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Last Will
and Testament of William Player
State of
Georgia
Wilcox
County
In the name
of God amen, I William Player of the state of Georgia & county of Wilcox
being of advanced age but of sound & disposing mind knowing that I must
shortly depart this life deem it right & proper both as respects myself
& my family that I should make a disposition of the property with which
a kind Providence has blessed me, I do therefore make this my last Will
& Testament hereby revoking & annulling all other wills made by me
heretofore.
Item 1st
I desire & direct that my body be buried in a decent & christianlike
manner suitable to my circumstances & conditions in life, my soul I
trust shall return to rest with God who gave it, as I hope for salvation
through the mercies & atonements of the blessed Lord & Savior, Jesus
Christ.
(2.)
Secondly I will & direct that all of my just debts be paid without delay
by my executor hereinafter named & appointed.
(3) Thirdly
I give & bequeath to my sons Henry E. Player & (written above line
Zachariah, letter B marked through) T. Player part of the lot of land
no. two hundred & thirty six in the third district of Wilcox County
containing four hundred acres more or less, with all the rights, members
& appurtenances of said land in my (illegible words) forever in fee
simple.
4th
Fourthly I give, bequeath & devise to John Player colored one horse &
mule saddle bridle, one cow & calf & ewe & lamb & my violin. Robert
Player one horse, saddle & bridle, one cow & calf & one ewe with lamb,
my double barrel shotgun.
I give &
bequeath to John Player colored & Robert Player colored part of lot of
land no. two hundred & thirty six in the third district of Wilcox
County, the part of the south-east side of the mill-creek, containing
one hundred acres more or less, with the rights, members & appurtenances
to my use being forever in fee simple. Hester Player colored one
mattress & covering, one cow & calf, one ewe & lamb.
5th
Fifthly I give to my daughters Eliza Player & May A. Player one hog &
cow & calf, one ewe & lamb for each one and one buggy & harness between
the two.
6th
Sixthly I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha Lewis, one bell, one cow
& calf, or the worth of them.
(7)
Seventhly I give & bequeath to my daughter Margaret S. Taylor $5.00 five
dollars
(8)
Eighthly I give & bequeath to my daughter Sarah Hardy $20.00 twenty
dollars.
No ninth
(10)Tenthly
I give & bequeath to my daughter Lucy Tomberlin $5.00 five dollars
(11)
Eleventhly I give & bequeath to my daughter Frances L. Luke $5.00 five
dollars
(12)
Twelfthly I give & bequeath to my son Thomas G. Player $5.00 five
dollars
(13)
Thirteenthly I give & bequeath to the heirs of my son G.W. Clay $5.00
five dollars
(14)
Fourteenthly I give & bequeath to my son Ruben N. Clay $5.00 five
dollars
(15)
Fifteenthly The sheep to be divided equally between H. E. Player & Eliza
Player, May A. Player, & Son Player and Robert Player; the beef steers
is to be divided between Fannie L. Otis, her survivors. Son E. Player
May A. Player, Julia Player, John Player & Robert Player & Mary J.
Player.
16th
Sixteenthly The rest of my property both real & personal whatever &
whenever it may be I give & bequeath to my sons, Henry Player &
Zachariah Player after they support their mother & the rest of the
family that now belongs to her in feel simple and forever. I hereby
appoint my sons Henry E. Player & Zachariah Player guardians of the
personal property of the named minors John Player & Robert Player,
Hester Player, Julia Player & Mary J. Player.
17th
Seventeenthly I hereby appoint my sons H. E. Player, B.T. Player
executors of this my last will & testament. This July 23rd
1877.
William
Player
Johnathan
Fountain
John S.
Fountain
W.S. Stone
Georgia
Wilcox Co.
In person
appears before me James C. Luke Ordinary of said County Johnathan
Fountain, J. S. Fountain & W. S. Stone who being duly sworn says that
the foregoing writing contains the last remarks and Will & Testament of
the property of the late William A. Player, deceased of said County & is
just & true in all its parts.
Johnathan
Fountain
J.S.
Fountain
W.S. Stone
Sworn to &
subscribed
Before me
this 1st of July 1878
J.C. Luke
Ordy W.C.
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