woman Fanny and $250) Josephine Beard (negro man Bob);
Susan Lanier; John M. Simmons $400; Caty Ann Dopson daughter of Thomas B. Porter $200; Sarah Simmons & children negro woman Milly + $200; Exe: Matthew Sicks; Aaron Lessel; Witnesses: Hampton H.
Howard, Samuel Pace & William M. Hill
(parts of will not decipherable)
LIQUEUX, PETER 10/15/1827 - 11/5/1827 pg7
Wife: Martha
Mother: Hannah Germany annunity $50; Witnesses: Thomas Campbell,
George W. Ellis & R.W. Foster
LONG, LOUISA 2/14/1843 - 6/9/1843
Children: Piety Alden, Mary Alden, Lucy Vigal
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: George Vigal; Grandsons: John A. Nelson,
James Nelson; Witnesses: Washington Poe, Ferdinand Horne, & Eliphalet E.
Brown
LUNSFORD, ENOCH 1/8/1850 - 3/4/1850
Wife: not named
Children: George J. Lunsford
Others mentioned: Grandson: McDonald King Brady; Priscilla Lunsford;
Witnesses: Thomas P. Stubbs, M. S. Thomson & Elam Alexander
(parts not decipherable)
MARTIN, JOHN 10/30/1841 - 4/14/1842
Wife: Eliza Julia
Children: Robert Martin, John Martin, Eliza Mary Martin, Martha D. Martin,
Rebecca Francis Martin, Elizabeth Leona Griffin Martin
Others mentioned: George Walker, uncle to children; Witnesses: U. L.
Wright, Joseph Smith & James Smith
MATHEWS, TIMOTHY 10/14/1846 - 11/2/1846
Wife: Martha
Children: mentioned
Others mentioned: Benjamin Goode, wife Sarah Goode & child; Mrs. Timothy
M. Furlow; Robert Redding, wife Margaret & child; Timothy H. Furlow;
Witnesses: Casey S. Lesusur, Charles T. Hill & James S. Bivins
(parts not decipherable)
McARTHUR, JOHN N. 7/22/1844 - 11/2/1846
Wife: Harriett
Children: Daniel P. McArthur, Samuel McArthur, John McArthur
Others mentioned: Witnesses: Thomas B. Little, Simon Sikes, Mathew Sikes &
William S. Doyle
McCARTHY, WILLIAM HENRY 7/17/1848 - 11/6/1848
Wife: Ariana
Children: mentioned, not named
Others mentioned: Witnesses: R. McGoldrick, Charlton H. Wells, Charles T.
Quintard & Albert J. McCarthy
(will mentions that he was the Sheriff of Bibb County)
McGEE, PERRY 8/27/1846 - 7/24/1847
Wife: Mehulda
Children: mentioned, not named
Others mentioned: Friend: William Long; Witnesses: Milton Rape, E. U.
Callihan & Lewis A. Avant
(Will mentions that he and Mehulda have been married for 17 years)
MINCHEW, PHILIP 11/8/1841 - 1/5/1842 pg 91
Son: Nathan Minchew-yellow negro woman Sealy about 28, my
boy Giles about 14, Allen 7 and Hnerietta 1.
Daug: Melvina Paul, wife of William Paul and to her
children, negro Malinda about 20, Edward 8, Martha 6,
Mary 5. Friend: Freeman Paul, Trustee for property
Son- George Minchew - Negro Levin 19, Eva 11, Simon 5
Son- Mortimer Minchew - Negro boy Lewis 16; Adams 14;
Lacy 13
Son- Haywood Minchew - Negro Henry 11, Alford 9, Lucy 11.
Lands in Houston and Bibb divided between 3 sons.
Witnesses: Aaron Lessel, Lemuel Watson & James B. Johnson
MOORE, GEORGE W. 3/23/1844 - 1/12/1846
Wife: Polly
Children: Joshua G. Moore (deceased)
Others mentioned: Daughter-in-law: Polly Moore; Grandson: Henry E. Moore;
Witnesses: David Reed, Albert B. Ross & Henry G. Ross
NAPIER, THOMAS 2/17/1832 - 10/29/1838 pg 46
Wife: Nancy (land in Putnam Co 202.5 acres adj Hardy Waller + Negro Minty and her children Aberdeen, Nelly, Becky and ehr 2 children Flor & chil with all their increas since the year 1826.
(6 Negroes to son William W. Napier delivered to Singleton Holt, his trustee. Sons,Thomas T. Napier, Leroy Napier, Shelton
Napier, Daug: Martha Napier, Tabitha Napier, already received $10,000 each. Daug: Sarah Harvey - property estimated $3,000 each to she and her children = total $12,000.
Exe:Sons, Thomas Leroy and Sketon Napier, Son-in-law: Nathan C. Munroe;
Witnesses: Scott Cray, J. Washburn & Robert W. Fort
NIXON, WILLIAM 7/26/1838 - 5/7/1840 pg 71 Provided for
children by 1st wife earlier. 2nd wife Priscilla
(Pickett) Nixon, house in Vineville Children: Eliza Ann
Nixon, Francis Lee Nixon, Mary Ellen Nixon, Elizabeth
Caroline Nixon, George Henry Nixon, Mertimore Nixon,
Caroline Winn Wife to have management of carpenters,
Syrus, Jim and Tome and bricklayer, Davy. Executor: wife
and friends, John D. Winn and William B. Parker;
Witnesses: Christopher B. Strong, William S. Pearce Jr. &
T. Strong
ODOM, SABUD / / - 10/23/1847
Wife: mentioned, not named
Children: George Sabud Odom
Others mentioned: Mother: Mildren Odom; Friends: Turner Smith & wife
Elizabeth; Witnesses: Thomas P. Stubbs, Session Perkins & Robert B. Lester
Codicil dated 9/'24/1847 leaving estate to mother, Sarah Carson & Elizabeth
Smith if child should die before age 21. Will states that wife is not to
share in estate or control of child. Witnesses: Thomas P. Stubbs, James A.
Knight & Leroy J. Kimbrough
OWENS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 6/14/1833 - no probate date pg 26
Elmyria A. family Bible and real and personal property to
Educate my sons Benjamin Franklin Owens, William Henry Owens
and Wife's son: Charles Williamson Hargrove;
To Benjamin, my collar button, containing a portion of the binding of General Washinton's Revolutionary Marquee.
To William, my sleeve buttons.
Stepson Charles my pencil case.
Father-in-law:Rev. Charles Williamson my picket Bible.
Exe: wife and Charles Williamson and friend: R. Blount; Witnesses: Richard McGulrick,
Thomas T. Wyche & Judith C. Tucker
PATRICK, ABRAM P. 5/2/1846 - 11/2/1846
Wife: not named
Children: not named
Others mentioned: Sister: Mary Balsly; Brother-in-law: Thomas J. Balsy;
Uncles: Pleasant Phillips, James Phillips; Nieces: Elizabeth J. Lee, Jane
Elizabeth Patrick; Nephews: Thomas J.D. Patrick; William Patrick
(deceased father of Jane Elizabeth & Thomas J.D. Patrick); J. R. Gilmer;
George M. Logan; Friend: James T. Moreland of Macon, GA, James T. Morehead
of Greensborough NC; Witnesses: Bennett Bell, Sterling Lanier & Sarah V.
Lanier
PEPPER, DANIEL P. 11/6/1847 - 7/3/1848
Wife: Sarah
Children: Jesse George Daniel Pepper, Franklin L. Pepper
Others mentioned: Witnesses: Richard McGoldrick, Berry Rodgers & George W.
Grimes
PERRY, JAMES R. 7/10/1845 - 8/18/1845
Wife: Sarah
Children: mentioned, not named
Others mentioned: Witnesses: J.C.C. Burnett, Rebecca H. King & James B.
Artope
PITTS, LOUISIANA 4/20/1841 - 7/5/1841 pg 88 Nephew
William Thomas Nelson, Negores Mariah and Sarah + land in
Carroll Co, interest in estate of my dec'd brother Bazil
Pritchard. Nieces: Mary Louisa Alden and Louisiana Alden
- Negroes Jacob and Jubu. Sister Piety Alden to have
possession of property for nieces until one of both
should marry.
Exec Friends: Col. Henry G. Lamar, Henry G. Rose;
Witnesses: Piety Alden, Thomas Saulsbury & Benjamin E.
Myrick
RANDOLPH, ELIZA M. Macon Co. GA 5/9/1848 - Bibb Co. GA 1/21/1850
Children: Eugenius Randolph, Richard Henry Randolph, Eliza Bullock
Randolph, Ann Cowles Randolph
Others mentioned: Judge E.A. Nisbet; Witnesses: E. B. Weed, Martha P.
Triplett & Ann R. Williams
RANDOLPH, RICHARD H. 2/24/1843 - 9/6/1847
Wife: Eliza
Children: Eugenious Wingfield Randolph, Richard Henry Randolph, Anna Cowles
Randolph, Eliza Bullock
Others mentioned: Friend: Eugenius A. Nisbet; Thomas Russ; Witnesses:
B.H. Moulter, E. B. Weed & Thomas R. Lamar
(parts of will not decipherable)
ROGERS, WILLIAM B. 1/5/1833 - 5/6/1833 pg 22
Wife: Jane M.
Catherine S. Rogers (infant)
If infant dies, and after wife dies goes to:nephew Isaac Harvey & wife Eliza & children and Niece: Martha
Harvey - equally;
Exe:(and guardians of daughter Catherine S.) Isaac Harvey Jr.; Everard Hamilton; John S. Childers;
Witnesses: Robert A. Beall, A. T. Holmes & Josiah S. Law
(jparts of will not decipherable)
ROSS, LUKE (nuncupative LWT) 9/11/1844
Wife: Mary G.
Children: ?
Others mentioned: Testimony of witnesses present at oral instructions for
estate: Joseph Willet, Thomas L. Ross, John B. Ross;
Luke Ross died at his home 9/10/1844.
ROSS, MARY 1/ /1845 - 1/ /1846
Children: Henry G. Ross, Thomas L. Ross, John B. Ross, James L. Ross,
William A. Ross, Benjamin F. Ross, George W. Ross, Maria Wardlaw, Harriett
M. Colquett
Others mentioned: Daughter-in-law: Sarah Ross (wife of Henry); William C.
Redding; John S. Childers; Abner F. Holt; James P. Holmes (of Early
Co.GA); Granddaughter: Antoinette Griffin & her mother Sarah Griffin;
Amaretta Ann Ross; Witnesses: William W. Chapman, William S. Holt, & James
M. Jones
(parts of will not decipherable)
Codicil dated 10/22/1845 - 1/12/1846 mentions granddaughter Antoinette E.
Griffin & grandson John Thomas Griffin
RUTLAND, REDDEN 9/9/1833 - / / pg 28
Wife: Mary - negro girl Harriet and her increas until my son Rufus King Rutland becomes of age- then equally divided with all children.
Exc: Blake B. Rutland; Johnson Welborn; Witnesses: Z.
Cowart, William Griffin & William Farmington
RUTLAND, REDDICK 4/1/1840 Burke Co. GA - 7/6/1840 Bibb
Co. GA
Children: Mrs. James Tindall Nephew: Berry Rogers (Macon,
GA) all estate real and personal Nurse: $500 came from
Tennessee-Parthenia Cawthron (Mrs. John); 1/2 brothers,
sisters & brother; Exec: Berry Rogers ;Witnesses: T.H.
Blount, Edward Gaileck & Thomas Moore Berien (parts of
will not decipherable - seems to have been contested by
daughter on the grounds that father was not of sound
mind. Also a mention of a wife in Tennessee who had not
been forgotten but deliberately left out of estate - has
my child married to James Tindal).
RYLANDER, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 10/18/1842 - 1/ /1843
Wife: not named
Children: Mathew E. Rylander, William J. Rylander, daughter not named
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: Charles Citerenl; Grandchildren: of
daughter, not named; Witnesses: Lott Malesly, R. B. Washington & Thomas R.
Newton
SAPP, HENRY 10/26/1829 - 11/3/1829 pg13
Wife: Remellesant
After wife's death to Henry Spears; Archibald Spears; Remellesant Hester;
Martha McKinsy; Eliza Powell; Patience Barnes; Witnesses: P. Stubbs,
Peter Stewart & John Bailey
Freedom to Negro male slave Chance about 35 yrs when he arrives at age 50. Exe: grandson Henry Spears and Archibald Spears
Wit: OP. Stubbs, Peter Stewart,John Baily, JP
SCOTT, JOHN 11/13/1824 Bibb Co. GA - 5/1/1826 Jones Co. GA pg 6
Wife: Christian
$500 to (at wife's death) Quincy Shankley;
Ex: Wife, John Davis; William Johnson;
Witnesses: Peter Rockmore, James Gates Sr. & Stephen Renfroe
SCOTT, WILLIAM 2/21/1851 - 3/3/1851
Wife: Eliza J.
Children: William Byron Scott, Madeline Hamilton, Harriett Freeman
Others mentioned: Sister: Sarah Gibbons; Brother: John Scott;
Sons-in-law: Charles Hamilton, Robert Freeman; Friend: John J. Gresham;
Witnesses: Thomas Hardeman, Simri Rose & Daniel Dustin
SHOTWELL, HARVEY 1/5/1848 - 1/25/1848
Wife: Louisa
Children: mentioned, not named
Others mentioned: Friend & relative: Henry P. Shotwell (Rehway, NJ), James
L. Saulsberry (Macon, GA); Witnesses: R.K. Hines, James H. Bishop & John
R. Boon
Mentions property in both Georgia and New Jersey.
SMITH, GEORGE 12/23/1835 - / /
Wife: Agnes
Children: mentioned, not named; property to be divided at her death
(parts of will not decipherable)
SMITH, HENRY 1/19/1823 - 6/5/1823 (Monroe Co) pg 3
Wife: Dolly (2 negroes: Lucy 30; Jana girl 13;
land 13th Dis LL330 Monroe Co.
Children: Daniel Smith, eldest son,- Negro Isaac, Loty Brady Negro woman 40; girl 3), John Smith (negro boys Jordan and Harry about 8), Henry Smith(Moses 10, Ben 6), Susannah
Howard (negro woman Rose 30 and her child Emory 7), Esther Smith (negro girl Marthy 12), Mary Tompkins (negro Rose 14), Martha Smith (negroes Anthony and George age 2)
Exer: Daniel Smith and wife Dolly
Witnesses: James Golightly, H. H. Howard & Mary B.
Tompkins
(parts of will not decipherable)
SMITH, JAMES 4/28/1830 - 6/24/1830 pg 18
Wife: Mary Jane (negro boys Ben and Mingo LL117 3rd Dis Houston)
If wife marries or dies, this goes to youngest daughter-
Martha Jane Smith. Also negros Harry, Sawny, Eady, and Mariah
Thomas Smith; James Jessop; Stephen Smith; Hiram
McCullers; Jacob Lewis land in 32nd Dis Lee Co LL14 and two Negroes Willis and Milly; $2 -Milborn Farmer; Exe: John A. Tharp & Joshua
Jordan; Witnesses: William Baxden, Wiley A. Thorns & B.C. Riddle
(parts of will not decipherable)
SOLOMON, HENRY 2/26/1845 - Twiggs Co. GA 1/25/1847
Wife: Lucinda
Children: Mary Ann Wiggins, Hartwell Solomon, Henry Solomon
Others mentioned: Son-in-law: William M. Wiggins; Nephew: James Land;
Peter Solomon; Larkin Griffin; Witnesses: M. Land, William J. Stepens,
Wiliam Faulk, Cary Solomon & Abraham Garbor
SUMMERLIN, SARAH 10/16/1829 - 11/3/1829 pg 14
Sons: James Summerlin, Allison Summerlin
Date of death: 7/15/1829 Had lived at her residence 5 years.
THARP, JOHN A. 11/24/1834 - / / pg 32
Wife: Elizabeth A. (all property)
Children: James Madison A. Tharp, William A. Tharp, Cicero A. Tharp, Mathew A. Tharp, John Vinson A. Tharp, Robert A. Tharp, Mary Boon, Caroline Reynolds, Elizabeth Rogers, Catherine A. Tharp, Obedience A. Tharp, Henrietta A. Tharp
Exe: wife, and children William A. and Robert A. Tharp Witnesses: Richard Fish, William Stackley, Henry S. Ross, & Johnson Reynolds
THOMAS, MICAJAH Jones Co. GA 11/17/1843 - Bibb Co. GA 1/11/1855
Wife: Temperance
Children: Francis A. Thomas, James R. Thomas, Adeline Rebecca Thomas, Susan
S. Thomas, Eliza Ann Thomas, Francina Rebecca Thomas, Sarah Jane Pendleton
Others mentioned: Thomas Pendleton; Witnesses: Sylvanus Walker, Robert W.
Walker & Seaborn Lawrence
Mentions place of burial at Mt. Zion, Hancock County, Georgia
THURMOND, PHILLIP Jasper Co. GA 4/15/1840 - Bibb Co. GA
7/1/1841 pg 86 late of Jasper now of Bibb. Son- Thomas
Thurmond (of AL) all negroes recently hired by him.
Granddaughter- Eliza Holt ,husband Dr. Abner Holt-
Negroes - Raglin and Silva, his wife and her children
Jordon, Fanny, Aggy and her youngest Sam, Fillis, Lewis
and negro woman, Lucy purchased from Jarrel Beasley Dau -
Parthena Raines (wife of Cadwilla Raines of Bibb) Negroes
Jaicy, John, Ellick, Coulis, Tilda, Henry and Jordan and
her children Rhoda and ehr child Danile and his wife,
Lucy and her children Pete, Emily, Caroline, and Bet and
her childre Jim, Isam, Washington, Levin and Jack. Son-
John Thurmond - negroes Lydia and her children Granvill,
Stephen and Lucy, Reuben, Rachael and her son Sam Israel.
Dau - Susan Rivers- Negroes Willis, Ben, Reuben, Nancy
and Betty and her children Holland,Joe, Dick, Mary,
Easter, Frank, Litty, Henrietta.
Dau- Eliza Lamar (widow of Benjamin B. Lamar) Negroes,
Ben & Bedy + 100 shares of bank stock in Ocmulgee Bank at
Macon. Exec:Grandsons: Philip P. Lamar, Harvey Lamar;
Witnesses: E. Hamilton, William S. Holt & Charles F.
Hamilton
TRACY, EDWARD D. 2/17/1849 - 3/5/1849
Wife: Rebecca Caroline
Children: mentioned, not named
Others mentioned: Friend: John J. Gresham; Witnesses: J.B. Wiley, T. R.
Bloom & Sarah Q. Fluker
VICTORY, THOMAS 9/15/1833 - 11/4/1833 pg29
Daughter -Elizabeth A. Billups - Negro slaves Ann, Jacob, Tom, Jackson, Lucinda, Robert and Lydia with their children. At her death to her children.
Daughter-Ellen H. Harris negro slaves Nace, John, Charlotte, Ephraim, Katy, Spencer, Jack.
Son John Victory- Negro slaves Becca, Job, Turner, and Andrew
Exec: Charles D. Stewart; John Fountain; Witnesses: Edward D.
Racy, Jacob Shotwell & David B. Butler
VIGAL, GEORGE 2/9/1851 - 3/3/1851
Wife: not named
Children: Henry Vigal, John Vigal, Georgianna Lanier, Louisa Vigal, Ellen
Vigal
Others mentioned: Witnesses: Robert H. Hardaway, David Flanders & William
T. Lightfoot
Mentions property in Georgia & a tavern house.
(parts of will not decipherable)
WEED, JOSEPH D. Monroe Co. GA 9/16/1838 - Bibb Co. GA 11/10/1838 pg 45
All estate to my 3 sisters: Sisters: Amelia
Frances Weed, Mary Elizabeth Weed, Sarah Ann Weed;
Execu: Brothers: Henry D. Weed, Edwin B. Weed; Witnesses: Simri Rose,
Henry J. Chalmers, & Thomas Taylor
WELLS, NICHOLAS W. 11/30/1829 - 12/12/1929 pg 15
Wife: Susan
Sister: Nancy (Negro girl Easter now in posession of my brother Fletcher) Sister:Winney Wells Negro girl Lilly also in possession of brother Fletcher;
Sister: Martha negro girl Maria (with brother Fletcher)
To sisters Winney and Martha - Negro woman Sarah, to remain with family until the marriage of all my sisters.
Brother: Marion and James, tract of land where my family now resides in Putnam Co. All my father's furniture (in Putnam) to be equally divided with 3 sisters.
Nephew: Nicholas
Smith when he reaches 21 Negro boy of $300 value;
Exe: Wife, Susan.
Witnesses: Nicholas Childers, Henry G. Rose, A. Durragh & Edward D.
Tracy
(parts of will not decipherable)
WILDER, WILLIAM L. 4/7/1848 - 1/3/1848
Wife: Nancy
Children: Charles G. Wilder, Susan Ann Rebecca Wilder
Others mentioned: Father: Green Wilder; Isaac F. Herd; Witnesses: Elijah
D. Tucker, Alexander Jones & George Griggs Miller
(part of will not decipherable)
WILLIAMS, JOHN 7/31/1839 - 8/6/1839 pg 57 Wife: Ann R.,
my plantation "Swamp" - Baldwin Co. On her death to my
son Green and his heirs. Son Nathaniel G. Williams - mill
plantation in Baldwin +Negores Amos and Redd Son, Reuben
S. Williams - lands in his possession in Lee Co +Negroes
Milly and her child Rachel, Annabella, Eliza and Major In
trust for daugh Eliza W. Ward + Negores Jordan, mathew,
meshack and Mary, now in his possession
Son, John J. Williams - lands in his possession in Lee Co
adj lands of Reuben S. Williams + Negroes man and wife
Sally, Dick & Mary & their 2 children Angelina and Simon,
Frances & Floyd
Dau Sarah C. Cowles (Negroes Jack, Anak, Julia, Grace in
trust) Dau Mary Ann Cowles (Negroes Betsy and her child
Maria, Louise & Jefferson in trust) Proceeds of estate to
be for education of Grandson: John W. VanWagnon; Exe: to
sell furniture in Central Hotel to be applied to debt.
Exe: Friend: Richard H. Randolph and sons: Reuben, John,
Nathaniel Witnesses: Edward D. Tracy, John J. Gresham &
S.C. Lippitt
WILLIAMS, JOHN D. Twiggs Co. GA 10/2/1821 - Bibb Co. GA 5/6/1822 pg 5
Wife: Sally
Children: John Williams, Joseph Williams, Samuel S. Williams
To James Moore 70 acres near Camp Hope also 2 negroes Lewis and Adaline. Ex: Wife, Sally.
Witnesses: Thomas Horn & John Harden
WIMBERLY, REBECCA C. 11/21/1840 - 3/1/1841 pg 79
formerly Rebecca C. Jemison. present husband: James
Wimberly; son,Ezekiel Wimberly - under 21 1/12 of
remainder of estate, to brother John Jones remaining 1/2
in trust for daug Laura P. Fort, formerly Laura Wimberly.
Ezekiel Wimberly, when reaches 21 to become guardian and
trustee for daughters, Caroline H. Jones and Laura Fort.
Brother: John Jones- negroes Canada and Sally; Exe:
brother John Jones and husband James Wimberly Witnesses:
John J. Gresham, John R. Boon & George Jones
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