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Last Will
and Testament
James
Johnson
Mary
Johnson
Georgia
Wilcox Co.
In the name
of God, amen, we James Johnson & Mary Johns of the county of Wilcox &
State of Georgia being of sound & disposing mind & memory & being
desirous to settle our worldly affairs while we have strength so to do
make & publish this our last Will & Testament hereby revoking all other
will by us at any time made heretofore and
First
We commit
our souls to God who gave them & our worldly estate we dispose of as
follows.
First
It is our
will & desire that the whole of our estate remain together & after our
death after paying our debts to go to one only Caroline Mimms now
Caroline Doster & her bodily heirs & if so said Caroline Doster should
die & bear no heirs then it is our will & desire that Andrew Doster, the
husband of Caroline Doster should have it. In witness thereof, we the
said James Johnson & Mary Johnson to this our will, consisting of the
foregoing one sheet of paper have set our hands & seal this the 24th
day of February 1871.
James
Johnson (LS) his mark
Mary
Johnson (LS) her mark
Signed,
sealed, published & declared by the above name James Johnson & Mary
Johnson as their last Will & Testament in presence of us who at their
request in presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto.
Francis A.
Blue, Wilcox County
Norman
Statham
Philitus
Doster
Georgia
Wilcox Co.
August term
Court of Ordinary 1881
In person
came Norman Statham one of the subscribing witnesses to the Will of
James Johnson & his wife Mary Johnson, deceased & sayeth on oath that he
signed said will as a witness & that he saw James John 7 his wife Mary
Johnson sign it as their last Will & Testament.
N. Statham
Sworn to &
subscribed in open court
This 1st
day of August 1881
W. M. Gibbs
Ordinary
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