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Georgia
Wilcox Co.
In the name
of God, amen, I George R. Reid Sr. of said State & County being of
advanced age & knowing that I must shortly depart from this world deem
it right & proper both as respects to myself & my family that I should
make a disposition of the property with which a kind Providence has
blessed me. I therefore make this my last Will & Testament hereby
revoking & annulling all others heretofore made by me.
Item First
I desire &
direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by my executors
hereinafter named as I am unwilling my creditors should be delayed of
their rights especially as there is no necessity for delay.
Item 2nd
I give &
devise to my wife Francis A. part of lot of land no. one hundred & forty
seven, lying in the first district of originally Irwin now Wilcox County
containing 245 acres on the west side of said lot during her natural
life & no longer hereby restricting my said wife Francis from selling
timber off of said parcel of land & only using timber for plantation
purposes.
Item 3rd
I give &
devise to my said wife all of my household & kitchen furniture excepting
my iron safe & writing desk, also I devise to my said wife all my stock
of hogs, also all the corn & bacon I may have at the time of my death,
also my farming tools, horses, cart & buggy, excepting my two horse
wagon, sugar mill & two (illegible word) during her natural life & at
her death all the furniture, stock of hogs plantation tools devised to
her, I direct to be sold by my executors hereinafter named & equally
divided among my ten children viz: Nancy, Susan, Marsha, Celia Ann,
Becky, May L. Sarah, Drury, George W. & S.B. Reid & my granddaughter
Jane Brown also I devise to my said wife one horse or mule as she may
choose during her life & these to be sold or equally divided as before
mentioned.
Item 4th
I devise to
my said wife all of a certain stock of cattle marked swallow fork under
& over bit in one ear & upper square on the other & branded thus (brand
drawn) without reserve to dispose of as she may think proper.
Item 5th
I give & devise to my son G.W. Reid, this lots & parcels of land viz:
lots nos. 145, 146, & at the death of my wife, 245 acres of lot no 147
all being in the first district of originally Irwin now Wilcox County &
State of Georgia, also I give to my said son Geo. W. my old Bible
Item 6th
I give to
my son Drury Reid my iron safe.
Item 7th
I give to
J.W. Mashburn my writing desk.
Item 8th
I give to
my son S.B. Reid my new bible.
Item 9th
I direct my
executors hereinafter named to divide All the remainder of my property
both real & perishable equally amongst my ten children heretofore named
& my granddaughter Jane Brown by sale of otherwise.
Item 10th
I
constitute & appoint Drury Reid, Samuel B. Reid & James W. Mashburn
executors of this my last will & testament hereby revoking all others
made by me.
George R.
Reid (L.S.)
The
sixteenth day of August 1878
October 4th
1881
Witnesses:
O.D. Mulkey
John A.
Tomberlin
F. Stone
Georgia
Wilcox Co.
Court of
the Ordinary
October
term 1881
In person
appeared in open court, O.D. Mulkey, John A. Tomberlin & F. Stone,
witnesses to the last will & testament of George R. Reid as deceased of
said County & after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the said
George R. Reid was of sound & disposing mind & memory at the time of the
execution of said Will & that he executed the said Will & at his special
request that each of us in his presence & in the presence of each other
sign the said will as witnesses.
John A.
Tomberlin
O.D. Mulkey
F. Stone
Sworn to in
Open Court
This
October 4th 1881
W. M. Gibbs
Ordinary
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