NOTE: These wills were abstracted from very poor images of wills almost invisible. Please allow for omissions of names and errors.
ALLEN, Henry. Probated May Term 1864. Wife, Sarah. Daughters: Sarah A. M., Martha C. and Agatha C. Allen.
BAILEY, John. 6/1864:8/1864. My sons and wife.
BARNETT, Casandra. Sons: John H. and James L. Barnett, wearing apparels. To Mary Emily Bowden. Hezekiah Benton to be paid.
BETTIS, Phillip. Wife: Matilda Caroline. Children: Giles, William, Eliza Jane, Victoria, and others.
BLAKE, John M. Wife: Sarah C. Granddaughter, Mary Lindsey, daughter of my third daughter, Georgia Ann. Granddaughter, Mary Johnson, daughter of my
4th daughter, Nancy C. Johnson. Friend, Thomas Willingham, guardian of the property. Son: J. T. Blake.
BROWN, Anthony. 4/1/1886. Wife, Rachel.
BROWN, Robert. To Sarah Martin, wife of Absalom Martin. Wife: Emaline. 4 minor children. Sons: Joseph and Robert. Daughters: Hannah, Mary.
BURRASS, John 1861: 9/1865. Wife, Sarah M. Burrass. Grandson: Henry, son of Job Burrass, "Account of property I have given my children.
BURRASS, John Henry. Probated Oct. Term 1865. Sarah J. C. Burras, executrix. Children: Adaline E. C., Catharine G., Caroline G. and Emiline Burrass.
CAIN, John Henry, probated August Term 1875. Wife, Lucinda. 3 children, Olivia and two others.
CHASTAIN, James W. 5/21/1881. Heirs: Ray, Nancy and Martha H. Chastin; Mary L._____.
CLAYTON, Sampson. 1/1865. Wife, Nancy.
COCHRAN, Neville H. 1/1864. To: Sarah J. Cochran, R. C. Henderson.
COX, Phillip. Wife, Mary. Daughters: Emily, Savannah, Mary Ann Cox and Susan Waters. Sons: John P. and M. L. Cox.
CREAMER, Nathan. Father and Mother: Christopher and Nancy Creamer. To my brothers and sisters. Friends, C. Teeper of Nevada Co., California, executor. To
brother, Davis Creamer of Randolph Co., Alabama.
DANIEL, William. 5/1/1878. To William L. Daniel.
DOLLAR, James. 10/31/1867. Children: Judith, Linda, Ann and Frances. Wife: Temply.
Portion of LWT
DOLLAR, Tempy. 5/30/1878. R. L. Montgomery, executor.
ECKLES, James. To Margaret Bailey in Racine, WI; to Bothwell in Barrabo, WI, the daughters of Mary Hammett. Son: Robert A. Eckles.
EDWARDS, Andrew J. 1881. Wife, Nancy.
FOSTER, John. Wife, Elizabeth.
FULLER, Samuel S. W. 7/1870. Wife. Mary.
GARRETT, D. A. 6/7/1869. Josephine, daughter. Celeste, daughter. Jeptha, son. John Garrett, son and executor. Jasper Green and Mary Powell, daughter of Allen Powell.
GARRETT, Jacob. 9/13/1883. Wife, Margaret D., lots 1076, 1097, 1098 and 1099 and 20 acres of Lot 1126 in 2d district 1st section of originally Cherokee, now
Forsyth Co, 180 acres. To children of Mathew Persell.
GILSTRAP, William. Heirs: Charles Asbury Gilstrap, Mary Ann Smith, Martha Eveline Davis, John L. Gilstrap, Louisa Josephine Gilstrap, Henry B.
Gilstrap, Sarah Emeline Gilstrap, Nancy Gilstrap, James Gilstray and Antony Gilstrap.
HAWKINS, Frederick M. 7/8/1891. Wife: Samantha A., Lots 246, 265 and 203, the past deeded to R. C. Montgomery in 3rd district, 1st section, 66 acres. Children:
Martha A. Leslie, Mary J. Hays, William Hawkins, Sarah A. Henry, L. Hawkins; the children of Franes Kellog, deceased; Dawson G. Hawkins, Berry C. Hawkins, Perry C. Hawkins,
the children of my present wife, Samantha.
HAWKINS, John S. 3/24/1874. Wife, Sarah. Executor, oldest sons, Cicero S. and M. G. Hawkins.
HEARD, James F., probated 4/76/1871. Brothers: Joel F., John A. and Jefferson P. Heard, executors.
HENDRIX, H. H. Father: W. G. Hendrix.
HENDRIX, Nancy, probated July Court 1871. Friend, Hannah______ and Elijah_________ and his wife. To Caroline Hollishaw?
HOLBROOK, Hannah. Sell my property to the highest bidder. Husband, Samuel. Sons: G. B. and S. H. Holbrook, executors.
HOPE, Ellison. 3/29/1882. Wife, Sarah, executrix. My Children.
HUTCHINS, Drury B. 6/4/1889. Wife, Nancy J. To George and Warren B. Hutchins.
JEFFERSON, Bazzil, probated 1878. Youngest son, George Washington Jefferson; William Jefferson; Rebecca Jefferson.
MARTIN, Peter H. 7/12/1873. All estate to be divided between Mary Ellis, my widowed daughter, and my grandson, John Henry Martin. To: Burdine Martin. To children of Tabitha Herndon.
MAYFIELD, Robert 7/18/1882. Wife: Harriett, administratrix.
MCAFEE, Alexander. Father: W. G. McAfee. Son: John, land adj. James C. Blackstock, town lot. To: Margaret. Wife: Harriett.
MCCARDY, G.? Sister, Elizabeth Holland.
MORELAND, Major A. Wife, Rebecca, my homstead, lot, Negroes. "All my children."
MORGAN, Crawford C. 5/14/1880. Wife, Elizabeth, executrix, and son, John D. Morgan. Daughters: Henrietta P. Willliams; Catherine C. Cantrell.
Sons: R. Morgan, Daniel W. Morgan, Virgil R. Morgan.
MONROE, Dougald 10/1884. Children: Samuel J., Willie F., William M. and Leoonidas B. Monroe.
MOORE, Jesse. 1/25/1878. Bury me next to my first wife at Holly Springs graveyard in Pickens County. Wife, Mary. Son: Thomas. Daughters: Sarah Lovelady;
Martha Dickerson. To heirs of my son, Perry L. Monroe, deceased.
ORR, Samuel. 5/31/1871. Wife: Christian Elizabeth, wife of 26 years, the plantation, 210 acres.
PATTERSON, Thomas C. 6/10/1884. Son: H. G. Patterson.
PARKE, James W. 1885. Children: William R. Parke, Eliza M. Stephens, Isaac G. Parke, Mary Cottingham, Henry H. Parke, Willis G. Parke and Martha J. Smith.
PITTMAN, Pleasant O. 11/15/1872. Wife, Frances Angeline.
POOL, Young P.1/1876. Children of my first wife. Wife:Mattie E. Pool and our daughter,Pearl E.Pool. Interrogatories propounded to Hiram P. Bell.
RAY, Edmund 3/15/1827> Friend, J. D. Hunt.
SANFORD, George H. 12/1869. Daughters: Flora; Mary Davis; Elizabeth. Son: Henry Edwin.
SEWELL, Joshua 6/8/1866. Wife, Nancy, Lots 638, 582, 640, 120 acres in the 3rd district of Forsyth Co. Sons: E.____, Anson J., and two more.
SIMMONS, A. J. 2/1/1886. Wife, Charity. Sons: James, Jesse. My grandchildren, heirs of William Simmons. Grandchildren, the heirs of Dr. M. V. Pool; and
my daughter, Mary R. Pool, viz: Wesley B., Ida L., and Andrew W. Pool.
SIMMONS, John. 1860: 1866. Wife. Sons: Thomas, John, James and Wily Simons; shares of my two deceased sons, viz: Balaam J. and Joseph Warren.
Daughter, Jefferson Townly. Executors: Thomas Pinkney, John, James and Wiley Simons. Guardians were appointed for minors, viz: Bryan and Sarah
Elizabeth.
STRICKLAND, John 4/9/1863. Wife, Mary Ann, all my lands until my youngest children come of age.
TALLANT, David C. Children: ________Smith, Sarah Hemp?, Nancy Edwards, George Tallant, Benjamin J. Tallant.
TEMPLES, Jesse. 1869. Wife, Phebe.
THOMAS, James. Ti: John Strickland; A. Philips. Mary, wife.
WALLIS, William 5/28/1855. Wife: Elizabeth. Son, David. Friend, Thomas A. Hardin, executor.
WESTBROOK, Samuel. 3/9/1867. Wife, Rebecca, lot 1126 in 14th district, 40 acres. Son: Wily? Daughters: Catherine Martin and Blandy A. Smith.
WHITMIRE, Christopher. Wife, Nancy, executrix. 4/1858.
WILLIAMS, Sarah. 11/1866. Daughter: Narcissa E., wife of Robin G. Blackstock. Granddaughter: Sarah R., daughter of Narcissa Blackstock. Granddaughter, Sarah A., daughter of
Oliver M. Jinkins. To Martha, Stephen Williams.
WILLIAMS, William. 5/1875. Wife and children. Son, Jefferson P. Williams left for Texas.
WILLIAMSON, Hector D. Wife, Martha Jane, all property.
WILLS, James H. All my property to go to my wife, Frances.
WOFFORD, John. Wife, Jane. John W. McBray, executor.
WOODLIFF, ___________. 1/22/1882. Sister:OliviaWoodliff.Brothers:AugustaM.and Josiah Woodliff. Sons: Warren and George.
