TALIAFERRO COUNTY WILL BOOK B (1866-1922)
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S. N. ACREE, 2/24/1898: 8/1/1898. Page 250. Mentioned: Willie Acree, Wife of S. O. Acree: Mrs. Delia Boswell, Mrs. Mary Kelly. T. E. Bristow, John A. Caldwell, Nancy Moore, Mrs. Ellen Stewart. Exr: David Page Henry. Wits: Titus Richards, Paul G. Lucas, Thomas J. Evans.
JOHN W. ALLEN, 8/17/1909: 12/6/1909, Page 305. Children: Walter H., Samuel H.. Anton J. Allen. and Mrs. Katie Stewart. Exr: sons Walter and Anton. Wits: C. L. Thaxton, F. C. Chapman, H. M. Allen.
EDWARD I. ANDERSON, 10/31/1904: 12/1/1913, Page 329. Wife: Allera C. Children: James A.. Robert H., FAnnie L. Anderson, and Leila M. Stephens. Grchildren: Carroll A. Griffin. Exr: Wife: and son James A. Wits: W. C. Chapman, U. S. Gunn, S. E. Allen.
John V. ANDREWS, 11/3/1913 : 8/3/1914, Page 333. Wife: Laura. Children: Mrs. A. R. Taylor (decd), Norman Andrews (decd), W. C. Andrews, R. L. Andrews, Mrs. Roxie Callahan, and Miss Gordon Andrews. Grchildren: Glenn and Robert Taylor. Wife's Sis: Jettie Gunn (decd). Exr: Hawes Cloud and W. C. Andrews (who died 5/25/194 and was replaced by son-in-law J. H. Callahan). Wits: W. O. Lunsford, Joseph A. Rhodes. M. R. Saggus, U. S. Gunn, W. J. Sturdivant.
CHARLES V. ASBURY, 9/20/1905: 8/2/1909, Page 301. Bros: James R., DeWitte N., Francis L. Sis: Eva T. Mentioned: Thomas A. Lyne. Exr: 3 brothers. Wits: M. Z. Andrews, D. S. Stewart, J. A. Beazley.
MRS. FRANCES O. ASBURY, 1/27/1893: January 1901, page 259 Husband: James W. Children: V. D. Evans and J. C. Asbury. Grchildren: Kate Evans. Exr: husband. Wits: John M. Murden, Frank Mitchell, E. I. Anderson.
MOURNING ASBURY (colored) , 12/5/1873: 5/1/1876, page 82. Husband: Adam. His dau: Sarrah Asbury. His grchildren: RosAnna Leslie and Martha Asbury. Mentioned: Roberta James, dau of Whitman James. Exr: nephew James Floyd. Wits: Quinea O'Neal, Claude D. Wynne, James C. Stephens.
MRS. MARY A. ASKIN, 5/28/1888 : 7/6/1891, Page 215. Legatees: F. E. A. Banchelle. son of Dr. Louis B. Banchelle; Nancy Gunn; Susan Delia Gunn; Elizabeth Gunn; William N. Gunn; Ross Gunn: G. R. Gunn; Simon Chapman; Juddie Gunn; Robert Gunn; Salem Baptist Church; the Crawfordville Baptist Church; Ladies Missionary Society of the Crawfordville Baptist Church, Indian Missions. Exr: William N. and Ross Gunn. Wits: John F. Holden, William O. Holden, Edward H. Ogletree, J. D. Hammack, Julia Hammack, and W. F. Hammack.
SARRAH ATKINSON, 9/11/1867 : September 1873, page 64. Dau: Catharine T. Thornton. Grchildren: Jesse and Milton Battle; John T. and W. I. Dickerson; Richard A. Dickerson (decd) and issue; A. I. and Z. B. Dickerson. Exr: John T. Dickerson. Wits: James W. Asbury, William A. Overton, and Cordial N. Daniel.
CHARLES AXT , 1/4/1858: 3/4/1869. Page 35. His negro woman Edy Ann and her children (3) to be transported to one of the free states of the Union and to be settled there in comfort, his estate going for that purpose. Exr: Hank Muhlinbrink, of Fulton County, Ga. Wits: C. Brackham, John T. Segur, and Luther J. Glenn.
MARY LULA BATTLE, 12/7/1897: 8/6/1900. Page 256. Father: Lawrence Battle (decd). Bros: James H. Battle. Sis: Minnie B. Allen. Exr: sister. Wits: John F. Holden, Carl H. Holden, and M. F. Griffith.
MRS. CATHARINE BEAZLEY, 7/17/1868: 12/7/1868, Page 29. Children: Arthur G.. Emma Jane, Julia C., John S., Frederick A. Beazley. and Frances E. Overton. Exr: son Arthur G. Wits: George F. Bristow, George W. Mitchell, and Wiley Rhodes.
MRS. CORDELIA BOSWELL , 7/28/1915. : 6/5/1916. Page 343. Father: Etheldred Edwards. Niece: Mrs. Eleanor Maltbie and her issue: Esther, Robert. Frances. and William Maltbie. Exr: W. W. Bird. Wits: F. G. Reid. A. J. Melton, and H. I. Bowen.
XENOPHON J. BRACY, 3/9/1918: 7/7/1919. Page 352. Wife: Viola. Children: not named. Exr: Wife: Wits: J. F. Wright, J. T. Lunceford, Ralph W. Golucke.
WILLIE BRADY (colored) , 7/12/1921: 1/2/1922, page 377 Bros: John C. Brady. Exr: brother. Wits: Hawes Cloud, W. Y. Fate, Ralph W. Golucke.
GEORGE F. BRISTOW, 12/21/1883: 6/10/1886, Page 154. Bros: Abner A. Bristow. decd. and his Wife:, Polly Ann Bristow, other brothers and sisters, but not named. Exr: Thomas E. Bristow and Joel E. Rhodes. Wits: Thomas J. Stewart. Omar Taylor, and John N. Chapman.
MRS. HELEN V. BRISTOW , 8/1/1883 : 8/13/1883, Page 126. Headed Warren County. Husband: Thomas E. Bristow. Parents: Joel T. and Frances McGinty. Bros: F. H. and V. A. McGinty. Son: Homer C. Wright. Other named: Robert L. Wright. Exr: Stephen B. Wright, of Richmond County, Ga. Wits: E. H. Williamson. M. M. Jones. and R. P. H. Lazenby.
HOWELL F. BUNKLEY, 3/22/1909: 8/28/1909, Page 303. Children: not named. Exr: J. A. Beazley and J. C. Murden. Wits: J. W. Park, J. B. Murden, and T. C. Edwards.
JAMES R. CAMPBELL, 9/11/1884: 5/4/1885, Page 139. Wife: Sarrah Woodson. Dau: Elizabeth Campbell. Grchildren: Lula and Lusetta Ellington. Exr: Wife. Wits: E. S. O'Brien. F. P. Johnson, and Jacob Rocker.
REV. JOSEPH ANTHONY CARTER , 8/4/1880 : 11/1/1860, page 103 Wife: Elizabeth Thomas Lunceford Carter. Son: John J. Carter. Exr: Wife:. Wits: William A. Overton, John M. Murden, G. G. Hixon.
WILLIAM A. CARY, 4/9/1912 : 6/3/1912, page 318. Wife: Annie F. Children: James Guy, William Watson. Frances Cornelia (minor). Jesss Leroy (minor). Mrs. Lee Anna Bentley. and Mrs. Mildred Jonie Rhodos. Exr: W. W- Bird. Wits: James T. Jackson, M. E. Moore, W. P. Jones, L. E. Credille.
JAMES R. CHAPMAN, 12/29/1896 : (no date), page 248. Children: Mary F. Hill. W. T. and J. S. Chapman. Exr: 2 sons. Wits: William C. Chapman. William T. Parker, and Clarence C. Rhodes.
RACHEL B. CHAPMAN, 10/8/1864: 9/6/1875, page 77. Children: Missouri A., Rachel A. J., John T. and Samuel N. Chapman. Exr: sons Samuel and John. Wits: J. M. Butler, L. L. Veazey, Jackson Henry.
THOMAS A. CLEMMONS, 3/10/1910 : 8/15/1911, page 316. Nephew: Morgan Dunn (also step-grandson by marriage). Wits: S. A. Caldwell, J. F. Mapp, Ida Caldwell.
JOHN B. CLOTWORTHY, 3/5/1904: 7/4/1916, page 345. Headed Aiken Co.. S.C., and all witnesses listed Aiken as their addresses.) Wits: L. S. Trotti. Herbert E. Gyles, F. B. Henderson. Wife: Sue L. Clotworthy. Exr: Wife:.
ABRAM COLLINS, 8.21.1881: 8/19/1881, page 118. Children: Jesse. Romalus, and Madison Collins. Exr: son Romalus. Wits: Alexander H. Stephens. John M. Graham, John A. J. McDonough.
DAVID E. DARDEN , 11/25/1873 : 2/2/1874, page 68. Wife: Amanda T. Bros: Moses. Jesse E., and William B. Darden. Oldest dau: Barthalla. Oldest Sons: Eugene E. and George E. Youngest Children: Carlisle B. and FAnny. Exr: Wife: and 3 brothers. Wits: Alexander H. S. Moody, Jesse A. Woodall, and Samuel J. Flynt.
MRS. TABITHA DARRACOTT, 8/22/1888 : 11/23/1889, page 202. Son: John W. Darracott. deceased. Gr-Children: Margarett Ophelia. Wife of Nathan Allen, and Mary Jane. Wife of Joseph T. Harrison. Exr: Wesley A. Wright. Wits: J. E. Darden, W. R. Reid, A. G. Beazley.
JOHN DAVIS, 5/24/1879: 8/9/1882. page 115. Wife: Ellen. Children: George C., Augustus V.. Beverly A., Leroy W. Davis, Mary Wolfe. Martha, wife of John S. Ward, Sarrah, wife of Joshua O'Neale, and Emily, wife of Albert I. O'Neale. Exr: H. D. Murden. Wits: J. D. Hammack, Thomas J. Stewart, and Sylvester Stewart.
BEVERLY DRAKE , 7/5/1872 : 11/4/1872. page 53. Bros: Pleasant and Vines Drake. Mentioned: Queen Ann Drake, Tobias Holland. Morris Drake. Cornelius Marchman, and John Johnson. Exr: John Johnson. Wits: William W. Moore, Anderson C. Moore, and John Johnson.
LEILA A. DUNN, 2/3/1920:7/5/1920, page 359. Husband: J. W. Dunn. Dau: Cinnie Belle and Elmer Dunn. Son: J. M. Dunn. Grchildren: Earl and Gertrude Ogletree. Exr: Miss Elmer Dunn. Wits: G. C. Rhodes, E. C. Taylor, J. P. Crawford.
ETHELDRED EDWARDS, 3/3/1865: 10/1/1866, page 1 Children: Thomas, Rebecca, Cordelia, Emma, Williams C. Edwards, Mrs. Mary E. Brown, Mrs. Martha Bird, Mrs. Mildred Bird, Mrs. Harriet Z. Clifton, and Mrs. Sarah Bell (decd). GR-Children: Etheldred Bird, Son of Wiley Bird, decd. Exr: George F. Bristow. Wits: Daniel A. Williams, Esau Ellington, John J. Kent. Wits to Codicil: Thos. A. Lyne, Ezekiel T. Nunn, L. Acree, and Obed M. Saggus.
ISAIAH ELLINGTON, 1/11/1898: 6/25/1902. page 260. Wife: Emiline. Children: Dorson E., Allen Webster, Primus, Mary Harris, and Linton. Exr: J. W. Farmer, John Harris. Wits: M. F. Griffith, J. F. Holden, and Carl H. Holden.
S. S. ELLINGTON, 3/17/1914: 5/4/1914. page 331. Wife: Sarah Elizabeth. Children: Paul and Amanda Ellington. Grchildren: Annie, dau of C. H. Ogletree. Exr: son Paul. Wits: Hawes Cloud, Joseph A. Rhodes, John S. Jackson.
JAMES L. EPPS, 7/8/1920: 9/6/1920, Page 366. Wife: Annie Maude. Bros: C. C. Epps and R. L. Epps. Exr: 2 brothers. Wits: R. W. Campbell, Charles C. King, and C. O. Nixon.
ELIZA M. EVANS, 6/8/1870: 8/1/1870, page 44. Husband: John Evans, decd. Children: Walter A. Overton, John T. Overton, Hester A. Colclough, and Susan J. Walker. Exr: son John T. Wits: George T. Bristow, James W. Asbury, George W. Mitchell.
ROBERT A. EVANS, 7/25/1921: 9/7/1921, page 375. Wife: Sallie. Children: Howard Shelton, Agnes Angle, Emmett Harvie Evans, and Willie Ada Miller. Bros: E. W. Evans. Exr: E. W. Evans. Wits: Hawes Cloud, Ralph W. Golucke, and J. S. Jackson.
JOHN FAGAN, 3/24/1874: 5/23/1874, page 71. Children: Hugh, James Thomas, and Margarett Ann Fagan. Others: Mrs. James Webber (in Buenos Aires, Argentina). US Exr.: Alex H. Stephens. Exr in Argentina: Andrew C. Bean. Wits: Valentine Cunningham, MD, and James Webber (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
MRS. EMILY S. FARMER, 9/18/1888: 1/6/1896. page 237. Children: Catharine H., Joseph W., George W. Farmer. and Malissa A. Lary. Exr: son Joseph W. Wits: H. M. Holden, W. J. Norton, C. H. Golucke.
MRS. HATTIE C. FARMER , 12/3/1913 : 9/6/1915, page 341. Former Husband: Dr. Smith. of Milledgeville. Ga. Aunt: Mrs. Sallie A. Branan and her son Arthur Randolph Butts. Others: Mary FAnnie Harris. Mrs. Maude Evans, David T. Butts. Arthur I. Butts. and the Baptist Orphanage. Exr: Arthur R. Butts. Wits: E. C. Gunn, W. C. Chapman, and L. N. Gunn.
JOSEPH W. FARMER, 12/14/1906: 12/2/1907, page 288-289. Wife: Hattie C. Dau: Ida, wife of R. E. L. Harris. Grchildren: Mary F. Harris. Other: Southern Baptist Convention. Exr: W. C. Chapman. Wits: John F. Holden. V. J. Henry, Joseph A. Rhodes.
SYLVESTER J. FARMER , 7/11/1891 : a/5/1891, page 221. Wife: Salle A. Children: Marcia Farmer. Rosa Blanchard and Mary Wright. Exr: wife. Wits: William N. Gunn, Joseph T. Harrison, Marshall Z. Andrews.
MRS. ELIZABETH AGNES FLYNT, 5/3/1889: (no date), page 194 Children: Thomas Joseph, Elizabeth Agnes. George Washington (decd but whose children live in Texas), and Nicholas Joseph Flynt , decd. Others: Christopher C. Carrol; Rev. A. G. Semmes, pastor of R. C. Church at Sharon. Ga.; Rev. Fr. Nelson H. Baker. of Buffalo, N.Y.; and Rev. Fr. J. M. O'Brien, of Washington. Ga. Exr: son Thomas and A. C. Davison. Wits: W. T. Flynt, Amanda C. Kendrick, and George N. Wright.
REBECCA A. FLYNT, 6/9/1884 : 8/3/1896, page 246. SON: William T. Flynt (land from estate of James H. Flynt). Dau: Eugenia C. Mershon. Exr: son. Wits: John H. Stone. William O. Wright, and James M. Triplett.
NANCY GAMAGE, 9/27/1870 : 8/10/1880, page 100. Niece: Frances O. Asbury, Catharine Mitchell, and Mary Ann Rogers. Nephew: Percy E. Trippe. Others: James W. Asbury and Thomas L. Asbury. Exr: James W. Asbury and Catharine C. Mitchell. Wits: Germon Tucker, W. O. Wright. and Micajah L. Jones.
MARY GILBERT, 7/11/1896: 3/2/1903, page 266. Dau: Sevain, Maggie. and Jesse Gilbert. Grson: Charlie Taylor. Exr: George E. Griffith. Wits: G. O. Gunn, G. S. Griffith, G. E. Griffith.
John R. GUNN, 5/3/1887 : 6/4/1888, page 186. Children: J. Ross, William N., Miss M. E. P.,. Susan A. E., N. Adelia Gunn. Emmeline J. Chapman. S. Emily Akins, wife of James Akins. Exr: 2 sons. Wits: S. H. Chapman, J. P. Perkins, S. W. Chapman.
NANCY GUNN , 5/25/1888 : 8/20/1888, page 189. Legatee: James Chapman (colored). Exr: Edward S. O'Brien. Wits: C. E. Coombs, W. J. Ellington, Edward S. O'Brien
JOSEPH HOWELL, 5/26/1862 : 3/3/1868, Page 27. Headed Henrico Co., VA., while Joseph M. Howell was a private soldier in Co. D., 15th Inf. Regt. Ga. Vols., Stephens Home Guards. LWT : by his brother, E. T. Howell. Parents: Abram R. and Mealey Howell. Bros: E. T. and Abram R., Jr. Sis: Texana and Martha. Exr: none named. Wits: J. N. Bledsie. P. G. Veazey, S. J. Farmer (later Dr. S. J. Farmer).
WILEY JACKSON, 9/13/1876: 6/7/1886, Page 152. Legatee: Rebecca (presumably his Wife: but not so stated). Son: Radford G. Jackson and Others not named. Exr: son Radford Wits: S. W. Chapman, J. T. Chapman, and John Rhoads.
OLIVIA B. JETER , 9/20/1915: 7/4/1921. Page 373. Son: Aylett R. Woodson. Exr: son. Wits: J. A. Mitchell, C. S. Akins, Alvin G. Golucke.
CYNTHIA JohnSON, 6/13/1872. : 6/20/1872. Page 50. Headed Greene Co. Decd husband's nephew: Silas Mercer Johnson and his son John. Decd Husband's grnephew: Samuel A. Howell, deceased. Decd husband's breatniece: Mary Jane Howell, deceased. Others: Mrs. Elmina Howell (a relative) and her son, William Johnson Howell. Exr: Dr. Isaac D. Moore. Wits: P. M. Moss. W. L. Grant, J. H. Mapp, and J. H. Kilpatrick.
SILAS M. JOHNSON, 10/4/1919: 9/6/1920. Page 364. Wife: Annie. Children: Alex H. and Others. not named. Exr: son Alex H. Wits: E. B. Atchison. Percy Phelps. and J. A. Beazley.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, 10/19/1876 : 8/7/1882. Page 112. Wife: CeliAnn. Children: Samuel. Silas J., Susan Johnson, and Francinia Shirling. Others: Mary P. Johnson. Exr: sons. Wits: William W. Moore, Elisha T. Moore, John Johnson.
MARY KEATING, 11/18/1889: 6/6/1891. Page 213. Children: Kate Kendrick, Mollie Edwards, Mary Ellen Darden, Maggie and JoAnna Burke. Exr: son-in-law Eugene E. Darden and Dr. A. C. Davidson. Wits: John O'Keefe and William L. Kendrick. Other: $20 to Rev. Fr. A. G. Semmes 'that prayers may be offered for the repose of my soul.
WILLIAM BULL KENDRICK, 3/29/1888 : 5/7/1888. Page 182. Wife: Ann Prather. Children: Charles Shaw. William Gabriel, Wilson Bull, Aaron David, John Robinson, Susan Lovelace, and Ann Elizabeth Brown. Exr: Dr. Charles Shaw Kendrick and George W. Brown. Wits: Jacob H. Jones. George E. Griffith, and Arthur C. Davidson.
GILBERT KENT, 5/4/1867: 10/4/1867, Page 20. Wife: decd. not named. Children: Isaac C. Kent; John J. Kent; Mary Lanier; Solomon Page Kent, decd and issue, William C., and Gilbert K., Elizabeth Ghan, decd, and issue. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Wife of Lilburn Acree. Decd Wife's dau: Bethany Perkins. Exr: sons Isaac and John. Wits: S. J. Farmer, J. W. Darracott, William H. Hidell, G. W. Mitchell.
THOMAS J. KINCHLEY, 7/26/1893: 8/7/1893. Page 235. Niece: Pauline Kinchley (daughter of Ed. T. Kinchley, of Augusta, Ga., now known as Sister Cecilia in Convent at Macon, Ga.'). Nephew: Albert Austin. Others: E. E. Darden and Catharine Traice ("now known as Mother Clemence of the Sacred Heart Convent, Sharon, Ga.'). Exr: Ed. Croake. Wits: W. L. Kendrick, E. E. Darden, J. H. Fallin.
J. M. LACY, 8/7/1908: 12/7/1908. Page 294. Wife: Mary Ann. Children: Charles P. of Taliaferro Co.; C. Hill: Mrs. Corinne Johnson, Georgia Johnson, Pearl Johnson, and Jesse McKinley, of Greene Co., Mrs. Willie Clark, of Fulton Co.: Mrs. Senie Clark, decd. Exr: C. C. King, W. C. Davidson. Wits: John S. Jackson, R. L. Smith, J. B. Simmons.
MRS. MALISSA A. LEARY, 2/21/1913: 11/1/1920, page 371 Husband: J. H. Leary. Children: Martin F. Leary and Others, not named. Sis: Mrs. Catharine H. Chapman. Exr: son Martin F. Wits: W. C. Chapman, E. C. Gunn, and Angus Richards.
John LUNCEFORD, 2/20/1868: 6/6/1870. Page 41. Children: William Madison; Margarett; Solomon and issue, Martha; Strozier and issue. Alexander and John D.; Columbus and issue, John C. and William. Exr: William M. and Margarett. Wits: Samuel Glenn. W. L. Nichols, and John L. Wright.
WILLIAM LUNCEFORD, 4/6/1871: 8/4/1873. Page 58. Children: Sarrah P., Elizabeth T., William E., Jones Page, Peter H., John W., Bolin E. Lunceford, Barbary Hammack, and Susan C. Combs. Exr: daughters Sarrah and Elizabeth. Wits: George F. Bristow, William H. Poss, John C. Fluker, Henry T. Poss, Jr.
THOMAS A. LYNE, 3/25/1887: (no date). Page 198. Niece: Sarah F. Asbury and her son Charles V. Asbury. Nephew: James W. Asbury and Otis S. Thornton. Exr: 2 nephews. Wits: John F. Heard, T. M. Morris, E. I. Anderson.
MICHAEL MAHER, 9/3/1875: 6/5/1876, Page 85. Legatees: Mary Keating, Patrick Keating, Edward Croake, Patrick and John Maher, of Yazoo County, Miss. Exr: Patrick Keating. Wits: Brien Maguire, Edward A. Harty, John Burke.
John T. MANN, 5/1/1891: 5/2/1892, Page 229. Wife: Ellen. Children: Charles H., James N., Frank Porter, Rubin J., Edwin A., John F. MAnn. Frances Lutitia Johnson, Ella Virginia Wheeler, Georgia C. Bunn, and Ann Elizabeth Davis. Exr: Rubin J. MAnn, Charles H. MAnn. Wits: P. G. Veazey, S. J. Jones, J. T. Cooper.
D. H. MEADOWS, 10/24/1896: 1/23/1905, Page 279. I wish to be buried at my father's burial ground on A. K. Mathis' place in said county.') SON: J. G. Meadows. Exr: J. H. Jackson, John T. Chapman, of the 'State of Florida.' Wits: J. W. Eckles, W. S. Mathis, W. H. Poss.
GREEN B. MEADOWS, 6/21/1877: 10/1/1877, Page 88. Niece: Mary A. Cox. Wife of Alexander Mathis. Nephew: Edward D. Cox. Exr: Edward D. Cox and Alexander Mathis. Wits: John L. Wright, Felix G. C. Peek, John J. Daniel. C. T. Boggs.
C. B. MITCHELL, 12/29/1903: 2/1/1904, page 276. Bros: H. F. and W. O. Mitchell. Sis: Mary L. Mitchell. Sarah A. Murden, Margaret F. Heard and issue, Love Heard. Exr: C. J. Thornton. Wits: W. H. Lunceford, M. R. Brown, and J. C. Ingram.
GEORGE W. MITCHELL, 8/21/1875 : 10/4/1875, page 79. Sons: George Hardin and Frank Mitchell. Sis-in-law: Mrs. Frances Asbury. Exr: J. W. Asbury and G. H. Mitchell. Wits: W. G. Stephens, C. E. Smith, John T. Heard.
OWEN D. MOORE , 9/2/1907: 9/5/1910. Page 307. Children: James L. Moore. William R. Moore. Della Barnett. Gr-children: Henry D. Moore and Sadie T. Barnett. Exr: Two sons. Wits: John O'Keefe. J. W. Fallin, T. Seals Darden.
John MOORE, 7/28/1902: 7/6/1903. Page 272. Children: Tillman Moore, Mary E. Avery, Frances M. Moore. Emily V. Edwards, Anna Moors and issue, George W. and Beatrice Moore. Exr: John R. and George W. Moore. Wits: S. J. Flynt, S. N. Wright, and H. J. Taylor.
Ann E. MURDEN, 7/20/1914 : 11/2/1914. Page 339. Husband: J. C. Murden. Children: W. B., H. R., James Murden, and Ruth Cook Hixon. Exr: W. B. Murden and J. A. Beazley. Wits: Robert R. Gunn, F. L. Asbury, and J. A. Beazley.
John M. MURDEN , 11/7/1911 : 12/1/1919. Page 354. Wife: Sarah E., decd. Sis: Emily R. Fluker and FAnnie L. Ellington. Decd Wife:'s Bros: J. M. Fluker. Niece: Mrs. Lille Taylor and issue, J. M., E. A., and Fley Taylor. Exr: W. W. Bird. Wits: Ralph W. Golucke, Hawes Cloud, W. W. Bird, John A. Rhodes.
MARY E. MURDEN, 6/6/1904: 9/8/1920, Page 368. Sis: Sarah W. Murden. FAnnie Ellington, Emily R. Fluker. Exr: William H. Fluker and Mrs. Fannie Ellington. Wits: R. C. Dickinson, J. A. Beazley. and O. H. Murden.
WILLIAM H. MURDEN, 6/4/1890 : 12/7/1891. Page 225. Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Joseph C. and Redmond S. Murden. Exr: 2 sons. Wits: John T. Heard. George C. Davis, and Augustus V. Davis.
LULA HALL McCORD, 9/12/1908: 9/25/1908. Page 292. Husband: Joseph W. McCord. Children: Ocie McCord Taylor, Lucyle McCord Hall, Mary McCord Golucke, Myra McCord, Irene McCord, Alice McCord. and Henry McCord. Exr: Ralph W. Golucke. Wits: Sallie Jackson, Mrs. Eliza Rhodes, and Alvin G. Golucke.
MRS. M. E. NORTON , 8/7/1915: 5/6/1918. Page 349. Dau: Mrs. Mattie Thompson and Mrs. Ella Beazley. Grchildren: James Davis Chapman and Kenneth Landrum Chapman. Exr: W. C. Chapman. Wits: H. F. White. W. C. Rhodes, Joseph A. Rhodes.
ARCHIBALD PEEK: (colored) , 4/24/1890: (no date). Page 205. Wife: Sendelia. Children: Percy, Felix, Dock, Willie, and Lula. Exr: Casper Myers. Wits: M. Z. Andrews, J. R. Moore, and J. S.
RICHARD D. L. PEEK, 7/12/1865: February 1869, page 38 Wife: Marian A. M. (very little property was left to his Wife:, for 'The property I have herein given to my Wife: is as much as the treatment she has always given me deserves, for she has never been to me either a kind, affectionate, or dutiful Wife's Children: Arabella and Octavia N. Sis: Frances A. Tilley. Bros: Felix G. C. Peek. Father: James Peek, Sr., decd. Cousin Thomas J. Peek. Exr: brother and cousin. Wits: G. F. Bristow, Joel G. W. Taylor, James H. Peek.
ABSALOM PERKINS, 5/21/1885: 7/6/1885. page 146. Wife: FAnnie. Children: David A. Perkins, Mrs. Felix D. Meadows, Canada Taylor, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes. Others: Maddle, widow of E. L. Perkins; Anna, widow of Henry C. Perkins. Exr: David A. Perkins and William T. Flynt. Wits: Felix F. Darden, William T. Brooke, James M. Triplett.
JANE E. PONCE, 9/4/1865: 9/3/1873. Page 63. Headed Sparta, Hancock Co. Husband: Dimas Pence. Niece: Susan H. Hardy. Exr: niece. Wits: R. W. Hart, A. W. Berry, and Thomas J. Little.
VINCENT R. PORTER, 3/15/1894: 3/2/1896. page 243. Wife: Mary Ann. Children: Adora A., Joseph M., George W., Vincent Randall, Felix H., Theodore T. Porter, and Lucy Ann, Wife of Jesse O. Stewart. Exr: Titus Richards. Wits: James F. Reid, Thomas J. Evans, Omer Taylor.
JESSE PORTWOOD, 1/24/1911: 7/1/1912. Page 320. Children: H. R., Julius, and James Bartow Portwood. Others Mentioned: Lula Ogletree, Hattie Bird, Stella Edwards, FAnnie Portwood and John F. Portwood. Exr: John F. Portwood, Stella Edwards, and Julius Portwood. Wits: J.C.Murden, S.A.Daniel, and W.Y.Edwards.
HENRY POSS, 12/21/1867: 11/7/1870, page 46. Wife: Sarrah. Children: William H., George M., Joseph, John M., Henry Thomas Poss. Exr: sons William H. and George M. Poss. Wits: Samuel Glenn, R. E. Moss, James H. Glenn, John L. Wright.
GEORGE M. POSS , 11/17/1899: 6/1/1903. Page 270. Children: R. F., Lilla, and Leneva Poss. Exr: William T. Nash. Wits: W. T. Combs, R. W. Meadows, J. C. Poss.
C. D. RAINWATER, 2/16/1907: 8/5/1907, page 286. Wife: Sarah. Exr: Wife:. Wits: J. W. McCord, J. L. Williams, J. I. Bowen.
NANCY REID, 6/30/1887: 8/21/1906, page 285. Children: Redden J. Reid: Anna C. Hall and issue, Ella Reid Hall, NAnnie Leverett Hall, Sarah Lois Hall, and Thomas Stocks Hall. Exr: Son. Wits: S. J. Farmer, C. U. Jordan, W. A. Wright.
MRS. SARAH R. REID, 5/10/1886: 8/12/1886. Page 158. Husband: Joseph F. Reid. Children: James E. Reid and Launie, Wife of William H. Yarbrough. Exr: husband. Wits: William T. Martin. J. W. Roberts, Charles Bergstrom.
WILLIAM REID, 3/25/1881: 8/12/1886. Page 162. Wife: Nancy. Children: Alex. H. Reid and Anna, Wife of Thomas Stocks Hall. GR-Children: Della Asbury Tappan. Exr: son and son-in-law. Wits: Thomas E. Bristow, William T. Brooke, and John J. Kent.
NANCY REYNOLDS, 3/2/1867: 4/1/1867. Page 16. Husband: John W. Reynolds, decd. Sis: Mrs. Pheriba Pierce and Mrs. Emily Jourdan. Nephew: Jabez M. Lacy and his son, Charles P. Lacy. Niece: Mary Frances Jourdan. Bro-in-law: S. L. Jourdan. Other: Mary. Wife of Dr. John J. Kent. and the Georgia Baptist Convention. Exr: G. F. Bristow, Dr. John J. Kent, Rev. L. R. L. Jennings. Wits: Bery R. Reid. John W. Darracott, G. W. Farmer, and Elizabeth Moore.
JULIAN RICHARDS, 4/27/1920: 5/22/1920. Page 358. Bros: Frank. Wits: T. M. Richards, W. W. Bird, T. H. Edwards. NOTE: This will was , at the Crawfordville Depot just before Julian Richards was to be put aboard a train for the hospital in Atlanta. Earlier that day, Richards had been found shot in the stomach. He was shot by his brother, Garnett Richards, who was later convicted and sent to the penitentiary. They were quarrelling, ostensibly, over the division of a deceased sister's property. The train was due within 30 minutes after Richards was found, so he was taken to the Georgia Railroad Depot to be taken to Atlanta for an operation. At the Depot, he called the above witnesses and , this oral (nun-cupative) will.
John RHODES, SR. , 1/25/1866: 4/1/1867. Page 10. Wife: Nancy. Children: Absalom, William, Thomas J., John Jr., Emily S. Rhodes, Eliza J., Wife of Benjamin R. Reid, Lavicey, Wife of Solomon H. Perkins, and Martha A. E. Frazier. Exr: 4 sons. Wits: J. W. Darracott, Isaac C. Kent, Columbus L. Burke, and William N. Gunn.
JOHN RHODES, JR. , 12/15/1885: 4/18/1887. Page 170. Wife: Cornelia Mildred. Children: James Wynn Rhodes; Sarah Elizabeth, Wife of Thomas William Chapman: Cornelia Celia, Wife of William Oscar Holden. Grchildren: James Pilcher Rhodes. Nephew: William Rhodes. Exr: W. O. Holden and William Rhodes. Wits: B. R. Reid, S. G. Rhodes, W. R. Gunn.
MARY RHODES, 3/25/1884: 5/5/1884. Page 132. Bros: Henry T. Rhodes. Sis: Lena Rhodes; Nora. Wife of Isaac Taylor; Coma, Wife of William H. Wynne. Exr: J. D. Hammack. Wits: J. W. Farmer, J. J. Kent. William H. Stewart.
NANCY RHODES , 6/29/1875: 5/12/1884. Page 136. Children: Absalom; John; Thomas J.; Eliza J., Wife of Benj. R. Reid; Lavicey, Wife of Solomon H. Perkins; Emma, Wife of John T. Akin: Martha, deceased Wife of William C. Wright, and issue, Lovich L., and Harriet Leu; Dr. William Rhodes. deceased. and issue. Henry. Coma. Nora, Mary, and Lena. GR-DAU: Elizabeth Frazure. Wits: W. F. Holden. W. J. Norton. W. R. Gunn.
THOMAS RHODES, JR., 4/26/1907. : 8/5/1907, page 287. Children: G. S., J. A., and J. L. Rhodes; Burma M. Cox, Estelle V. Lavender, Ella E. Fouche. and Nora Dilla Harrison. Exr: sons G. S. and J. A. Rhodes. Wits: W. R. McGibony, Alex. H. Beazley, and J. A. Mitchell.
ELIZABETH T. SAGGUS, 10/21/1882. : 12/5/1892. Page 233. Nephew: John M. Murden and his Wife: Sarah E. Exr: nephew. Wits: W. A. Overton, Jesse Asbury, and G. G. Hixon.
ARTIMICIA SELF, 2/15/1908. : 2/1/1909. Page 297. Dau: Ella, Wife of J. W. Phelps, and Ada Parker. decd. Grson: Percy Phelps. Bros: William Jordan, decd. Sis: Jane Jordan. Exr: Percy Phelps. Wits: M. H. Pennington, G. T. Rhodes, W. W. Haymore.
MICHAEL J. SHEEHAN, 3/2/1870. : 8/7/1873. Page 95. Wife: FAnny. Son: Michael J. ("now a little over 3 yrs. of age.") Sis: Mary McNorman (in Ireland). Other: Catholic Bishop of SavAnnah, Georgia. Exr: Edward Croake and Daniel O'Keefe. Wits: A. H. Stephens, William G. Stephens. Quinea O'Neal.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS, 7/15/1881: 4/2/1883, Page 121. Bros: John Stephens; Linton Stephens (decd) and issue: Rebecca Salter (decd) and children John and Agnes Emiline Salter, Emiline Stephens (decd), Miss Claude Stephens. Nora Stephens. Alexander Stephens, Rose Mary Stephens. and Mary W. Stephens, their mother and Linton's widow. Sis: Catharine Grier. Nephew: Clarence. Linton A., and John A. Stephens. Niece: Mary S. Corry. Other: Micajah Jones, decd Wife: Minerva, son Carey. Servants: Harry Stephens, decd., his widow Eliza. and daughter Jane Moors. Quinea and FAnny Stephens, Alexander Kent. and Dora Stephens. Exr: John A. Stephens.Wits: J. J. Kent, J. T. Chapman, J. D. Waddell.
ELIZA STEPHENS, (colored) 10/8/1917 : 1/7/1918. Page 347. Dau: Dora Stephens Williams. Exr: daughter. Wits: R. D. McDowell, G. W. Power, T. F. Cain.
GEORGE STEPHENS, (colored) , 6/8/1891: 7/4/1892. Legatee: Janie. Wife of Green Moore. Exr: Green Moore. Wits: D. Page Henry, J. E. Darden. William A. Mitchell.
ARABELLA TAYLOR, 7/15/1878 : 11/14/1878. Page 92. Mother: Mrs. M. A. M. Smith. Son: Lovell Taylor. Sis: Octavia Wagnon. Cousin: James L. Battle. Exr: James L. Battle. Wits: Henry D. Smith, Cosby Wagnon. Millard Wagnon.
JOE W. TAYLOR, 3/25/1909: 5/3/1909. Page 299. Wife: Madora.Children: Robert L., T. W., Joel, and Others not named. Exr: 3 sons. Wits: L. R. Brown. W. M. Kendrick, J. R. Kendrick.
LIONEL L. VEAZEY, 10/11/1900: 7/13/1906. Page 284. Niece: Anna F. Wheeler and issue, Lincoln Frazier Wheeler, Macon Sanford Wheeler, and Cleveland Manche Wheeler. Other: Jordan Howell Sanford. Exr: niece. Wits: Marshall Z. Andrews, Frank B. Taylor, Charles H. Golucke.
LOUISA WILLIAM, 1/1/1885: 7/2/1890. Page 208. Sis: Kate Kent. Father: Daniel A. Williams, decd. Wits: J. J. Kent, W. J. Norton, Casper Myers.
LUCINDA WOODALL, 8/18/1890: 8/7/1905. Page 281. Children: Martha Ann Gunn and John T. Woodall. Grchildren: James W. and Frances G. Gunn. Exr: daughter Martha Ann Gunn. Wits: W. C. Taylor, A. R. Taylor, and Juttie Gunn.