Abstracts of Miscellaneous Chatham County Wills
ALLEN, Robert. Will Book F (1801-1807) of the City of New York. Robert Robertson, executor. Probated 2/4/1806.
AUSTIN, Thomas, being old and infirm. Will Book E (1791-1801). Date: 1764. Wife: Sarah, 450 acres, executrix. Sons: ____ and Solomon "all of my tract of land to be equally divided between them." Mentioned land in Liberty Co. and Richard Cox.
BEAULAND, John A. of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) My lot in Augusta by intermarriage with my first wife, to be held for trust for my daughter, Adrianna Ross. Wife, Eugenia Josephine. 1835.
BEECROFT, Simon. Will Book F (1801-1807) To Will G. Davies my plantation called "Lang _________". Daughter: Elizabeth Brown. Wife, Elizabeth. To Mary Brown. To Susannah Mann. To Mary Bourquin. Samuel_______. Executor: William Henry Spencer. Mentions London.
BETAN, Jane, relict of late William Betan. Will Book I (1827-1840) Estate of William Betan has been divided. Mentions estate of Francis Courvois. Daughter, Mary Ann Mills, wife of John B. Mills. Executors: Moses Sheftall of Savannah and Robert Habersham. 11/2/1825.
BLOUNT, Stephen of Chatham Co. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Charlotte, the lot on which Robert Greer lives. Son: Stephen William Blount. Daughters: Jane, Elizabeth Ann. "My youngest children."
BOLTON, Robert. Will Bk D (1788-81). Daughter: J-----. Daughters, Rebecca; Francine? Polk; Ann Adams. Grandsons: William Adams, John Womack. Son: Robert Jr. gets the town lot in Savannah and land located on the North bank of a bluff in Savannah. No date.
BOLTON, Robert J. Will Book F (1801-1807) 11/19/1780. Negroes to daughter, Dolly at the death of her mother. Daughter, Retare? Newell. Son: Robert. Son: James McIntosh Bolton to be educated at the _______ and study physics (and law). Son: John Jackson Bolton. Wife to receive the plantation, then at her death to go to James Bolton. Heirs of Henry__________. "My Last Will and Testament contsins 21 pages of paper".
BRICKETT, John of Savannah, Physician. Will Book F (1807-1817) Friends, Edward Beck and Richard Leak. Brother, James. 1/2/1810: 7/2/1810.
BRISBANE, Robert. Will Book F (1801-1807) To Trustees of the Baptist Church in South Carolina, all my real estate in South Carolina. To Mrs. Eunice Hog. To Theodore Carlton. Brother: Adam Brisbane. My fellow Sanche to Joseph Davis of Savannah.
BRYAN, Jonathan. Will Bk D (1788-81). Son: Jonathan. Son, William, my plantation in the State of South Carolina. Brother: Hugh Bryan, Esquire. Grandson: Joseph Bryan. Daughter: Mary Moore? Daughter: Mary Rowland.
BUIRE, Jean Francis, Mrs. Will Book F (1807-1817) To Jeanne Margueritte Buire.
BUTLER, Elizabeth date 11/1/1775. Will Bk D (1788-81). To Jess or Jane Butler, clothes and my bible. James Parson?. Brother: William Elbert. Daughter: Mary Elliott. My grandchildren.
BUTLER, Shem. Will Bk D (1788-81). Date: 1777. Wife: Elizabeth. Son, James, 450 acres lying in the State of South Carolina, land formerly granted Joseph Butler, Esquire, being part of 2,250 acres. Son, Joseph Butler. 750 acres. Son, Shem. To children of Joseph Butler, viz: Edith, Thomas and James Butler. Son, Jonathan Butler.
BUTLER, Stephen. Will Bk D (1788-81). Sons, John and Stephen, etc.
CLELAND, Moses. Will Book I (1827-1840) Wife, Mary Cleland, Savannah lots.
CORDEN, William. Will Book F (1801-1807) 7/5/1808. Wife, Sarah.
COUNT?, Barbara. Will Book F (1801-1807) 10/6/1806?. Of Savannah. To Sally Mitchell $500.00. Brother: John Johanus Sheftall now in Europe. Mrs. El---- Shubecker?.
DAVENS, James. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Margaret. Daughters: Mary Hicklighter?; Elizabeth Ficklin; Sally Will?' Rebecca Davies. Sons: John and James. Executors: Samuel Ficklin, John Davens and James________.
DEVEAUX, Mary of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) Sister: Mrs. Margaret Morel. Sister, Charlotte M. Deveaux. Sister, Mrs. Ann Ash. 11/17/1832.
DOUBELL, John Peter. Will Book F (1801-1807) 9/1804. Not readable at all.
DOWDY, Richmond. Will Book I (1827-1840) Son, John, 50 acres on Black Creek. Wife. Granddad, Benjamin Franklin Dowdy. Daughter, Elizabeth Catherine. 1829.
DUNCAN, William. Will Bk D (1788-81). No date. My wife, Susan, a widow's share. Daughters: Sarah, Martha P---- and Mary Harris. Son: John. Brothers: James and William. William's first child, ?Gillana. No date.
EARNEST, Christiana. Will Book I (1827-1840) Granddaughter, Elizabeth Bartholomew, land in Dooly Co. due from George G. Purvis. Granddaughter, Sarah Bird, 1/2 o f Savannah Lot occupied by George G. Purvis. Great granddaughter, Ann Sophia Zippens. Grandson, John Bartlett, executor. Property of granddaughter, Sarah Bird, to go to (her daughter) Ann Frances Stebler. 1834.
ELBERT, Jonathan, elder of South Carolina, gentleman. Will Book I (1827-1840)Land in Bartholomew Parish to my children. To William Carson. Dated 1778, probated 1821.
FARLEY, Grace of Chatham Co. Will Book F (1807-1817) Daughter, Ann Johnston, wife of Alexander. Probated 7/1810.
FORSYTH, Benjamin. Will Book F (1801-1807) 2/1802. Wife, Margarett. My son, William Forsyth, now in school in St. Marys. "He is 15 years old."
FOSTER, Michael. Will Book I (1827-1840) of White Bluff. To Albert Densler and Mary Ann Eliza Denslery. Son: George David Henry, 1/s of land in Dooly County which was acquired by the intermarriage with his mother, my late beloved wife. Executors: Friends, Matthew Salfner, John Salfner and Patrick Houstoun. 3/20/1827: 5/7/1827.
FRAZER, Mary of Port Royal, S. C. Will Book F (1807-1817) Daughters: Caroline Anne Frazer and Harriott Marie Frazer, Springfield plantation. To John Richardson. Daughter, my furniture in Beaufort, S. C. Date: 1812.
GARDENER, John of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) One fifth part of my property in possession of my father. 4/5ths to go to my four sons. 9/1827: 10/2/1827.
GAY, George William. Will Book F (1801-1807) 1802. Sister, Elizabeth Gay.
GIBBONS, Ann. Will Bk E (1791-1801). Date: 1792. Daughter: Esther Stallings? Granddaughter: Martha Stallings? Granddaughters: Rebecca Fox, Catherine Elizabeth Fox. Grandsons: William Gibbons, John Stephen ?Milton. Daughter: Martha Low. Son: John M. Gibbons.
GIBBONS, Sarah. Will Bk D (1788-81). No date. Son: William Gibbons, 450 acres. Son: Joseph Gibbons. Son: Barach Gibbons. Daughter: Sarah Telfair. To children of my daughter, Mary Jones. Grandson: Noble Wimberly Jones.
GIBBONS, Val. (Valentine) Will Book F (1801-1807), ______of William Gibbons of Chatham Co. Niece, Eliza Annison?. To Hannah McAllister. Mentions State of Rhode Island. 8/9/1801.
GIBBONS, William. Will Bk E (1791-1801). Brother: Thomas Gibbons. Sister: Sarah Gibbons. Cousin: Barah Gibbons.
GIBBONS, William. Will Book F (1801-1807) of Chatham County 9/21/1803. Sister, Sarah Telfair one half of my sheep, etc.Stephen Josiah Telfair one tract of land containg 10100 acres originally granted to me formerly in the county of (whited out) now in the County of Jackson adj. a tract of land granted to his father, also one lott in the village of St. Gale known by No. 25 bounded on the North by Joachim Street, etc. Nephew, Alexander Telfair, one tract of land originally granted to me formerly in the County of Franklin now in the County of Jackson containing 10200 acres bounded to the South by John Gorham and on the East by Joseph Martin; also one lot in the village of St. Gale bounded North by Joacham Street and on the East by Mrs. John Gibbons. To Nephew, Noble Wimberly Jones two tracts of land in Camden County granted to me containing together 1080 acres adj. lands of John Houston; also a lot in Savannah which I purchased from M. Cartin Campbell, deceased. To Sarah Gilbert Jones. Niece Mary Telfair other items. Brother, Barach Gibbons lot in village of Gale, No. 24, bounded on North By Joachim Street and on West by Lot 23 which I purchased at marshal's sale sold as property of John Joachim Zubley; also 200 acres given me by my mother, Sarah Gibbons in her Last Will and Testament, and Negroes. To Barch Gibbons in trust for Emma, daughter of the said mulatto Norman, etc. Kinsman, John Gibbons. Land purchased from Joan Wereat. Note: This long tedious will lists many Negro slaves given to relatives and extensive property. The Gibbons were probably the wealthiest planters in Chatham County; also owning land in South Carolina.
GINOVELY, Mary, widow. Will Book F (1807-1817) Date: 1812. Grandson, Joseph Lee Atkinson. Daughter, Mary Susanna. Grandson: William M. Atkinson. To Elizabeth Key, niece of Susannah Atkinson, first wife of George.
GLASS, John. Will Book F (1801-1807)To Miss Mary Glass and my children. Executors: Friends, Paul Volleton and Jeremiah Cuyler. 5/1/1805.
GLEN, Sarah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 2/9/1804. Sons: James, George, Thomas. Daughters: Margaret Hunter, Sarah Bulloch; Ann Glen, Catherine Glen, Mary J. Glen and Charlotte Glen.
GORDON, Ambrose of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Sons: William Washington Gordon and Tombigby Gordon. Wife: Elizabeth. Daughters: Margaret, Elizabeth, Nancy and Mississippi. 7/31/1804.
HAIST, George. Will Book F (1801-1807) 10/10/1777. Friends, Davis Johnston of Whitman Bluff; William Greenwood, Jr. of Charles Towne and Joseph Machin of Savannah, executors. Catherine Gordon; Alexander Stewart of Savannah.
HALL, William Lister of Effingham Co. Will Book F (1801-1807) 7/9/1803. To George Galphin Nowlan, all my estate. Executor: William Joseph Spencer.
HORN, Mary Elizabeth of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 1/3/1801. To Aunt Martha________.
HILBERT, Mary Magdaline of Chatham Co. Will Book F (1801-1807) To James Elliot and David Bourquin.
HOBBS, John of Chatham County, Planter. Will Book F (1801-1807)Wife, Rebecca Hobbs. To Mary Hester, daughter of John Hester. To Mary Cuyler and Jeremiah Cuyler upon the death of my said wife to the heirs of William Henry Cuyler my Negroes. James Causton mentioned. 180__.
HORSKERY?, Zachariah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 1/6/1806. Nephew, John Cook or Cork. Niece, Mary Ann Cook or Cork. Wife, Henrietta.
HUGUENIN, John. Will Book I (1827-1840) Daughter, Mrs. Eugenia Rose, wife of Hugh Rose. Daughter: Henrietta Huguenin. My son's wife, Eliza Huguenin, executrix with my son, Edward D. Huguenin and friend, Robert Taylor/ Probated 5/1835.
HUGHES, Owen. Will Book F (1807-1817) 8/31/1812. Eliza Marie, half part of the estate of John Bonnell of Screven Co. and 1/2 of lot in 24th district of Wilkinson Co. Daughter, Greene R. Duke. To: William Wilkes. To: Michael Hughes of Savannah. Friends, Green St. Nicholas, Greene R. Duke, Michael W. Hughes, executors.
HULSE, Justus of Savannah. Will Book F (1807-1817) Wife, Hannah, house in Savannah in Deckie Ward on Broughton Street. Sisters: Mary, Experience and Amey. My father,Justus Hulse. My Brothers. 3/12/1812.
HUNTER, William. Will Book F (1801-1807) 2/1/1803. Sisters: Juliett K_____ and Jane Elizabeth Hunter. To wife. Brother, James and friends, _____ Jackson and George Jones, executors.
JACKSON, Major General James. Will Book F (1801-1807) "Upon the death of Mrs. Dillon, wife of Robert", my wife's aunt. Late Hon. William Young. Friend: Mrs. Mary Charlotte Jackson. Brother: Dr. Henry Jackson, land purchased of Matthias Ash; property in England. To Thomas W. Whitefield, $500.00. Mentions estate of Dr. James Box. Son, William Henry, my Savannah Lot, etc. "My other children." 1805.
JOHNSTON, Matthew of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Elizabeth Mary Evans Johnson. Brother: James Brooks. Brother: Rabon. To James Robinson. To Jonathan, Andrew and William Johnston.
JOHNSTON, Sarah. Will Book F (1807-1817) 1825. Daughters: Sarah Walls, Rachel Johnston, Bellamy Johnston.
KEALL, David of St. Peters Parish of South Carolina. Will Book F (1801-1807) 3/6/1784. Brother: David Bourguin Keall, the property of Henry Keall. Sons: John Keall; David Washington Keall. Brother: Lewis Bourguin Keall, executor.
KELSALL, John. Will Book F (1801-1807)of Strathie Hall plantation in Crums in the Bahama Island. Son: Hodge. Wife: Lucretia. Friend, James Mossman and wife, executors.
LEVETT, Francis of McIntosh Co. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Charlotte. Son, John. Daughter: Charlotte. To Martha Johnston and James Johnston, Jr.
LEWIS, Nathaniel. Will Book I (1827-1840) Daughter, Helen L. Mills, my lot on Drayton Street in Savannah. Wife, Frances A. Grandchild: Nathaniel G. Mills. 6/5/1835.
LIVINGSTON, John Cork. Probated Beaufort District, S. C. To Kinsy Richardson, John Richardson, Richard Ash Rogers, Caroline Hanvel Frazier. Wife, Henrietta. Friends, Charles Odingslea and George Stephens of City of Savannah, Negroes. 1803.
MCALLISTER, Matthew. Will Book H, probated 1820, named wife, Anna.
MCALLISTER, Richard, probated 1802. "Richard McAllister of McIntosh County, Georgia, planter, now residing in Baltimore, Maryland. Wife, Louisa. Daughter: Louisa Caroline McAllister. Sister: Sarah Orme, wife of John Orme of Montgomery County, Maryland. Nephew, George Washington McAllister, made guardian of my daughters, F. Mary and Matilda Marie McAllister. Executors: My brother, Archibald McAllister and wife, Louisa McAllister.
MCCORMICK, Samuel of St. John's Parish, Berkley County, State of South Carolina, presently of Savannah, physician. 9/5/1803. Will Book F (1801-1807) To Emily Walton, daughter of my wife. To Robert McCormick, my son. Executors: Friends, Thomas M. T. Charlton, Joseph Miller and William Christie of Savannah; and James B. Richardson of South Carolina.
MILLER, Christine. Will Book F (1801-1807) Nieces: Rebecca and Mary McGee., Negroes in St. Andrews Parish, now Liberty Co. To my __________, Mary Clark, wife of James Clark of Savannah. To Miss Rebecca Taylor. 1/1/1805.
MILLER, John of South Carolina, by presently of City of Savannah, State of Georgia. Will Book F (1801-1807) Plantation "Strathlegger". Land on Black Swamp in St. Peters Parish, South Carolina, containing 445 acres adj. Nathaniel Johnson. 800 pds. to my wife from Josiah William Austin of St. Luke's Parish in my favor, I give to my two children, Martha B. Miller and Elizabeth Miller. Wife, Martha Miller. 3/8/1803.
MINIS, Sarah of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Dated 1796. To Hannah, Sarah and Judith. Son, Peter.
MOORE, Aaron of City of Savannah. Will Bk D (1788-81). Son, Thomas, lot in Savannah. Daughter, Elizabeth when she becomes of age. Son: James.
MOORE, ANN. Will Book F (1801-1807) of Savannah. 3/1/1802. Daughter: Mrs. Anne Moore; daughter of my deceased son, John Moore, town lot in Savannah. My wharf lot is now occupied by William Belcher and George Lamb. My brother: Robert Bolton. To William Stephens and his heirs, Lot No. 10 in Savannah. To Mary Gibbons. To Ann Hobly. Pay $10 to my executors, William Childs and William M. Foster.
MOORE, Catharine of Chatham Co. Will Bk D (1788-81). Friend: Margaret Eustace of Chatham Co. Eliza. Son: Justin and his wife. Sarah; Priscilla Spiers. Any estate in the hands of Abram Ladson. Judge Pendleton. Mary and Claudia Tattnall, children of Sarah Tattnall; Junior Eastace; John and Ann Habersham. No date.
MOORE, Sarah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 10/9/1799. Daughters: Frances, Mary (wife of Thomas Palmer). Son, Samuel, Jr.
MOREL, Sarah M. Will Book I (1827-1840) Executors to sell former husband's land, James Alged. Deceased husband's (John Holland) land at White Bluff, 200 acres and Negroes, to go to daughter, Emily. Sister: Mary Deveaux, lot 33 in Savannah. 1834.
OAT, Jonathan of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) To Jonathan Green, two houses in Savannah. 6/20/1835.
PARKER, Anne, widow of Nathaniel Parker. Will Book F (1801-1807) To Jacoh______. To niece, Sarah Lewis. Mother: ___________Stephens.
PELOT, Francis, planter. Will Book F (1807-1817) Probated 1/17/1815. Nephew, Jacob Franklin Keall of of my estate.
PRICE, Thomas R. Will Book I (1827-1840) Land in the Supper Common as per deed from Doremus and Ward for the use of my parents after that to go to Abby and Eliza Maria Price Smith. To: George H. Price. New Jersey, Essex Co., New Jersey. Samuel Seymour witnessed the LWT 3/10/1827 and Edward Price of Essex Co. oone of the executors; Francis C. F. Randolph of Essex, certified the LWT in 1827.
READ, George Padden. Will Book F (1801-1807) Nephew, William George P. Read, son of my brother, Jacob Read, 500 acres on the South side of Tomahaw, confiscated as the lands of John Hugh Poulson. Land in St. Matthews Parish, Liberty Co., to my father, Hon. James Read, 750 acres. Brother, Jacob Read, land on Canuche, 200 acres deeded to me by said James Read. 5/1804.
REHM, Frederick. Will Book F (1801-1807) 7/1/1791. Sister: Magdalene. My two sisters. Executors: Friends, David Stephens, Esq., Benjamin Cary and William Mallory of South Carolina; I. Cochran and Jacob Waldburger of Georgia. Dated: 1797.
ROBERTSON, James of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Jean Nisbet, guardian of my children. Daughter, Bellamy by Dr. Thomas Taylor of Jamaic and sold by me to John Liles of Camden Co. Brothers: William, Andrew and David Robertson.
ROBERTSON, James. Will Book F (1801-1807) James Johnston and James Robertson. To Susan B. Robertson. To Ann Roche, daughter of William Roche. Matthew Johnston. _______Jones. Nathan Robertson. 1805.
SANDRIDGE, Savid. Will Book F (1801-1807) House to my father.
SCOTT, Joseph James of St. John's Parish, Beufort district, South Carolina. Daughter: Sarah Pope. Son, Joseph Adams Scott. Son: John Scott. To heirs of my deceased daughter, Hannah Jenkins. Son, Benjamin Franklin Scott. Grandson, Joseph Scott Pope. Daughter: Cather, Catharine Hawkins Scott. Daughter, Ann Scott. Daughter, Martha Scott. 1/1804.
SEAVER, Peter J. of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Daughter: Elizabeth Graften Woodbridge. Executors: Thomas March Woodbridge, Joseph Machen and Thomas F. Williams.
SHAFFER, Batthaser. Will Book F (1807-1817) 1/5/1811. To children of son, James, deceased. Grandchildren: Joseph Lawrence Shaffer and Sarah Shaffer; Elizabeth, Margaret and Harriet. Daughter, Hannah, to be maintained. To children of Frederick Shaffer. To John Martin Gugel. To wife, Mary Ann Gertrude, land formerly owned by John P. Langry and two lots in Carpenters Row. Son: Simon Peter Shaffer.
SHICK, Frederick of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Elizabeth Shick, formerly Elizabeth Wilscher. Brothers: Peter Schick and Solomon Schick. 1/1804.
SIMONS, Samuel of Savannah, Merchant. Will Book F (1807-1817) Housekeeper, Hannah. Nephew, Moses Simons. To the Hebrew Congregation. To Andrew Harris of Jacksonborough, S. C. and Lazarus Harris of London. House and lot in Charleston to brother, Sampson Simons. Brother: Montague Simons.
SHOEMAKER, Peter. Will Book F (1801-1807) of City of Savannah. 1803. Friends, John King and John Henry DuPont. Heir: Maria Susannah Fifleer?
SMITH, Ann Elizabeth, widow of John. Will Book F (1807-1817) Daughter, Jane Bourke and granddaughter, Elizabeth Catherine Bourke. Daughter: Eliza Smith, Negroes. Son, Archibald Smith in trust for my grandchildren, viz: Archibald and Eliza F. Smith, Helen Smith and Jane Wallace Smith. Daughter, Sarah Wright, wife of Sir James Wright. Daughter-in-Law: Helen Smith. Daughters; Mary Couper; Anne McQueen (being in low health) a tract of land from her father. Granddaughters:Mary Anne and Margaret Couper, Lot 12 in Washington Ward called Hawthorn Lot. To six granddaughters: Mary Anne and Margaret Couper; Elizabeth Mackay; Sarah Williamson; Elizabeth and Catherine Bourke. To Isabella and Elizabeth Hunter. To the Female Asylum.
SMITH, John. Will Bk E (1791-1801). 40 pages. "He left no heirs in the State of Georgia." To the heirs of John Stephen Leonard Smith. "N. B. John Smith was a Senator and had a guardian appointed by the Superior Court ... the Record of Commissioners of Lunatics. Job T. Bolton and John Anderson, subscribing witnesses. The Petition of the Estate of John Smith. To Parish and Village of Deborah. The text of this consists of portions of the New Testament. Jacob____, executor.
SMITH, John of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) Property to wife, Winifred M. Smith. Daughter, Hannah Blakewood, wife of James Blakewood. Executor: Oliver Lillibridge. 1832.
SPENCER< James J. W. Will Book I (1827-1840) Wife, Ann Elizabeth. To Benjamin Langley. 1836.
TATTNALL, Josiah. Will Book F (1801-1807) My whole estate to my children, including plantation "Bonaventure". Children of my deceased brother, James Tattnall. To children of the late Marcertia? Campbell, viz: Maria Hollock?, Sarah Campbell, Martha Campbell, Mariah Campbell and Edward Campbell, $800.00. To the charitable institution, Savannah Female Asylum, $400.00. Executors: George Jones, Nichol Tindall, W. Stephens, Elery Jackson and my nephew, Josiah M. Tattnall. Wit: Joseph Habersham, Barach Gibbons, James Hunter.
THOMMASON, Paul Piere of Savannah, but now continental agent of France. Will Book I (1827-1840) Husband of niece. Wife, Marie Francois Metaria Eugenia Thommasson (born Warren). Mother, Marie Kergore?, land in Parish of St. Martendes. Wife to use her attorney as Leen Dutith of Rajold. 2/1836.
TORBES, Diana, a free mulatto, leave est6ate to son, Thune Thomas. Will Book F (1801-1807)
TURNER, Sarah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 1/16/1801. Niece, Henrietta Allen $200.00. Friend, Edward Harden the property that I die possessed of. Friend, James Brazillion?, $500.00. To friend, Hettie Jones, to choice of my horses.
VOLLOTON, Elizabeth of Savannah. Will Book F (1807-1817) Date: 1813. To Jeremiah Vollotn and Elizabeth.
WALL, Margaret. Will Book F (1801-1807) 10/19/1799. Daughter: Elizabeth Roses. Granddaughter, Mary Ealy. Executors: H. Y. and Ben Bourguin.
WATERS, John of Savannah. Will Book I (1827-1840) Lot 10 in 1st thying, Reynolds Ward and Heathcote Ward. Daughters: Elisa Waters, Jane A. Bruen and Harriet Bryan. Executors: Friends, William K. Cuyler, George W. Anderson and William W. Gordon. 9/1835.
WAYNE, Elizabeth. Will Bk D (1788-81). 10/10/1801. Husband, Kiston Wayne, Savannah Merchant, executor.
WEGMESS?, Walter L. Will Book F (1801-1807) Wife, Mary, all estate.
WHITE, Edward of Chatham Co. Will Book F (1807-1817) Sons: Thomas and Benjamin. Daughter: Maria Frances. Wife, Milly. Date: 1806.
WIGGINS, Thomas. Will Bk D (1788-81). No date. Wife, Mary, Savannah lot. Brother: John Wiggins.
WILLIAMS, Joshua. Will Bk D (1788-81). 1805. My sons.
WINN, Barnard of Savannah. Will Book F (1801-1807) 1805. To mother, all personal property. My sister, now Jane Williams.
WOOLF, John. Will Book F (1807-1817) Wife, Penelope, executrix. Son, Stephen, my lot in Ware Co., 430 acres. Grandson: Josiah Hawthorn. Daughter: Levina Barclay. Date: 9/15/1815.
YOUNG, Elizabeth. Will Book F (1801-1807) To Robert Dillon and Christiana_______ several lots of land. To Gneral James___. Nephew, Alfred and John Cuthbert. To Miss Elizabeth Brisbane. To William Wallace. To my father in trust for my mother/ I give to William Wallace in trust for my sister, Sarah, my wench, Delia. I give to niece, Ann Wallace, her daughter, Revellan. I give and bequeath to my father in trust for my mother, my wench, Hannah and her son, George. Sophia must be sold to whomsoever her mother Diana wishes...After the death of Mrs. Sophia Young.... Whereas a judgment hath been lately entered against my father on an appeal in the Superior Court of County of Chatham at the suit of the executors of William Young to one half of the proceeds of which I am entitled and as I have often heard my husband say that he did not believe that the supposed debt on which the suit was founded was due by my father. Estate of William Young to go to Robert Dillon. In the depositions which I have made in favor of M. V. Dillon.... Executors: Robert Dillon and Joseph Clay. 3//27/180-.