Will
of Samuel Poe
1861
Transcribed
and submitted by Jean Kinzalow
dragonlair@spacey.net
Samuel
Poe dec'd.
The
Last Will and Testament of Saml Poe ded.
In
the name of God. Amen.
I Sam'l Poe
of the County Chattooga, and State of Georgia, being of
sound mind
and memory, being desirous to settle my worldly [word
"affairs"
marked out] business do make and publish this my last will and
testament
hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made.
Item
1st I give and bequeath to my
beloved wife Jane Poe all my
plantations
I now hold, and where I now live, with all the improvements
- These
lands designated No. 141 - 149 - 176 - in the 6th district, and
4th
Section in said County - together with all the appurtenances
thereunto.
Also all my living negros, together with thier [as spelled in
will]
increase if any - also all my live stock, such as Horses, mules,
Cattles,
Hogs, Sheep and bees, also waggons, Buggys, threshers,
Blacksmiths
tools, and all farming utensils, also all the household and
kitchen
furniture. All the just debts first be paid out of my estate.
Should there
be money, notes or accounts left, on hand, Such money,
notes or
accounts I give to my wife Jane Poe during her natural life or
widowhood -
and in case she marries all the above property reverts back
to my estate
at the time of her marriage, except two of the choice
negros be
hers during her life, and at her death, it is my wish for the
said two
negros to revert back to my estate, and at the death of my wife
all the
property be sold and equally divided between my grand children,
except a
sufficient amount to bury my wife, and erect a tomb over her
grave. The
above property to be sold by the Court - The children alluded
to is the
children of A. W. Poe dec'd - and Mahaly, Catharine,
Christopher
- the money put on interest by the Court and given to the
heirs as
they arrive at the age of twenty one years. Signed Sealed, and
published,
and declared to be my last will and testament the July 2d
1861
Sam'l Poe
We
the undersigned do hereby certify that the foregoing was signed by
the testator
as the last will and testament in our presence, and that we
signed the
same in his presence at his special instance request, and in
the
presence of each other on this Thur. July 2d 1861.
L
B Stranger
A
K Rhinehart
George
W. Clemmons