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Abstraced Wills of Columbia Co., GA
Posted by: Senora1890 (ID *****4846) Date: July 21, 2005 at 06:36:49
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Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)


THOMAS SMITH pvd 11/15/1790
Wife: Phoebe. Ch: Wilkins, John, James, Isaac, Mourning, Jane Wilkins, Theba Thomas.
Grdau: Eytha Franklin.

CHARLES LINN 1/6/1791:3/28/1791
Wife: Anne. Daus: Elizabeth, Jane, Ann. Sons: Fergus, John, Charles, Jr. Exrs: Wife,
Rhesa Howard, Thomas White. Wits: Nathan Roberts, William Smith, Thomas Credille.

MARTHA APPLING 10/9/1788:8/19/1790
Daus: Elizabeth Wynne, Lucy Lamar. Son William. Grdaus: Patty Wynne, Priscilla Lamar.
Grsons: Daniel Appling, Joshua Wynne, Robert Wynne. Exrs: Son, William Appling and
son in law, Joshua Wynne.


188
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

JAMES LAMKIN 7/24/1788:7/9/1791
Wife: Winifred. Sons: George, Cliophas, James (land in Mecklenburg Co., Va.) Wits: John
Shackleford, John Dixon.

JONATHAN STANFORD 5/6/1792:10/13/1792
Wife: Nelle. Ch: Betty, Saray, Robert, Elijah. Wits: William Gunby, John Gain.

JOHN JOHNS 11/27/1792:7/15/1793
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: mary, Nancy, Elizabeth James, Thomas, John, James, Francis,
Robert, David. Son in law, John Culbreath, exr. Wits: Daniel Marshall, James Divine,
Joseph Marshall.

JOSEPH MORTON 4/14/1792:6/20/1792
Wife: Mary Ann. Ch: Betty, Lucy Clarkston, William Ragland, Thomas Walker, John.
Exrs: Thomas Napier, Walter Dunn, Gerrard Banks, William R. Morton. Wits: John
Bennett, Joel Abbott.

PETER CULBREATH 4/3/1793:1/2/1794
Wife: Jane. Daus: Sarah, Mary, Nancy, Delpha, Phlory, Catherine Carr, Barbara Lucas,
Margaret Culwell, Elizabeth Culwell, James. Exrs: Daus., Sarah Culbreath, Catharine
Carr. Wits: Hannah Ramsey, James Ramsey, J. McNeil.

JOHN STAPLER 6/1/1793:2/27/1794
Wife: Jean. Ch: Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, James, William, John. Wits: John Rousseau,
Andrew Sturges, Thomas Stapler.

WILLIAM FEW, SR. 10/222/1789:7/21/1794
Wife: Ann. Stepdaus: Katherine Hunt, Hannarita Hunt. Sons: Benjamin, William Jr.,
Ignatius. Daus: Hannah Howard, Elizabeth Andrews. Friends: Rev. Abraham Marshall,
Matthew Harris. Exrs: Benjamin Andrews, Benjamin Few, Ignatius Few, Rhesa Howard.
Wits: Waters Dunn, Benjamin Butler, Ann Taylor.

JAMES HANDLEY 1/6/1794:5/17/1794
Sole heir: Aunt Ann Walls. Wits: Thomas Howard, Martin Mallowny.

JOHN LACY 12/31/1793:9/10/1794
Wife: Jane. Daus: Elizabeth, Susanna Schoofell. Sons: John, Benjamin, James. Wits: nancy
Ray, Jeremiah Griffin, George Linn.

NICHOLAS ALDRIDGE 9/29/1792:311794
Wife: Rebekah. Son: William. Exrs: Wife, Rebekah and James Howard. Wits: Elisha
Walker, Samuel Aldridge.
189
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

DANIEL MARSHALL 11/28/1783:11/23/1784, originally filed Richmond Co.
Wife: Martha. Ch: Eunice, Mary, Daniel, Abraham, John, Zaccheus, Levi, Moses,
Solomon, Joseph.

MERRYMAN THORNE 1/6/1798:7/23/1798
Wife: Mary. My ch. Exrs: Wife, Mary, Anderson Crawford. Wits: Rev. Moses Waddell, J.
Wright, John Gartrell.

JAMES CALDWELL 11/8/1793:11/24/1796
Wife: Jane. Sons: John, James. Exrs: Nephew, James Caldwell and son, John. Wits: Peter
Crawford, James Armor.

ALBERT WRIGHT 1/7/1794:3/24/1798
Bros: Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego, Habbakkuk, Isaiah. Sisters: Charity Schultz, Peace
Brown, Naomi Mims, Concord Hamilton, Elizabeth Tindall. Exr: Bro., Abednego. Wits:
John Ebenezer, Rebekah Smith.

JOSEPH FARGERSON 3/8/1797:3/24/1798
Kinsman: Dredzil Pace, gdn of old slaves, Judith and Billy. Exrs: Dredzil Pace, John
Foster. Wits: Jacob Miller, John Leith, John Foster.

WILLIAM JACKSON 4/14/1797:2/19/1798
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Maria, Richard, William. Wits: Edward Jones, John Garnett.

JOHN KENNADY 4/14/1797:2/19/1798
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Elizabeth, Hester, Rhoda, Mary Wilkerson, Andrew, Stephen, John.
Grson: John Kennedy. Wits: James Landers, Elizabeth Lawrence.

JOHN BOYD, Planter, of St. Paul's Parish, 10/1778:3/1799
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Fanny, Nancy, David, Sarah Hobby, Mary Ricketson, John, Edward,
Nichodemus. Wits: John Glover, Theophilus Davis.

GEORGE WALTON, Prince Edward Co., Va. 9/2/1796:1/7/1802
Ch: Robert, Nancy Hughes Moore, Polly Knight, Suckey Morton, Doshia, wife of John
Walton, John, Sally Betts, Temperance Yarborough, Thomas. Dau: Doshia, died and left
no ch, her share to go to her husband. Grdau: Doshia Morton. Son in law: Woodson
Knight. Wife: Martha. Wits: Joel Puckett, Isaac Read, James Young.





190
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

NATHANIEL PEARRE 4/10/1802:12/20/1802
Wife: Anna. Ch: William, Nathaniel, John. Heir: Elliot Coleman. Samuel Nathaniel
Coleman to receive property of his father, Caleb, which I hold in trust as well as his Uncle
Rueben Coleman's estates. Exrs: Wife, Anna, Eli Pearre, Nathaniel Hicks, Benjamin Lee.
Wits: T. Critchor, William Jones, J. E. Todd, Jonathan Parish.

WILLIAM BECKHAM, pvd 11/5/1812
Wife: Catherine. Grsons: Thomas and Lewis Cobb, son of John Cobb, decd, Alfred
Simpson and G. E. Beckham Ellis, ch of George Ellis. Grdau: Catherine Cobbs. Grgrson:
William Beckham. Grgrdau: Adeline Cobbs, dau. Of grson, Thomas. Grdau in law, Polly
W. Cobbs, wife of Thomas. Exrs: Wife and grson, Thomas. Grdau in law, Polly W.
Cobbs, wife of Thomas. Exrs: Wife and grson, Thomas Cobbs. Wits: James Lovelace,
Patrick Dougherty, James Stapler, John Minor.

DANIEL STURGIS 10/7/1812:11/8/1812
Wife: Eleanor. Son: John. Grch: Ch of son, Daniel and ch of son, Robert. Exrs: Wife,
Eleanor and son, John. Wits: Elias Lazenby, John Briscoe, Jr., John Briscoe.

JOHN HAND 6/2/1810:11/6/1812
Wife: Mary,e xtrx. Ch: Mary, Sarah, Rebia, Rhody, Abraham, John, William, Henry,
Thomas. Wits: Moses Spivey, John Durden, Joab Spivey.

NINIAN OFFUTT McGRUDER 3/17/1803:6/24/1803
Wife: Mary. Ch: Eleanor, Sarah Olive, Zadock, George, John, Archibald, Grdau: Polly
McGruder, dau. Of John. Exrs: Sons, Zadock, George and Archibald. Wits: James Olive,
Bury Olive, Reuben Reynolds.

SUSANNAH COLEMAN, pvd 6/22/1803
Heirs: George, Cynthia, Patsy, Susannah and Paul Caldwell Roseburgh. Exrs: James Ray,
James Stapler. Wits: William Shields, Samuel Crabb.

REUBEN WINFREY 2/14/1801:6/27/1803
Ch: Thomas, Jesse, Nathan, John, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, Hester, Rachel, Deborah and
Hannah Few. Exrs: Sons, John and Samuel. Wits: Joel Cloud, Zachariah Franklin, John
Williams, John Woogard.

MARGARET STUART 9/27/1803:1/25/1804
Grch: Mary Strain, Mary, Ann, Jane, Isabel and Elizabeth Stuart, James Stuart, William
Stuart McCord. Son: Martin Stuart. Wits: William Dean, Ninian McGruder, James Olive.



191
Columbia Co. WB AA (1790 1804)

MARTIN BURNSIDES 11/4/1803:1/31/1804
Wife: Elizabeth, extrx. Ch: Elizabeth, David, Matthew, James, Thomas.

JAMES BURROUGHS 3/22/1804:3/24/1804
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Elizabeth, Ellender, Deborah Wood, Priscilla Stubblefield, Benjamin,
Reuben, Raymond, Francis, Bennett, James, Aquilla. Exrs: Sons, James, Francis and
Bennett Burroughs. Wits: Fanny Low, John Foster.

JOHN DOGGETT 5/22/1804:6/18/1804
Wife: Ann. Daus: Hannah, wife of Charles Clayton, Orpha Avary, wife of Harbert Avary,
Ann Lamkin, wife of Samson Lamkin. Sons: John, Reuben, Garner, Asa. Grch: Elizabeth
Lamkin, heirs of Rebecca Dixon, wife of John, Henry Dixon, son of Rebecca. To:
Cleophas Lamkin, in right of former wife, my decd dau., Mary. Wits: Thomas Cobbs, J. T.
Allen, William Taylor. Exrs: Wife, Ann and son, Asa Doggett.

WILLIAM HOGE 3/17/1804:6/18/1804
Ch: Stephen, Solomon, Jacob, William, Cassandra, Polly. Exr: Reuben Langston. Wits:
Gazaway Davis, John Olive, Robert Jones.

THOMAS NAPIER 3/25/1804:6/8/1804
Daus: Ann Fox Hamilton, Patsy C. Porter, Dolly Randolph. Grch: Elizabeth Randolph,
Patsy, Thomas Hamilton, Thomas Peter Randolph. Niece: Elizabeth Randolph. Son;
Augustus. Exrs: James Hamilton, Robert Randolph, Peter Crawford, Samuel Goode.
Wits: H. Hampton, Rene Stone, Daniel Appling.

JOHN HAYNES 7/6/1803:7/12/1804
Wife: Mary. Daus: Catherine, Peggy, Malinda, Matilda. Exrs: Wife and friend, John
Briscoe. Wits: John Howard, James Howard, Ezekiel Young.

WILLIAM APPLING 10/8/1803:12/19/1804
Sons: Walter Aristo, Otho, William. Exrs: Thomas Marshall Dent, Anderson Crawford,
Peter Crawford, Walter Appling. Wits: Harden Prior, John Rowe, W. F. Ware.

HENRY EVANS 11/21/1801:12/3/1802
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Mildred, Susannah, Polly, Letisher King, Elizabeth Hanson, Sarah
Barnes, Henry, John. Exrs: Son, Henry Evans, Thomas Hanson, Sr., John Foster. Wits: M.
Shackelford, Richard King, John Foster.

MERCER BROWN, Quaker 10/10/1802:12/4/1802
Wife: Sarah. Ch: Richard, Mercer, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Phoebe. Grson: Son of decd
dau., Ann, Benjamin Lancaster. Exrs: Sons, Richard and Mercer. Wits: Richard Patten,
Peter Dill, Mark Davis.
192
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

JOHN W. McDONALD 1/5/1803:1/23/1803
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Nancy, Rachel, Elizabeth, Mary, isabel Brown, Daniel, Andrew,
James, John, Alexander. Exrs: Sons, James and John McDonald. Wits: Sons, John, James,
Alexander and dau., Mary McDonald.

MARTHA HOWARD, widow of Lemuel, 1/22/1802:1/25/1803
Ch: Susannah, Amelia, Aquilla, Dorsey, Lemuel, John, Thomas. Sons in law: Julius Seay,
Benjamin Smithson, Peter Ashmore. Exrs: Sons, Aquilla and Dorsey Howard. Wits: David
Harrison, Robert Hodgins, Thomas White.

JOHN LUKE 5/19/1798:2/8/1803
Wife: Jane. Sons: Joseph, Henry, William, Thomas, John, Reuben, James. Wits: William
Joysey, William Pullen, Edward O'Neal.

WATERS DUNN 5/20/1800:4/12/1803
Wife: Ann. Daus: Millicent, Sarah, Elizabeth, Katy, Happy, Clary, Ann Blevins. Sons:
Waters, Gatewood, Richard, William. Exrs: Sons, Waters, Richard and Gatewood. Wits:
James Wood, Alexander Gardner.

SAMUEL PAYNE 5/16/1801:6/24/1803
Wife: Anna. Nephew: John Gray. Grch: Ch of son, Samuel Payne, William and dau., Anne
Lovell.

LETTICIA KING 10/22/1802:12/20/1802
To: Walter Maddox. Sons: John, Samuel, Richard, Henry, Stephen. To: Sally Barnes, wife
of John Barnes, Letty King, and two orphans of Zephania Athey. To: Letty Graves, Milly
Athy. Exrs: Sons, Henry and Stephen King, John Shackleford. Wits: Benjamin Burroughs,
Raymond Burroughs, Elizabeth Crawford.

PETER STUBBLEFIELD 10/17/1794:11/9/1794
Wife: Margaret. Niece: Peggy Harrison Long. Nephew: Peter Stubblefield. Exrs: Evans
Long, Thomas Haynes, Major Nicholas Long, John Greaves, William Walton. Wits:
Andrew Allen, Zebede Beall, Thomas Haynes.

ANTHONY HAYNES 6/15/1795:6/20/1795
Bros: Harbert, Eaton, Thomas and Andrew. Sister: Jane Wood. Exrs: David Maxwell,
Thomas Haynes. Wits: Abner Sims, Giles Gaylord, Peter Crawford.

ELIZABETH FRAZER, widow 10/25/1795:11/9/1795
Daus: Mary, Barbary, Charity Spencer, Penelope Chisholm. Exrs: Horatio Marbury, James
Jones. Wits: Ambrose Jones, George Beck, J. B. Spencer.

193
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

JESSE HORN 3/7/1793:12/29/1795
Wife: Priscilla, all of estate to support mother, bro. And ch. Exr: Robert Bowdre. Wits:
Andrew Hay, John Kendrick, William Hoofe.

JOHN DORSETT 9/12/1792:5/2/1796
Wife: Eleanor. Daus: Anne, Martha, Henrietta Nailor. Sons: Theodore, John, Walter,
Grch: Eleanor Culver, Theodore and John King Dorsett. Exrs: Wife, and son, Theodore.
Wits: James Ross, Ann Ross, Edward Ross.

ROBERT GRAVES 3/8/1796:8/9/1796
Wife: Marah. Ch: Jenny, Thomas, Robert. Decd dau., Mimah Garo, and Susannah Graves
have had their share. To: Dempsey Graves, son of Miam Garo, decd. Grson: Thomas
Garo. Exrs: John Culbreath, wife, Marah. Wits: John Tankersley, John Sloan, Nancy
Culbreath.

THOMAS NEWMAN 7/7/1796:8/20/1796
Wife: Mary, extrx. Son: George. Wits: Charles Crawford, Jane Crawford, Bathsheba
Guthrey.

JOHN ROSSAU 9/5/1796:11/7/1796
Wife: Jean. Ch: Margaret, Nancy, Betty, Sarah, James, George, Thomas, William. Ch "in
esse". Exrs: Ignatius Few, Colonel Williams. Wits: A. Sturgis, H. Prior, Rebecca
Stephens.

WILLIAM WILLINGHAM 10/25/1797:1/11/1798
Wife: Nancy. Ch: Fanny, Elizabeth, Beverly, Nancy, Patsey, George, John, William,
Caleph, Isaac, Judah. Exrs: Son, Isaac Willingham, and Eli Garnett. Wits: William Jones,
John Eubanks.

JOHN COBBS 12/26/1796:5/20/1797
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Catherine Elizabeth. Polly Dixon. Sons: William, Thomas, Lewis.
Exrs: Thomas Cobbs, the elder, William Beckham, Howell Cobbs. Wits: Thomas Napier,
Basil Jones, J. Benning, John Cobbs, Dr. John de Yampert.

JOHN MOONEY, Quaker, 4/24/1795:4/20/1796
Wife: Mary. Ch: Joseph, Grace, Prudence. Wits: J. Moore, Jr., Samuel Brown, Richard
Ryan.

JAMES PERREA 10/24/1796:12/27/1797
Wife: Masse. Ch: Ruth, Charlotte, Levi, Eli, James. Grsons: James, son of Nathaniel,
James, son of John O., William Dearmond. Exrs: Wife, Masse and son, Nathaniel Perrea.
Wits: Eliza Perrea, D. Harris, A. Crawford.
194
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

PETER ZACHRY 11/8/1797:2/1/1798
Wife: Mary. Daus: Edne, Betsy, Nancy, Patsy, Mary Ward, Susannah Walton. Exrs: Wife,
Mary, Thomas Watson, Thomas Ward. Wits: William Zachry, Jacob Fudge.

BASIL JONES 12/8/1798:2/1/1799
Wife: Ann, extrx. Dau: Elizabeth Brook Jones. Wits: Robert Barte, Eleathy Waters Hall,
Ignatius Few, Jr.

JOHN LAMAR 5/3/1799:8/15/1799
Wife: Lucy. Ch: Lucy, Martha, Harmony, Jacky, William. Exrs: William Appling,
Anderson Crawford. Wits: H. Hampton, J. Sinquefield.

LEWIS GARDNER 8/16/1799:10/12/1799
Wife: Verlinda. Daus: Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Ann, Rachel Allison, Verlinda Harris. Sons:
Lewis, Ashel, Gray Gynum. Exrs: Son, Lewis Gardner and Anderson Crawford. Wits:
Thomas Napier, John Foster, John Appling.

LUKE SANDERS 10/1/1799:10/18/1799
Wife: Rachel. Daus: Mary Spaulding, Jane Meade, Betsy Page. Sons: John, James Tyre,
Clayborne. Exrs: Son, James Sanders and son in law, Henry Spaulding. Wits: Absalom
Farrer, Thomas Farrer, Clayborne Sanders.

JOSHUA SANDERS, Quaker, 12/3/1799:7/10/1800
Wife: Patience Ch: Keziah, Patience Trip, Jeremiah, Nathan, mark, Reuben. Grdaus: Polly
Cade, Patience Sanders. Grson: William Sanders. Exrs: Wife, Patience and son, Mark,
Robert Jones. Wits: Robert Johns, William Ashmore.

DANIEL WILLIAMS, Quaker, 1/31/1800:6/6/1800
Wife: Mary. Daus: Sarah, wife of Turner Parsons, Sibilla, wife of Stephen Todd,
Elizabeth, Ruth, Amy, Rebekah, Mary. William Lay to continue to live in my house. Exrs:
Sons in law: Robert Millhouse and Stephen Hodgin. Wits: William, Isaac and Richard
Patten.

ELIZABETH BUGG 10/6/1799:7/30/1800
Dau: Obedience Newsom, and her ch by James Martin, via: Agnes. Sons: Sherwood,
Nicholas Hobson. Grdaus: Susannah Bonner, Martha Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Sarah
Keziah, Paris Jones. Exrs: Hobson and Sherwood Bugg. Wits: Zachariah Ray, Daniel
Ellis.

WILLIAM HIXON 5/2/1800:10/13/1800
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: John, William, Timothy, George, Seaborn. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth,
Jonathan Mote.
195
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

SARAH HARRISS 4/19/1797:12/12/1800
Sons: Zadock, James. Exr: James Harriss. Wits: Clementius Davis, Gazaway Davis, Sarah
Anderson.

DAVID TINSLEY 9/26/1801:12/29/1801
Daus: Elizabeth Underwood, Sucky Simmons, Hannah Bird Tinsley, Nancy Smith Tinsley,
Franky Armstead Tinsley, Peggy Tinsley. Son: James. Exrs: Hannah Bird Tinsley, Charles
Crawford. Wits: Thomas, Samuel and Aley Hanson.

DAVID MAXWELL 12/26/1800:12/3/1801
Son in law: Robert Crawford and his wife, Elizabeth. To: Jane Bulloch, wife of Daniel
Bulloch. Exr: Peter Crawford. Wits: Thomas Haynes, A. Crawford, James Aldridge.

WILLIAM WHEER 11/16/1801:1/21/1802
Wife: Frances, extrx. Ch: Margaret, Nansey, Sarah, Mary, Betsey Cobbs, Robert, John,
William. Wits: John Carroll, Reuben Langston.

HANNAH ALEXANDER, widow of John, 1/8/1800:4/10/1802
Nieces: Susannah Hampton, Hannah Andrews, Lydia Bugg, Elizabeth Hill, Sanders
Andrews, Susannah Andrews (daus. Of Benjamin, both being infirm). Nephew: Moses
Andrews. To: Lidy McGown, dau. Of William. Exrs: Benjamin Andrews, Colonel henry
Hampton, Rev. John Andrews. Wits: William Clarke, Absalom Hicks, Benjamin Hampton.

JAMES WRIGHT 4/6/1802:4/10/1802
Wife: Mary. Exrs: John Stith, William Hogg, William Jones, Benjamin Lee. Wits: John
Stith, Elizabeth Stith, Ann Ray, Ann Stith.

DANIEL McGEHEE 5/21/1802:5/16/1802
Wife: Jane. Ch: Jincey, Nancy, Catherine Urquehart, William, Archibald, Nathan. Exrs:
Wife, Jane, John Catlett. Wits: John Catlett, John Garrett, Herbert Dunevant.

NINIAN McGRUDER 10/17/1801:5/9/1810
Wife: Rebekah. Daus: Elinor Bealle, Aletha Drane, Cassandra Drane, Margaret Simms,
mary Leigh, Elizabeth McGruder. Sons: William, Samuel. To: Rebekah Robertson's three
ch, viz: James, Mary and Leavin Nobles. Exrs: William McGruder, Benjamin Leigh. Wits:
R. Y. Langston, Lewis Gardner, Richard Wiley.

SPIVEY FULLER 12/3/1790:
Wife: Susannah. Sons: Isham, Samuel, William Allen, Spivey. Exrs: Susannah Fuller,
James Dannelly, James Hamilton. Wits: Merryman Thorn, Mary Thorn, John Jones.


196
Columbia Co. WB A (1790 1804)

REBECCA FLINT 8/27/1802:7/11/1806
Son: Thomas H. Grdaus: Rebecca and Sarah, daus of Thomas. Grsons: Aquilla, William
and John, sons of Thomas. Exr: Thomas Flint. Wits: A. Crawford, William Young, Peter
Young.

LUKE LANDERS 1/1/1799:10/18/1799
Wife: Rachel. Daus: Mary Spaulding, Jane Meade, Betsy Page. Sons: John, James, Tyre,
Clayborne. Exrs: Son, James, son in law, Henry Spalding. Wits: Absalom and Thomas
Farrer, Clayborne Landers.


Columbia Co. WB H (1803 1821)


JOSEPH ALLEN 4/20/1803:12/19/1804, p. 1 3
Sons: John T., James, Joseph, Francis. Daus: Sally, Alice, Anne, Susannah, Elizabeth,
Harriet, Sally. Exrs: Sons, John, James and Joseph Allen.

RICHARD NEAL 2/20/1804:12/19/1804, p. 4 6
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Mary, and ch yet unborn. Bro: Beasel Neal, exr. Wits: James Wood,
Elias Welborn.

GEORGE RAY 10/12/1804:12/19/1804, p. 7 9
Wife: Catharine. Ch: George, Benjamin, John, William, and dau. Yet unnamed.Sons in law:
John Stith, William Ansley, Conrad Wall, William Stanford, Robert Wiseman. Ch of
James Wright by my dau., Mary. To: heirs of my dau., Sarah Hill. Exrs: Benjamin Ray and
John Ray. Wits: David Langston, Robert Lazenby, Edward Forbes.

ISAAC SKINNER 9/24/1800:1/4/1805, p. 10 13
Wife: Jane, extrx. Ch: Haney, John, Elizabeth, Richard, Howard, Jane, Thomas Hiram,
Abel. Wits: John Foster, Charles Barham, James Foster.

JOHN JONES of King and Queen Co., Va. 11/14/1804:1/9/1805, p. 14 16
Wife: Nancy. Sons: William, John. Exrs: Bro., William Jones of Ga. And William Bates of
Va. Wits: Dan Ritchy, Major Eubanks, Richard Eubanks.

ABRAM GIBSON 1/7/1805:1/9/1805, p. 18 20
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Teresa, Sarah. Exrs: Dexton Gibson, wife, Elizabeth Gibson and
Shadrach Gibson. Wits: E. Bowdre, James Harris, Larkin Tally.



197
Columbia Co. WB H (1803 1821)

THOMAS JONES 10/20/1804:2/2/1805, p. 21 24
Sons: Robert, Elias, Randal, James, William. Daus: Sarah, Mary, and Ann Jones,
Jeremalem Willoughby. Exrs: Sons, Thomas and Randal Jones.

JESSE RICE 12/6/1803:2/23/1805, p. 25 28
To my three ch. Wife: Susannah, extrx and friend, William Jones, Jr., Anderson Crawford
and Joseph Allen. Wits: T. S. Allen, Lucy Jones, William Thompson.

SHADRACK ROBERTS 10/15/1804:2/23/1805, p. 29 31
Wife: Delley. Daus: Pations Roberts, Fanny Roberts, Nancey Worthey. Sons: David, John.
My wife now pregnant. Exrs: Isaac Willingham, Benjamin Williams. Wits: Minor Mead,
John Willingham.

JOHN GRIFFIN 10/30/1795:1/16/1804, p. 32 33
Bros: Roland, Isham. Sister: Diana Clarke. Bro: Thomas Williams Murrell. Exrs: James
Sims, Roland Griffin, John Shackelford. Wits: Jeremiah Day, Richard Downs, Sally
Shackleford.

JOSEPH ROBERTS 1/1/1805:6/1/1805, p. 33 37
Grson: Eli Roberts. Sons: Richard, Wiley, John, George, Josiah, James (and his wife
Patty). Daus: Elizabeth Blanchard, Ann Culbreath, Jude Mims. Wife: Faith. Exrs: Sons,
George and Josiah Roberts. Wits: Daniel Ritchy, Uriah Blanchard, James S. Johns.

DANIEL McNEIL, SR. 10/23/1804:6/18/1805, p. 38 41
Sons: Daniel, Jesse. Wife: Sarah. Daus: Sarah Reeves, Ann Lastly, Mary Robeson, Amy
Youngblood. Grch: Stephen, William, Solomon, Jacob, Casandra and Polly Hoge and
John, Daniel, Anna and Caty Youngblood, and Samuel and John McNair, Anna
McDonald, Exrs: Jesse McNeil and John Reeves. Wits: William Drane, Wiley Olive, W.
Drane.

JOHN FITZGERALD 8/4/1805:12/16/1805, p. 42 45
Wife: Ann. Sons: John, Silas. Daus: Sarah. Wife, Ann, extrx, and son John, exr. Wits:
Peter Crawford, James Caldwell, James Thompson.

HUGH McGEE 8/19/1799:12/16/1805, p. 46 48
Wife: Catharine. Ch: Julia, Thomas. Exrs: Wife, Catharine, Hugh Blair. Wits: Henry
Hampton, John Ayres, Thomas White.

JOSEPH RAY 3/18/1805:12/17/1805, p. 49 53
Wife: Nancy. Ch: John, Nancy, Joseph, James, William, Henry. Son in law: Henry West,
husband of my dau., Sally (decd). Exrs: Wife, Henry West, Thomas Hemphill. Wits: James
Ray, John Avera, Jeremiah Smith, James McCorkle.
198
Columbia Co. WB H (1803 1821)

CHARLES DENHAM 3/29/1805:12/17/1805, p. 54 57
Ch: James, Nancey Gilpin, Charley, Nathaniel, Susannah, Elizabeth Seukey and her
husband, Juanna Ingleman, James. Exrs: John Gartreth, James Ray, also gdn of son,
James. Wits: William Beckham, Thomas W. Merrell, Daniel Duffey.

BENJAMIN REES (or REEVES) 9/11/1805:1/6/1806, p. 58 61
Ch: Richard, Martha Bull, Jeremiah, Ephatha, Taliaferro, James, Tolbert, Albert. Wife:
Sarah. Exrs: Wife, Jesse Bull, Adam Jones. Wits: Thomas White, Wylie Davis, Mathew
Murray.

HANNAH CRUTE 2/11/1805:113/1806, p. 62 65
Ch: Caty D. Jennings, Rebekah Foster, Mourning Womack. Exrs: Friends, Edmond
Womack (son in law) and Thomas Barron of Lincoln Co. Wits: Thomas Hogan, Mary
Hogan.

CHARLES NELSON 7/11/1805:1/13/1806, p. 65
Wife: Lydia and John Langston, exrs. Ch: Polly, Jesse, John, Jane, Elizabeth. Wits: John
Langston, William Hand, Henry Hand.

WILLIAM WINFREY 6/28/1805:5/8/1806, p. 66 70
Ch: Hill, Reuben, Elizabeth Pearcey. Grdau: Ann Winfrey. Exrs: Sons, Hill and Reuben
Winfrey. Wits: James Wood, Abraham Franklin, W. J. Stevens.

ISAAC LOWE 3/17/1806:5/8/1806, p. 71 75
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Isaac, David Walker, George, Sarah, Elizabeth, Esther, Martha
Slayton Lowe, Rebecca R., Matilda, Polly Slaton. Exrs: Wife, Curtis Lowe. Wits: Moses
Jackson, Thomas White, Katharine White.

JOHN McCARTHY 3/3/1806:5/8/1806, p. 76 79
Wife: Mary. Sons: Rhesa, James. Daus: Keziah, Salome. Grdau: Linna Wiley. Exrs: Wife,
Thomas Johnson. Wits: Winnefred Johnson, William Harris.

BENJAMIN HORN 11/6/1775:7/7/1806, p. 80 82
Ch: Benjamin. To my grch. Wits: Edward Weathers, John Anderson. Exrs: Edward
Weathers, planter, John Anderson, school master, both of St. George's Parish.

DIXON PERRYMAN 5/3/1806:7/7/1806, p. 83 86
Wife: Rebecca. My ch. Exrs: Friends, Anderson Crawford, Daniel Marshall, David
Stanford, and bro., Elisha Perryman. Wits: Col. John Appling, W. Ware, Rachel Perryman.



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STEPHEN STANFORD 9/24/1805:7/11/1806, p. 87 90
Exrs: Wife, Nancey Stanford, John Bayne. Ch: Joseph, Patty Howell, William> Wits: Polly
Mathews, Polly Owens, John Bayne.

REBECCA SMITH 8/27/1802:7/11/1806, p. 90 94
To: Sarah and Rebecca Flint, daus. Of Thomas Flint. To: Thomas H., William and John
Flint, sons of H. Flint. To: James, Thomas, and Aquilla Flint, three youngest sons of
Thomas H. Flint. Exr: Thomas H. Flint. Wits: A. Crawford, William Young, Peter Young.

EDWARD SANDERS 4/29/1806:7/12/1806, p. 94 98
Wife: Betsey. Dau: Caroline Matilda. Father in law: W. Ingram. Exrs: Wife, Edmond
Blunt, Jesse Sanders.

BETTY TYLER 1/18/1806:11/5/1806, p. 98 101
Nieces: Lucy, Betty, Alice and Sally Blackwell. Sister: Sally Blackwell. Exrs: John Tyler
Allen, Marshall Keith.

WILLIAM DUNIVAN 12/17/1806:1/5/1807, p. 102 103
Sons: Man, Harbard. To: Claricey Roberts, Elizabeth Bradberry. Dau: Polly. Wife: Mary.
Wits: Mandrake Rukerton, Joseph Downs.

HICKERSON COSBY of Wilkes Co. 7/19/1805:1/8/1807, p. 105 107
Exrs: Friends, John Wingfield, Robert Harris, Peter B. Terrill, and son, Garland Cosby.
Wits: David Terrell, Sanders Stallings.

WILLIAM MILES 1/14/1806:5/5/1807, p. 108 112
Wife: Mary. Friend: Peter Watson. Half nephew: (mother's side) James Mappin, son of
John Mappin. Exrs: Aaron Parks, Thomas Whiite. Wits: Mauldon Amos, Jesse Bull,
Daniel Massingale.

WINNEFRED JENKINS 1/2/1807, nuncupative LWT
Martha Collins, wife of William Collins, Sr., swore that she attended the dying moments of
widow of the late Col. James Jenkins, decd. To: James Reed's wife and ch, Margaret
McGill, Joshua and Hightower Thorn, to ch of Prestly Thorn.

ANTHONY GARNETT 5/17/1807:7/7/1807, p. 114 116
Wife: Rebecca. All my ch. Exrs: John Eubanks, Asa Doggett.





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AMOS SESSOMS 5/14/1807:7/7/1807, p. 117 119
Wife: Mary. Ch: Dolly, Caty, Nancy. Exrs: Walter Maddox, Archer Avary. Wits: Garner
Doggett, Walter Maddox, Harriet T. Lamkin, Elizabeth Lamkin.

LEVI MARSHALL 8/11/1807:9/7/1807, p. 120 123
Sons: Levi, Joseph. Daus: Elisa, Emely, Sally and Polly Crawford. To: Nathan Crawford.
Exrs: Wife and son, Joseph Marshall, Dr. Nathan Crawford, and bro., Daniel Marshall.
Wits: William Booke, Mike Smalley, James Leeke.

WALTER DRANE of Baldwin Co. 11/20/1807:1/5/1808, p. 124 126
Wife: Allethe. Six ch: Casssander, Anna, Betsey, Walter, Polly, Efey. Bro: William Drane
and bro in law: Benjamin Leigh, exrs. Wits: Hugh Blair, Jr., B. Williams, John Foster.

DAVID HARRIS 8/7/1807:1/6/1808, p. 127 130
Son, John, sole exr. Wife: Mary. Grson: David Harris, son of John. Grson: Williamson
Speers. Grdau: Marish Bowder. Son: Edward, Benjamin Bledsoe, husband of my dau.,
Sarah. Samuel Bowder, husband of my dau., Polly. Grsons: Richmond and Giles Bledsoe.
Wits: William Colvard, Levi Pearre, Joshua Vaughn.

ERVIN BROWN 10/22/1807:1/7/1808, p. 131 133
My part of my father's estate to: John, Joseph, Henry, Nancey and Patsey Brown, my bros
and sisters. Half bro: Allen Warren. Exrs: Friend, Allen Warren, and bro., John Brown.
Wits: John Todd, John Bradberry, Elizabeth I. Todd.

THOMAS MERIWETHER 8/7/1807:5/3/1808, p. 134 136
To: Micah Evans at present living with me. Bro: Nicholas Meriwether, exr. Wits: Archer
Avary, James Boyd, Asa Avary.

BEVERLY LOWE 4/1/1809:5/9/1810
Wife: Obedience. Grdau: Susannah, dau. Of James Culbreath. Son: Obadiah. Dau in law:
Judith, wife of Obadiah. Son in law: Angus Martin. Other ch of Susannah Culbreath and
James. Exrs: Obadiah Lowe, James Culbreath. Wits: John Foster, John Germany, James
Oats.

WILLIAM SHIELDS 5/7/1810:5/9/1810
Wife: Mary. Daus: Biddy, Susan, Hannah. Sons: Robert, John, James. Exrs: James Shields
and wife, Mary. Wits: Andrew Sturgis, Samuel Crabb, William Hunt.

LEWIS GARDNER 1/1810:5/12/1810
Wife: Mary. Dau: Eliza Brown. Exrs: Wife, Mary, Anderson Crawford. Wits: S.
McGruder, E. Bowdre, Hezekiah McGruder.



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MAJOR EUBANKS 5/11/1810:7/5/1810
Wife: Ester. Daus: Fanny Lynn, Rhoda E., Elizabeth Jamison, Milly. Sons: Thomas,
Major, Reuben, James. Exrs: Sons, James and Reuben. Wits: William Jones, John Gray,
Richard Eubanks.

ISAAC RAMSEY 12/17/1808:1/8/1811
Dau: Elenor Frazer Ramsey.

JOHN MOORE 7/1/1811:7/9/1811
Wife: Sarah. Sons: James, Hiram. Bro: Richard Moore. Sons in law: Isaac Dennis,
George McKinzie (in Ohio), Enoch Jackson, John Perriman. Grson: John Moore, Jr. Exrs:
Joseph Miller, Owen Baldwin. Wits: T. Wiley, William Wiley, Silas Mote.

HENRY HAND, SR. 2/7/1810:9/13/1811
Wife: Sarah, extrx. Dau: Liddy Nelson. Sons: Robert, Henry, John. Sons in law: Jaben
Newberry, Levey Newberry, James Nelson. Grdau: Jemima Nelson. Wits: Rebecca Tapley
and Moses Spivey.

JACOB STALLINGS 7/15/1811:11/9/1811
Wife: Edy, extrx. Daus: Edy, Polly Stallings. Sons: Joseph, Isaac, William. To: Jane
Harden. Wits: Patrick Dougherty, Edward Ross, William Winfrey.

CHARLES CLAYTON 8/19/1811:2/13/1812
Wife: Hannah. Daus: Nancy, Eliza, Mary Ann. Exrs: Sam Clayton, Asa Doggett, John
Foster. Wits: Collier Foster, Hardy Foster, Elizabeth Foster, John Foster.

WILLIAM MERIWETHER 1/18/1812:3/3/1812
Daus: Jane Benning, wife of Joseph and her ch, Frances Meriwether, Matilda Mimms.
Sons: William, Robert. Son in law: Marshall Mimms. Overseer: Washington Jennings.
Exr: Willis Meriwether. Wits: Thomas Lyon, J. W. Lankin, Rebecca Fortson.

WILLIAM BEALLE 6/28/1808:9/16/1812
Wife: Nancy. Daus: Mary Sims, Elizabeth Yarborough, Ann Finney. Sons: John,
Hezekiah, Charles, William Penn. Grdau: Patsy Finney. Exrs: Charles Bealle, wife, Nancy.
Wits: Jonathan Cliatt, Morgan Crawford, Peter Crawford.

GEORGE COLUMBUS DENT 5/6/1814:5/3/1815
Bro: James. Sister: Sarah M. Tindell and her ch. To: Daphne Hornsby and her heirs. Exrs:
Bros., James Dent and cousin, John Dent. Wits: Samuel Wilson, William Glascock, Isaac
Anthony.


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JESSE WINFREY 11/6/1815:11/11/1815
Wife: Frances. Ch: Martha, Nancy, Frances, Sarah, Benjamin. Grsons: Jonathan, Robert
Walker, son of Julia Winfrey and Adam Walker, both decd. To: Jonathan Wood, 2nd
husband of Julia Winfrey Walker Wood, decd, of Edgefield Dist., S. C. Exrs: Jonathan
Wood, James Walker, Peter Crawford. Wits: Samuel Crawford, J. Vaughan, James
Yarborough.

MARY DAVIS 10/10/1814:1815
Dau in law: Ellinor Davis, widow of late son, Blanford Davis and her ch. Sons: Vachel
and wife Mary, Thomas Lamar. Grch: Alexander H. Allison and mother, Mary Cooper,
Mary Foster, Anne Lamar, Cassandra Lamar, Sarah Williams, Mary Hill, Sarah
Carmichael, Gazaway Davis. Exr: Dau in law, Ellinor Davis. Wits: John Foster, Collier
Foster, Robert Foster.

THOMAS SAMPLER, Stonemason, 1/3/1813:3/1816
Wife: Trecy. Daus: Tory, Sarah (blind), Mary Price Davis, wife of Mark. Sons: Robert,
Jeremiah, Samuel, Johnson, William. Exrs: Sons, Robert and Jeremiah Sampler. Wits:
John Embree, Adam Scott.

JOHN BELL 10/22/1807:3/13/1816
Wife: Mary. Sons: Hugh, John. Exr: Hugh Bell. Wits: Notley Whitcomb, John Patrick.


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JOHN RICHARDSON 12/15/1812:12/20/1816
Wife: Rosanna. Dau: Mary Ann. Exrs: Wife and son (now named). Wits: Barnett
Burroughs, Ralph Overton, Marshall Keith.

RICHARD HARRISON, the elder, 2/17/1816:9/28/1816
Wife: Betsy. Sons: Perryman Sheppard, Tyrrell Cook, Gadwell Barnes, Richard, James,
Dinwiddie. Sons in law: Adam Jones, John Embree. Grsons: Dick Franklin Harrison, son
of Perryman. Dick Harrison, son of Tyrrell, Sullivan Harrison in tr for Matthew, and
Richard Tyrrell Harrison. Exrs: John Embree, Tyrrell Cook Harrison. Wits: Aquilla
Howard, Edward Short, Thomas White.

LOVELESS SAVAGE 10/3/1807:3/15/1816
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Sarah Whittington, Susanna Garnett, Lucy Allison, Elizabeth
Foster, Rebecca Barham. Sons: Zachariah, Jes. Son in law: Timothy Barham. Grch: Three
ch of decd son, Robert. Exr: Alexander Allison. Wits: Archibald Odum, Jonathan Cliatt,
Peter Crawford.
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RICHARD MOORE 1/27/1814:12/20/1816
To: Richard Baldwin. Exr: Owen Baldwin. Wits: John Fleming, William Wiley, Elizabeth
Wiley.

ISAAC DUBOSE 4/18/1816:12/20/1816
Wife: Sarah (couns), extrx. Ch: Martha, Elizabeth, Anne, Franky, Hannah, Clement,
David. Wits: Benjamin Tinny, William Dearmond. Thomas Reynolds.

WILLIAM BEALLE, pvd 3/4/1817
Wife: Mary Ann. Sons: Charles Simmons, Augustus, William. Exr: William Bealle. Wits:
James Toole, Jr., John ray, Asa Avary.

LITTLETON YARBOROUGH 8/19/1812:1/2/1815
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: Patsey Harden, William, James, Elizabeth, and son, William
Yarborough. Wits: John Basker, Charles T. Bealle, Peter Crawford. Codicil 10/11/1814,
states dau., Elizabeth has m. James Walton.

JOHN CULBREATH 2/15/1815:3/11/1815
Wife: Nancy. Ch: Neil, James, Patrick, Thomas, Lucy. Exrs: Son, Thomas Culbreath and
John Avary. Wits: William Tankersley, James Blanchard, James Roberts.

JAMES REID 10/13/1814:3/11/1815
Wife: Jane, extrx. Daus: Jane, Gracy, Elizabeth Luke, Mary Luke. Grdau: Martha Pullen.
To: James Luke. Wits: G. Roberts, John Culbreath, Jr., Juriah Harriss.

STEPHEN BEARD 1/17/1814:5/2/1815, nuncupative LWT
Bros: Matthew, John. Wits: John Culbreath, Jr., Juriah Harriss.

WILLIAM SIMS 3/5/1813:5/3/1815
Sons: Maner, Lenny. Daus: Anne Hendley Cowen, Peggy Hanson. Dau in law: Mary Penn
Sims, widow of decd son, Abner. Grch: Aggy Hanson, William Sims, son of Abner, decd.
Exrs: John W. Smith, Peter Crawford. Wits: Thomas Parham, L. B. Smith, Charles Bealle.

MARY STONE 4/19/1815:5/3/1815
Nephews: Daniel and Robert Sturgis, sons of decd bro., Robert Benjamin Sturgis. Niece:
Mariah Sturgis, dau. of bro., Daniel. Bro: John. Sister in law: Susan Sturgis. Exrs: John,
Benjamin and Susan Sturgis.

ELEANOR GERMANY 4/13/1814:5/3/1815
Ch: Clarissa, Thomas. Exr: James Luke. Wits: Joseph Marshall, T. Wynn, Samuel
Germany.

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EDWARD O'NEAL 11/26/1816:7/8/1817
Wife: Rebecca. Ch: July, Polly, Peggy, Jane Luke, Keziah Stanford, Elizabeth Eubanks,
Nancy Winfrey, Edward, Samuel, Bazzel. Grson: Washington Germany, son of Samuel
and Fanny Germany, decd. Exrs: Wife, Rebecca, Solomon Marshall, Harvy Wheat. Wits:
Allen Lovelace, Eleanor Lovelace, John Barron.

JAMES ALLEN 8/14/1809:11/8/1809
Wife: Elizabeth and unborn child. My father's ch. Exrs: Wife, Armistead White of Va.
Wits: Thomas Tyler, Ann Allen, Peggy Tyler.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN 11/11/1815:2/17/1817
Ch: James Madison, Arabel. Bros: Obadiah, exr., James Gregory. Wits: John Cartledge,
Mark Sullivan.

PETER OVERBY 9/18/1815:7/10/1817
Wife: Susannah. Sons: WIlliam, Samuel, Benjamin. Exrs: Robert Walton, Jacob Smith.
Wits: Moses Ivey, James Mullen, Rebekah Walton.

SARAH MARSHALL 7/8/1816:7/13/1817
Bro: Levi. Sisters: Eliza, Emily. Mother: Sarah. Exr: Bro., Joseph Marshall. Wits William
Booker, Thomas Jones, Gerard Morris, William Wilkins.

JOHN AVARY 1/15/1812:7/9/1817
Ch: Elizabeth M. Smith, Milly Farrer, Harbert, Archer, Asa, John. Exrs: Son, Archer
Avary, Anderson Crawford. Wits: John Gartrell, William Bealle, Walter Jones.

JOHN TELFAIR 8/3/1816:7/9/1817
Mother: Sarah Gibbons Telfair. Bros: Thomas, Alexander. Nephews: Joseph Telfair,
Thomas Telfair, Alexander Telfair and Noble Jones. Sisters: Mary Telfair, Margaret
Telfair and Sarah Haig, int. in estate of late father, Edward Telfair and Uncle, William
Gibbons. (Note: Sharon Plantation left to Sarah Gibbons Telfair by her Uncle Barach
Gibbons, nephews above to inherit). Wits: William Upton, Jared Pounds, Thomas Murrell.

JOHN BENNING 3/2/1809:4/7/1809
Daus: Elizabeth, Susannah, Martha D., Sally C., Nancy, Rowanna. Sons: Joseph, Thomas,
Pleasant. Grch: Thomas and Lucinda Thompson. Exr: Son, Pleasant Benning. Wits: F.
Doyal, Jacob Martin, Charles Jennings, Thomas White.

JAMES SIMS 7/18/1809:11/8/1809
Son: Brittain. To: Christiannature Simms. Exrs: Christiannature Simms, Jared Pounds.
Wits: Allen and Eleanor Lovelace.
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IGNATIUS FEW 8/21/1809:7/1810
Ch: William, Ignatius, Jr., Lavinia, Leonidas, Alfred, Lodoiska, Camillus, Crapus. To:
Mrs. Mary Frails, alias Hicks, William Devereaux, husband of decd dau., Elizabeth. Wife:
Mary Candler Few. Exrs: William Few, Ignatius Few, nephew, Dr. William Lee, attorney,
Archibald Marks. Wits: William Hunt, Thomas Hunt, John Glass, William Rousseau.
Codicil 11/29/1809, to have illegitimate legalized approved by Governor, 12/1/1809.
Names legally changed from Hicks to Few.

WINIFRED JENKINS, widow of Colonel James Jenkins, 6/1807:1/2/1807, nuncupative
LWT
Martha Collins and Willy Collins testify they heard her bequeath to: James Reed's wife,
Martha Colliins, Martha McGill, Elizabeth D'Antignac, Joshua and Hightower Thorn, to
ch of Priestly Thorn.

DAVID HARRIS 8/7/1807:1/6/1808
Wife: Mary. Daus: Sarah, wife of Benjamin Bledsoe, Polly, wife of Samuel Bowdre. Sons:
John, Edward. Grdau: Moriah Bowdre. Grsons: David Harris, son of John, Williamson
Speirs, Richmond Bledsoe, Gibby Bledsoe. Exrs: William Colvard, Joshua Vaughn, Levi
Pearre.

ABNER SIMS 2/17/1808:7/11/1808
Wife: Mary Penn Simms and ch. Exrs: Charles Bealle, Peter Crawford. Wits: Mann
Simms, Thomas Baker, Eliza Hanson.

JOHN EUBANK 5/12/1808:11/7/1808
Wife: Rebecca. Son: William. Exrs: Wife, bro., Richard Eubank, William Jones. Wits:
Jesse Roberts, Major Eubanks, John Germany, Jr.

JOHN FREEL or FRAIL, pvd 7/10/1808
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Elizabeth, Keziah, Ann Ellis, Winnifred, and Mary Hicks (oldest).
Son: Lewis. Friend: Hugh Blair. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth, John Hicks, Hugh Blair. Wits:
Waters Dunn, John Culbreath, Ignatius Few.

JOHN RAMSEY 10/28/1808:2/6/1809
Wife: Mary. Ch: Isaac, Samuel, Martha. Exrs: Mary and Isaac Ramsey, John Culbreath.
Wits: Isham Baylis, Eleanor Ramsey, Elisha Ryan.

AMBROSE JONES 7/24/1805:4/4/1809
Wife: Mary. Ch: Catherine, Sarah Avery, Richard, Thomas, Ambrose, Gabriel. Exrs: Wife,
sons Thomas and Richard Jones. Son in law, Archer Avery. Wits: John Walton, Philip
Tinsley, Samuel Walton.
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FRANCIS SHEPHERD BEALLE 5/13/1813:7/7/1813
Mother: Jane Bealle. Bros: Augustus, Thomas, Reason D., William L., John J., Charles T.
Sister: Martha Tennason Bealle. Exrs: Mother, Jane Bealle and Thomas Bealle. Wits: John
Foster, H. Roberts, James Walton.

ROBERT SHAW 4/16/1813:7/7/1813
Sons: Charles, James, Robert, Jr. Son in law: George McGruder, husband of decd dau.
Exrs: Charles, James and Robert Shaw. Wits: A. Crawford, Joseph Day, I. Gilpin.

CHARLES CRAWFORD 9/27/1811:1/4/1814
Wife: Jane. Ch: Mary Ann, Anderson, Nathan, Joel. rch: Orphaned ch of decd sons,
William and John. Exrs: Anderson and Nathan Crawford. Wits: Thomas Parker, L. Smith,
William Underwood.

GEORGE DENT 12/20/1812:1/6/1816
Wife: Anna M. Sons: James T., Dennis, George Columbus. To: Daphne Hornsby. Exrs:
Dennis and James T. Dent. Wits: Thomas Dent, Samuel Neilson, James Pannell.

JAMES TINSLEY, pvd 2/7/1814
Wife: Lucy, sis. of Hon. William Harris Crawford. Daus: Nancy, Betsy, Anne, Sally. Sons:
Philip, William, John, Abram and child yet to be born. Sister: Sarah Wofford. Exrs: David
and Augustus Crawford. Wits: Pleasant, Jonathan and William Tindall, Thomas Wilkins.

ROBERT GEORGE 2/13/1814:3/10/1814
Bros: Jordan, James. Sis: Fanny Carr. Friend: Dr. Cleghorn. Exr: Thomas Carr. Wits:
Samuel and Polly Ramsey, John and Nancy Bealle.

WILLIAM ZACHRY 2/1/1814:3/11/1814
Wife: Nancy. Daus: Martha Albritton, Ona Clyatt, Nancy Yarborough, Frankie Lazenby,
Sally, Susannah, Artemisia. Sons: WIlliam, John L., Archimedes, G. S. L. Sons in law:
Jesse Albritton, James Yarborough. Exrs: Son in law, J. Albritton, J. Yarborough. Wits:
James Blackstone, Mary Golightly.

JOHN GERMANY 10/23/1807:7/5/1814
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Sarah Garnett, Mary Miller, Ellender Germany. Sons: William,
John, Samuel, Robert, James, Benjamin, Joseph, Washington. Exrs: John, Robert and
Benjamin Germany. Wits: Hugh Blair, Jr., Joseph Blunt, Samuel O'Neal.




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CHARLES FENNELL 2/8/1814:7/6/1814
Wife: Nancy. Daus: Frances Sanders, Verlinda Wiley, Ketural Vassar. Sons: Leroy,
SHelton, Collins, Ugeane. Son in law: Reuben Sanders. Grdau: Nancy Pendleton Gartrell.
Exrs: Son, Collin Fennell and Reuben Sanders. Wits: Robert Johns, John Parks, Adam
Guest.

LEWIS HOBS 8/1/1814:11/7/1814
Parents: John and Sarah Hobbs. Sis: Polly Tindell. Bro: William. Nephews: Lewis Hobbs,
William Tindell, Thomas Lewis Tindell. Exrs: Pleasant Tindell, William Hobbs. Wits:
Adba Christian, Patrick Gordon, William Tindell.

CHARLES PORTER 6/13/1813:9/5/1814
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Gracy Matthews, Sally Proctor Rees, Brunette Simpson. Sons:
George , Nicholas, Fayette, Charles Hansord, Bradford, and "my natural son, Stanton."
Exrs: Capt. David Simpson, Peter Crawford, Anderson Crawford. Wits: Taylor Wiley,
Julian Seay, B. Porter.

JOHN COLLIER 2/26/1812:11/8/1814
Wife: Sarah. Sons: William, Edward. Exr: Son, William. Wits: Marshall Keith, Aaron
Aldridge, John Crawford.

THOMAS WROE 4/11/1805:1/3/1815
To: Thomas Wroe, Jr. Dau: Nancy Monroe. Exrs: Thomas Wroe, Marshall Keith. Wits:
John Pharoah, Bennett Burroughs.

NICHOLAS MERIWETHER 7/27/1809:11/8/1809
To: Micah Evans, a woman of color. Bros: Thomas, William. Ch of my sister: Mary
White, viz: Jane M., Matilda M., Thomas M., Melinda, Nicholas, Clem. Ch of my bro.
WIlliam, viz: Thomas, Jane, Frances, Matilda, William, Robert. Exr: Thomas Meriwether.
Wits: Archer Avery, William Meriwether, Jesse Roberts, Washington Germany.

JOHN APPLING 11/6/1809:12/4/1809
Wife: Elinor. Ch: David, Rebekah. Exrs: David Crawford, Dr. Nathan Crawford. Wits:
Elizabeth Wynne, Charles Goodman, H. Hampton.

THOMAS FLINT 9/18/1818:1/9/1820
Wife: Jane. Ch: Elizabeth, James, Thomas, Aquilla, William. Exrs: Wife, Jane and William
Flint. Wits: John Gartrell, Samuel Fuller, Isham Fuller.



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WILLIAM HUNT 11/14/1809:1/9/1810
Wife: Jannet. Nephew: Henry Hunt. Niece: Constance Hunt, ch of bro., Thomas. If they
die before my wife, prop. to go to: THomas White, William White, ch of Thomas White,
Sr. Exrs: James Ray, James Lovelace. Wits: William Beckham, James Stapler, William
Stapler, Cynthia Roberson.

ELI WHEAT 12/18/1809:5/9/1810
Father and Mother. Bros: Wesley and Harvey. Sister: rebecca, wife of Edward O'Neal.
To: Rev. Jonas Randle of Greene Co. Exrs: James Wray, Wesley Wheat. Wits: Robert
Walton, Frances Gouldman, William Downing, Sr.

ISAAC WINFREY 3/23/1818:8/1/1818
Wife: Sarah. Daus: Elizabeth Welbourne, Sarah Hampton Davis, Juda Seay, Mildred Jane,
Cynthia Ann. Sons: Samuel, Reuben, Henry, John. Exrs: Reuben Winfrey and son in law,
Randolph Davis.

WILLIAM WALTON 4/1/1818:3/22/1819
Wife: Sarah. Daus: Blanchy Woods, Francis George Walton. Sons: William Fairfax, Jesse
Sims. Wits: Martha Cleghorn, Benjamin Berry, Peter Crawford, Anderson Cummings.

JOHN RAY 5/25/1818:3/24/1819
Wife: Betsy. Ch: Sally, Phoebe, Nancy M. Lewis, Joseph C. Exrs: Wife, Betsy Ray,
Jeremiah Griffin. Wits: Robert Johns, Phoebe Seay, David Seay.

BARNETT WHITTINGTON 6/2/1818:5/25/1819
Wife: Sarah. Daus: Elizabeth Barham, Mariah Whittington. Son: Ephraim. Exrs: Arthur
Foster, Sarah Whittington. Wits: A. H. Allison, Hugh Patrick, Daniel Cooper.

JOSEPH MARSHALL 9/16/1817:4/24/1819
Wife: Ann. Ch: Mary Murry, Hulda, Salina, Joseph, Daniel, Placidus? Bro: Rev. Abraham
Marshall. Exrs: Ann Marshall, Jabez Marshall, Jubal O. Marshall. Wits: Edward Cater,
Martha Marshall, Jubal O. Marshall.

ANNE JOHNSON 9/22/1817:7/9/1819
Son: Moses. Friend and bro: Edward Woodin. Exr: Peter Crawford. Wits: J. T. Allen,
William Yarborough, Sarah Allen.

DORSEY HOWARD 4/7/1819:7/9/1819
Wife: Fanny. Daus: Ruthy, Whitaker Howard, Mary Ann Howard. Son: Dorsey, Jr. Wits:
Amelia Short, William Mullen, Thomas Summer.

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TARLTON FLEMING KEITH
Wife: (not named). Bros: James, Peter Grant, D. Isham. Exrs: Father in law, William
Stone, Mumford Marshall. Wits: Caleb Rogers, James Rogers, John Weeden.

AQUILLA HOWARD 10/21/1815:1/11/1820
Wife: Elizabeth. Bro: John. Exrs: John Howard, Mark Price Davis. Wits: P. B. Short,
James Mappin, Mark Price Davis, J. P.

PEARY GRAVES 3/16/1817:1/10/1820
Sister: Cloe. Bro: George. Ch of decd wife: Cassandra Pearre. Exr: George Graves. Wits:
Julie Walton, William P. Bealle, Stephen Frederick.

JESSE ALBRITTON 10/12/1819:1/16/1821
Wife: Martha. Ch: Nancy Lee, Matilda, Ansil, Milton. Exrs: William Zachry, James
Yarborough. Wits: Betsy Ann Bealle, James Albritton, Amos Albritton.

ELIAS LAZENBY 9/1/1819:1/7/1820
Three married ch. Daus: (at home) Nancy, Deborah, Martha. Grdau: Martha Martin. Exr:
Shadrack Gibson. Wits: Robert Martin, J. Sturgis, Nancy Martin.

MATTHEW KILLINGSWORTH 11/7/1819:1/17/1820
Wife: Liza. Daus: Susannah Kindrick, Sarah Bosworth. Sons: Freeman, John, Daniel, exrs.
Wits: Philip and Mason Tinsley.

ANNE McFARLAND, relict of James, 1/1/1819:1/18/1820
Son: John, exr. Grsons: Alex. McDonald, Stephen Coleman. Wits: Thomas White, Robert
Wiseman, Jr.

ABRAHAM MARSHALL 7/19/1819:1/9/1820
Sons: Jabez Pleiades, Juban Orion, exrs. Wits: John Boyd, Marshall Pittman, Priscilla
Pittman.

JONATHAN TINDALL 6/11/1818:1/19/1820
Wife: Betsy. Daus: Sally C., Anne T., Nancy M. Burdick. Son: Robert H. Exr: Franklin
Barnett. Wits: P. Tindall, Hillary Simmons, John Tindall.

ANTHONY COOPER 2/8/1812:12/8/1812
Ch: Rebekah, Joseph, John, ch I had by my last wife. Exrs: Robert Frazer, John Foster.
Wits: Robert and John Foster, John Walton.


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DANIEL WALTON of Richmond CO. 9/5/1789:1/8/1813
Wife: Mary. Grdaus: Mary, Martha, Nelly and Elizabeth Wood, Honor Cox, Sarah Gage.
Grsons: Daniel, Jeremiah, Joseph Wood. Son in law: Isaac Wood. Dau in law: Lucy Tutt,
former wife of decd son, Daniel and her ch. Exrs: Joseph Wood, Samuel Scott. Wits: John
Holt, Seaborn Jones, N. H. Bugg.

HUGH BLAIR 5/13/1813:7/7/1813
Wife to receive total estate, and estate of Greenberry Lee. Ch: Anne, William Exrs:
Anderson Crawford, Edmond Bowdre, Samuel Bowdre, David and Peter Crawford. Wits:
THomas Hamilton, John Wynne, Uriah Blanchard, Joseph Marshall.

JAMES HAMILTON 9/5/1815:11/1/1817
Sons: Thomas N., James H. Son in law: Judge Samuel Goode. Bro: Alexander of Ohio, to
sell 1000 acres for benefit of my bro. and sister who reside in Ireland. Exrs: Sons, Thomas
and James. Wits: Anderson Crawford, R. Johns, R. Crawford.

JOSEPH MARSHALL, JR. 8/21/1817:11/17/1817
Wife: Sarah. Ch: Sarah Frances, Peter. Exrs: Wife, Sarah and Dr. Nathan Crawford. Levi
Marshall, when of age. Wits: James Cartledge, Jr., Joseph Cartledge, Sr., John Reed.

JAMES SAVAGE 6/11/1817:1/24/1818
Wife: Elizabeth. My natural son, John. Dau: Rebecca, sister of John. Exrs: James Foster,
Timothy Barham. Wits: Joseph Jones, John Foster, Susannah Parriett.

JOSIAH McGEE 11/5/1817:1/31/1818
Wife: Judath. Ch: Mary Ann, Levin, John. Sons in law: James Dunn, Daniel Burgan.
Stepson: Milba McGee. "Child which Judath may have in next 9 mos." Exr: Jonathan
Stanford. Wits: William Stanford, Nancy Stanford, Jonathan Stanford, J. P.

REUBEN WELBORN 2/27/1818:8/1/1818
Wife: Susannah, extrx. Stepson: Samuel Clark Rice. Wits: S. W. Gibson, W. Gibson, W.
Wilkins.

EDWARD O'NEAL 11/26/1816:7/8/1817
Wife: Rebecca. Daus: July, Polly, Peggy, Jane Luke, Keziah Stanford, Elizabeth Eubanks,
Nancy Winfrey. Sons: Edward, Samuel and Gazzell. Grson: Washington Germany, son of
Samuel and Fanny Germany, decd. Exrs: Wife, Rebecca, Solomon Marshall, Harvey
Wheat. Wits: Allen Lovelace, Eleanor Lovelace, John Barron.



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JOHN AVARY 1/15/1813:7/9/1817
Daus: Elizabeth M. Smith, Milly Farrer. Sons: Harbert, Archer, Asa, John. Exrs: Son,
Archer, Asa, John. Exrs: Son, Archer, Anderson Crawford. Wits: John Gartrell, William
Bealle, Walter Jones.

SARAH MARSHALL 7/8/1816:7/13/1817
Bro: Levi. Sisters: Eliza, Emily. Mother: Sarah. Exr: Bro., Joseph Marshall. Wits: WIlliam
Booker, Thomas Jones, Gerard Morris, William Wilkins.

PETER OVERBY 9/18/1815:7/10/1817
Wife: Susannah. Sons: William, Samuel, Benjamin. Exrs: Robert Walton, Jacob Smith.
Wits: Moses Ivey, James Mullen, Rebekah Walton.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN 11/11/1815:2/17/1817
Ch: James Madison, Arsbel. Bro: Obadiah, James Gregory. Exr: Obadiah Sullivan. Wits:
John Cartledge, Mark Sullivan.

ASA AVARY 8/10/1820:1/26/1823
Sis: Patsy Wellbourn. Bro: Archer, tr for sister and exr. Wits: J. Alexander, John Jones,
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FARLEY ADAMS 8/30/1825:12/9/1825
Wife: Sarah L. Sons: Thomas D., Edward R., Farley, Jr. Exrs: Bro., William Adams and
wife, Sarah L. Wits: T. Bugg, A. Crawford, Reuben Grimes.

JOHN TYLER ALLEN 4/1/1824:12/4/1822
Daus: Alice , Mercy Ruth, Mary Harriett, Sarah Louise. Exrs: Peter Crawford, Marshall
Keith, George Keith. Wits: S. A. Smith, B. E. Winfrey, S. Winfrey.

ROBERT ALLEN 8/9/1830:11/1/1830
Wife: Sarah. Four ch now married. All minor ch. Exrs: William Rhodes, John Tindall.
Wits: Mary Ann Stanford, Sarah Green, David Stanford.

SARAH ALLEN 8/9/1837:1/4/1838
Sister: Aletha Young, wife of James Dau: Harriett Frances Allen (relative of William
Bealle, gdn). Exr: William Bealle. Wits: George Crawford, A. N. Verdery, A. L. Zachary.

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ELEANOR APPLING 8/1838:11/14/1841
Cousin: Fidelia Jane Dozier. Exr: Green B. Dozier. Wits: William A. L. Collins, John A.
Stapler.

JOHN AVARY 2/22/1827:4/6/1827
Wife: Nancy. Daus: Elizabeth, Phoebe. Exrs: WIlliam Jones, Archer Avary. Wits: William
Luke, John Cartledge, James Luke.

JOHN AYERS 11/30/1833:8/8/1837
Dau: Nancy, wife of Robert Wade. Grdau: Mary Ann Rees, formerly Mary Ann Wade.
Wits: John O. Gibson, Benjamin Watkins, Henry Massengale.

JOHN PARKS BACON, pvd 11/20/1820
Wife: Mary. Sons: William, John, Nicholas, Edmond. Daus: Frances, Mary, unborn ch.
Exrs: Wife and Billington Sanders. Wits: Robert Lazenby, David Cooper, Susannah
Wright.

RACHEL BALDWIN 1/15/1831:3/31/1831
Sons: William, Owen. Daus: Mary Harrison, Sarah Prior. Grdau: Sara. Exrs: William
Baldwin, Felix Prior, Wiley and James Shields.

ISHAM BAYLESS 8/7/1820:1/15/1822
Wife: Betsy, extrx. Sons: Thomas, William, John. Wits: Isaac Bryan, Britton Simms,
William Wilkins.

ELIZABETH BAYLESS 8/14/1828:1/4/1830
Son: William. Ch of Thomas: Emily Marshall Bayless, Mary, Antiope. Ch of son, John,
viz: Elizabeth, Julia Hubbard, Georgianna Troup Bayless, Elizabeth Jane Bayless. Exr:
Son, William. Wits: James D. Green, George Cary, David Stanford.

HEZEKIAH BEALL 7/10/1828:1/13/1829
Wife: Louisa. Ch: Elizabeth, Gazaway, Thomas, Charlie, John, Jesse, William. Exrs: Wife,
Louisa and son, William. Wits: Peter Crawford, E. W. Callahan, William P. Bealle.

JOHN BEALLE 8/3/1820:3/25/1821
Dau: Nancy Smith, wife of James Smith. Ch: John W., Hezekiah, Charles, James, Marcus
de Lafayette. Exrs: Son, Charles, John W. Bealle, Peter Crawford. Wits: Dredzil Pace,
Edmond Roberts, Susannah Pace.

MARGERY BEALLE 5/9/1835:5/15/1836
Son: Thomas E., exr, given entire estate. Wits: David Stanford, Aquilla Flint, Alben
Hayes.
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FRANCIS BLACKSTONE 10/23/1839:3/4/1841
Daus: Frances Lewis, Allizelby Cliett, Strawther Newman, Martha Vaughn. Sons:
Commodore Decatur Blackstone. Bennington Baldwin Blackstone, James Wade Hampton
Blackstone. Grdau: Frances Vaughn. Exrs: Bennington and James Wade Blackstone.
Wits: William Zachary, A. E. Zachary, Hezekiah Grubbs.

JAMES BLANCHARD 10/15/1836:11/17/1836
Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: James, Billington, Jefferson. Son in law: James Collier, husband of
Rebecca. Dau: Polly Martin. Grch: Sally and Reuben, ch of son, Reuben. Grch: Jane,
Mary, James and Rebecca Cartledge, ch of dau., Sarah. Bro: Uriah Blanchard. Son:
Billington Blanchard. Wits: Frances Taylor, Abel Hutchinson, James Cartledge, Jr.

REUBEN BLANCHARD 12/11/1822:4/19/1824
Wife: Rebecca. Ch: Reuben, Jr., Sarah. Exr: James Blanchard, Jr. Wits: E. L. Cartledge, J.
Blanchard, Thomas Samuel.

SARAH BLANCHARD 8/25/1834:11/6/1835
Sons: James, Uriah, Grch: James Reed, Allen Reed, Sarah Stanford (formerly Reed),
Rebecca Haws (formerly Reed), Basheba and William Reed, ch of Ezekiel Reed and my
decd dau., Sarah. Ch of Thomas Samuel by Nancy, formerly Reed, decd. Ch of decd son,
Jeremiah, viz: Benjamin and Jeremiah Blanchard. Exr: Nephew, James Cartledge. Wits:
James Cartledge, Jr., Josiah Roberts, Polly Roberts.

JOSEPH T. BLUNT 3/6/1824:6/14/1824
Sons: James, Edmond, Henry, Joseph, WIlliam, John. Dau: Polly Morley. Grch: Ann and
William Low, ch of Fanny Low. Low ch to have money from estate of Thomas Low, for
which I am trustee. Exr: Son, Edmond Blunt. Wits: John Eubanks, Jarvis Seale, W. Cox,
Archer Avary.

ROBERT BOLTON 9/16/1838:11/14/1838
Wife: Lydia. Ch: Mary Hilman, Benjamin F. Exr: Wife, Lydia, Dr. Ed Jones, Henry
Massengale. Wits: Solomon Wade, C. H. Wilson, H. W. Massengale, Edward William
Jones.

JOSIAH BRISCOE, 8/5/1822:12/14/1822
Ch: Sill, William, Josiah, Sarah Elizabeth. Exrs: Josiah and William Boswell, Peter
Crawford. Wits: W. W. Holt, Littleberry Clanton, J. A. Yarborough.

MARY BRISCOE, widow of John Briscoe, 11/25/1820:
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of my 2nd husband, Dr. John Briscoe. Five ch: Caroline F. E. Hughes, Eveline J. M., Mary
A. M., Thomas R. and Joseph P. Hughes. Exr: My bro., William Norwood. Wits: Allen
Glover, Walter Briscoe.

PHEBE BROWN 7/25/1839:9/20/1839
Sister: Nancy Saxon. To: Aletha, Amanda and John, ch of Elias and Temperance WIlson.
Ch of sister, Sarah Swaine. Wits: Edward Bacon, Seaborn Ivey, Rowell Adams, Elisha
Burson.

OBEDIENCE BURCH 2/10/1840:3/2/1846
Daus: Ann, Elizabeth Kennedy (wife of John Kennedy). Son: John. Exrs: Bro., Benjamin
Bugg, William A. L. Collins, John Kennedy. Wits: Jefferson Briscoe, John Lambert, John
Stapler.

HENRY BURNLEY 7/30/1831:3/5/1835
Wife: Mary. Daus: Allinda Brown, Nancy Seals, Lucy Dickin, Sarah Hubert and Olive
Burnely. Sons: Richmond, Henry, Stephen, Israel. Sons in law: Henry Brown, Archibald
Seals, James T. Dickin. Grch: Heirs of dau., Hannah Crowder, James Crowder, trustee.
Heirs of Susan Jones, Benjamin Jones, trustee. Heirs of Elizabeth Seals, Spencer Seals,
trustee. Grdau: Luciann Jones. Exr: Son, Henry Burnley. Wits: John Adkins, Shadrack
Bradshaw, John Matthews.

THOMAS BURNSIDE 1/4/1828:4/21/1828
Ch: James. My wife, "About to have a contest of a sanguinary nature with a man with
whom I have never sought a quarrel of any sort (George Crawford)." Exrs: James
Burroughs, Isaac Bryan, Turner Clanton, William Collins. Wits: R. Randolph, W. A. L.
Collins. T. Triplett.

CATHERINE CARR 6/7/1806:1828
"My natural dau., Nancy, total estate. Exr: Peter Crawford, Nancy Carr. Wits: Isaac
Ramsey, Washington Germany, Charles Bealle.

FRANCES CARR 6/20/1822:6/15/1822
To: Joseph Blunt, Dennis Dent. Grch: William Joseph Lowe, Ann Thomas Lowe, Frances
Caroline Lowe. to: Mrs. Mary George, widow of Jordan George and her dau., Mary Ann
Jordan George. Exrs: Joseph Blunt, Dennis Dent, Edmond Roberts. Wits: Reason Bealle,
Matthew Walton, John Bealle.

JAMES BURROUGHS 6/23/1824:9/4/1834
Ch: James, Bennett, Ellen, Martha. Wife: Elizabeth. Sister: Deborah Wood. Exr: Son,
James Burroughs and Marshall Keith. Wits: William Thomas, George Thomas, Valentine
Kennedy.
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THOMAS CARR 1/10/1820:11/18/1820
Wife: Fanny. Ch of wife's son: Thomas Lowe. Sons: William Anthony Carr, Dabney Carr.
Grson: Thomas Carr Ware. Grdau: Susan Ware, wife of Col. Nicholas Ware. Dau Selina
Few, wife of Col. Ignatius Few. Exrs: Son, William Carr, Nicholas Ware, and grandson,
Thomas. Wits: W. P. Bealle, Juriah Harris, W. B. Tankersley, W. L. Kennon.

EDMOND CARTLEDGE 10/5/1834:4/3/1835
Wife: Lucretia. Ch: Mary Ann, Sarah, Samuel, James, John, Edmond, Jr. Exrs: Bros.,
John and James Cartledge, Jr. Wits: Billington Blanchard, Frances Taylor, Thomas
Cartledge.

JAMES CARTLEDGE 6/17/1830:3/6/1845
Wife: Rebecca. Daus: Jane Adams, Rebecca Blanchard, wife of Reuben Blanchard, decd,
and Asenith Borroum. Sons: John, Edmond, James, Samuel, Thomas, Jeremiah, Benjamin.
Grch: Sarah and Reuben Blanchard, ch of Reuben, decd, and dau., Rebecca. Exrs: Sons,
John and James. Wits: Thomas, Rebecca and Sarah Ayres.

HOLT CLANTON 10/20/1826:11/2/1829
Wife: Catherine. Daus: Elizabeth McKee Clanton and Catherine, wife of Benjamin Paul.
Sons: Littleberry, James, Nathaniel. Exrs: Andrew Edwards, William Holt. Wits: William
Germany, John Foyal, Maurice Bradberry, Jeremiah Darby.

LITTLEBERRY CLANTON 7/12/1827:4/19/1829
Wife: Catherine Young. Sister: Tabitha Anthony. To: Elizabeth Mackie, Martha Lamar,
wife of Harmony Lamar. Bros: Turner and Nathaniel Holt Clanton. Exrs: Wife, Catherine,
Harmony Lamar and Turner Clanton. Wits: P. D. Thompson, Joseph Ware, Peter
Crawford.

HANNAH CLAYTON 1825:11/21/1825
To my legal heirs (not named). Exrs: Turner Clanton, James Burroughs. Wits: William
Collier, William Germany.

EDMOND R. COBB 11/4/1833:11/7/1835
Wife: Mary. Mother: Obedience D. Burch. Dau: Sarah Alberta. Exr: Uncle, John Cobb.
Wits: Obediah Morris, Elizabeth Kennedy, Hester Andrews.

THOMAS COBB 4/9/1831:6/3/1833
To heirs of my ch, "I have outlived them all." (112 years. old). Grdau: Rowena Payne and
her husband. Ch of my grson, Thomas Benning. Gr grdau: Sarah Luke, dau. of WIlliam
and Patsy Luke. Gr grsons: Thomas and Joseph Cobb, ch of Thomas W. Cobb, decd.
Grdau Sarah C. Lamar and her husband, Peter. Exrs: Peter Lamar, William Payne. Wits:
William Dozier, John Benning, William Wright.
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JOHN COCHRAN 1/13/1837:5/9/1837
Wife: Mary, extrx. Dau: Louisa M. Beall, wife of Willam Beall. Son: William B. Wits:
George McGruder, John Day, William Colvard.

SARAH COLE 11/24/1822:12/31/1829
Daus: Harriet, Ally, Hester. Sons: Stephen, John. Grson: William Cole. Exr: Stephen
Cole. Wits: William Jay, John Cartledge.

MARTHA COLLIER, pvd 5/2/1835.
Dau: Anne Rawls, wife of William. Sons: Joseph, William Goroum, Higdon R., exrs. To:
J. P. Marshall. Wits: Samuel Crump, Humphrey Evans, John Eubanks.

JOSEPH COOPER 3/25/1827:4/21/1828
Dau: Mary Clifton. Sons: Claiborne, Algernon. Grch: Robert Washington Cooper, Mary
Ann Matilda Cooper, Martha Marin Cooper, David Francis Summerfield Cooper and heirs
of he and his wife, Frances A. David, gdn of his ch. Exrs: Claiborne Cooper, Thomas
Bowdre. Wits: I. Barnes, H. Washington Persons, Edward Jones.

JANE CRABB 1/9/1823:5/1823
Estate of 1st husband, John Stapler, division among ch. To: Elizabeth Loveless Stapler,
relict of James, Elizabeth Ray and her ch, John Stapler, son of Elizabeth, Nancy Stapler
Sutton, wife of Booker Sutton, John Stapler and ch, William, James, John and Martha
Stapler. Exrs: Booker Sutton, James Lovelace. Wits: Allen Lovelace, Thomas Moncrief.

PETER CRAWFORD 7/4/1830:12/6/1830
Wife: Mary Ann. Daus: Elizabeth W., William W. Sons: Charles A., Thomas, George W.,
William A. Son in law: William F. Jackson and wife, Harriett. To: William H. Torrence
and wife, Jane. Exrs: Charles George, William Crawford, WIlliam Jackson. Wits: Leonard
Smith, William Crawford, William Underwood, John Cliett.

ROBERT CRAWFORD 9/30/1820:2/18/1823
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Ann, Polly Walker. Sons: David, Joel, Edward M., Charles A., W.
H. and Nathan. Wits: William Wilkinson, J. A. Smith, William F. Wilkins.

PATRICK JEFFERSON CULBREATH, pvd 9/16/1829, nuncupative LWT
Testimony of Allen Kimball. "To my mother, James Gartrell, brothers, Thomas and John
Culbreath.

ELIZABETH DANNELLY 11/18/1821:4/1/1822
Dau: Elizabeth Prather. To: Mary Prather, dau. of Edward, Nancy Prather, Margaret
Shaw, Nancy Carroll, Mary McNears, Jincey Fudge. Exrs: William Carroll, James
Culbreath. Wits: James and Lewis Culbreath, Ephraim Whittington.


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JEREMIAH DARBY 11/23/1834:3/5/1835
Daus: Frances Skinner, Elizabeth and Adeline Roberts. Son: Augustus, exr. Stepson:
James R. Cook. Wife: Frances. Sons in law: Thomas Skinner, James Roberts. Wits:
Marshall Keith G. Whitfield, Henry Smith.

CLEMENTIUS DAVIS 10/25/1820:12/12/1820
Heirs: Hillard Phillips and wife, Nancy, Susannah Flournoy, wife of Marcus, Jefferson Co.,
Tabitha Bealle, Richmond Co., Malinda and Robert Hodges, Robert Harris. Exrs: James
Burroughs, William Fuller, Marshall Keith. Wits: Ann Davis, Charlotte Fleetwood.

JOHN DAVIS 4/8/1823:11/29/1826
Wife: Sarah. Daus: Sarah Ivey, Elizabeth Jones, Keziah Knight. Sons: John, Benjamin,
Hezekiah, Reuben, Nathaniel, Abram, Joseph. Ch of Rebecca Durham. Exrs: Billington
Sanders, William Gunby. Wits: Thomas Dooly, Robert Jones, James Price.

MARK PRICE DAVIS, Merchant, 2/24/1829:5/11/1829
Wife: Mary. Sons: John Wesley, Oliver H. Perry, G. Capers, Taylor Price. Daus:
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Ann, Martha, Lacey Jane, Sally Price Linn, Polly Price Holliman.
Son in law: William Linn, David Holliman. (Ch used Price surname). Wits: Benjamin
Watkins, Edward Dorsey, Allen Scott.

STEPHEN DAY 2/15/1821:12/9/1825
Wife: Peggy. Sons: Stephen, Jonathan, John, Joseph. Sons in law: Thomas Kendrick, John
Kendrick. Grson: Jonathan and Hezekiah Kendrick. Exrs: Sons, Stephen, Jonathan and
John. Wits: Solomon Hoge, Berry Olive, John Harris.

GEORGE DENT 4/2/1822:51823
Daus: Matilda, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Mary Harrison. Son: Hutchison. Exrs: Jeremiah
Darby, Zachariah Garnett, Sterling Foster.

GEORGE COLUMBUS DENT 5/6/1814:5/3/1815
Bro: James. Sis: Sarah M. Tindall and her ch. To: Daphne Hornsby and her heirs. Exrs:
Bro., James and cousin, John Dent. Wits: Samuel Wilson, William Glascock, Isaac
Anthony.

NEAL DOUGHERTY 2/7/1824:10/12/1825
Daus: Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Eleanor, Martha Hutchinson. Exrs: Patrick Dougherty,
Thomas Hamilton. Wits: Patrick Dougherty, Daniel Morris, Andrew Harkons.



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PATRICK DOUGHERTY 10/12/1839:5/20/1843
Wife: Ann D. Daus: Sarah Briscoe, Elizabeth Briscoe, Catherine Jones, wife of Archibald
and her son, William Dougherty Jones. Grson: Patrick Briscoe. Sons: James, John.
Son in law: Ralph Briscoe, husband of Sarah. Exrs: James, John and William D. Jones,
sons in law, John and Ralph Briscoe. Wits: Green Dozier, John Dozier, Thomas Dawson.

JOHN DOZIER 9/18/1834:5/6/1835
Daus: Martha Tucker Bealle, Frances Fuller, Fidelia Jane Dozier, Betsy Thrower
Quisenberry. Sons: Green Jones, John Wilson, William, James, Marcus Julius Cicero,
Richard Talley, John Appling. Grdaus: Mary Ann Ryan, dau. of Haynes, Ann Quisenberry,
dau. of Betsy and James, Frances Nantz. Grson: John Dozier Gibson. Son in law: James
Quisenberry. Exrs: William and James T. Dozier. Wits: Thomas Dozier, Thomas Dryer,
Alpheus Fuller.

WINNIFRED DUNN 11/6/1836:12/24/1836
Dau: Elizabeth Kinnebrew. Sons: Gatewood S., Walter M., William Harrison, Alfred.
Grch: Ch of Elizabeth Kennebrew. Exr: William S. Dunn. Wits: James Toole, John Dunn,
A. Y. Marshall.

HARRIETT EDES 4/21/1842:9/22/1842
Heirs: William Glendinning of Augusta, Ga., exr and tr for son, Daniel. Wits: T. H.
Thompkins, Elizabeth McGar, Augusta Cocke.

JAMES EMBREE 10/27/1825:6/15/1826
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Nancy Martin, Mary Embree, Elizabeth Alford. Son: Perryman.
Grson: John Martin. Bro in law: Sullivan Harrison. Exrs: Son, Perryman Embree and
Sullivan Harrison. Wits: Adam Jones, George Davis, Thomas White.

WILLIAM EUBANKS 10/25/1821:11/17/1821
Ch: William D., Susan Love. 11 grch: Ch of Susan Lovell. Exrs: Son, William Eubanks,
Samuel Crump. Wits: Richard Eubanks, Charles Jordan, Elvira Jordan.

WILLIAM EVANS 4/2/1826:10/20/1826
Heir: Friend, John Avary. Wife: Ann. Daus: Elizabeth, Phoebe. Exr: John Avary. Wits:
William B. Luke, Joseph Germany.

JOHN A. FLEMING 9/9/1821:11/16/1821
Wife and ch, Sarah Elender. Exrs: Stephen Hoge, Gazaway Davis. Wits: Mark Shipp,
Silas Macham, Jason Gardiner.



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MARY FLEMING 8/23/1835:9/8/1835
Daus: Priscilla Ramsey, Agnes Davis. Sons: Edward Hassell, James, Joel. Grdau: Mary
Agnes Fleming, dau. of Joel. My grave and that of decd son, Laird, to be entombed. Exrs:
Edward Hassell, James Fleming. Wits: Francis, Uriah and James Blanchard, Jr.

JOSHUA FULLER 2/12/1821:
Wife: Keziah. Ch: Ruth, Keziah, Sarah, Joshua, Edmond. To: Daniel and Lovick Pierce
McDonald. Exrs: Keziah Fuller, Edmond Fuller. Wits: Elias Baggett, Rhesa Jones,
Rebecca Gray.

REBECCA GARNETT 6/15/1820:1/10/1842
Sons: Thomas, John. Daus: Elizabeth Perres, Nellie Lovelace. Grdau: Susan Perres. Exrs:
Thomas and John Garnett. Wits: Archer Avary, William Evans, Joseph Owens.

ELIZABETH GARTRELL 4/12/1826:11/28/1826
Ch: Jannet W., James Madison, Horatio. Exrs: Son, Horatio Gartrell, John Barnes. Wits:
William Stapler, William Ray, Alfred Sturgis.

JOHN GERMANY 7/25/1822:2/12/1823
Wife: Eleanor and ch not yet born. Ch: James, William, Robert, Raymond, Sarah, Elizabeth.
James to receive from decd Uncle, Raymond Burroughs. Exr: Son, James Germany,
friend, James Burroughs, Arthur Foster. Wits: William Sanders, Arthur Foster, Robert
Jelks.

BENJAMIN GIBSON 11/10/1827:1/5/1829
Wife: Mary, and "ch in esse". Stepdau: Harriett Bealle. Stepsons: Thomas and Robert
Bealle (Mary's ch by previous marriage). Exr: Wife, Mary. Wits: Gazaway Davis, Joseph
Blunt, Arthur Foster.

MISS CHLOE GRAVES 9/4/1820:1820
Sis: Elizabeth Ferrell. Bro: George Graves' ch. Bro: Dr. Graves' ch. Nieces: Mary Ann
Penn, Cassandra Payne. Exrs: Peter Crawford, John T. Allen. Wits: J. T. Allen, Deborah
Lazenby, Nancy Ferrell.

JOHN GRIFFIN 8/25/1822:12/15/1822
Wife: Nancy, extrx and father, Jeremiah Griffin, and bro., Richard. Wits: Silas Mote,
Williamson Bird, Richard Halliday.

THOMAS GRIFFIN 8/25/1822:12/15/1822
Wife: Nancy, extrx. Wits: James Yarborough, William Beall.


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WILLIAM GUNBY 10/14/1831:9/16/1832
Wife: Mary. Daus: Frances, Rachel, Susannah, Nancy Stanford, wife of Jonathan. Sons:
George, Robert. Grch: Sarah Elizabeth Tracey; William, Mary and Elizabeth Fleming, ch
of dau., Elizabeth Fleming; Laura Hines. Exrs: George and Robert Gunby, Robert L.
Harris. Wits: Washington Pierson, Reuben Reynolds, Jane Reynolds.

GEORGE HARDWICK 11/15/1838:181839
Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: William W. of Russell Co., Ala., Charles A. of Russell Co., Ala.,
George, Julia C. Miller, wife of Thomas, Martha Ann, Louisa Virginia, Georgeanna
Hardwick. Exr: William W. Hardwick. Wits: William Jones, Thomas Dawson, Ann
Dawson. Codicil: Georgeanna having died since making LWT. Her share to go to my
wife, Elizabeth, and three infant ch: george, Martha Ann and Louisa Virginia.

ELIZABETH HARRISON 3/2/1827:5/11/1829
Ch: Betsy Embree, Benjamin Shepherd, James Harrison. Grdaus: Polly Cook Alford,
Henrietta Harrison, Betsy Rains Harrison, Polly King Embree, Nancy Martin. Grsons:
Perryman H. Embree, Sullivan Harrison. Grch: Terryl Cook Harrison's ch, viz: Thomas,
Richard, Sarah Ann. Gr son in law: John Smith. Exrs: Grson, Sullivan Harrison. Wits:
Billington Sanders, Charles Wilkerson, Cynthia Sanders.

JAMES HARRISON 11/30/1820:5/1820
Mother: Elizabeth Harrison. Bros: Richard, Perryman, Teryll C. Nieces: Nancy Embree,
Polly N. Embree. Nephews: Allen Jones, Sullivan Harrison. Bro in law: John Embree.
Exrs: John Embree, Terryll Harrison. Wits: John Howard, James Powers, Mark Price
Davis.

RICHARD B. HARRISON 11/4/1822:12/14/1822
Bros: Perryman, Tyrell C. Nephews: Perryman H. Embree, Richard H. Jones, Sullivan
Harrison and Tyrell, son of Benjamin S. Niece: Nancy Martin, share of estate of bro.,
Dinwiddie B. Harrison, decd. Mother: Betsy Harrison. Friends: John Embree, Thomas
White. Friend: Charles Wilkerson. Exrs: Perryman Embree, Richard Jones. Wit: Thomas
White.

JURIAH HARRIS, no date (died 12/1868, aged 84)
Daus: Mary Ann C. D'Antignac, Louisa V. Dugas. Sons: Robert Y., James M., Juriah.
Grdau: Elizabeth Morris Phinizy. Grch: Sally Casey, Juriah Harris Casey. Ch of decd dau.,
Elizabeth Morris Phinizy. Grch: Sally Casey, Juriah Harris Casey. Ch of decd dau.,
Caroline, viz: Philoclia C., Fanny B. C., Mary Lou, Caroline K. Casey, in tr with Dr.
Henry R. Casey. Wife (not named). Exr: Son, James Harris. Wits: C. H. Shockley, L. A.
Luke, George W. Toole.


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PEYTON HAWES 8/29/1833:11/21/1833
Wife: Artimissa. Daus: Mary Ann, Elmira, Harriet, wife of Seaborn Moseley, Elizabeth,
wife of Peyton Norman. Sonds: Moseley Peyton, William Lafayette, Samuel Thomas,
Ellington C. Cody. Exrs: John Cartledge, William Dunn, Seaborn Moseley. Wits: Robert
Henry, William Haws, William Jarrett, Reuben Beaver.

ARCHIBALD HEGGIE 6/1839:2/6/1840
Wife: Martha. Dau: Mary Emily McGruder, wife of George. Grdau: Mary, dau. of Mary
Emily and George McGruder. Sons: Isaac Newton, James Lawrence, Mather Elliot. Exr:
Isaac Newton Heggie. Wits: Richard Jones, Walter Jones, Richard Harrison.

LUCY HUNT 12/22/1842:261843
Grdau: Susan Benton. Decd dau: Penelope Appling. Grdaus: Susan W. Williams, Mariah
Louise Benton. Ch of Lucy Benton, decd. Grdau: Lucy Elizabeth Williams, Grsons:
Joseph Prescott Williams, William Minor Williams. Exrs: Friends, Ebenezer Williams,
John Larkin, Gabriel Jones. Wits: John Lamkin, John Smith, Alba Ann Anderson.

ADAM IVEY 9/26/1827:9/7/1829
Wife: Mollie. Daus: Sally, Elizer, Elizabeth, Lucy Adams. Grson: George Adams. Sons:
Henry, Seaborn, Samuel, Mike. Exrs: Elias and Joel Wilson. Wits: Elias Wilson, Joel
Wilson, Thomas Coram.

CATHERINE JENNINGS 7/9/1822:7/12/1822
Dau: Jane Evans. Sister: Rebecca Foster. Friend: James Lamkin. To: Washington
Jennings. Gr grson: Augustus Lamkin, minor. Exrs: James Lamkin, Archery Avery.

JOHN JOHNS of King and Queen Co., VA 11/14/1804:1/9/1805
Wife: Nancy. Sons: WIlliam, John. Exr: William Jones of Ga., William Bates of Va. Wits:
Dan Ritchy, Major and Richard Eubanks.

THOMAS JOHNSTON 1/3/1822:427/1825
Wife: Winnifred. Sons: Thomas, John, Frederick, Green B. Exrs: Green B. Johnston,
Daniel Vaughn. Wits: Frederick Brown, Samuel Holliman, David Holliman.

ABRAHAM P. JONES 12/23/1830:3/31/1831
Daus: Nancy SHields, Rebecca Veal, Susannah Stanford. rson: James C. Ansley, son of
decd dau., Elizabeth Ansley. William Dennis, son of decd dau., Frances Dennis, and
Abraham Shields, son of dau., Sally Shields. Sons in law: James and John SHields. Sons:
James and William Jones. Exrs: James and John Shields. Wits: Robert McCorkle, Felix
Prior, Robert Faucett.

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ADAM JONES 10/15/1826:4/9/1827
Daus: Sarah Ann, Palatiah Dooly, Martha Gibson, Polly M. Bealle. Sons: Richard H. and
Thomas Walker Jones. Grdau: Judith Gibson. Grsons: Wiley P. Jones, Minor Richard
Jones, sons of decd son, Allen. Dau in law: Sarah Walker, widow of Wiley K. Jones.
Exrs: Thomas Dooly, Richard Jones. Wits: H. C. Smithson, Thomas Ivey, Mark Price
Davis.

JOHN JONES 4/15/1822:10/12/1825
Daus: Ann, wife of Thomas Willingham, Sarah, wife of Isaac Willingham. Sons: WIlliam,
Cornelius. Grson: Samuel Hawes, Granville, Augustus, Williamson and Ellington Jones.
Grdaus: Harriett and Elizabeth Hawes. Exrs: Son, COrnelius, sons in law, Thomas and
Isaac Willingham. Wits: John Willingham, Patrick Daugherty.

JUDITH JONES, widow of William Jones, 9/15/1826:4/9/1827
Daus: Jane Flint, Casia Ford. Sons: Edward, Walter. Exr: Son, Walter Jones. Wits: Peter
Knox, Eli Kindrick, D. G. Pugh.

OBEDIENCE JONES 4/30/1841:3/1843
Dau: Polly, extrx. Wits: Thomas Dawson, Cornelius Collins, Isabella Collins.

WILLIAM JONES 6/8/1832:8/6/1834
Ch: Napoleon (place in firm of William Jones and William Harper, Columbus, Ga.),
George ,William, Henry., Nancy Mann, John, James. Wife: Elcy. To: Caroline, Robert,
Virginius, Augustus, Mary and Edwin Wyatt Jones. Exr: George Tankersley. Wits: Archer
Avery, James Pace, John Reed.

WILLIAM JONES 10/28/1824:4/29/1825
Daus: Lucy, Penelope Appling, Susannah Williamson, Mariah Benton. Exrs: Wife, Lucy
and Nelson Benton. Wits: William Wilkins, Charles Beard, William Crawford, Peter
Crawford, G. Jones.

WILLIAM JONES 1/20/1842:3/10/1842, nuncupative LWT
Wits: Shadrack Gibson, William S. Jones, Thomas Dawson, called to house of Capt.
William Jones on 1/17/1842, (died hour after making LWT) who named as heirs, ch:
Walter, Judith, Mary Barron, Eugenia, Isaac, William S., Edward H. Wife: Mary. Wits:
Shadrack Gibson, William S. Jones, Thomas Dawson. Exrs: Wife and son, Isaac Jones.

LUCY LAMAR 5/16/1811:12/15/1822
Daus: Lucy Hill, Martha Lamar. Sons: John, Harmony. Exrs: Son, and son in law, Reuben
Hill. Wits: E. D. Appling, Ann Dorsett, A. Crawford.


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JOHN LANGSTON 9/15/1820:11/17/1820
Wife: Rebecca. Daus: Mary Wilson, Martha Shanklin. Sons: James, John, Isaac, Elvy.
Exrs: Wife, Rebecca and son, John Langston. Wits: R. Lazenby, William Stanford,
Michael Flynn.

DEBORAH LAZENBY, living near Village of Appling, where father, Elias, lived for so
many years, 5/23/1842:11/17/1845
Sisters: Martha Larkin (who m. Joseph Larkin, reported as dead) and her ch, viz: Martha
Ann, John Elias, Sarah Ann Deborah and George Erby. Extrx: Martha Larkin. Wits:
Robert Martin, Peyton Martin, Frances Martin.

BENJAMIN LEIGH 9/16/1826:3/1/1830
Wife: Mary. Sons: Benjamin, Walter. Nephew: Anselm B. Leigh and his ch. Benjamin
Leigh Hicks, son of nephew, James Hicks. Exrs: Wife and nephew, Anselm Leigh, William
Drane, Sr. Wits: Isaac Bowen, John Moncrief, Charity Moncrief.

MARY LEIGH, widow of Benjamin Leigh, 7/7/1832:8/8/1837
Niece: Berlinda Magruder, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel. Nephews:
Thomas Magruder, Benjamin Drane. Exrs: Nephews, Thomas Magruder, Benjamin Drane.
Wits: Jefferson Cochran, Mary Cochran, James Burnside.

ROBERT LESLIE 2/27/1811:5/7/1827
Sis: Sarah Leslie. Nephew: Spencer Kelly, son of Rebecca Leslie. Extrx: Sarah Leslie.
Wits: Benjamin Ricketson, Rebecca Leslie, Huldah Ricketson.

JOHN LIGON 2/26/1820:11/26/1820
To my mother. Bros: Francis, Seth, Littleberry. Sis: Ann Crawford. Exr: Juriah Harris.
Wits: James Smith, Robert Carey, A. Crawford.

JANNETTE LOVELACE 3/11/1826:1832
Heirs: Green Dozier and wife, Constantia Hunt Dozier. To: Henry Hunt. Exrs: Green
Dozier, Henry Hunt. Wits: Alfred Sturgis, Richard Dozier.

ELIZABETH LUKE 5/24/1824:12/1848
Grdau: Sarah, dau. of William Luke, decd. Dau: Elizabeth Lamkin, wife of James To:
Turner Clanton and her ch. Exrs: Nephew, James Luke and son in law, Turner Clanton.
Wits: John Pullen, James Heggie, Michael Reed. Codicil: Property I have left to Sarah
Luke, now Harris, wife of James Luke, to be left to Turner Clanton, as trustee, 11/1/1848.



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REUBEN LUKE 3/14/1837:5/9/1837
Ch: Griffin, James, Mary Ann, Jane Chappelier, Elizabeth Thompson, Grace Malinda
Peak, Malinda Powell. Exrs: Nephew, William B. Luke, James Luke. Wits: James Reed,
John Tillery.

JOHN LYNN 10/22/1838:7/3/1839
Wife: Mary. Ch: Malvina, William, Ayres. Exr: William Lynn. Wits: James Shields, James
S. Shields, Joel Dorsey.

JOHN LYONS, pvd 7/10/1821
Wife: Fanny. Son: Andrew, and other minor ch. Exrs: Wife and son, Andrew. Wits: James
Toole, Samuel Crump.

WILLIAM McCAR 3/18/1831:8/6/1834
Wife: Elizabeth. Son: John.. Friend: Benjamin Warren. Exrs: John McCar, Benjamin
Warren. Wits: Lewis Ellizay, Nicholas Long, Charles Easter.

DANIEL McGEHEE 5/21/1802:5/26/1802
Wife: Jane. Daus: Jincey, Nancy, Catherine Urquhart. Sons: William, Archibald, Nathan.
Exrs: Wife, Jane and John Catlett. Wits: John Catlett, John Garrett, Herbert Dunevant.

ARCHIBALD McGRUDER 3/22/1837:5/8/1839
Nephew: Archibald McGruder. Sons and daus of: brothers, George, Zaddock and John,
and sisters, Sarah Olive, Nelly Wynne. Exr: Nephew, Archibald McGruder. Wits:
Alexander Beall, Douglas Adams, Stephen Drane.

GEORGE McGRUDER 7/21/1836:9/7/1836
Wife: Susannah. Daus: Sarah Ann, Asenith, Emma, Thirza Slaughter, Mary Battey. Sons:
Cephas Baley McGruder, James T., Joseph Alva, George, Archibald, Grson: George M.
Barney, son of Mary. Exr: George W. McGruder. Wits: A. L. Zachry, Brittain Bosworth,
Thirza Slaughter.

WILLIAM McGRUDER, SR. 2/24/1838:7/3/1838
Wife: Mary. Daus: Lucy Cassells, Ellen, Harriett Heard. Sons: Samuel, Benjamin,Thomas,
William. Abraham Augustus Heard, husband of Harriett Heard. Exrs: wife, Lucy, and son,
Samuel. Wits: William Drane, Benjamin Drane, Sarah Drane.

JOHN MARSHALL, pvd 4/5/1809
Daus: Mariam Morris, Sarah Jones, Elizabeth, Eunice. Exrs: Thomas Jones, G. Morris.
Wits: S., Samuel and Joseph Marshall, Jr.


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JOSEPH MARSHALL, JR. 8/21/1817:11/1/1817
Wife: Sarah. Ch: Sarah Frances, Peter. Exrs: Wife, Sarah, Dr. Nathan Crawford, Levi
Marshall (when of age). Wits: James Cartledge, Jr., Joseph Cartledge, Sr., John Reed.

ZACCHEUS MARSHALL 12/24/1812:9/5/1821
Wife and dau. (not named). Sons: Samuel, Elbert, Daniel. Exrs: Bros., Abram and Joseph.
Wits: Ann Marshall, Thomas Jones, Stephen Beard.

FRANCES MERIWETHER 9/16/1824:11/12/1824
Heirs: Jane Boon, Malinda Mimms, Thomas, Robert and William Meriwether. Exr:
William Meriwether. Wits: William Hanson, William Payne, Joseph Germany.

RICHARD MERIWETHER 8/29/1823:10/12/1825
Sis: Mary White. Nephews: Thomas, William and Robert Meriwether. Nieces: Jane Boon,
Malinda L. Benning, Malinda Mimms, Frances Meriwether. Bro in law: Pleasant M.
Benning. Exrs: Wife and Pleasant Benning. Wits: Thomas Benning, Joseph Owen,
Fountain Thompson.

JOHN MOORE 7/11/1823:1/5/1829
Wife: Sarah. Dau: Elizabeth Lazenby. Son: John B. Son in law: William Lawrence.
Dau in law: Winnifred, widow of William. Exr: John Moore. Wits: Beverly Spivey, Joel
Wilson, Tilmon Ansley.

WILLIAM MURRAY 9/8/1828:4/3/1835
Wife: Mary G. Dau: Elmira Jones Harden. Minor ch not named. Exrs Son in law, William
Harden and Billington Sanders. Wits: James Cartledge, James Hamilton, William
Crawford, William Adams, Laird Fleming, David Cooper.

JOHN OLIVE 4/23/1836:1/18/1837
Daus: Mary M., Evaline F., Ann B. Anderson, Martha S. Miller, Louisa E. Sons: Young
B., Fabius J., exrs. Wits: Dancy Adams, Guilford Bunting, Henry Adams.

JOSEPH OWENS, pvd 11/11/1837
Heir: John J. P. Evans. Exr: Humphrey Evans. Wits: Samuel Crump, Joseph Toole, Jr.,
Alexa Pearre.

DREDZIL PACE 10/23/1820:4/1/1822
Wife: Susannah. Sons: Thomas, Dredzil. Grsons: James, son of Dredzil, Robert, son of
THomas. Exrs: Wife, Susannah, sons, Thomas and Dredzil Pace and Peter Crawford.
Wits: Edmond Roberts, David Irby, Mary Shackleford.


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DREDZIL PACE 4/13/1823:4/19/1824
Wife: Alsey. Daus: Susan Pollard Pace, Lavinia Tarrent Pace. Son: James Miles Pace.
Exrs: Wife, James Blanchard, George Tankersley, J. W. Hanson. Wits: James Luke,
William Willingham, William B. Luke.

MARTHA M. PACE 10/14/1838:11/14/1838
Mother: Obedience Burch. Dau: Martha D. Sisters: Susan Amanda Milton, wife of John,
Elizabeth Cobb Kennedy. Exrs: Obedience Burch and Abner Robertson. Wits: William A.
L. Collins, John A. Stapler, Nancy Upton.

NATHANIEL PALMER 5/8/1827:4/21/1828
Wife: Hannah. Daus: Lydia Curttine?, Mary Burrage, Milly Fitzgerald, Jabel Rowland.
Sons: Willis, Edmond, William, Isaac. Wits: T. Palmer, William Palmer, William Prescott.

AARON PARKES 7/25/1821:3/7/1830
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Mary Ryan Parkes, Nancy Wiley. Sons: John, Aaron Haley. Exrs:
Jeremiah Rees, Thomas Dooly, Thomas White. Wits: Gazaway Martin, John Jones, James
Cooper.

ELIZABETH PARKS 3/16/1830:7/10/1830
Dau: Polly Sanders. Sons by previous marriage: Dorsey and Burton Ryal of Ohio. Friend:
Wiley Wiley, Sr., exr. Wits: F. J. Allen, William Dozier, William B. Crawford.

JOHN PARKS 8/30/1827:11/27/1828
Wife: Amy. Daus: Sara, Phoebe, Patsy Kendrick, wife of Sylvanus K. Sons: John, William,
Lewis, Richard, Gabriel. Exrs: Sons, William, Lewis and Gabriel. Wits: Frances Allen, R.
J. Stark.

JOHN PARKS 2/6/1811:5/1823
Sis: Nancy Parks. Old grandmother: Sarah Moore. Exrs: Adam Scott, Mark Davis. Wits:
William Baldwin, Silas Mote, William Scott, Jr.

WILLIAM PAYNE 4/15/1831:7/4/1831
Wife: Rowenna. Grdau of Thomas Cobb., Rev. soldier. Ch of sister, Nancy Johnston.
Exrs: John Gray, Alexander Pearre, Pleasant Benning, and Rowenna Payne. Wits: Joseph
Owens, Humphrey Evans, John Reed.

JONATHAN PEARRE 9/25/1832:11/8/1832
Wife: Mary. Ch: Penelope, Nancy, Martha, James W. Grch: Ch of decd dau., Elizabeth
Murphy. Exrs: Wife, Mary and friend, John Lamar. Wits: M. A. Wellbourn, J. M.
Wellbourn, J. D. Marshall.

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JOHN PERRY 6/9/1835:1/18/1836
Wife: Mary. Ch: Frances, Augustus Rush, John Calvin. Exrs: Wife, Mary and bro., Bird
Perry. Wits: John Gibson, John Porter, Henry Massengale.

HENRY RADFORD 9/4/1841:1/26/1849
Wife: Mary, extrx. Daus: Teletha, wife of James Frazier, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary,
Sophroniz, Jane, Elizabeth. Wits: John Megahee, William Carroll, E. Smith.

ELIZABETH RAGAN 2/5/1836:11/12/1841
Ch of decd elfest son, Joseph Griffin. Heirs of son, John riffin. Four daus of last husband:
Nathaniel Ragan. Otjer cj: Mary Leverett, Elizabeth Paxton, Sarah Bush, Jeremiah Griffin.
Dau in law: Eunice Griffin, wife of Jeremiah. Exr: Jeremiah Griffin. Wits: C. Brooks,
Edmond Hicks, W. A. Baldwin.

ROBERT RANDOLPH 2/9/1831:6/15/183
Heir: Peter Randolph, nephew, Judge in Miss. Exrs: Nathan Crawford, Juriah Harriss.
Wits: E. D. Appling, William Bell, Allen Kimball.

ANN REED 1/1/1821:3/9/1821
Dau: Nancy Macormac, extrx. Grson: Cade Macormac. Daus: Elizabeth Kilgore, Aisley
Mays. Wits: Ann Lamkin, Nicholas White, Archer Avery.

HUGH REESE 11/13/1823:6/14/1826
Wife: Elizabeth Newsome Reese. Daus: Thirza Duckworth, Dorcas Burkhalter, Mary
Burkhalter, Sarah Holliman, Nancy Reese. Sons: Brittain, Vincent, Benjamin, Hugh,
William, Moses, Jeremiah, Edmond Averitt..Ch of decd dau., Elizabeth Brooks. Exrs:
Son in law: Henry Scott and Tillington Sanders. Wits: B. M. Sanders, John Reese,
Benjamin Adams.

JOHN REEVES 9/16/1833:11/25/1833
Wife: Allethea. Daus: Susan Baggett, Sarah Inglett, Rebecca Harden. Sons: John,
Thomas. Son in law: James Harden. Grdau: Nancy Harden. Grson: Thomas Harden. Exrs:
Thomas Reeves, James Harden. Wits: William Motherwell, William Drane, Stephen
Drane.

MATTHEW REVILLE 4/7/1840:8/2/1840
Wife: Martha. Daus: Sarah R., Mary Baker. Sons: Claiborne, Alfred. Sons in law: James
Washington. Heirs of William Palmer, decd. Exr: Son, Claiborne. Wits: Jesse Evans,
Benjamin Adams, Charles Reeves.


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ROSANNA RICHARDSON 8/8/1830:4/6/1835
Three grch: John M. H. Hawes, Edward W. P. Hawes, Sarah Ann Hawes. Exrs: James
Burroughs, Arthur Foster. Wits: Elizabeth West, Tilgman Jelks, Arthur Foster.

HARWOOD ROBERTS 1/21/1824:4/20/1824
Son: Edmond, exr. Son in law: John L. Bealle. Wits: Charles Bealle, William Maddox,
Arthur Foster.

JOHN ROBERTS 1/8/1817:11/18/1821
Wife: Judah. Daus: Alicey Roberts, Sally Atkinson, Polly Parish. Sons: Nowell, William
Abner, David, George. Younger ch: Teresa, Ivy, Hiley, Rhody. Exrs: Wife, Judah, Robert
Davis. Wits: Edward Roberts, Lucrecy Davis, Thomas Willingham, Josiah Roberts,
William Davis.

JAMES ROSS 12/17/1819:9/5/1821
Wife: Sally. Edward Ross' three daus: Polly, Sally, Betsy. Wife's grdau: Sarah Ann Binion.
Friends: William Wiley Harden, Benjamin Franklin Gerald, son of James and Nancy
Gerald, dau. of James Gerald. Nephew: William Arrington Bugg. Niece: Grace Rowell (or
Powell). Exrs: William Wiley Harden, William Barnett. Wits: Robert McCorkle, Elizabeth
Miller, George Burbridge.

ELIJAH RUSSELL 8/10/1824:11/8/1824
Wife: Rebecca. Dau: Martha Yarborough Russell. Sis: Elizabeth Russell. Exrs: William
Yarborough, Peter Crawford. Wits: Mary Smith, William L. Crawford, William
Underwood, E. M. Crawford.

ELIZABETH RUSSELL, pvd 1/10/1827, nuncupative LWT
Died at home of Rebecca Russell. Estate to be divided between Harriett, dau. of Isaac
Russell and Patsy, dau. of Elijah Russell. Wits: Sarah Smith, R. Russell, John Cliatt.

REUBEN SANDERS 1/3/1842:1/10/1842
Wife: Frances. Daus: Lucinda McCord, Sophia Tankersley, Julianna Welbourn, Caroline
Sanders. Sons: Thomas, Green J., Augustus M. and William. Grch: Heirs of decd dau.,
Nancy Murphy, viz: John, America. Son in law: John Murphy. To: Augustus, Frances and
William Clark. Exrs: Sons, Thomas and William. Wits: Thomas Joy, Wiley Holmes,
Thomas Seay.

WILLIAM SCOTT, SR. 11/6/1826:11/24/1826
Wife: Deborah. Daus: Nancy Parham and her ch, Sally Parham, Elijah Parham. Sons:
William, Henry. Sons in law: Robert Parham, Elijah Parham, James Jones. Exrs: Sons,
William, Henry. Wits: David Holliman, Elisha Holliman, Thomas White.

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THOMAS SEARGENT 11/27/1832:1/8/1833
Wife: Amanda. Mother and stepfather: Sarah and John Roberts. Nephew: THomas H. S.
Bacon. Exrs: Wife, Amanda and James Burroughs. Wits: Elizabeth SHumate, M. Keith, J.
Darby.

JAMES SHAW 5/30/1827:4/21/1828
Wife: Mary. Daus: Matilda B., Rachel, Ann M. Spiers, Emilia C., Louisa E. Collins. Exrs:
Harris Spiers, Albert Collins. Wits: Elijah Lashly, Joseph Phillips, John Bynum.

EDWARD SHORT 8/30/1821:11/23/1821
Wife: Elizabeth. Daus: Catherine, Sarah Powers, Ann Henrietta Harrison. Son: William.
Bro: William Short. Nieces: Charlotte, Susannah, Dorothy, ch of bro., William. Exrs:
Mark Price Davis, Billington Sanders. Wits: Martha Bull, George Faucett, Thomas
Somers.

MANN SIMMS 5/5/1822:3/12/1823
Wife: Margaret. Daus: Mary Ann, Susan Pullen. Sons: William, John, Horatio. Exrs: Wife,
sons, John and Horatio, Arthur Foster.

MARY SMITH 5/2/1815:5/1/1820
Grdau: Mary Ann, ch of son. Dau: Tabitha Prather. Exr: John Smith. Wits: sons, Hugh
and John Smith.

JOSHUA STANFORD 11/10/1836:12/24/1836
Wife: Louisa. Daus: Mariah Farr, Harriett Harris. Sons: Perry, Daniel, David, Japhthah.
Grdau: Virginia Clementine Stanford. Wits: Thomas M. Watson, J. H. Morris, John C.
Smith.

JOHN STAPLER 9/26/1822:12/13/1842
Wife: Elizabeth. Son: John A. Exrs: Wife and Nathaniel Collins. Wits: John Barnes, A. L.
Collins, William Gartrell, William Steed.

ALEXANDER STEVENSON 2/8/1833:11/4/1833
Son: William. Charles Reynolds, exr. My wife, Sally, having left my bed, and having
married another man while I am yet living. Wits: Thomas Newman, Nancy Reynolds.

ANDREW STURGIS 11/4/1822:12/14/1822
Wife: Nancy. Sons: Henry, Joseph, Alfred. Daus: Mary Perry, Nancy Thurmond, Maude,
Caroline, Margaritta. Exrs: Wife, Nancy and Watters Briscoe. Wits: J. Steed, Thomas
Thompson, William Gunby.


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JOHN SUTHERLAND 2/5/1827:7/5/1830
To: Nancy Hoge, dau. of my 2nd wife. "My last Hannah" and her ch. Daus: Elizabeth
West, Parmelia Anderson, Emily and Martha Ann Sutherland. Sons: James, William, John,
Peyton, R. M., Benjamin. Exrs: Wife, Hannah and William Wright. Wits: Jared Pounds,
Dancy Adams, James Cartledge, Jr.

BOOKER SUTTON 2/13/1839:5/8/1839
Wife: Ann, extrx. Daus: Mary Dorsey, wife of John M., Jane Sutherland, wife of James.
Sons: Booker B., John F. Wits: John Stapler, William A. L. Collins, Jesse Morris.

FRANCIS TAYLOR 7/13/1838:7/3/1839
Wife: Margaret, extrx. Friends and relatives: Eliel and Mariah Lockhart. Wits: Peter
Lamar, Seaborn Moseley, Welborn Davis.

WILLIAM THOMAS, planter, 9/6/1842:1/13/1843
Wife: Nancy. Ch: Thomas W., James M., Christopher, Elizabeth, George W., Ann W.
Exrs: George W. Crawford, Thomas W. Jones. Wits: James Burroughs, James BUrnside,
John Ward.

WILLIAM THOMPSON 12/29/1812:2/12/1823
Daus: Eleanor Lamkin, Lucy Jones, Ann, wife of Jeremiah Lamkin. Son: Leonard
Thompson. Grch: Talitha Lamkin, ch of dau., Ann Lamkin. Friend: James Lamkin. Exrs:
James and Jeremiah Lamkin.

PLEASANT TINDALL 6/11/1824:8/7/1824
Heirs of wife (Polly Hobbs). Wife: Elithea. Son: John. Others not named. Friend: William
Bealle. Exrs: Son, John and William Bealle. Wits: John Bostick, Allen Green, Alfred
Tindall.

BIRD BOOKER TINDALL 4/6/1824:10/20/1826
Wife: Nancy. Daus: Betsy Ann Bealle, Caroline Zachary, Nancy Griffin, Polly Bird
Tindall. Son: William Booker Tindall. Exrs: Wife and William Bealle. Wits: John Bostick,
George Tindall, A. L. Zachry.

NANCY TINDALL, widow of Bird Booker Tindall, 6/14/1832:11/6/1832
Son: William B. Daus: Caroline Zachry, Nancy Zachry. Grdau: Augustus Ann Gotchens.
Youngest ch of Betsy Bealle, decd. Grson: Virginius Burton. Exrs: William Tindall,
William Zachry, Thomas Burton. Wits: David Stanford, George McGruder, John Tindall.

JOHN TINSLEY 7/28/1822:5/21/1823
WIfe: Rebecca. Dau: Mary Frances. "ch in esse". Exr: Bro., William Tinsley and Matthew
Walton. Wits: Mary Cliatt, Lucy Tinsley, James Yarborough.
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ROBERT TUCKER 4/18/1820:4/9/1827
Wife: Matilda. Grch, heirs of decd dau., Eady Durden, formerly wife of Francis Durden.
Ch of dau., Nancy Durden. Grson: Robert Patterson, son of decd dau., Patience Patterson.
Exr: Isaac Watson. Wits: John G., William and Andrew McDonald.

JOHN TURNER, SR. 11/4/1820:4/18/1825
Wife: Patsy. Daus: Martha, Sarah Billingslea, Elizabeth M. Sons: Stephen, James L., John,
D. Coleman, William H. Grdau: Martha Rebecca Coleman. Exrs: Francis Billingslea,
son in law, and son, James L. Turner. Wits: Thomas White, John Park, Robert Johns.

WILLIAM UNDERWOOD 8/4/1831:9/13/1838
Sis: Nancy Underwood. If she dies, to go to Polly Jones, dau. of Obedience Jones. If she
died to Littleberry Underwood, son of Levi (bro.). Exrs: Polly Jones, Nicholas Pitts,
William Crawford. Wits: Milton Brown, William Cliatt, Alford Cliatt.

DAVID VINSON 10/25/1826:11/23/1833
Dau: Charlotte Johnson. r grdau: Elizabeth Watkins Newman, dau. of grdau., Sally, wife
of William Newman. Grdaus: Elizabeth Mitton, Sally Newman, Rebina Belcher, wife of
Collins H. Belcher. Grson: Green Gilpin. As I am gdn of ch of James Denham, decd, 1st
husband of grdau., Elizabeth Mitton, I ordered distribution of property. Exrs: Green
Gilpin, Peter Crawford. Wits: E. A. L. and J. M. Crawford, Mitton A. C. M. Brown.

JOHN WADE 11/5/1822:4/10/1826
Wife: Jerusia. Daus: Sarah, Camilla Banks, Rebecca Sebord. Sons: Solomon, Hampton,
Hiram, Meredith, James, Jesse. Exrs: Wife, Jerusia and Henry Gibson. Wits: Henry
Gibson, John Benson, Bushrod Petit, Joseph Fletcher.

DAVID WALKER 4/1/1831:5/2/1831
Wife: Mary. Daus: Martha, Frances Ann, Catherine Emma, Louisa Jane. Son: Elisha
Simms Walker. Son in law: William Colvard, Jr. Exrs: Wife, Mary, William Colvard,
George McGruder. Wits: William Crawford, William Drane, Daniel Stanford, Thomas
Colvard.

ELISHA WALKER 8/12/1822:12/5/1822
Wife: Sarah. Sons: David, George B., Elisha, Jr. Son in law: Redrick Lucious. Grch:
Elisha and Elizabeth, ch of decd dau., James C. Grdau: Elizabeth, ch of decd son, John.
Grdau: Susannah, dau. of Elisha, Jr. Son: David, tr for Elisha. Friend: Arthur Fort, tr for
Mrs. Daly. To: Patsy Simms. Exrs: Wife, son, David W. Walker, Arthur Foster, Collier
Foster.



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SARAH WALKER, nee Sarah Grinage, widow of William Walton, 7/30/1833:11/23/1833
Daus: Blanche Woods, Frances Cartledge. Son: Jesse. Grson: John W. Ramsey. Exr:
James Cartledge. Wits: Isaac Ramsey, George O'Neal, Hezekiah Baston.

PETER WATSON 8/11/1826:4/19/1828
Wife: Elizabeth. Son: Thomas. Stepdau: Louvenia Wade. Exrs: James Shields, William
Wiley. Wits: Robert McCorkle, James Shields, Abraham P. Jones.

ELIAS WELLBOURNE 7/5/1836:11/16/1836
Wife: Mary. Sons: James M., Marshall W. Daus: Lucy, Ruby and husband, William Davis;
Mary and her husband, James Fleming; Nancy and husband, Nathaniel Bailey; Martha and
husband, Walter Briscoe; Selina and husband, Theopolis Hill. Exr: Marshall W.
Wellbourne. Wits: Patrick Dougherty, James Pearre, N. Crawford.

NOTLEY WHITCOMB 3/15/ :12/12/1820
Wife: Rebecca. Sons: William (minor), Benjamin Notley, James Lawrence. Exrs: Friends,
Lindsey Coleman and Marshall Keith. Wits: George Dent, William Underwood.

WILLIAM WILKINS 4/5/1824:4/1824
Daus: Betsy Olive, Polly Turner, Charity Bynum. Son: William F. Grson: William
Maddox. Son in law: John Bynum. Exr: Son, William Wilkins. Wits: M. Verdery, S.
Crawford, George Jones.

WILLIAM WILKINS 9/20/1829:3/15/1830
Wife: Polly. Nephew: William Bynum Maddox. Testator was apptd admr of estate of his
father, William Wilkins. Exrs: Archer Avery, Gabriel Jones, Peter Crawford. Wits: David
Harris, William Lewis.

JAMES WILLSON 8/20/1819:11/18/1820
Wife: Mary. Daus: Rebecca, Elizabeth. Sons: John, Elias, Anderson, James, Madison,
David. Exrs: Nathan Willson, Robert Lazenby, David Willson, John Langston. Wits: John
Hannan, David Cooper, John Davis.

JONATHAN WOOD 12/27/1809:11/25/1821
Wife: (unnamed). Daus: Patsy, Elizabeth. Son: Jonathan, exr. Wits: William Thomas,
Joshua Pharoah, Decca Pharoah.

MARY JEMIMA WOOD 9/14/1825:7/31/1821
To: Ch of James Burroughs. Exrs: James Burroughs, Arthur Foster. Wits: Mr. Ashbrook,
Tilgman Jelks.


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JAMES WRIGHT 9/13/1820:8/15/1827
Wife: Sarah. Dau: Milly Dunn. Sons: William, John. Grch: sons and daus. of William
Wright. Exrs: wife, Sarah, and Henry Spaulding. Wits: Jeremiah Roberts, Henry Spalding,
John Wright.

JOHN WRIGHT 4/21/1828:2/9/1828, nuncupative LWT
Mother (unnamed). Bro: William. Sis: Malinda Dunn. To: Sarah Wright and ch of William
Wright. Exrs and Wits: George Roberts, William Dunn. (written down by George Roberts
on 2/9/1828).

WILLIAM WRIGHT 6/28/1841:5/2/1843
Wife and ch (not named). Exr: Bro., Augustus Wright of Cassville, Ga. Wits: Gabriel
Jones, William Blunt, Edward Bullard.

ELIZABETH YARBOROUGH 7/23/1822:5/17/1824
Grdaus: Elizabeth Thomas Yarborough, only dau of son, Bealle; Elizabeth, dau. of James
Walton; Patsy Elizabeth, dau. of Elijah Russell. Ch of Betsy Walton, wife of James. Ch of
Rebecca Russell, wife of Elijah. Exrs: James Yarborough, Charles Bealle.

JOHN W. YARBOROUGH 4/24/1822:6/15/1822
Bro: James. Niece: Elizabeth Thomas Yarborough, dau. of bro., Beall Yarborough. Ch of
James Walton. Ch of Elijah Russell. Exr: James Yarborough.

WILLIAM YOUNG 9/16/1835:1/19/1836
Wife: Rebecca for support of minor ch. Dau: Rachel.. Son: Hezekiah. Son in law: Cary
Johnson. Minor ch: Mary F., Martha A., Sarah G. Sons: Allen C., Robert T. Exr: Son,
Hezekiah Young. Wits: James Langston, Benjamin Drane, M. Langston.


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GILBERT ALFORD 9/7/1856:11/17/1856
Son: James, exr. Daus: Henrietta W. Wimberly, Mary Ann Barnett, Caroline Augusta
Alford. Wits: Joseph Stockton, Thomas Harrison, James Jones.

ALICE ANN ALLEN 5/23/1855:7/1855
Sis: Sarah L. Collins, wife of Dr. W. A. L. Collins. Nephews: Jameson Youmans, Tyler
Lamkin, William Jones. Niece: Mary Alice Jones. Ch of two sisters, Mrs. Mercy Lamkin
(wife of John) and Mrs. Mary Jones (wife of Gabriel). Sisters: Sarah and Mercy. Negro
woman, Wilcey and Dinah to remain with their father and husband, Robin Allen. Exr:
Bro in law, John Lamkin. Wits: Madison Avary, Silas Harden, A. Colvard.
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NANCY ANDERSON 2/1848:12/8/1846
Daus: Louisa Martin, wife of William Martin, Lurana Hardin. Son: Seaborn and ch of son,
Augustus. Curtis Shockley, tr for dau., Ann Casey. Exr: Curtis Shockley. Wits: W. H.
Massengale, John Murphy, William Hughes, Curtis Shockley.

MRS. PHOEBE AVARY 5/3/1866:1/23/1880
Grch: Phoebe T., Mercer I., William Madison, Irene Flanigan. Father of ch, James
Flanigan, to give gdnship to my son, Charles Avary. Exr: Charles B. Avary, son. Wits: J.
C. Jones, George W. Gray, A. V. Jones.

WILLIAM C. AVARY 4/19/1848:3/6/1849
Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: William, Richard. Daus: Polly Tankersley, Nancy Dougherty. Exr:
William Avary. Wits: W. L. Blunt, William Grimsley, Gabriel Jones.

JOHN P. BACON 12/28/1843:3/1844
Bros: William, Nicholas, Edmond. Sisters: Frances A. M. L. Lazenby, Mary Moore. Exr:
Bro., Nicholas Bacon. Wits: Elias Wilson, David Stanford, Seaborn Ivey.

NATHANIEL BAILEY 12/18/1863:4/5/1864
Wife: Frances. Son: B. B. Dau: Margaret. "My ch". Exr: Son, Thomas Bailey. Wits: C. H.
Shockley, A. M. Crawford, G. B. Larkin.

EDWARD BALLARD 4/3/1855:9/20/1855
Wife, entire estate, extrx. Wits: A. Gibson, George Sturgis, Thomas Crawford.

WILLIAM BASTON 11/12/1840:1/26/1847
Wife: Polly, 2nd wife. Oldest son: Charles Banks Baston. Ch by wife Polly not named.
Exrs: Charles Baston, Andrew Miller of Augusta. Wits: A. Lamond, D. and John
McKenzie, James Green.

CHARLES BEALE 10/3/1842:3/18/1843
Wife: Catherine. Dau: Savannah. Friend: William Tindall and his heirs. Dau: Augusta
Gortchins, wife of R. V. Exrs: William Tindall, John Cliatt, Isaac Bryant. Wits: W. D.
Berry, George T. Bugg, I. R. Rhodes.

ALEXANDER BEALL 5/30/1865:5/2/1870
Friend: Elizabeth Parks, extrx, entire estate. To: Ellen Cason, Nancy Goings, John
Lamkin. Wits: A. M. Crawford, H. L. Kinnon, G. B. Crawford.

THOMAS BEALLE 6/30/1853:2/1856
To poor of the county. Exrs: Stephen Drane and John W. Drane. Wits: W. L. Blunt, H. R.
Casey, Nathaniel Bailey.
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ELIZABETH BELL 2/10/1852:3/8/1852
Daus: Elizabeth, Lucinda. Sons: William, David, Elijah, Warren. Grch: Elizabeth Jane and
Joseph, ch of WIlliam. Grch: Columbus, Robert and James Eshom. Exrs: Thomas Bealle.
Wits: F. T. Allen, Henry Hampton, William Pitts.

BARBARY BENNEFIELD, pvd 12/9/1865
Son: John. Dau: Martha Reville. Exr: Claiborne Revell, Sr. Wits: A. J. Reynolds, James
Anthony, Fanny Clary.

JOHN BENNING 1/30/1888:3/4/1889
Heirs: Eva, Ola and George Larkin. Nephew: Thomas Benning. To: John E. Larkin, exr.
Wits: Thomas Reville, A. M. Reville, W. E. Hatcher.

MARTHA BENNING 1/7/1886:9/6/1887
My husband, John S. To: Minnie Nettie, Hattie and their bro., Claude, ch of decd nephew,
Aldersville Gerald. Exr: Cousin, John Larkin. Wits: John E. Bynum, A. D. Washington, J.
E. Larkin.

THOMAS BENNING 9/8/1870:1/9/1871
Ch: Sarah, Arabella, Thomas E. Exr: Thomas E. Benning, exr. Wits: A. M. Crawford, T.
H. Blalock, Wyatt Chamberlain.

NELSON BENTON 6/28/1851:12/7/1854
Wife: Martha and minor ch. Dau: Mariah and ch, husband, John Hall, tr. Exrs: Bro in law,
Robert Wooding and William Blunt.

BENJAMIN BERRY 3/12/1860:5/1/1860
Wife: Emily Frances. Daus: Amanda, Mary S. Son: Benjamin. Exrs: Wife, William
Thomas, Thomas Jennings. Wits: William McLean, James Stanford, Allen Stanford.

MARY BLANCHARD 11/11/1846:12/7/1846
Sons: Uriah, Thomas. Grson: George Giddens, Killis Roberts, in tr for wife, Frances
Roberts. Thomas W. Harden, in tr for his wife, Rebecca, my dau. Exrs: Sons, Thomas and
Uriah. Wits: James Cartledge, Randolph David, James Blanchard.

URIAH BLANCHARD 1/4/1842:3/9/1842
Wife: Mary. Daus: Elizabeth Giddens, Frances Roberts, Rebecca Harden. Sons: Uriah,
Thomas, exrs. Wits: John S. Dunn, William Eubanks, Josiah Stovall, J. P.

WILLIAM BLUNT 3/5/1859:10/1859
Sons: John P., Rudolphus. Exr: Nathaniel Bailey. Wits: H. W. Gerrald, James Knox, C. H.
Shockley.
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JAMES J. BOND 2/17/1864:5/6/1864
Sis: Mildred Knox. Bro's wife: George L. Bond. Ch of decd bro., Charles, viz: Amanda,
Charles. Exrs: Dr. Jackson Maddox. Wits: R. Harris, Samuel Hardy, W. T. Baston.

EDWARD BOWDRE 4/23/1850:7/2/1850
Grsons: Edward and Lucien Alexander Bowdre. Wife: Martha Hicks Bowdre. Dau:
Eveline Susan, in tr with husband, John H. Trippe. Exr: John H. Trippe. Wits: Stephen
Drane, John Crawford, Austin Jeter.

MARTHA BOWDRE 3/18/1853:5/9/1855
Niece: Frances Jane Bowen, dau. of late Edmond Hicks, decd, in tr with T. N. Hicks.
Nephew: Burton Hicks, son of bro., Burton Hicks. Grsons: Ned and Lucian Bowdre, all
of estate in trust with Curtis Shockley and Dr. William S. Jones. Wits: Jane Reed, Jesse
Reed, Edward W. Jones.

THOMAS BOWDRE 8/1/1846:9/16/1846
Wife: Ephata. Dau: Sarah Grimes, wife of Sterling. Sons: Albert I. R., Benjamin, Thomas.
Grch: Thomas and Martha Emily Hamilton, ch of James F. Hamilton. Exr: Son, Benjamin
Bowdre. Wits: Thomas Wynne, Jr., John Smith, Gabriel Jones.

HEZEKIAH BOYD 2/14/1858:3/11/1858
Heirs: Mary E. Boyd, Robert Edgar Boyd. Father: John Boyd, gdn of both ch. Bros: John,
Robert, William. To: William B. Tuggle, bro. of decd wife. Mother: Anne Boyd. Exrs:
Father and bros., Robert and William Boyd. Wits: A. J. Avary, Moody Burt, Archer
Avary.

MARY BRANTLEY 10/12/1843:11/8/1843
Sis: Rebecca Cloud Perry, wife of Bird Perry. Ch of decd sister, Hannah Piles, formerly
Cloud, viz: Joel, Hetty, Lydia, Sarah, Rachel, Jemima, Mary. Ch of Rebecca and Bird
Perry, viz: Jonathan, Joel, John, Edna Griffin, Mary Elizabeth Perry. Exr: Henry
Massengale. Wits: Alfred Massengale, Henry Massengale, Bird Perry.

FREDERICK BROWN 8/1/1828:11/17/1836
Wife: Phebe. Ch of dau., Elizabeth Butt. To ch of Concord White. Grsons: Frederick A.
Butt, William B. Butt, William T. White. Grdaus: Elizabeth Butt, Mary A. Butt, Sarahy
Ann White, Elizabeth White. To: Concord White. To daus: Angelia Butt, wife of Noah,
Peace, wife of Jeremiah Butt. Son in law: William White, exr, and William Brown. Wits:
George Dorsey, Adam Scott, Edward Dorsey. Codicil: Angelia Butt having died, her
share to grandson: Frederick Butt. Wits: Samuel Holliman, Susan Ivey, Elisha Burson.

BURNETT BURROUGHS 4/3/1819:9/6/1821
Bro: James Burroughs, exr. Wits: Marshall Keith, A. Downs.
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JOHN BUTLER 8/3/1866:1/3/1867
Dau: Elizabeth West, wife of Thomas. Ch of John B. Wilcoxon by his 1st wife. To: Mary
Holtz, Thomas Butler, John Wilkes, Elizabeth Crooks Wilcoxon. Exrs: Thomas West,
John Wilcoxon. Wits: James Wilson, John Reese, William J. Steed.

WILLIAM CARRELL 5/24/1844, nuncupative LWT
Wits: William Jones, Benjamin Verdery, James Prather, Samuel Johnson, who were
present at res. of William Carrell, a widower. Sons: John, James. Dau: Emily McGruder.
Son in law: John McGruder, John, James and Elizabeth to divide plantation utensils.

REBECCA SARAH CARTLEDGE 9/8/1842:1/13/1843
Bro: Jesse M. all my interest in estate of John Ramsey. Exr: Father, James Cartledge. Wit:
John Cartledge.

THOMAS CARTLEDGE 2/4/1842:11/28/1842
Wife: Susan. Son: William.

HENRY CASEY 5/8/1882:9/25/1884
Wife: Ida Mae. Daus: Sally, Casey Morgan, Thilocia Casey, Frances Casey Meldrim,
Louisa Casey Eaton, share of decd son, Juriah Casey to be divided among his ch. To:
Edgeworth and Alexander Casey. Exrs: Thomas Morgan of Tucson, California., Theodore
Eaton of Detroit, Michigan, Peter Meldrim of Savannah, Ga. Wits: Thomas F. Thomson,
Emile Newsome, James Ward.

WYATT CHAMLIN 8/9/1841:11/18/1841
Wife: Prudence. Dau: Nancy J. E. L. Sons: Augustus R. L., David D. A., William J.,
Robert Y. Exrs: Wife, Prudence, John Evans, Alexander Pearre. Wits: William Evans,
Charles and James Jennings.

LITTLEBERRY CLANTON 7/12/1827:4/19/1829
Wife: Catherine. Sis: Tabitha Anthony. To: Elizabeth Mackie, Martha Lamar, wife of
Harmony Lamar. Bros: Turner, Nathaniel Holt. Exrs: Wife, Catherine, Harmony Lamar,
Turner Clanton. Wits: P. D. Thompson, Joseph Ware, Peter Crawford.

JAMES CLARK 1/18/1862:3/31/1863
Ch of bro., Samuel Clark, decd. Nephews: Thomas and Robert Clark. Wits: William
Walton, Charles Baston, James Vinson, Baldwin Blackstone.

DAVID CLARKE 6/5/1841:4/15/1841
My Mother. Exr: Michael Dickson. Wits: Michael Dickson, Charles Clarke, Joseph
Henson.

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ELIZABETH CLARKE 1/28/1845:1847
To: Andrew Miller, tr for property left to husband of Mrs. Clarke. Stepch: Sterling Clarke,
Recey Ann Clarke. Nieces: Mary E. and Sarah J. Bynum. Exrs: Husband, Jesse Clarke and
Andrew Miller. Wits: J. W. Miller, William H. H. Massengale, Charles DuBose.

MARY CLIATT, pvd 5/20/1850
Son: George Hillman Cliatt. Sis: Sarah M. Dillard. Grch: Eli and Frances Kendrick. Exr:
G. H. Cliatt. Wits: John Cliatt, Sarah Morris, Robert Morris.

WILLIAM CLIATT 3/23/1860:8/5/1860
Dau and only ch: Mary Caroline Eugenia Cliatt, now a little over five yrs. old. Ch to
remain in care of grfather: WIlliam Zachry. Relative: George H. Cliatt, exr. Wits: A. L.
Zachry, G. I. A. Zachry, John F. Bonner.

MARY COCHRAN 7/1/1854:11/1854
Son: William. Grch: Emily Blanchard, wife of James, John H. Bealle, Mary L. Bealle,
Erasmus, Oswell and Robert Bealle. Exr: James D. Green. Wits: Richard Day, William
Cochran, John Green, Jr., Thomas Newman.

JOHN COLLINS 10/4/1824:10/11/1825
Sons: Albert H., Nathaniel F., William A., John B. Exrs: Albert, Nathaniel and William
Collins, sons.

SARAH COLLINS 4/14/1831:12/1/1831
Grsons: Richard and William Shackelford. Friend: Robert Allen. Grdau: Matilda
Shackleford. Gr grdau: Elizabeth Few, dau. of Sarah. Ch of my grdau: Elizabeth
Fitzpatrick. Ch of Sarah C. Few. Exr: Robert Allen. Wits: Jesse Morris, A. Jones, J.
Welborn.

THOMAS COLVARD 8/6/1833:8/6/1834
Wife: Anne. Dau: Mary Frances. Sons: Alpheus Calvin, William Jesse Winfrey. Exr: Abner
Robinson. Wits: John Watkins, Walter Jones, William Gibson.

GEORGE CRAWFORD 5/8/1884:5/5/1884
Wife: Mary M., extrx, entire estate, to divide between my ch. Wits: George Palmer, Rufus
Wren, W. B. Roebuck.

MARY ANN CRAWFORD 5/7/1851:2/7/1852
Son: Charles. Daus: Elizabeth, Harriett, Maria. Grdau: Maria Wilda Torrence. Grson:
William C. Torrence. Exrs: Sons, Charles and George Crawford. Wits: A. M. Crawford,
S. W. Railey, George Crawford.

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DR. NATHAN CRAWFORD 3/26/1860:11/1861
Daus: Sarah Jane, Pamela, Rebecca Hamilton, wife of James, Mary Ann Kimble, wife of
Dr. Allen. Son: Nathan. Exr: Curtis Shockley. Wits: Jesse Walton, A. Colvard, James
Burnside.

RHODA CRUMP 5/7/1867:1/7/1863
Friend: Miss Nancy Hardy who has lives with me several yrs. To be buried beside
husband, Samuel Crump. Exr: Eliel Lockhart. Wits: J. W. Heggie, J. W. Box, James Luke.

SAMUEL CRUMP 4/14/1856:7/9/1856
Wife: Rhoda. Nieces: Mary Jones, Jane Crump, Elizabeth Bigbee, Virginia Crump. Exr:
Nephew, Samuel Crump. Wits: George Toole, John Foster, Eliel Lockhart.

AMBROSE DAGNELL 3/27/1856:1/3/1857
Wife: Sarah. Son in law: Seaborn Roberts, exr. Dau: Martha. Wits: A. J. Avary, William
Evans, William Tillery, John Foster.

JAMES DARSEY 12/14/1858:10/1859
Daus: Ann Barnes, Mary J. Wilkes and her ch, Harriet Darsey. Grdau: Mary H. Barnes,
dau. of Ann Barnes. Wife Mary, in tr with Booker and John Sutton. Exrs: Son in law,
Joseph Barnes and Virgilius Wilkes.

ELIZABETH DAVIDSON 5/18/1878:9/21/1878
Son: Henry Thomas all estate. Uncle Charles Baston, gdn/exr. Wits: J. M. Savage,
Edward Morris, Erasmus Dozier.

EVAN DAVIS 7/12/1860:9/12/1863
Wife: Sarah. Blind son, George. Sons in law: Henry Phillips and John H. Thornton.
Grson: James Davis, son of Aaron. Daus: Mary Phillips, Rebecca Thornton, Jonathan,
Elisha. Exr: Robert Davis. Wits: Thomas B. West, W. B. Kendrick, E. David Waller.

DAVIS GAZAWAY 1/6/1845:1/8/1845
Dau: Mary Ann Lamar. Grsons: Gazaway Davis Lamar, Anderson Moore Lamar,
Leonidas Lamar, Henry Graybill Lamar. Grdaus: Georgia Ann Lamar, Frances Victoria
Lamar, Sarah Rebecca Lamar, Virginia Lamar, Aurelia Louisa Lamar. Exrs: Son in law,
Henry Lamar, and Gazaway Davis Lamar. Wits: John Davis, Simon Crawford, Edward
Ballard.





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SARAH DILLARD 10/24/1859::11/25/1859
Nephews: Menmouth M. Kendrick, Eli S. Kendrick, George H. Cliett, Orkneil F. To:
George W., Lucius B., Mrs. Louisa Jane Wilkinson, Mary E., Sarah Frances, ch of Eli and
Frances Kendrick, decd. To: Mrs. Elizabeth Comer. Exr: Eli Simpson Kendrick. Wits:
Sarah, Robert and Augustus Morris.

THOMAS DOOLY 2/14/1845:3/25/1845
Daus: Ann Elizabeth Welborn, wife of Wilkes Welborn; Palatiah Pascal and husband,
Jeremiah. Son: Thomas. Grdau: Mary Davenport, dau. of decd dau., Frances. Exr:
Thomas White. Wits: John Dozier, William Nance, Henry Massengale. Codicil 2/14/1845:
Grdau., Ann Elizabeth Pascal.

GEORGE DORSEY 2/3/1843:3/12/1845
Sons: John, Edward, Francis. Wife: Jane. Their share in tr of John Jackson and Edward
Dorsey. To: Mary Helman, formerly wife of son, Reason, decd. Exrs: Edward Dorsey,
Henry Massengale. Wits: William H. Chandler, Joe Dorsey, Henry Massengale.

JAMES DOUGHERTY 5/9/1887:10/3/1887
Wife: Mary Salina. Heirs of daus: Mary McCorkle and Adeline Wall, R. E. Neal, tr. Son:
John P. N. Exrs: Hezekiah McCorkle, R. E. Neal. Wits: John Stapler, John N. Neal, R. E.
Neal.

MICHAEL DOUGHERTY 7/5/1853:11/11/1856
Wife: Jane. Ch: Jackson, Matilda, Pamela. Wits: H. W. Gerald, John Scott, B. S. Pearce.

GREEN DOZIER 2/18/1873:2/1876
Ch: WIlliam, Erasmus J., Salina Smith. Ch of decd sons and daus, viz: Albert Dozier,
Williamson Dozier, Frances Hardwick, Martha Peeples. Ch of decd son, Albert, to receive
their portion, claims I have against mother, Jane M. Dozier. Ch of Martha Peoples. Sons:
William, Ignatius. Exr: Richard Neal. Wits: T. W. Fuller, W. A. Dunn, J. H. Boyd.

MARY E. DRANE 12/27/1885:4/13/1887
Nieces: Adele L. Verder. Sis: Cassandra M. Leonard, Georgia R. Sanders. Exrs:
Nephews, John Sanders, Leonard Verdery. Wits: D. E. Hatcher, J. M. Whitaker, Robert
Robinson, Edward Prather, W. B. Roebuck.

STEPHEN DRANE 1/18/1879:2/1881
Wife: Susan F. Four ch: Catherine, Stephen, William, Susan. Ch by 1st marriage to have
no interest in this my LWT. Exrs: Son, Stephen. Wits: W. A. Blanchard, R. J., B. H. and
John R. Willingham.


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WILLIAM S. DUNN 7/13/1869:2/7/1870
Grch: Heirs of son, John, decd, viz: William Anderson, Mary Frances, Robert, Ella Ann
and Mary Lou Dunn. Sons of dau: Lucy Ann Neal, viz: John Hamilton, Robert Eugene
Neal, and ch of Richard S. Neal. Ch of dau: S. Neal. Ch of dau., Elizabeth, decd, wife of
Josiah Stovall, viz: John Thaddeus, george Pierce and William S. Frances, wife of George
Lazenby and John T. Stovall, tr for Mary, now wife of James J. Toole and Virginia, wife
of John Thomas Boyd. Son: William Anderson Dunn. Grson: John T. Stovall. Exrs: W. A.
Dunn. Wits: S. Evans Young, P. Ramsey, R. S. Embree, S. Crawford.

RICHARD EUBANKS 4/27/1845:11/3/1847
Dau: Elizabeth Ramsey and ch. Son: Caleb. Ch of son, John. Elizabeth Ramsey's ch by a
previous marriage. To: Richard and John Doggett. Exr: Walter Dunn. Wits: Samuel
Crump, John Garnett, A. Pearre.

WILLIAM EUBANKS 7/18/1864:1/12/1865
"Being soon to enter into the military of this State..." Wife: Louisa. Dau: Nancy
Blanchard. Exr: Lucius Luke. Wits: Robert Lamkin, W. M. Reed, Joseph G. Marshall.

CHARLES EVANS 9/9/1861:3/12/1863
Wife: Emma and unnamed ch. Exr: Moddy Burt. Wits: James Burnside, R. H. Chappalier,
William Reed.

HUMPHREY EVANS 2/24/1843:5/7/1864
Daus: Mrs. Prudence Chamberlain, Mrs. Jane Heggie, Nancy Jane Evans Cartledge, wife
of Dr. James C. Cartledge. Ch of decd son, John Evans. Major Henry Truman of Lincoln
Co., tr for ch of decd son, William Evans and Lucy Berry Evans (five), excluding ch by
former marriage, living in Alabama. Exr: Ambrose Avary. Wits: William McLean, R. L.
Lamkin, William J. Eubanks.

JOHN P. FERNDON 5/5/1852:10/1869
Wife: Martha Ann. Daus: Frances Joanna, Thirzia Marie. Exr: George Wilson Lazenby.
Wits: Duncan McKenzie, George and Artimus Lazenby.

AQUILA FLINT 7/22/1856:5/1860
Ch: Laura, James (youngest), Sarah Fuller, wife of F. M. Fuller, Mary E. Embree, wife of
P. S. Embree. Wife: Mary. To: John F., William H., Jabez W., James and Laura D. Flint.
To heirs of Sarah Fuller (Jabez Flint, trustee) and Mary Embree (William Flint, tr). Exrs:
Sons, John, William and Jabez. Wits: John Stanford, Booker Sutton, Peter Short.




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MARY FOX 3/15/1847:7/17/1848
Ch: Richard, Anne E. Jackson, wife of William Jackson of Augusta. To Heirs of dau.,
Amelia White, decd. To: Mary Ann Verdery, wife of Benjamin. Son in law: William
Jackson, exr. To: Alvenia, Elizabeth and Frances F. Jackson, and child, Samuel. To: Sarah
Fox, dau. of Benjamin. Wits: H. O. O'Neill, H. R. Philpott, George Jackson.

JAMES GARNETT 12/26/1863:8/6/1864
Wife: Elizabeth, extrx. Wits: Charles Bayless, Cephas Knox, Jabez Marshall.

WILLIAM GAY 8/22/1863:2/12/1865
Wife: Martha Jane, extrx. Daus: Nancy Ellen, Louisa, Martha Jane. Sons: Thomas H.,
James L., John F., William J., Wesley Columbus and Lovell Bryant Gay. To: Son,
Benjamin and dau., Nancy Ellen. Wits: Middleton Parish, William Radford, Henry
Radford.

JACKSON GERALD 5/15/1880:7/1880
Sis: Martha Benning, wife of John S. Bro: H. W. Gerald. To ch of bro., Robert, decd. To
ch of bro., James, decd. Exrs: H. W. Gerald, John E. Larkin. Wits: M. A. Larkin, George
Darsey, George W. Gray.

ROBERT GERALD 10/15/1851:7/8/1852
Wife: Mary Emeline. Daus: Sarah Virginia, osephine Amanda. Sons: Alous Early Ally
Gerald, George Thomas Gerald, James Baker Gerald, Robert William Gerald. Father:
Early Gerald, late of Columbia Co., decd. Wife's father: Thomas Ally. Exr: Bro., Henry
Willis Gerald. Wits: William Lazenby, James and Jackson Gerald.

SARAH GERALD 5/15/1880:141881
Dau: Martha Benning (John Larkin and W. W. Gerald, trs). To ch of bro., Robert, decd.
To ch of bro., James, decd. Exrs: John Larkin, G. W. Gerald. Wits: M. A. Larkin, George
Darsey, George Gray.

SARAH GIBSON 12/20/1852:3/6/1855
Ch: S. Alfred, Job Dexter, Elizabeth Ballard, wife of Edward. Grch: Quintition and
Edward Bugg; Pamela O. Sturgis, wife of William; Martha, Narcissa, Mary A. and Susan
L. Bugg. Exr: Son, S. Alfred Gibson. Wits: A. Colvard, James Flint, R. W. Gray. Codicil
3/15/1854, revokes legacy to son, Job, now decd. To son, Alfred, tr for Job's ch. Wits: A.
Colvard, R. W. and George Gray.

SHADRACK GIBSON 1/3/1852:7/6/1852
Daus: Matilda J. Gibson, Lucinda J. Holmes (husband, James). Sons: Dexter, William,
Aquilla. Exrs: Dexter and Matilda Gibson, A. S. Gibson, Thomas Hicks. Wits: W. L.
Leonard, William Grimsley, E. Collins.
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ELCY GILPIN 10/29/1851:11/7/1851
Dau: Mary Matilda. Son Charles Green. Grsons: Robert Homer Day, Seaborn Reynolds.
Exr: William Ruffin. Wits: Green Holsebake, William Newman, James D. Green.

MARY GRAVES, widow of late Dr. George Graves, 5/6/1851:5/7/1853
Dr. Gilbert Tennant, formerly of S. C., now Cobb Co., Ga. John Lamkin, William Blunt,
trustees for son, John Baptist Graves. Negroes purchased from John Graves and estate of
Chloe Graves. To: Heirs of Dr. Graves and decd bro., Thomas. Dau: Mary Ann Bird.
Grson: George Graves Bird. Exr: Simmons Crawford. Wits: Jane Reed, L. W. Reed,
Madison Avary.

GEORGE GRAY, not dtd
Wife: Rebecca. Dau: Elizabeth Matthews. Son: George. Exrs: Wife and son, George.

JOHN GRAY 8/31/1843:3/18/1844
Sisters: Jane Foster, wife of John Foster, Olive Newsome's ch. Bro in law: William
Newsome. Exr: Alexander Pearre. Wits: John Evans, Samuel Crump, William J. Evans.

JAMES D. GREEN 5/28/1868:
Wife: Emily. My minor ch and stepch: Joshua and Haldee Bridges. Son in law: Charles
Campbell. Dau: Sally Campbell. Sons: John A. Everett, George, James. Ch of decd dau.,
Mary Reid, Claiborne Reid. Dau: Arnett Green (afflicted). Exrs: Wife and John A. Everett
Green (sons).

ELIZABETH GRIFFIN 5/15/1855:1/16/1856
Son: Joshua. Daus: Mary S. Key, Elizabeth L. McKie, Ann C. Boyd, Martha A. Crafton.
Exr: Son, Joshua Griffin. Wits: George Cliatt, L. W. Cliatt, Sarah Dillard.

JEREMIAH GRIFFIN, State of Mississippi, 2/4/1847:3/7/1848
Sons: Richard, Nathaniel Daus: Mary Ann Baldwin, wife of William, Elizabeth Hill, wife
of John, Nancy Strother, wife of William. Ch of son, John. Ch of Jane Lawrence Jones,
decd, formerly wife of Daniel Jones. Exrs: William Baldwin, Jane Murphy. Wits: John
Magruder, Owen Baldwin, Jane Murphy.

JOSHUA GRIFFIN 3/16/1864:
Wife: Sarah Jane. To be buried in family graveyard where mother and father are buried.
Ch: William, Frances, Joshua. Exrs: Father in law, William Jones, and Dr. Jackson
Maddox. Wits: J. L. Smith, Thomas Watkins, John Shanklin.




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RICHARD GRIFFIN, pvd 12/10/1850
Wife: Phoebe, extrx. Daus: Sarah Parks, wife of Lewis C., Alcena Woodall, wife of
William, Catherine Holliday, wife of John H. Minor ch. Wits: A. L. Massengale, Georg