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COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BOOK H (1803-1821)



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Albritton, Jesse Allen, James Allen, Joseph Appling, John
Avary, Asa Avary, John Avary, John Bealle, Francis Shepherd
Bealle, William Bealle, William Beard, Stephen Bell, John
Benning, John Blair, Hugh Brown, Ervin Chute, Hannah
Clayton, Charles Collier, John Cooper, Anthony Crawford, Charles
Crosby, Hickerson Culbreath, John Davis, Mary Denham, Charles
Dent, George Dent, George Columbus Drane, Walter Dubose, Isaac
Dunivan, William Eubank, John Eubanks, Major Fennell, Charles
Few, Ignatius Fitzgerald, John Flint, Thomas Freel, John
Gardner, Lewis Garnett, Anthony George, Robert Germany, Eleanor
Germany, John Gibson, Abram Graves, Peary Griffin, John
Hamilton, James Hand, Henry, Sr. Harris, David Harris, David
Harrison, Richard Hobs, Lewis Horn, Benjamin Howard, Aquilla
Howard, Dorsey Hunt, William Jenkins, Winefred Jenkins, Winifred
Johnson, Anne Jones, Ambrose Jones, John Jones, Thomas
Keith, Tarlton Fleming Killingsworth, Matthew Lazenby, Elias Lowe, Beverly
Lowe, Isaac Marshall, Abraham Marshall, Joseph Marshall, Joseph, Jr.
Marshall, Levi Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Sarah McCarthy, John
McFarland, Anne McGee, Hugh McGee, Josiah McNeil, Daniel, Sr.
Meriwether, Nicholas Meriwether, Thomas Meriwether, William Miles, William
Moore, John Moore, Richard Neal, Richard Nelson, Charles
O'Neal, Edward O'Neal, Edward Overby, Peter Overby, Peter
Perryman, Dixon Porter, Charles Ramsey, Isaac Ramsey, John
Ray, George Ray, John Ray, Joseph Rees, Benjamin
Reid, James Rice, Jesse Richardson, John Roberts, Joseph
Roberts, Shadrack Sampler, Thomas Sanders, Edward Savage, Loveless
Sessoms, Amos Savage, James Shaw, Robert Shields, William
Sims, Abner Sims, James Sims, William Skinner, Isaac
Smith, Rebeccca Stallings, Jacob Stanford, Stephen Stone, Mary
Sullivan, Samuel Sullivan, Samuel Telfair, John Tindall, Jonathan
Tinsley, James Tyler, Betty Walton, Daniel Walton, William
Welborn, Reuben Wheat, Eli Whittington, Barnett Winfrey, Isaac
Winfrey, Jesse Winfrey, William Wroe, Thomas Yarborough, Littleton
Zachry, William




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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, interest 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, William Jones.-