Abstract of Wills
Milton County
Wills Book A
Page 1
JOHN P. REAVIS
Date:
9/11/1863
Wife: Rosannah C. Reavis, Executrix
Son: Benjamin W.
Reavis
Witnesses: C. H. Maddox, J. L. Bailey, Madison Jameson, C. G.
Gillespie
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DeKalb County
JOB BINION
Date:
2/10/1849
Wife: Milley Binion
Daughters: Ann B. Binion, Emily Binion,
Elizabeth M. Binion
Sons: Abraham D. Binion, Samuel E. Binion, Exec, Isaac E.
Binion, Annanius O. Binion
Executors: Samuel E. Binion, Ann B.
Binion
Witnesses: Josiah Powers, James L. Woodall, David Eison, C. N.
Woodall
Page 4
Nuncupative Will
MORGAN FIELDS
Date:
2/9/1867
Wife: Catherine Fields
Witnesses: Golson M. Hook, Deborrah
Grogan
Page 6
ROBERT WEBB
Date: 1/9/1868
Wife: Mary A.
Webb
Children: Alfred Webb, James H. Webb, Sarah Fowler, Katherine Hook,
Robert F. Webb, Mary
A. Arnold, Clinton M. Webb, Caroline E.
Webb
Executor: Daniel L. Arnold, friend
Witnesses: N. L. Grogan, J. W.
Rhodes, E. A. Proudfoot
Page 8
ROBERT MARTIN
Date:
11/28/1868
Wife: Nancy Martin
Sons: George Washington Martin (Usually
called Washington), Harrison L. Martin
Friend: William P. Brown
Witnesses:
Andrew J. Hansell, William P Brown, Robert Thompson
Page 9
ELISHA
CHAMBLEE
Date: 9/20/1861
Wife: Francis Chamblee (married 5
years)
Children: Lewis M. Chamblee, Theodocia Chamblee
Executors: Francis
Chamblee, Martin Chamblee
Father: Lewis Day
Witnesses: N. G. Newton,
Edward Burgess, James L. Day
Page 11
Nuncupative will
HIRAM
TAYLOR
Date: 7/20/1869
Wife Elizabeth Taylor
Son: James M.
Taylor
Executor: James M. Taylor
Witnesses: Julian R. Graham, B. J. Brown,
R. A. .Watson, Jonas Cain
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JOHN C. JOHNSTON
Date:
1/20/1866
Wife: Jane Johnston
Minor Son: James A Johnson.
Daughter:
Martha Johnson
Granddaughters: Leona Aria Anderson and Jane Elizabeth
Anderson, daughters of deceased daughter Elizabeth Johnston Anderson, wife of W.
C. Anderson.
Sons: Joseph W. Johnston, John R. Johnston (Guardians of
Granddaughters and Grandson)
Grandson: John Henry Johnston (son of Richard C.
Johnston)
Executors: Jane Johnston, Joseph W. Johnston, John R.
Johnston
Witnesses: C. C. Christian, Thomas Lewis, O. W. Gaddis
Page 15
DABNEY YANCY
Date: 11/4/1869
Wife: Elizabeth Phillips Yancy
Son:
Bartow Dabner Yancy
Daughter: Susan Amizonia Yancy
Sons: Lawrence M.
Yancy, John A. Yancy, Samuel B. Yancy, Abner Yancy, Deceased
Executors:
Lawrence M. Yancy, J. W. Johnston, son-in-law
Witnesses: Sterling W. Fowler,
Joseph D. Baker, William G. Delaney
Page 17
GARDNER CROSBY
Date:
11/9/1868
Wife: Sarah Crosby
Niece: Effie Medlock
Friend: John
Carpenter
Executor: John Carpenter
Witnesses: J. L. Woodall, William M.
Ball, Ambrey Martin, J. P.
Page 20
FRANCIS BROWN
Date:
4/24/1869
Wife Delaney Brown
Children: E. E. Brown, Howard
Brown
Granddaughter: Sarah Howard
Daughters: Rebecca T. Brown, Mary M.
Brown, Martha E. Brown
Executor: Jones Cain, J. L. Fisher
Witnesses: H. L.
Cunningham, Lewis Edwards, G. S. Cunningham
Page 22
WILLIAM
ROGERS
Date: 2/5/1868
Wife:
Daughters: Sarah L. Moore, Mary Amelia
Rogers
Sons: Augustus L. Rogers, Henry L. Rogers' children (two living in
Oakland, Arkansas)
Executor: Robert N. Rogers, son, Anderson L. Ball,
son-in-law
Witnesses: Elbert Collins, N. Collins, John W. Edwards
Page 24
JEREMIAH MAXWELL (Original Will Burned)
Died 1010/1870
Date:
9/11/1863
Wife: Elizabeth Maxwell
Executor: Elizabeth (Elizabeth later
married Abel Crisler who refused to act as administrator.]
William H. Nesbit
appointed by Ordinary.)
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D. N. BENNETT
Date: 7/31/1871
Nephew: A. J. Bennett
Executors: Allen Hays,
Brother-in-law
Witnesses: Madison Jameson, Martin Phillips, William J.
Morris, William T. Walls
Page 28
JACOB C. P. HOOK
Date:
9/1/1871
Wife: Catharine
Will declared in the presence of: Golson M. Hook,
James M. Howell, Sarah A. Haynes
Executor: Catharine Hook
Page 29
JAMES LEE
Date: 2/20/1863
Wife: Susannah Lee
Bodily heirs: M.A.E.
Lee, S. C. Lee, M. A. Lee, N. B. Lee
Executor: J. W. Lee, son
Witnesses:
John K. C. Shirley, John R. Shirley, Allen Stone
Page 31
JESSE SCOALES
Date: 3/10/1860
Wife: Cintha Scoales
Executor: Cintha
Witnesses: Alfred Webb, A. A. Fraser, Harrison Dunbar
Page 32
N. G. NEWTON
Date: 12/1/1872
Executor: Thomas B. Newton, Son
Witnesses: F.
M. Bates, Angeline McCleskey, J. G. Cantrell
Page 34
WILLIAM A. DAVID
Date: 8/21/1871
Wife: Sarah E. David
Son: John I. David
Trust
Agents: G. M. Hook, J. W. Johnston
Witnesses: Simeon L. Rucker, Andrew W.
Devore, Thomas J. Crisler
Page 37
RUTHY THOMPSON
Date: 9/5/1874
Son: Seaborn J. Ramsey
Daughter-in-law: W. E.
Ramsey
Grandchildren: Mary Jane Ramsey, Ella F. Ramsey, Z. T. Ramsey, Emma C.
Ramsey,
Elizabeth E. Ramsey, Lucinda N. Ramsey
Witnesses: R. B. Anderson,
John S. Ash, Louter E. Hembree, Mary E. Hembree
Page 40
THEOPHILUS R. JETT
Date: 10/22/1876
Executor: James Jett, Son
Son-in-law: Samuel A.
Power
Witnesses: John W. Nesbit, S. L. Jett, Ambrey Martin
Page 42
LEONARD GRIFFIN
Date: 2/12/1877
Wife: Jane Griffin
Executor: Jane
Griffin
Witnesses J. D. Wiggins, E. A. King, G . B. Epperson, W. J.
Christian
Page 44
ALFRED H. TEASLEY
Date: 1/2/1878
Wife: Laura E. Teasley
Children: Egenia F. Teasley, Laura L. Teasley, William A. G.
Teasley, Dora Teasley, John O.
Teasley (youngest son)
Executor: William A.
G. Teasley, Stephen C. Brown, Son-in-law
Witnesses: O. P. Skelton, Benjamin
F. Roberts, John I. Teasley
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BRADFORD, JAMES S.
Date:
8/28/1876
Wife: Mary Ann Bradford
Grandchildren: Lewis O. M. Bradford,
Elizabeth A. Alberson, Orianna E. P. Bradford
Executor: F. M.
Bradford
Witnesses: Isaac Cox, John G. Evans, A. W. N. Cook, JP
Page 49
W. N. PERRY
Date: 8/24/1878
Wife: Susan C. Perry
Sons: George W.
Perry, Benjamin F. Perry, William J. Perry, Jessie L. Perry
Executors: George
W Perry., George Ezzard, Son-in-law
Witnesses: Andrew Phillips, John B.
McCollum, George Fowler
Page 53
E. J. MADDOX
Date: 10/2/1875
Daughters: Eugenia N. Nix, Martha M Nix., Executor, Nancy M Nix.,
Executor, Susan M. Nix
Son: Andrew J. Maddox, Executor
Witnesses: A. L.
King, S. B. Newton, T. S. Cox
Page 55
OLNEY ELDRIDGE
Date: 1/25/1879
Son: Judson W. Eldridge
Daughters: Mrs. Mary F. Terry, Martha L.
Minhunett
Adopted Daughter: Isabella H. Bradfish
Grandson: Olney
Terry
Executor: E. Faw
Witnesses: E. McNeely, T. J. McDonald, J. H.
McNeely
Page 58
JOHN NIX
Date: 2/8/1878
Wife: Francis
Nix
Daughters: Lucy Ann Nix, Susan Stevens
Son: Wiley Nix
Grandsons:
Thomas Jefferson Cochran, Alexander Nix
Disinherit: Sally Cochran and
Children, Elizabeth Phillips and Children
Executors: Charles Nix, John
Stevens, Son-in-law
Witnesses: J. M. Howell, J. W. Dodds, Thomas L.
Lewis
Page 62
LEVI DILDY
Date:5/12/1880
Wife: Margaret
S.Dildy
Witnesses: Thomas L. Lewis, H. I. Seale, Joel Rucker
Page 64
SHIRLEY W. COOK
Date: 12/7/1870
Wife: Francis Adaline
Cook
Daughter Frances A. Cook
Sons: Eldrid M. Cook, William J.
Cook
Exec: William J.
Witnesses: Andrew W. Devore, Robert Ingram, David
William Devore
Page 66
NANCY A. LAND
Date: 12/16/1878
Marion
Phillips (owed estate)
Daughters: Fanny E. Newton, Nancy J.
Strickland
Son: Carroll W. Jameson
Grandchildren: Philonia Phillips,
Andrew Jamison, Thomas Jefferson Jamison
Executors; Thomas B. Newton, Carroll
W. Jamison, Isaac J. Strickland
Witnesses: C. H. Maddox, P. D. McCleskey, J.
M. Howell
Page 68
JARRETT W. GLOVER
Date: 2/20/1875
Wife:
Elizabeth Glover
Sons: John S. Glover, Robert E. Glover, James J. Glover,
Samuel A. Glover, W. T. Glover
Daughters: Mary M. Parker, Martha J.
Phillips, Nancy S. J. Hagood
Grandson: James L. Parker
Executors: Isham
Teasley, James L. Glover
Witnesses: R. S. Manning, J. L. Rainwater, J. E.
Braddy, Alfred H. Teasley
Page 70
ANGELINO HANSARD (COL.)
Daughter:
Mollie Jane Hansard. Bound to Jones Gaines
Witnesses: J. A. Dodgen, H. I.
Seale, W. H. Nesbit, Ordinary
Wills Book B
Page 1
BROWN, JESSEE C.
Date:
7/11/1879
Daughters: Amanda Anderson, Samantha Nunnally
Executor: W. H.
Anderson
Witnesses: J. D. Mitchane, Henry L. Barnett, Thomas B.
Rogers
Page 3
CALEB G. GILLESPIE
Date: 1/17/1882
Wife: Nancy C.
Gillespie
Executor: Nancy C. Gillespie
Witnesses: A. W. Devore, Jeff N.
Upshaw, D. W. Devore, Jr.
Page 4
EDWARD BURGESS
Date: 8/13/1876
Wife: Elizabeth Burgess
Son: Joel Burgess
Executors:
Elizabeth, Joel Burgess
Witnesses: S. W. Cook, E. C. Cook, M. M.
Hardman
Page 6
CAROLINE VIRGINIA KING of New York
Date: 11/5/1883
Ralph B. King, Executor
David E. Rollins surrogate County of New
York
Husband: Dr. William Nephew King
Daughter: Mary H. King
Son:
William Nephew King, Junior
Friend: John D. Ferrell of Savannah
Witnesses:
Florence V. King, Fredereke Jocks, Henry C. DeWitt
Page 14
HENRY EMMERSON
Date: 12/23/1879
Wife: Elizabeth P. Emmerson
Daughters: Isadore Poe, Minerva Price, Nancy Kelly, Parthenia Johnson
Son: Caleb Emmerson, Russell Emmerson
Grand Daughters: Eulala Johnson, Martha Johnson, Roxie I. Kelly, Lenora Kelly, Jane Maddox,
Lucy Pool
Grandsons: P. J. Emmerson, Marvin Emmerson, Henry C. Emmerson, William Emmerson,
Children of Russell Emmerson, Deceased, Children of Parthenia Johnson, Deceased
Son-in-Law: William A. Johnson
Executors: J. J. Maddox, S. N. Pool, P. J. Emmerson, J. W. Price
Witnesses: Thomas L. Lewis, C. W. Jameson, F. D. Hardman
Page 17
ELIZA GRIMES
Date: 12/21/1855
Son: Drury
H. Morris
Daughters: Johnnie F. Morris, Kansas U. T. Tolbert, Laura
Patterson, Iantha Shaw
Executor: Robert K. Thompson, Jr.
Witnesses: John
I. Teasley, James M. Lott, John W. Jones
Land lots 805, 806, 851,
859
Page 19
A. J. VAUGHN
Date: 6/25/1885
Wife: Margaret S.
Vaughn
Son: W. S. Vaughn
Executor: W. S. Vaughn
Witnesses: N. B.
Mikel, W. I. Vaughn, M. J. Seale
Page 20
JESSE WEBB
Date: 6/18/1885
Sons: John M. Webb, Clinton W. Webb, David M. Webb, Jesse R. Webb,
Cicero C. Webb,
James F. Webb
Daughters: Jane Turner, Bob Ann Morten,
Christian Bell
Executors: Clinton W., David
Witnesses: Riley W. Shirley,
J. B. Loner, John P. Webb
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W. J. COOK
Date:
6/13/1883
Stepson: John N. Johnston (equal share with rest of
heirs)
Executor: John N. Johnston
Witnesses: John N. Cook, E. M. Cook, D.
W. Devore, Jr.
Page 23
IRA SANFORD RANEY
Date: 1/3/1887
Wife:
Sarah E. Raney
Daughter: Florence Abernathy
Son-in-law: Martin
Abernathy
Executor: Harvey Abernathy
Witnesses: John F. Gannen, Ben F..
Graham, S. M. Lamberth
Page 25
DAVID W. DEVORE
Date: 8/9/1884
Wife: Lucinda B. Devore
Son. D. W. Devore
Executors: Lucinda Devore, D. W. Devore
Witnesses: J. A. Johnston, G. W. Perry, J. E. Thacker
Page 27
HARRISON SUMMEROUR
Date: 2/9/1878
Wife: Mary A.
Summerour
Daughters: Mary A. Summerour, Susan Summerour
Son: John Henry
Summerour, Charles W. Summerour
Executor: Mary A. Summerour
Witnesses:
Thomas L. Lewis, A. T. Abbott, D. R. Britt
Page 30
NORMAN H. DUNBAR
Date: 12/23/1875
Wife: Permelia Ann Dunbar
Grandchildren: Emma G. Dunbar, Robert S. Dunbar, James Dunbar, Jennie Dunbar, James G.
Tippens,
George James
Executor: Jason J. Wood
Witnesses: M S. Grogan, S. J. Grogan,
W. S. Grogan
Page 32
JOHN S. COOK
Date: 10/23/1887
Wife: Rebecca
Cook
Daughter: Louella Cook
Stepson: James A. Nix
Executor: Rebecca
Cook, D. W. Devore, Nephew
Witnesses: J. G. Cantrell, J. A. Johnston, W. S.
Otwell
Page 33
GEORGE FOWLER
Date: 6/3/1887
Wife Talisha C.
Fowler
Executors: Talisha C. Fowler, F. M. C. Fowler, son
Witnesses: James
M. Upshaw, Eli Reece, James O. Haygood
Page 34
H. S. STANFORD
Wife: Josephine E. Stanford
Executors: Josephine E. Stanford, Charles A. Row
Witnesses: Thomas L. Lewis, Seborn Jones, J. M. Coker
Page 37
RICHARD WILSON
Date: 7/1/1882
Wife: Elizabeth Wilson
Brother: James Wilson and family (except F. M. Wilson), Emiline Castleberry, Senth
Wright,
niece of Elizabeth, Nancy Reeves, niece, Mary Montgomery,
niece
Executor: Joseph W. Johnston
Witnesses: J. W. Johnston, J. G.
Cantrell, J. D. Johnston
Codicil
Date: 7/26/1883
Elizabeth Reaves,
niece of Elizabeth, Emiline Castleberry, Oceneth Wright, Allen
Landrum
Witnesses: B. D. Yancy, J. D. Johnson, J. W. Johnson
Page 40
CAROLINE SKELTON
Daughter: Indiana C. Hook, Louliard E.
Teasley
Granddaughter: Annie O. Hook
Witnesses: L. P. Brown, W. N.
Manning, H. I. Seale
Page 41
JAMES T. PENDLEY
Date: 4/21/1890
Children: D. F. McClain, P. P. Pendley, D. F. McClain, J. H.
Pendley, A. H. Cumby, S. A.
Pendley, Johnston Wade, J. T.
Pendley
Executors: J. H. Pendley, D. F. McClain
Witnesses: W. S. Deverell,
H. W. Lewis, Scott White, C. C. Christean, R. M. Ballard
Page 42
MELFORD WEBB
Date: 3/5/1870
Wife: Mary
Son: Joel
Webb
Executor: Joel Webb
Witnesses: H. W. Howell, William Buice, James S.
Harris
Page 43
RICHARD ADAMS
Date: 2/19/1871
Son: S. C.
Adams
Daughters: Martha Adams, Emma Adams
(Continued on Page
47)
Executor:S. C. Adams
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, H. B. M. Kel, W. G.
Scott
Land lots 730, 713
Page 44
JANE AUTREY
Date:
3/14/1891
Daughters: Dorah Autrey Brown, A. B. Green, Mary J. Austin, Mary J.
Green
Children: Thomas A. Autrey, Martha Ann Cain, Samuel R. Autrey, Asberry
M. Autrey, Jane
Green, Joseph Autrey
Executor: Thomas A.
Autrey
Witnesses: Lewis Morton, J. D. Mitchem, Thomas B. Rogers
Page 45
CALVIN BENTLEY
Date: 12/18/1888
Wife: Mary Bentley
Daughter: Mary
E. Garrison
Sons: John I. Bentley, J. W. Bentley
Executor: J. W. Bentley,
Executor
Witnesses: H. I. Seale, L. P. Alexander, W. H. Nesbit
Page 49
G. G. MAYFIELD
Date: 1/20/1892
Wife: C. A. Mayfield,
Executor
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, R. J. Webb, H. I. Seale
Page 50
GABRIEL BROWN
Date: 4/15/1887
Wife: Margaret Brown
Brother: Jacob
Brown
Niece: Sarah Kisler
Executor: Joel A. Mosteller, James D.
Mosteller
Witnesses: J. P. Brooks, Thomas L. Lewis
Page 51
W. J. LACKEY
Date: 10/27/1891
Wife: Nancy E. Lackey
Heirs: Wm A. Lackey,
Samuel J. Lackey, James R. Lackey, Allas A. Lackey
Executor: Wm. A.
Lackey
Witnesses: John M. Rainwater, Marion J. Rainwater, Joel A.
Mosteller
Page 52
CAROLINE P. DAY
Date: 12/7/1891
Stepson:
Jackson B. Day, Executor
Witnesses: J. H. Johnson, D. H. Cobb, R. M. Ballew,
JP
John B. McCollum
Date: 9/14/1863
Wife: Saphrona C. McCollum,
Executor
Witnesses: C. H. Maddox, J. P. Teavis, Madison Jameson
Page 54
JOHN TINNEY
Date: 12/8/1891
Wife: Elizabeth Elnora
Tinney
Daughters: Annie L.Tinney, Martha E.Tinney, Abi W. Tinney, Amariah S.
Tinney, Susan E.
Maffitt, Elizabeth Elnore Taylor
Son: Isaac E.
Tinney
Grandson: James Tinney
Executors: Elizabeth Elnora, Amariah S.,
Isaac E.
Witnesses: W. D. Rucker, O. F. Hembree, R. A. Hembree
Land lots
550, 553, north half of 554, 549, 596, 575, 576
Page 55
MERICK WOOD
Date: 1/22/1880
Wife: Mary M. Wood
Executor: Mary M. Wood
Witnesses: C. H. Maddox, J. G. Cantrell, A. K. Newton
Page 56
JANE BAILEY
Date: 5/9/1892
Granddaughter: Manda Guthrie
Bailey
Daughter: Olly Jane Bailey. Executor
Witnesses John R. Christopher,
P. T. Loftis, Thomas B. Rogers
Land lot 384
Page 57
WRIGHT LEE
Date: 2/11/1891
Wife Mary Lee Wright
Executor: John F.
Shirley
Witnesses: J. M. Dodds, Jr., J. L. Fisher, J. W. Dodds
Land lots
1168, 1169 (4 acres), 1121
Page 58
ELIZABETH LITTLE
Date: 2/2/1892
Husband: Thomas Little
Son: George W. Little, Edwin D.
R. N. Rogers, Administrator of Estate of Thomas Little
Executors: George W. Little, Edwin D. Little
Witnesses: Robert H. Bell, J. C. Harris, V. P.
Johnson
Land lots 510, 509, 468, 1 acre 508
Page 60
JOURDAN
MORRIS
Date: 3/23/1885
Mary Turley, Ransom Turley
Executor: M. D.
Hood
Witnesses: W. S. Deverell, H. S. Stanford, Dugan Fouts
Page 61
Codicil
JOURDAN MORRIS
Date: 9/14/1889
Executor: George
Mayberry
Witnesses: H. Stanford, I. P. Foster, W. T. Garrettt, NP
Page 62
MADISON JAMESON
Date: 11/13/1888
Wife: Mary Ann
Elizabeth
Daughter: Mary Jane Phillips
Granddaughter: Maderia A.
Phillips
Daughter: Rebeca A. Bell
Son: James M. Jameson
Executors:
James M. Jameson, William H. Rainwater, Son-in-law
Witnesses: Joel Burgess,
J. E. Doss, James R. Francis, Martha J. Wills
Page 64
Codicil
Date:2/2/1892
Madison Jameson, Rebecca Bell
Witnesses: Golson Hook, David R. Hook, John W. Fowler
Page 65
Nuncupative Will
E. M. STRICKLAND, died 11/14/1893 at the home of Hardy Strickland
D. H. Strickland
Mother: L. E. Strickland
Witnesses: D. H. Strickland, James
McGinnis, L. E. Strickland
Page 66
JOHN M. RAINWATER
Date: 10/25/1879
Wife: Aleezer Rainwater
John Butler Commonally
Daughter:
Sarah Elizabeth Rainwater
Son: Marion Jefferson Rainwater
Executors:
Marion Jefferson Rainwater, James L. Mayfield, Son-in-law
Witnesses: William
Hackett, W. J. Lackey, Georgia E. Rucker
Page 68
GILES MAYFIELD
Date: 1/7/1891
Wife: Margaret M. Mayfield
Grandson: Solomon Strickland
Perry Moore, Child of Amanda Darnell, deceased, Liley Strickland,
Giles Strickland, Rebecca
Smith, Caroline Strickland, James Strickland,
Frances Ramsey, Samantha Broadwell
Children: James L. Mayfield, Wiley W.
Mayfield, Pinkney Mayfield, General G. Mayfield,
Christina Watkins, Mary Ann
Morris, Louduah Moore
Executors: James L. Mayfield
General G.
Mayfield
Witnesses: G. B. Thomason, D. P. Waters, T. L. Lewis
Page 69
JOHN W. DODDS
Date: 8/17/1893
Wife: Martha Dodds
Daughter:
Josephine P. Dodds
James H. Dodds, Martha A. Martin, Delilah E. Watkins, Mary
I. Estes, Clara A. Estes, William
M. Dodds, John W. Dodds
Executors: S. N.
Pool
Witnesses: John I. Teasley, D. B. Morris, J. A. Dodgen
Page 70
JAMES M. DODDS
Date: 2/26/1891
Wife: S. A. Dodds
Daughters:
Hattie L. Dodds, Mimi O. Dodds, Emma A. Dodds
Executors: S. A.
Dodds
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, H. I. Seale, Al N. Manning
Page 72
LAWSON MCGINNIS
Date: 3/24/1884
Wife: Rachel McGinnis
Son: F. W. McGinnis
Grandsons: Robert W. B. McGinnis, John T. J. McGinnis
Executor:
F. W. McGinnis
Witnesses: H. I. Seale, A. S. Norman, O. P.
Skelton
Page 74
DAVID BUICE
Date: 1/19/1891
Wife: Allis
Buice
Sons: Abner Buice, Elisha Buice
Daughters: Lucy Jones, deceased,
Milby Scales, deceased
Grandchildren; Great Grandchildren:, Rebeca Cobb,
Martha Jones, Ginnie Hembree, William
Jones, son of Lucy Jones, The childred
of Mollie Eison, deceased, The childred of Fannie
Allen,
deceased
Executors: Abner Buice, Elisha Buice
Witnesses: T. L.
Lewis, L. P. Jones, S. N. Young
DAVID BUICE
Codicil
Date:
2/14/1891
Granddaughter, Fanny Allen, not deceased
Page 77
WILLIAM B. HACKETT
Date: 7/30/1896
Sister: Mrs. Laura A. Bray
Brother: Albert T. Hackett
Brother In Law: Thomas P. Garrett
Executor: Albert T.
Hackett
Witnesses: C. N. Woodall, J. B. Carter, J. H. Pelfrey
Page 78
JAMES F. COGBURN
Date: 3/5/1894
Wife: Eveline Cogburn
Children: Amanda Strickland, Sarah Bagwell, James M. Cogburn, C. T. Cogburn, Mary
A.
Rogers
Legal heirs of Lucy O. Bates: John T. Cogburn, Mary A.
Rogers
Son: Joseph H. Cogburn
Executor: James M. Cogburn
Witnesses: H.
I. Seale, F. M. Fowler, W. C. Anderson
Page 79
REUBEN COATES
Date: !/11/1897
Wife Emmaline Coates
Son: J. W. Coates
Children: Ada Coates,
W. J. Coates, R. N. Coates
Executor: W. J. Coates
Witnesses: A. M. Bell,
R. N. Lee, P. T. Loftis
Page 80
ALLINE BUISE
Date:
1/15/1897
Tovie McGinnis
Niece: Octavia McGinnis
John Buise, James
Buise, Hampton Gilbert, Green Morton, Marshal Morton, Jackson Morton,
David
Clements, William Clements, Harrison Gunter
Witnesses: Thomas Collins, G. H.
Collins, D. H. Roper
Page 81
WILLIAM MARTIN
Date: 4/3/1896
Wife:
Mary J. Moore
Son: John W. Moore
Savilla Wood, Cornelia
Spence
Executor: John W. Moore
Witnesses: D. W. Devore, F. J. Jameson, W.
H. Early
Page 82
JOHN G. EVANS
Date: 1/18/1884
Wife: Mary Ann
Evans
Sons: Robert T. Evans, Andrew F. Evans, John T. Evans
Children:
William E. Evans, Sarah Jane A. Evans, Roxanne C. Evans, Robert T. Evans,
Franklin
A. Evans, John R. Evans, Georgiana Adams
Executor: Mary Ann
Evans, William A. Evans
Witnesses: John King, James M. Stewart, William C.
Chatham
Page 85
THOMAS COLLINS
Date: 5/13/1899
Daughter: Adeline
Flowers, Ada J. Bell, Mary Mathis, deceased
Son: Green H. Collins, Thomas
Colllins, Jr.
Son In Law: Hiram Mathis
Executors: Thomas Collins, Jr., F.
L. Lewis
Witnesses: Henry P. Cawley, George W. Little, James A.
Boles
Page 87
NANCY ROGERS
Date: August 8, 1894
Son: Henry T.
Rogers
Daughter: Margaret Ann Martin
Executor: Henry T.
Rogers
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, J. J. Garrett, J. H. Phillips
Page 89
ANN BAKER
Date: 1/11/1893
Husband: John H. Baker,
deceased
Sister: Elisabeth Pool
Niece: Ann Baker Adams
Friend and
Neighbor: Mary L. Boroughs, David W. Devore, Joseph Luther Cook
Friend: John
B. Broadwell, Willie Pool
Executor: David Devore
Witnesses: William W. F.
Bramblette, James W. Mansell, Jeff H. Upshaw
Page 91
W. J. WEST
Date: 11/20/1893
Wife: Nancy E. West
Sons and Executors: H. M.
West, C. H. West
Witnesses: A. S. Norman, B. C. Cobb, W. N.
Manning
Page 92
C. H. MADDOX
Date: 6/27/1900
Daughters: Ophelia
Maddox, Mattie Maddox
Sons: Edward G. Maddox, Emory Maddox, C. C. Maddox,
Executor, Virgil S. Maddox,
Executor
Daughter: Laura E. Newton,
Deceased
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, S. E. Rogers, J. W. Phillips
Page 95
G. H. COLLINS
Date: 5/22/1900
Leo Gum, Dossy Gum, Hattie
Gum
Sisters: A. E. Flowers, Ada Bell
Niece: Dola Smith, Elizabeth E.
Mathis, Sallie Fretwell, Mary M. Sinclair
Nephew: Charles G.
Mathis
Brother in Law: T. L. Collins, Executor
Witnesses: D. C. Major, V.
P. Johnston, D. A. Pirkle, W. A. Johnson, A. L. Pirkle
Page 96
ERMON BROWN
Date: 2/4/1901
Son in Law: James V. Roddy
Telitha J.
Roddy
Executor: James V. Roddy
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, J. E. Bowen, J. S.
Spence
Page 97
J. J. BRIDWELL
Date: 12/7/1892
Wife: Sarah
Bridwell
Daughters: Susan E. Elizabeth Jameson, Deceased, Nancy Jane
Neel
Executor: George W. Grogan
Witnesses: P. D. McCleskey, J. M. Dodd, A.
S. Norman,
Page 99
JESSE J. DEMPSEY
Date: 8/17/1901
Wife:
Harriet N.Dempsey
Executors: Robert M. Dempsey, Son, Joseph S. Dempsey,
Son
Witnesses: G. M. Hook, C. Y. Houze, J. W. Crawford
Page 99
GREEN B. GROGAN
Date:
Wife: Amanda P. Grogan
Children: George W. Grogan, Mary Burgess, Savannah Johnston,
Cora Stephens, Amanda P. Dimsdale,
Green B. Grogan, Jr., Lou McCleskey, Minnie Grogan
Executors: Green B.
Grogan, Jr., George W. Grogan
Witnesses: C. E. Wright, W. J. Thompson, J. S.
Cochran, D. W. Devore
Page102
CYNTHIA NORMAN
Date: 7/2/1902
Son:
A. S. Norman
Granddaughters: Drew Willie White, Clyde Smith
Grandsons:
John Will Norman, Paul Norman
Executor: A. S. Norman
Witnesses: C. A.
Morris, W. G. Brown, G. D. Blackwell
Page 103
ELIZABETH RED
Date:
5/4/1901
Son: John L. Red, Executor
Witnesses: B. F. Simpson, I. T.
Crisler, P. T. Evans
Page 104
SILVESTER NESBIT
Date:
10/16/1902
Wife: Carrie M. Nesbit
Sons: Joseph M. Nesbit, Executor, Frank
B. Nesbit, Robert C. Nesbit
Witnesses: S. F. McElroy, W. F. Long, T. L.
Hester
Page 105
JANE UPSHAW
Date: 6/18/1903
Husband: John
Upshaw, Executor
Daughter: Mattie Upshaw
Witnesses: H. M. Broadwell, H. B.
Fowler, J. C. Clements
Page 106
J. H. SUMMEROUR
Date:
10/3/1903
Wife: Catherine Summerour, Executor
Children: Frank Summerour,
Pat Summerour, Guy Summerour, C. A. Summerour, J. H.
Summerour,
Jr.
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, Cora M. Lewis, H. H. Summerour
Page 108
ROBERT THOMPSON
Date: 2/8/1904
Daughter: Mrs. S. E.
Strickland
Friend: Mary Kaylor
Grandsons: Robert Thompson, Executor,
Robert H. Strickland, Executor
Witnesses: H. I. Weaver, C. M. Webb, R. G.
Broadwell
Page 109
ARTHUR C. MAXWELL
Date: 9/8/1890
Wife: Emily
F. Maxwell, Executor
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, J. W. Rainwater, W. N.
Manning
Page 110
JOHN T. STEPHENS
Date: 5/25/1904
Wife: Susan
Stephens, Executor
Granddaughter: Susannah Stephens, Hattie
Stephens
Grandson: John F. Stephens
Stepdaughter: Mary F. Nix
Step
Granddaughters: Susannah Nix, Odessa Nix
Stepdaughter: Celia J.
Griffin
Witnesses: Charles Nix, J. P. Neese, M. A. Brown
Page 112
MARY MANNING
Date: 10/1/1897
Husband, Reuben Manning,
deceased
Son: Simeon Manning, deceased
Cora A. Manning, Mary I. Crisler,
William N. Manning
Witnesses: M. J. Seale, F. M. Ramsey, W. C.
Anderson
Page 115
AMANDA C. DEVORE
Date: 12/28/1905
Sister:
Mattie Devore
Witnesses: John H. Nockendull, J. H. Cowart, W. H.
Rusk
Page 115
JOHN F. SHIRLEY
Date: 1/20/1902
Mary C.
Shirley
Children: Ida L. Moss, J. W. Shirley, Effie Martin, Robert Shirley,
Benjamin Shirley, Dosia
Bagwell
Executor: J. W. Shirley, guardian of Wade
E. Shirley, Cleo Shirley, and Carlos V. Shirley
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, O. C.
Shirley, B. N. Shirley
Page 118
JAMES S. TAYLOR
Date: April 18,
1907
Wife: Elizabeth E.Taylor
Six sons
Son: Zodar Taylor,
Executor
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, W. E. Shirley, M. H. Jones
Page 119
JOHN I. DAVID
Date: 5/4/1908
Wife: V. E. David
Sons and Executors: W. H. David , G. L. David
Witnesses: T. D.. Hardeman, D. E.
Blackwell
Page 120
HENRY J. BOLES
Date: 8/9/1908
Wife: Amy
Boles
Daughters: Laura S. Crocker, Missouri A. Roberts
Sons and Executors:
Isaac H. Boles, James A. Boles, William P. Boles
Witnesses: Roy L.
Cunningham, J. W. Bailey, Walter L. Bell
Page 121
JAMES L. DAY
Date:
Wife: Nancy L.Day
Children: Mary Montery Westbrook, Laura
Carmichael, Alpha Land, J. W. Day, Sallie Wood,
Nora Wood, Alma Watson,
Nannie Tucker, John Day, deceased, Henrietta Hood
Executors: J. W. Day, J. M.
Westbrook, Son in Law
Witnesses: J. H. Phillips, H. T. Rogers, James S.
White
Page 122
MARTHA CAROLINE FORD
Date: 3/5/1904
Sister:
Margaret M. Ford
Nephew: Jessee T. Elder
Executor: Jessee T.
Elder
Witnesses: T. L. Lewis, W. G. Scott, W. S. Scott
Page 122
MARGARET M. FORD
Date: 8/17/1908
Nephew: J. T. Elder
Sister: Nancy Allgood
Children of Nancy Allgood: , F. B. Allgood, Charlie
Allgood
Children of Iantha Cobb:, Lum Cobb , Chloe Gunter , Melvin Cobb ,
Jessie Cobb, Weaver Cobb
Nephews and Nieces::, Mrs. Mary Blodgett, Mrs. Emma
Pruitt, Agnes McFarland, Annie Drake,
Vinson Ferrill, Maggie Ferrill, Leon
Ferrill, Alice Elder
Executor: J. T. Elder
Witnesses: W. H. Rusk, J. T.
Scott, J. A. Seay, Augustus C. McGinnis
Page 124
OSBORN M. MCGINNIS
Date: 8/29/1908
Wife: Dora McGinnis
Daughter: Grace McGinnis (youngest child, minor)
Sons: Ed McGinnis, Gus McGinnis, William Edmond McGinnis
Witnesses: M. M. Paris, J. H. Douglas, J. M. Dodds, JP
Page 125
WILLIAM STARKS EISON
Date: 5/20/1895
Wife: Mary Irena
Eison
Daughters: Sarah E. Eison, Mary E. Eison
Sons: David S. Eison,
Executor
John H. Eison, Executor
Witnesses: James A. Fuller, James H.
McNeeley, W. H. Grogan
Page 126
ISLA M. BELL
Date:
9/23/1908
Mother: Ada J. Bell, Executor
Sister: Helena Bernice
Bell
Share of funds from United States to be disbursed to the emigrant and
Eastern Cherokees.
Witnesses: Thomas L. Collins, Leo Green, John M.
Flowers
Page 127
ROBERT N. ROGERS
Date: 3/11/1908
Wife: Sarah E.
Rogers
Children: Mary D. Strickland, John E. Rogers, Raymond C. Rogers,
Executor, Sarah L. McGee,
Clio A. Rogers, Earnest H. Rogers,
Executor
Witnesses: R. N. Medlock, G. A. Bell, Walter L. Bell
Page 128
JOHN L. REDD
Date: 6/5/1910
Wife: Martha C. Redd
Daughter: Mattie Redd
Children: Sarah C. Bearden, Ester Williams, Mashack Redd, Viola
Hagood, Ila Wood, Jimna
Cochran, Theron Redd, Executor
Witnesses: W. H.
Holcombe, T. W. Wood, J. F. Dinsmore
Page 130
ANDERSON S. BELL
Date: 9/15/1902
(To be buried in Rogers Cemetery next to
wife)
Son: Raphael L. Bell
Children: Mary J. Bell, Albert M. Bell, Walter
L. Bell, Executor, William Bell, George A. Bell,
Executor
Grandchildren:
Children of son Robert H. Bell, Isla M. Bell, Raymond B. Bell, Henry C.
Bell,
Elinor B. Bell, Willard Bell
Witnesses: R. N. Rogers, R. N. Medlock,
W. J. Roach
Page 132
JACKSON MORTON
Date: 9 /27/1910
Children:
Lewis Morton, Tilda Ann Morton Webb, W. H. Morton, M. M. Morton, Sam
Ella
Morton Tatum, G. E. Morton, Deceased, Children of G. E. Morton: J. M.
Morton and James
Morton
Executors: Lewis Morton, James Morton
G. B.
Walker, Legal Counsel
Witnesses: J. B. Paris, J. H. Webb, G. B.
Walker
Page 134
WILLIAM D. CHAFFIN
Date: 11/7/1905
Wife: Nancy
J. Chaffin
Emma R. Chaffin
Children of George N. Chaffin
Children of
Savannah Goodson
Children of Charlotte Chambers
Children of John M.
Chaffin
Exec: Thomas L. Lewis
Witnesses: W. W. St. John, Charles M.
Carpenter, T. M. Hembree, NP Exof JP
Page 136
MATTHEW R. ADAMS
Date: 1/8/1900
W. E. Adams
Executor: T. L. Lewis
Witnesses: B. C. Bell, S. L. Erwin
Page 139
H. M. GUNTER
Date:
2/19/1911
Wife: Margarett Gunter
Minor Children: Jula Lee Gunter and
Wayman Gunter
Grandchildren: William Gerthie Canup, May Elizabeth
Canup
Children: W. A. Gunter, Solemner J. Gunter Harris
Children of Mary
Francis Gunter Canup--William Gerthie Canup, May Elizabeth, Canup and, Josephine
Canup, Ana Malissa Canup
Samuel M. W. Gunter and David Fleming Gunter, Louisa
Catherine Gunter Coleman and Susan, Ophelia Gunter Alexander, Wayman Luther
Gunter.
Executor: W. H. Gunter, Son
Witnesses: G. B. Walker, R. A. Rayner,
E. N. Fuller
Page 141
W. J. ROACH
Date: 9/12/1908
Brothers:
Johnathan Roach, George S. Roach, Wayne Roach, Executor, E. S. Roach,
Executor
Sister: Luvale Heard, Mary E. McGahee, Julia A. Howell, Isabelle
Looper
Nephew: Harrison Smith , John H. Ledbetter, W. A. Hill
Nieces: Mary
Clarity, Martha Kelley, Belle Ledbetter, Willie F. Smith, Alice Mooney,
Ida
Lynn, Lizzie Green, Julia Nations
Witnesses: J. R. Findley, B. J.
Findley, H. N. Taylor
Page 142
THOMAS B. ROGERS
Date:
10/23/1910
Wife: Judah Rogers
Children: Victoria Rogers, Azala Chandler,
Will Rogers, Marbelle Wast, Viola Rogers
Executors: J. H. Books, Bird C.
Rogers
Witnesses: Rascal F. Webb, W. J. Brooks, J. B. Jones
Page 144
JOHN HENBY TURNER
Date: 10/14/1910
Daughter: Alta B. Turner
Dempsey, Nancy Jane Turner Stewart
Executors: James T. Dempsey, Walter *.
Stewart
Witnesses: W. B. Maxwell, J. N. McGinnis, Robert A.
Hembree
Page 146
LEWIS M. MORTON
Date: 9/20/1911
Daughters: Alta
Morton, Clyde Morton, Nora Morton
Executors: Alta Morton, Clyde
Morton
Witnesses: O. N. Harris, M.D, W. H. Barnett, H. A. Jones, Ordinary,
Forsyth County
Page 147
NANCY K. KELLEY
Date:
1/14/1897
Daughters: Roxanna Kelley, Lenora Kelley
Son: Euphrasteus R.
Kelley, Executor
Witnesses: W. L. Lewis, W. A. Teasley, J. W.
Rhodes
Page 149
W. T. UPSHAW
Date: 4/6/1908
Wife: Dora A.
Upshaw, Executrix
Witnesses: W. H. Maxwell, C. W. Reece, John W.
Dwelling
Page 150
W. J. B. MARTIN
Date: 3/27/1912
Wife: Cynthia
Martin
Son: W. D. Martin, Executor
Witnesses: J. P. Brooks, Benjamin F. S.
Shirley, J. B. Paris
Page 152
ELIZABETH A. WATSON
Date:
12/21/1892
Daughter: Mary E. Berry, wife of Bazil M. Berry
Son: Elisha J.
Watson, Joseph M. Watson, Executor, J. B. Watson, W. L. Watson,
Deceased
Page 153
MRS. RAYMOTH MARTIN
Date: 5/22/1910
Husband:
Stephen A. Martin
Daughter: Lucile Tommason
Nephew: C. P.
Horner
Executor: J. F. Morris
Witnesses: W. B. Morris, W. R. King, A. A.
Martin
Page 154
R. J. RUCKER
Date: 8/30/1907
Wife: Mary Ellen
Rucker
B. A. Devore, C. M. Devore, Sam Gilstrap
Great Grandson: Lucian
Ramsey
Children of Daughter Francis Ramsey
Children of Daughter Samantha
Broadwell
Grandson: Eli Broadwell, Executor
Witnesses: W. H. S. Spence, O.
C. Shirley, B. F. Manning
Page 156
JASPER NEWTON DORRIS
Wife:
Executors: Charles Brechenridge Dorris, Luther Newton Dorris, James Lower Dorris
Witnesses: Henry Christopher, James C. Bramblett, John B. Broadwell
Page 157
LEVI J. WOOD
Date: 1/30/1905
Rachael Wood
Daughter: Savilla Wood
Jefferson Wood, Twiggs Wood, Mattie Wood,
Henry Wood, Mary Lou Wood, Andy Wood,
Merrick Wood, Odessa Wood, Cicero Wood,
General Wood
Executors: Jefferson Wood, Twiggs Wood
Witnesses: J. N.
McClure, W. H. Spence, A.S.C., J. P. Brooks
Page 158
WILLIAM W. MOSTELLER
Date: 11/9/1911
Wife: M. L. Mosteller
Sons: J. O. Mosteller, E. A. Mosteller, Executor, John Silvey Mosteller, Executor
Witnesses: J. P.
Brooks, C. M. Devore, Howell Brooks
Page 160
JEHUGH M. KEMP
Great Grandchildren:Clarence Wheeler,
Robert Wheeler, Margaret Wheeler
Grandchildren: John Kemp, Jehugh Kemp,
Mary Kemp, Pearl Kemp, Walker Kemp, Willie
Kemp, Albert Kemp
A. J. Roe, Executor
Witnesses: H. Y. Pool, T. H. Manning, J. F. Swilling
Page 162
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON
Date: 8/4/1897
Wife: Martha A. Thompson
Daughters
Sons: Virgil F. and Isoca N., Executors
Witnesses: A. H. Hardeman, B. M. Hardeman, Talor Land, I. G. Hardeman
Page 164
J. A. STEPHENS
Date: 9/12/1914
Wife: Martha C. Stephens
Daughter: Maude Stephens
Executor: D. Howell Cobb
Witnesses: W. P. Adair,
G. E. Chatham, D. H. Cobb
Page 165
ROBERT AMARIAH HEMBREE
Date: 5/21/1914
Wife: Minnie B. Hembree,
Executrix
Son: Pierce T. Hembree, Executor
Willie E. Hembree, Dessa B.
Morris
Witnesses: T. M. Winkler, W. E. Gentry, V. C. Gentry
Page 170
SAMUEL E. DODD
Date: 8/15/1913
Wife: Amanda Dodd
Alvin Webb and
Wife
Executor: J. P. Brooks
Witnesses: John M. Swelling, C. P. Norman, J.
B. Paris
Page 172
WILLIAM A. TEASLEY (W.A.G.)
Date: 8/21/1902
Niece: Essie Mae Floyd, Fannie Willie Teasley, Ona Good, Fannie
Brown, Ola Brown, Annie
Brown, Dora Garrison, Sallie Garrison, Annie
Manning
Nephew: Teasley Upshaw, Joseph Strozier, Dr. Martin Maxwell, Walter
Brown, Oscar Brown,
Willie Brown, Eli Garrison, T. H. Manning, James Howell
Manning, Executor, B. F. Manning
Half Brother: Dodge Teasley, Executor, John
Teasley
Half Sister: Ola Strozier, Millie Maxwell, Sallie Brown, Laurie
Garrison, Mary Manning, Dora Upshaw
Half Sister: Florence
Rucker
Witnesses: J. P. Brooks, T. A. McCleskey, J. R. Trammell
Page 175
J. W. WALKER
Date: 9/19/1912
Wife: Amanda Walker
Children: C. B.
Walker, James Walker, Etta Walker, J. B. Walker, Executor, Alice Walker,
W.
S. Walker, Executor, Joseph Walker, Ernest Walker, Maudie Walker
Grant
G. B. Walker for legal services
Witnesses: G. B. Walker, J. H.
Griffin, W. A. Grant
Page 177
WILLIAM P. DOUGLAS
Date: December 10, 1914
Wife: Emma R. Douglas, Executor
Son: William A. Douglas, Jones R.
Douglas
Daughter: Nancy E. Perkins, Executor, Annie B. Douglas, Maggie J.
Douglas
T. H. Lecroy, J. A. Dodd, W. L. Watson
Executor: Harvey P.
Carpenter
Witnesses: J. S. Dempsey, W. M. Blackwell, C. C. Fowler
Page 180
JAMES R. POWER
Date: April 16, 1915
Wife: Anna Catharine
Power
Children: Sarah Lee Stokes, Maggie Power, Jos*** Power, Joseph Power,
Horace Power
Daughter-in-Law: Avie Power
Witnesses: J. M. Adams, J. M.
Watson, P. A. Reed
Page 181
JAMES WESTBROOKS
Date: November 11, 1900
Wife: Montree Westbrooks
James W. Westbrooks
Son: James W.
Westbrooks
Witnesses: G. G. Buice, T. E. Holcombe, F. L. Holcombe
Page 182
WILLIAM P. DOUGLAS
Duplicate Will
Page 185
EWELL EVERT BROADWELL
Date: December 15, 1915
Wife: Cornelia Alto
Son: Millard Gerome Broadwell, J. B. Broadwell,
R. G. Broadwell, H. M. Broadwell, S. H. Broadwell, N. H. Broadwell
Executor: N.. H. Broadwell,
Jr.
Witnesses: James C. Bramblett, M.D., I. Y. Wood, Thomas LeRoy
Parker
Page 188
Nuncupative Will
Date: 9/29/1917
A. L.
PEARSON
Wife: L. E. Pearson
E. D. Pearson, J. F. Phillips, R. F.
Phillips
Executors: Son: E. D. Pearson, Son in Law: H. E.
Phillips
Witnesses: E. D. Pearson, H. E. Phillips, Mrs. L. E.
Pearson
Page 190
MRS. Z. O. TURNER
Date: 6/17/1916
George M.
Turner, deceased, buried at Midway Church
George Hanson and wife Francis
Hanson, Perry Strickland, Georgia Hanson, daughter of George and
Francis
Brother: Albert Bell (Children Julius Bell, Anna Bell, Ella Bell,
Homer Bell, Ila Bell, Dr., William Bell, Deceased (Children Luther Bell and
Effie Theyor)
Sister in Law: Lavonia Bell, Widow of William, and daughter Ola
Bell
Brothers-in Law: Sam Turner, John Turner, Joseph Turner, Mark Turner,
Robert Turner, Scott Turner
Sister-in-Law: Lizzie Turner, Mary Scott
(Sister of George Bell)
Mrs. Lizzie Brackett, Corbin Wood
Cousin: Mrs
Mattie Jones, Josephine Lott
Lelah Spence Dodd, Joseph Douglas, Stella
Douglas, Ella Spence, wife of Ben Spence, John W. Swilling
Executors: J.
D. McCollum, C. B. Hagood
Witnesses: C. P. Norman, H. C. Waters, J. P.
Brooks
Page 193
Codicil
Date: 10/21/1916
Mrs. Z. O. Turner,
George Hanson, Mrs. Lizzie Brackett, J. D. McCollum, Deceased
Executor: J. B.
Paris
Cousin: Miss Lizzie Willis
Witnesses: J. P. Brooke, M. H. Jones, J.
L. Swilling
Page 194
DAVID P. WATERS
Date: 6/16/1916
Wife: Dora
Waters
(Property fronting and east of Roswell Street, immediately south of
Cheese Factor Alley.
Daughter: Odessa Dorris
Sons: Henry C. Waters, Ralph
A.Waters
Executors: Henry C. Waters, Ralph A. Waters
Witnesses: Claud V.
Rainwater, J. B. Paris, J. P. Brooke
Page 196
WILLIAM T. WILLS
Date: 10/12/1915
Wife: Deceased
Children: Mrs. Susan Frances McDonald, Walter Pledger Wills, William H. Wills,
Claude Cleveland Wills, Maymie Lee Wills, Deceased, Laura I. Meadows, Deceased
Executors: William H. Wills, Claude Cleveland Wills
Witnesses: J. B. Burgess, J. W. Burgess, R. E.
Burgess
Page 198
JAMES A. HAGOOD
Date: 7/10/1915
Wife: Laura E.
Hagood
Children: C. B. Hagood, Ida Hagood Wood, J. A. Hagood, L. J. Hagood,
B. F. Hagood, Arminda Hagood Spence, H. S. Hagood
Executors: C. B. Hagood,
Son, Paul Wood, Son-in-Law
Witnesses:J. A. Estes, J. W. Goswick, G. B.
Walker, John W. Swilling
Page 200
W. C. KELLY
Date: 4/28/1917
Wife:Victoria Kelly,
Executor: Victoria Kelly
Witnesses:
Claude Nunnally, C. A. Nunnally, Robert Nunnally
Page 200
J. D. MCCOLLUM
Wife Clyde McCollum, Executrix
Date: 8/19/1916
Maxwell Hardware Company
Witnesses: J. B. Paris,
W. C. Fox, C. P. Norman
Page 202
JOHN COCHRAN
Date: 8/3/1911
Wife: Savannah Cochran
Sons and
Executors: Oscar D. Cochran, J. S. Cochran
Witnesses: D. W. DeVore, Dalter
Bates, John W. DeVore
Page 203
C. C. MADDOX
Date: 12/30/1919
Wife: Eulala Maddox
Daughters: Effie Rainwater, Ophelia Griffin
Sons: William Maddox, C. H. Maddox
Executors: C. E. Maddox, C. H. Maddox, William Maddox
Witnesses: Eli Broadwell,
Mrs. G. B. Walker, G. B. Walker
Page 205
J. E. DOSS
Date: 7/22/1911
Wife: Malinda C.
Doss
Children: Loutissia Doss Francis, Mattie Leola Doss Rhodes, George G.
Doss, Pearl Doss Hasty,
John M. Doss, Executor
Witnesses: Howell Brooke,
E. Gilstrap, J. B. Paris
Page 206
W. J. PAYNE
Date: 3/18/1919
Children: Martha Ann Hasty,
Mandy Cagle, William D. Payne, Executor, Nancy M. Akins, Myra D. Cook, Rosella Shelton
Witnesses: Lizzie Ingram, Ina Ingram, W. W. Ingram
Page 207
SUSAN STEPHENS
Date: 4/21/1900
Husband: John R. Stephens, Executor
Daughters: Mary Francis Nix, Seley Jane Griffin
Son: John H. Stephens, Deceased
Grandchildren: Susannah Stephens, Hattie Stephens and John Frederick Stephens.
Witnesses: J. P.
Neese, N.P & Ex Off J.P., M. I. Brown, W. P. Neese
Page 208
MARTHA RHODES
Date: 12/6/1915
Husband: James W. Rhodes
Sons: Nathan S. Rhodes, William Rhodes
Executors: William Rhodes, Andrew Sims,
Son-in-Law
Witnesses: Walter L. Bell, Thomas B. Newton, Jr., R. M. Day
Page 210
JAMES K. BATES
Date: 5/27/1913
Wife: Martha Bates,
Executrix
Sons and Executors: Alonzo M. Bates, Newton Lee
Witnesses: James
C. Rhodes, J. W. Gibbs, N. L. Bates
Page 212
SUSIE E. SUMMEROUR
Date: 3/30/1920
Children: Joseph E. Summerour,
Jeff H. Summerour, Executor, Mary K. Mashburn, Ben F. Summerour, Executor
Witnesses: Paul Murdock, R. D. Medlock, A. W. Lawson, J.P.
Page 213
JOSEPH B. MARTIN
Date: 2/24/1916
Wife: Cornelia
Samantha Martin
Son: John M. Martin
Son-in-Law: Ernest F.
Poole
Brother-in-Law: William H. Poole
Daughter: Era Poole
Witnesses:
James M. Bagley, C. E. Maddox, R. D. Manning
Page 215
JOHN A. OLIVER
Date: 9/5/1894
Wife: Annie G. Oliver, Executrix
Witnesses: J. P. Brooke, H. M. Broadwell, P. D. McCleskey
Page 216
JOHN B. JONES
Date: 11/15/1920
Wife: Willie Pearl Jones, Executrix
Adopted Son: Amos C. Jones
Witnesses: J. A. Webb, J.P., O. E. Hunnicutt, J. Y.
Jones
Page 217
MATTIE J. FISHER
Date: 12/7/1920
W. J. Gant,
Executor, Mrs. A. M. Gant, Mrs. C. W. Hogan
Witnesses: S. M. White, W. R.
Day, W. M. Neese
Page 218
BERTHA E. DUNNING
Date: 12/9/1915
Friend: Miss Maud Crisler, Executrix
Witnesses: Cora R. Woodson,
F. C. Peace, Edna G. Roberson
Page 219
M. A. BROWN
Date: 10/15/1918
(To be buried in Providence Cemetery)
Wife: Mary J. Brown
Son: Milton Brown
Grandson: Santell Andrews
Judge
Brown
Executors: O. M. Brown, Son, J. M. Brown, Son, W. G. Griffin
Witnesses: D. W. Devore, L. B. Cowart, John W. Devore
Page 222
Codicil
Date: 7/23/1921
M. A. Brown
Wife: Mary J. Brown
A. M.
Brown, O. M. Brown, J. W. Griffin, William Brown
Witnesses: D. M. Devore, W.
J. Westbrook, A. B. Devore
Page 223
BENJAMIN FINDLEY
Date: 5/15/1896
Wife: Amanda C. Findley
Children: Alonzo S. Findley, Frank C. Findley, Executor, Benjamin J. Findley, Executor, Susan E.
Cunningham, John R. Findley, Nebraska Collins, Lee B. Findley, Mary J. Moulder, John R. Findley
(adjoining land)
Witnesses: Anderson S. Bell, Walter L. Bell, William P.
Bell
Page 225
MRS. NALLIE SMITH
Date: 1/17/1921
Husband: J. T. Smith, Deceased
(To be buried in Alpharetta Cemetery)
Sister: Mary G. Hook, Executor, Jane K. Maddox
Brother: L. L. Hook, H. E. Hook, Executor
Nieces: Kathleen Maxwell and Louise Maxwell,
daughters of Minnie G. Maxwell, Deceased
Francis D. Jones, sister of J. T. Smith
Mrs. Lizzie
Petrie, sister of J. T. Smith
Heirs of James M. Smith, deceased, brother of J. T. Smith
Witnesses: C. F. Wood, G. B. Walker, Mrs. G. B. Walker
Page 230
MARY C. EISON
Date: 12/20/1925
Nephew: Verbia V.
Eison
Executor: W. H. Spence, nephew by marriage
Witnesses: J. H. Fouts,
Frank Jackson, Carl Roberts
Page 231
ISHAM T. CRISLER
12/3/1883
Wife: Mary I. Crisler, Executrix
Witnesses: Thomas J. Crisler, John T. Teasley, A. C. Maxwell
Page 232
J. J. KING
Date: 9/26/1923
Wife: Lucy J. King
Son: J. O. King, Executor
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, B. C. Trammell, G. C. Samples
Page 233
JOHN B. BURGESS
Date: 10/8/1923
Wife: Bertie Burgess, Executrix
Brothers: J. W. Burgess, R. E. Burgess
Witnesses: Andy Wood, Clyde Estes, Paul Stewart, L. J.
Myers
Page 235
THOMAS L. COLLINS
Date: 10/25/1911
Buried in
Shady Grove Cemetery
Wife: Nebraska S. Collins
Sisters: Adalia Flowers,
Ada J. Bell
Nephews: Willard Bell, Thomas Findley, son of J. R.
Findley
Thomas Johnson, son of W. K. Johnson
Thomas Smith, son of George
A. Smith
Thomas Jinks, son of Dr. Bose Jinks
Harriett Swafford, Willard
Bell, Dala Smith, Sallie Tretwell, Mamie Sinclair, J. C. Green, Leo
Green,
Ben Findley, son of F. C. Findley, Margaret Tonly, B. B. Tonly, Julia Short,
Robert
Cunningham, Nellie Findley, , Nebraska Findley, Bettie
Jinks
Executrix: Nebraska S. Findley
Co-Executors: B. J. Findley, Leo
Green, W. L. Bell
Witnesses: J. R. Devore, M. D., Leo Green, J. C.
Green
Codicil to the Will of T. L. COLLINS
Date: 10/24/1924
Willard
Bell, Charlton Green, Adalia Flowers, Ada J. Bell, William Jinks, Thomas L.
Green,
Thomas Lewis Bell
Witnesses:J. C. Green, W. F. Gunter, W. H.
Powell
Page 238
R. B. SHAW
Date: 1/31/1924
Sons: W. I. Shaw,
Executor, J. R. Shaw, Executor
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, J. W. Cowart, J. W.
Day
Page 239
W. D. MARTIN
Date: 9/26/1923
Son: W. D. Martin,
Jr.
Executor: Homer Dodd, kinsman, named guardian of W. D., Jr.
R. E.
Douglas, R. D. Manning
Father: Brantley Martin
Witnesses: C. F. Wood, J.
C. Gilstrap, M. D., G. B. Walker
Page 244
D. W. DEVORE
Date: 2/9/1921
Son: John W. Devore,
Artie B. Devore
Daughter: Estelle Nix
Witnesses: L. B. Cowart,
E. M. Upshaw, E. D. Cowart
Page 245
W. C. TUCKER
Date: 8/22/24
Dialpha Tucker
Grandson Charles
Reeves
Daughter: Maggie Reeves, Deceased
Daughter: Annie
Weatherford
Sons: Noah Tucker, Deceased, Rollin Tucker, Artie Tucker, Smith
Tucker
Executors: Rollin Tucker, Homer Dodd
Witnesses: J. B. Holcombe,
Virgil Dinsmore, H. I. Phillips
Page 246
M. P. HEMBREE
Date: 12/30/1915
Edward Hembree, son of
William Hembree, Deceased, Matilda Hembree Puckett, daughter of William Hembree,
The children of Mrs. Susan Ingraham
Son: Marvin Hembree
Daughter: Mrs. Minnie Ledford
Sons and Executors: J. E. Hembree, J. A. Hembree
and James M. Hembree
Witnesses: J. P. Brooke, P. T. Hembree, J. B. Paris
Page 248
MRS. J. L. REDD
Date: 9/29/1923
Children: Lizzie Bearden,
N. M. Redd, Executor, Ila Wood
Witnesses: J. B. Holden, A. M. Sims, J. L. Land
Page 249
JOEL C. DAY
Date: 10/15/1925
Wife: Mary S. Day
Henry E. Phillips, Ura White, Mamie White Rogers
Sister: Sarah Phillips
Brother: Mitchell Day
Brother: James L. Day, Deceased
Brother: E. M. Day,
Deceased
Nephews: Bartow Phillips and Odie Garrison, Executors
Witnesses:
W. H. Spence, J. H. Manning, Eli Broadwell
Page 252
MRS. MARY J. PHILLIPS
Date: 1/21/1910
Daughter: Mrs. M. A.
Phillips Thomas
Children of Daughter Rosetta F.Collins, Deceased, Luther Collins,
Charlie Collins, John Collins,
Mamie Collins Bagley and Earnest Collins, Children of
Daughter Mrs. Eugenia A. Day , Leroy
Day and Ollie Day
Daughter: Nettie Phillips
Thomas
Executor: Mrs. M. A. Phillips Thomas
Alternate Executors: John D.
McCollum, C. C. Fowler
Witnesses: Gradie Brooke, John D. McCollum, J. P.
Brooke
Codicil
Mary Jane Phillips
M. A. Phillips Thomas
C. C. Fowler
J. D. McCollum
Witnesses: A. A. Jameson, S. David, E. V. David
Page 256
MRS. J. H. HOOD
Date: 1/28/1926
Husband: J. H. Hood, Deceased
Grandchildren: W. R. Evans, Dr. H. G. Carter, Mae Belle Barrett, Homer Evans
Executor: Dr. H. G. Carter
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, F. P. Gilstrap, W. E. Spence
Page 257
D. P BOWEN
Date: 9/4/1909
Wife: Sarah J. Bowen
Witnesses:
W. O. Wily, R. G. Broadwell, H. M. Broadwell
Page 258
JOHN W. COWART
Date: 3/6/1914
Wife: Ano Cowart
Sons and Executors: H. C. Cowart and Walter C. Cowart
Witnesses: J.
W. DeVore, A. B. DeVore, D. W. DeVore
Page 260
Duplicate Will of JOEL C. DAY
Page 262
H. Y. POOLE
Date: 3/9/1916
Daughters: Nora Poole, May Poole,
Mrs. Sera Smith, Lena Smith
Grandchildren: Ethel Smith, Maudie Smith, Mamie Smith,
Horace Smith
Sons and Executors: Homer Poole, Lenard Poole
Witnesses:
J. H. Manning, B. F. Manning, R. D. Manning
Page 264
JEFF HARRISON SUMMEROUR
Date: 9/22/19
Wife:
Annie Rooney Summerour, Executrix
Daughter: Katherine Summerour
Witnesses:
T. A. Lewis, A. D. Garmon, W. S. Wilson, N. P. & J. P.
Page 265
G. D. TURNER
Date: 6/30/1927
Daughter: Sonie Stafford
Granddaughter: Lena Turner
Son: H. H. Turner, Executor
Daughter: Eunice Mulligan
Daughter: Sarah Malinda Thomas, Mary Spyres, Myrtle Ammonds
Son: Zeke
Turner
Witnesses: J. S. Holbrook, M. C. Burnett, J. M. Martin
Page 266
H. B. SPENCE
Date: 12/2/1924
Wife: Oma Spence,
Executrix
Witnesses: Kate Walker, W. H. Wills, J. T. Taylor
Page 268
DAVID E. ROPER
Date: 9/8/1927
Wife: Isabell Roper,
Executor
Son: Ottis Roper, Executor
Daughters: Flossie Lee Roe, Farish Edith
Lums
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, Q. A. Wills, J. W. Burgess
Page 269
J. W. RAINWATER
Date: 9/18/1922
Buried in Alpharetta
Cemetery
Daughter: Cleo Rainwater
Children: Annie Tatum, Queenie
Rainwater, Jimmie Dildy, Luther Rainwater, Cleo Rainwater and children of
Marvin Rainwater, Deceased
Grandchildren: (Children of Marvin Rainwater) Lou
Rainwater, Katherine Rainwater and James Rainwater
Executor: Luther
Rainwater
Witnesses: J. P. Brooke, R. C. Nesbit, J. P. Gilstrap
Page 271
MARY E. RUCKER
Date: 2/11/1926
Neighbor: Eunie Broadwell
Step Granddaughter: Myrtle Broadwell
Nephew: R. A. Camp
Grand Nephew: F. S.
Parrtridge
Neighbor: Jim Spence
Neighbor: Mrs. W. H. Spence
Neighbor:
Gene Oliver
Neighbor: Mrs. Neely Martin
Sister: Harriet E. Sanders
Niece: Benna Cresswell
Niece: Miss Florence Price
Nephew: E. M.
Price
Heirs: C. H. Price, E. M. Price, Executor, Florence Price, Ada Rhodes,
Emma Stubblebine, Emeline Sanders
Witnesses: W. H. Spence, Eli Broadwell,
W. C. Oliver
Page 273
JAMES H. COWART
Date: 3/15/1915
Fannie N. Cowart
Sons and Executors and Guardians of Minor Children:, Levi B. Cowart,
Dr. O. J. Cowart, G. C.
Cowart
Page 276
J. J. WEATHERFORD
Date: 9/22/1919
Wife: Margaret A. Weatherford
Daughter: Sallie Weatherford
Sons and Executors: H. J. Weatherford, J. C.
Weatherford
Witnesses: Thos. B. Newton, Jr., John B. Purcell, Joseph P.
Neese
Page 277
JAMES SOLON HOUZE
Date: 8/13/1904
Wife: Martha C.
Houze
Children: Emma J. Houze, Sallie E. Houze, Anna C. Houze, Colonel Y.
Houze, Cora Houze, Annie S. Houze, James T. Houze, Luna Houze
Executors:
Emma J. Houze, Colonel Y. Houze, Sallie E. Houze
Witnesses: C. C. Fowler, J.
S. Dempsey, R. G. Broadwell
On 12/11/1918 James Solon Houze revoked Item 5 of
will dated 8/13/1904 and appointed J. T. Houze and Emma J. Houze executors.
Witnesses: J. H. Cowart, R. O. Wiley, H. P. Carpenter
Page 279
TRIBBLE SHIRLEY
Date: 1/29/1929
Wife: Maggie Shirley
Heirs: C.
A. Shirley, Mattie Kelly, Vivian Brannon, Joel B. Shirley, Mamie Lee Shirley
Witnesses: Jas. A. Webb, Lula Webb, O. C. Shirley
Page 280
W. D. HOLDEN
Date: 6/19/1920
Daisy Holden
Son J. B. Holden,
Executor
Witnesses: C. B. Hagood, C. H. Wood, W. H. Spence
Page 281
LULA MAY MOORE
Date: 9/6/1928
Son: B. E. Moore,
Executor
Witnesses: C. H. Maddox, B. L. Fowler
Page 283
CAROLINE BOWEN
Date: 10/8/1928
S. B. Bowen, Husband
Grandson: Velma Bowen
Witnesses: H. B. Moss, W. H. Spence, G. B. Walker
Page 284
MARSHALL M. MORTON
Date: 12/11/1917
Bobbie Ann Morton
Daughters:
Minnie E. Morton, Martha E. Morton, Cora E. Long, Annie M. Morton, Maggie B. Cunningham
Sons: Marshall E. Morton, Jesse J. Morton, Executor, Charlie M. Morton, Executor
Grandsons: James H. Green, Charlie M. Green
Granddaughter: Florence Mildred Upshaw
Witnesses: J. M. Dodds, Roy Terry, Uel Dodd
Codicil to will of MARSHALL M. MORTON
Date: 4/1/1921
Marshall E. Morton, Jessie J. Morton
Witnesses: J. A. Webb, J.P., J. M. Lee, C. J. Moss
Codicil to will of MARSHALL MORTON
Date: 12/16/1924
James H. Green
Charlie M. Green
Witnesses: J. A. Webb, JP, A. W. Austin, R. H. Addy
Record of Wills Book C
Page 1
W. W. WHEELER
Date: 9/22/1930
Wife: Atessa Wheeler, Executrix
Witnesses: G. W. Coleman, J. J. King, Daisy Bearden
Page 2
A. S. FINDLEY
Date: 3/20/1919
Wife:
Emma C. Findley
Sons and Executors: John R. Findley, Charles B. Findley, Lee
S. Findley
Witnesses: C. M. Parsons, Heard Summerour, D. W. Wilson,
N.P.
Page 3
ROBERT N. MEDLOCK
Date: 12/11/1929
Buried in Warsaw
Cemetery
Margaret P. Medlock
Son: Samuel R. Medlock
Daughter: Margaret
C. Gilstrap
A. N. Medlock
Col. H. C. Rogers house
Mose and Jim Roach
house.
Son: Luther H. Medlock
Son: Jasper L. Medlock
Daughter: Susie
Jones
Son-in-Law: Charlie M. Jones
Surveyor: G. S. Veal
Friends:
Charles A. Summerour, Executor, Walter L. Bell, Executor
Witnesses: G. L.
Veal, John Bell, C. L. Chatham
Page 7
VICTORIA KELLEY
Date:
5/8/1929
Mary Lucy Scott
Adopted Daughter: Mattie B. Scott
Adopted Son:
John C. Kelly
Sister: Mrs. Eugenia Echols
Nephew: John Silvey
Echols
Niece: Callie Bell Deluger, Terry Douglas, Lula Burn, Elder Bartow
A. Phillips and Wife Azilee Phillips, Mrs. Clyde Dance
Executor:John C.
Kelly, Elder Bartow A. Phillips
Witnesses: B. A. Phillips, Azilee Phillips,
Clarisa Doby, S. E. Buise
Page 10
W. C. SAMPLER
Date: 5/4/1922
Maryetta Sampler
Daughter: Annie L. Sinder, Annie Lyon
Witnesses: C. C. Fowler, H. P. Carpenter,
H. M. Broadwell
Page 11
W. H. SPENCE
Date: 4/6/1927
Wife: Ada Spence
Children: Sibyl
Spence, Sibyl, Bill Spence, Jim Spence
Stepson: J. D. Dodd
Witnesses: E.
F. Poole, Foster Jones, Jno. M. Martin
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