Abstracts of Will Book 1 (1809 to 1840)

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AVERILLA ALBRITTON, of Wilkinson Co., 4/7/1817:3/5/1821, p. 61 Son: William Albritton.

BRYAN ALLEN, 9/3/1818:5/1830, p. 126 Wife: Elizabeth. Exr: Bro., Eason Allen.

ELIZABETH ALLEN, 3/11/1837:7/L837, p. 152-153 "Since the death of my husband,..." To Bryan Allen, tr for dau., Julia Elizabeth Bacon. Son: Bryan Allen. Dau: Julia Elizabeth Bacon.

RICHARD ALLEN, 6/20/1821:9/1822, p. 58-60 Son: James A. Newman, exr. (Early C. land). Son-in-law: Ezekiel McLendon.

HENRY ANDERSON, Planter, 1/20/1815:4/1815, p. 15-17 Wife: Mary. Grdau: Joysey Coursey. Youngest son: Wade Hampton. Son-in-law: William Coursey. Daus: Ginny Barlow, Betsey, Polly Wood, Nancy Perkins, Purlina, Sina, Matilda. Sons: Abraham, John, West, Jefferson, Madison, Washington.

FREDERICK ASKEW, 6/23/1840:11/1840, p. 166-168 Wife: Nancy. Mentions wife's former husband. Sons: James, Frederick W. Daus: Penny Pullin, Mary Webb, Sarah Low, Eldaps Simmons, Martha W. Linden. Exrs: J. F. Linden, Nathan Teake.

JONATHAN B. BACON, 9/13/1822:11/1822, p. 50-51 Wife: Eliza, extrx. Ch: Edmund, Sarah.

MARY BARLOW, Mary, 8/16/L820:7/1822, p. 60-61 Son: Thomas. Exr: Friend: Archibald Griffin.

MARY BEATY, 4/4/1822:11/1/1824, p. 74-76 Grch: James M. and Mary Beaty Vickers (land whereon I live, purchased at sale of Samuel Beaty). Dau: Avalina. Mentions land in Wilkinson Co. Exrs: George Linder, William Cawley.

SOLOMON BEDDINGFIELD, 9/3/1817:2/4/1818, p. 35-36 Wife: Elizabeth, extrx. Ch: James, William, Needom.

ELIJAH BLACKSHEAR, 5/17/1819:11/5/1821, p. 51-54 Bro: Joseph. Dau: Harriet Brown. Exrs: Bro., Joseph Blackshear; friend, Amos Love; nephew, Blackshear Bryan; friend, William Hamilton.

JOSEPH BLACKSHEAR, 5/20/1829:7/1830, p. 127-130 Wife: Winefred Hayne Blackshear. "Should my wife be delivered of a child...." Ch Of bro., Edward and David. Sister: Penelope Bryan. To Joseph and Betsy Bryan, ch of sister, Susannah Bryan.Friends: George M. Troup, Thomas Moore. Exrs: Friends, Thomas Moore, Robert Coats, Edward H. George.

JESSE CAREY, 10/21/1816:3/1817, p. 27-31 Sons: Vincent, John. Bro: Alexander. Grdau: Mary, dau. Of son, Jesse, decd. Dau: Ruth, wife of Clemment Fennel. Daus: Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth. Exrs: Son, John Carey; Samuel Montgomery, Solomon Hall.

JOHN G. COATS, 9/2/1837:7/6/1840, p. 156-158 Wife: Piety. Son: Robert. Exrs: Andrew Y.Hampton (also gdn of Robert Coats), Francis Thomas.

ROBERT COATS, 12/25/1830:1/1831, p. 132-133 Wife: Rebecca R. Son: John G., exr. Daus mentioned.

THEOPHILUS COLEMAN, 1/2/1816:5/1816, p. 19 All my ch. Wits: Jeremiah Coney, Jonathan and Josey Coleman.

THOMAS COLLIER, 5/12/1829:7/1829, p. 114-122 Sons: Robert, Needham, Bryan W., George W., Andrew Jackson. Exrs: John Spicer, Sr., Thomas H. Wilkinson, Thomas and Needham W. Collier.

JOHN COLLINS, 2/16/1822:1/1824, p. 70-72 Wife: Nancy. Ch: Elizabeth Mathews, Catharine Grigsby, Nancy, Joseph J., Diademia, Marie. To: Winifred Patterson. Exr: Thomas Speight.

THOMAS COOK, 6/8/1813:1/10/1814, p. 10-11 Wife: Patsey. Sons: Henry, Carter B., William. Daus: Deidemia and Ginny Warren Cook. Exrs: Joshua Hightower, William Livingston.

SAMPSON CULPEPPER, 3/6/1822:1/13/1823, p. 555-56 Sons: Thomas K., John C., Joel, exrs. Dau: Mary Smith. Grson: Sampson Blunt Culpepper.

BENJAMIN DAISEY, 8/1820:9/1/1828, p. 99-100 Wife: Levdicey. Dau: Polly Hampton. Grdau: Rachel May. Grch: Benjamin Wade Hampton and his wife.

BENJAMIN DANIEL, 1/1816:2/4/1818, p. 33-34 Ch: Betsy Brantley (wife of Benjamin), John, William, James. Grch: Lucretia and Andrew Jackson McDaniel, ch of dau., Polly McDaniel, wife of John. Exr: Son, James Daniel.

LUCRETIA DANIEL, 10/1/1828:7/1829, p. 113-114 Sons: John, William, exrs. Dau: Betsy Brantley.

ELLIS DUNCAN, 5/3/1830:7/1830, p. 130-131 Mother: Mary Archer. Sister: Easter Johnson. To: Elbert and Thomas Duncan, Rebecca Miller. Bro: Elbert Duncan, exr.

THOMAS DUNCAN, 6/23/1823:7/1823, p. 68-69 Wife: Mary, extrx. Sons: Thomas, Ellis, Elbert, Thomas. Daus: Elizabeth, Easter, Rebecca.

THOMAS FARMER, 3/11/1817:5/5/1817, p. 31-33 Wife: Eliza. Bros: Joseph, Jesse. To heirs of decd bro, Joshua. Sisters: Heirs of Elizabeth Barefoot, decd; Naomi Farmer; Polly Farmer. Exs: Wife and Jonathan Pope.

JOHN FULWOOD, pvd 11/1829, p. 112-113 Wife: Mary. Exs: Wife, John Spicer, Zachariah Bayfield, Jeremiah and Benjamin M. Buchannon. Jeremiah Yopp, Samuel Yopp

ANN GIBBONS, 7/31/1826:5/7/1827, p. 90-92 Sons: Joseph Williams, Broiles, Haney. Dau: Mary Saltenstall (oldest), extrx. Grdau: Margaret Elizabeth. Grch: Sarah Ann Goden, Joseph Labon, Margaret Elizabeth Gibbons.

HENRY GOODMAN, 2/6/1816:1/1817, p. 24-25 Wife: Elizabeth. Son: Joel M. Exs: Henry Culpepper, James Hogan. Wits: Davis Smith, Jeremiah Outlaw.

ANDREW HAMPTON, 8/21/1839:3/4/1840, p. 153-156 Grch and ch. Four sons: Benjamin W., John M., Andrew Y., James D., exs.

REBECCA HESTER, 8/2/1832:11/1834, P. 139-140 To: Rachael Anderson, Mauley Spivey, Rebecca Keen, William Hester and daus. of my sister, Nancy Hester.To: John, David and Rachael Redding, sons and dau. of rny bro., Zeham? Redding. Exs: Stephen B. Hester, Huldah T. Drew.

GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH, 1/23/1835:9/1835, p. 144-145 Wife: Mary. Ch: Ellender, John, Kindred, Polla, James, Abbez, Edney.

JONATHAN HOLLY, 3/4/1808-5/1/1809, P. 1-2 Holly, Mary Barrow, James. Exrs: Ch: Elizabeth Mayo, William, Nancy, Lewis Holland, William Neel.

JOHN HUDSON, 7/9/1838:7/6/1840, p. 157-162 Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: James (land in Montgomery Co.), Leanda. Daus: Sarah, Mary, Ursula, Huldah, Corinne. To: Ira Standley in tr for daus, Mary, Huldah, Corinne, Sarah and Mary. Exrs: Friends, John Luther, Jeremiah W. Yopp.

MILLY HUTTO, 9/30/1820:1/8/1821, p. 46-47 Heirs: Mary. Wilcom Ursory. Bro: John Ursory. To: Hanse Lester's ch by last wife.

BURWELL JOINER, of Nash Co., N. C., 2/16/1813:11/7/1816, p. 23 Wife: Oner. Daus: Rhoda Pitman, Ferabra, Mary, Charity, Elizabeth. Sons: Wilie, Shadrack. Exrs: Friend, Curtis Joiner and son, Wilie.

JESSE JOINER, 8/27/1827:1/1837, p. 149-150 Sons: Bennett, Davis, exrs. Dau: Zillah Wells. Wife: Rebecca.

ADAM JONES, 11/25/1828:3/1829, p. 122-125 Sons: Seaborn E., John. Daus: Holly Ann, Delia Ann, Susan, Margaret, Queen Ann, Jane Panamore, Laura Ann, Ellenor Ann. Exrs: Friends, Benjamin and Peter Adams.

JONATHAN JONES, 1/1/1827:6/1836, p. 147-149 Wife: Rebecca. Sons: Aaron O., Jonathan, Isaiah, Jesse. Daus: Susannah Howard, Amia McNair. Exrs: Wife, Richard Barlow.

SAMUEL KIRKLAND, pvd 1/4/1820, p. 47-49 Wife: Ann. Sons: McCullers, David, Daniel, Julius. Dau: Elizabeth Ballenger.

JOHN LIVINGSTON, 5/18/1816:8/5/1816, p. 20-21 Wife: Nancy. Dau: Kitty. Son: Jones. Exrs: Friends, Joseph Livingston, Samuel Robinson, Jesse Rogers.

JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, 11/23/1824:1/4/1825, p. 77-79 Wife: Fereby. Mentions land adj. Killian Culpepper and John Livingston on Buckeye Creek). Ch: Hessey, William, Eliza, Nancy, Mary, Sarah. Ex: Friend, Reuben Underwood.

NICHOLAS LONG, 4/14/18198/24/1819, p. 103-111 Daus: Margaret Telfair, Sarah R. (land i purchased of Richard H. Long). Sons: Richard T., John Junius, Eliza L., Eugenia A. Mentions Tenn. lands, etc.

ALEXANDER MADDUX, 2/13/1815:7/1815, p. 18 Wife: Jane. Sons: James, Lewis. Exs: Wife and bro., Lewis.

JOHN MANNEN, 3/17/1813:5/5/1813, p. 8-9 To: Drury Mannen. Exrs: Henry Bohannon, Elisha Gore.

WILLABY MANNING, 4/18/1816:8/5/1816, p. 21-22 Bro: Lander. Wife: Frances. Dau: Martha. Exr: Friend, Archibald Griffin. Wits: Benjamin Manning, Reuben Tucker, Peter Thomas.

JOHN McBANE, 12/31/1819:3/7/1820, p. 42-43 Wife: Mary, extrx. My ch.

ELIZABETH MARY ANN McCALL, wife of Thomas, pvd 1/3/1832, p. 162165 Refers to marriage settlement dtd 7/6/1798 in Chatham Co. Bk T, P. 1822. Daus: Sarah Georgianna Spivey, Elizabeth Smith Moore, Janet Harris Standley.

ELIZABETH McCORMICK of Burke Co., Ga., 9/5/1798:9/7/1825, p. 8081 Daus: Sally, Polly, Silvia. Son: John, exr.

THOMAS MONTFORD, 3/18/1821:11/5/1821, p. 56-58 Wife: Sarah. Sons: Samuel Whitfield, Edmund. Dau: Elizabeth Whitfield. Exr: Friend, Simeon Ellington.

SMITHY MOORE, 11/7/1827:3/4/1828, p. 93-95 Grdau: Lucinda Moore, dau of son, Edward Moore. Sons: Edward, Drewry Elliott. Daus: Mary Secity, Beidy Finey. Exr: Neill Monroe.

WILLIAM OLIVER, 12/2/1812:1/4/1813, p. 4-8 Wife: Abigail, (formerly Abigail Spell) now pregnant. Wife's ch: William Spell, John Caddy Spell (land in Morgan, Putnam and Wilkinson Co.'s). To: John Oliver, son of John; William Oliver, son of James. Bros: James and McDaniel Oliver and wife, exrs.

WILLIAM O'NEAL, 3/29/1826:5/8/1826, p. 81-87 Wife: Nelly. Son-in-law: Benjamin H. Hampton. Sons: Martin, Cullen, William, Eliob Love, Edmund L. Exrs: Benjamin W. Hampton, Sampson Culpepper, Eli Warren.

GEORGE PAYNE, 11/19/1820:5/1831, p. 135-136 Wife: Milly. Daus: Jenny, Hariet, Catharine, Marish, Martha Smith, Theny Shiver. Grson: Zebulon Ard. Exrs: Friends, Robert Rozier, Eason Allen.

GABRIEL PHILLIPS, 9/29/1822:3/1/1824, p. 73-74 Wife:Olive. Sons: Wiley. My sons and daus. Exrs: John Collins, Olive Philips and Henry H. Philips.

MARK PHILLIPS, 12/7/1811:1/1815, p. 12-13 Sons: Harrington H., David (dwelling house, etc.), Dewlick (Pulaski Co. land, etc.), Joel Shared. Dau: Claracy. Wife: Piza. Bros: Gabriel and Burrel, Exrs. Wits: Shared and Joseph Phillips, sons.

FLEET POPE, 9/7/1824:11/1/1824, p. 76-77 Wife and ch. Exrs: George W. Daniel, Thomas Moore.

THOMAS PULLEN 12/30/1824:3/1828, p. 94-95 Sons: Henry, Thomas, Moses. To heirs of John Arline. Daus: Margaret Mason, Mary Pullen, Phereby Williams. Stepsona: Lewis Linden and George. Exrs: Henry Pullen and George Linden.

BENJAMIN RAMSEY, 12/30/1815:1/1819, p. 25-27 Wife: Penelope. Ch: Benjamin, Mary, Nancy, Isaac. Exrs: Wife, Isaac Ramsey, Abner Averitt.

FREDERICK ROBERTS, 7/16/1819:5/1823, p. 63-68 Sons-in-law: Shadrack Duke, Wright Sheffield, William Seward, Alfred Thompson. Grch: Mary Ann, Thomas R., Sealey L. and Hansel W. Harrison. Son: Daniel. Exrs: Thomas Moore, Neill Monroe. Codicil 3/7/1823 revokes Alfred Thompson. Also names Mary Roberts, his wife.

JOHN ROWLAND, 2/28/1829:3/30/1829 Codicil:3/30/1829, p. 101-102 Wife: Mary. My ch. Exrs: Richard Barlow, Eason Allen. Codicil names wife in place of Richard Barlow as exr.

SOPHIAH ROYALS, 9/22/1830:9/1830, p. 134-135 Son-in-law: Samuel Montgomery. Sons: Abel, Travis, James E., Yellis. Dau: Lucy Royals. Exr: Son, Gillis Royals.

BENNETT SMITH, 12/1/1814:1/1815, p. 14 Sister: Mourning Smith. Bro: Archibald Griffin, exr. Wits: Simon Smith, Sion Smith, Samuel Hammock.

ISHAM SMITH, 4/20/1834:7/1835, p. 141-143 Wife: Gracy. Son-in-law: Allen Ashby. Sons: John W., Robert, Thomas P., Isham. EXrs: Robert Rozar, Allen Ashly.

SAMUEL SPARKS, 4/16/1818:7/6/1818, p. 36-37 Ch: Charles, Samuel, Thomas Peter. Exrs: Friend, Amos Love, Neil Monroe, Daniel Hill.

DAVID SPEAR, 10/5/182011/8/1820, p. 38-39 Ch: James (eldest) exr, Polly M. Palmore (her son, David Palmore), Elizabeth Duncan, Lucinda Cary. To: James (son), David.

BENTON SPIVEY, 2/13/1834:4/1834, p. 145-147 Wife: Catharine. Sons: Eli B. W., Alford Benton. Dau: Demaries. Exrs: Friends, Hardy P. Standley and John G. Coats.

GIDEON A. SPIVEY, pvd 3/1837, p. 151 Bro: Joseph. Sis: Mary Spivey. Exr: Friend, Edmond Swiney.

JOHN STEWARD, 6/26/1829:9/1829, p. 102-103 Wife: Mary, extrx. Sons: Dogal, James, Charles. Son-in-law: Wiley Peep. Dau: Ann Smith, wife of William. Green: John Poak.

JOHN TODD, 12/5/1819:7/1820, p. 43-45 Niece: Elizabeth Bryan. Nephew: James Todd. To: Friend, William D. Algiers. Exrs: William D. Algiers, Dr. Thomas Moore.

JETHRO WEAVER, 5/10/1806:12/7/1812, p. 2-3 Wife: Lucy N. Ch: Martha, John, Lucy Hagle, Phebe Baker, Nathan, Jethro. Exrs: Nathan and Jethro Weaver, sons.

REASON WHITEHEAD, 2/26/1827:5/7/1827, p. 87-88 Mother: Elizabeth. Sister and two bros: Rhoda Battle, Bennet and Warren Whitehead.

WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, 10/20/1817:1/4/1820, p. 40-42 Wife: Elizabeth. Kin: Joseph J. Battle. Sons: Bennett, Reason, Warren. Exrs: Bennett Whitehead, son and Joseph J. Battle.

YOUNG WOODWARD, 3/4/1834:5/1834, p. 137-139 Wife: Mary. Sons: Green, John, Thomas. Dau-in-law: Nancy Woodward. Grson: Young Woodward (namesake). Son-in-law: Reuben Warren. Exrs: Friends, Jethro Weaver, Eli Warren.

OREN W. YOUNG, 7/22/1826:5/71827, p. 88-89 My wife and ch. Exrs: Friends, Edward H. George, Benjamin W. Hampton.