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BOATRIGHT FAMILY PRIMARY DOCUMENTS

COMPILED BY

NORMAN HURD RICKER, JR.

Pgs 401-404, Wills 1819-1836, Wilkes Co GA, Will of Phoebe Stinson,
Dated 10-18-1831, Recorded September 8, 1836. GA Archives 44/32

GEORGIA       :
              :
WILKES COUNTY :   In the name of God Amen, I Phoebe Stinson,
              :   of the County and State aforesaid, being

of sound disposing mind & memory, do make and ordain the following Instrument of writing 
my last will and Testament in the manner and form following that is to say

First I lend to my daughter Sarah Birnns a Negro girl named Selona during her natural life, 
and after her death I give said Negro to the heirs of her body.

Second I give to my grand children, the children of my son Dudly Stinson, dec'd, that he 
had by his wife Susan, a Negro girl by the name of Betsey and a Negro boy named Harry, to 
them and their heirs forever ---

Thirdly I give to my daughter Patsey, wife of Robt Kilgore, one hundred dollars and tenth 
part of all my bed clothes ---

Fourth I give to my daughter Susan Stinson, a Negro girl by the name of Amy and her future 
increase, to her during her natural life and after her death to the heirs of her body, and 
also one bed and furniture.

Fifth I give to my daughter Jane Groces, wife of Ellison Groce, a Negro boy named Frank 
during her natural life and at the death of my said daughter Jane the said Negro boy Frank 
I give to the heirs of my said daughters body, and the said Negro boy shall in nowise be 
subject to any debts that her husband Ellison Groce may now owe, or any that he may hereafter 
contract or owe, but shall be for the sole use of my said daughter during her life and 
afterwards to the heirs of her own body.

Sixth I lend to my daughter Polly Jones, wife of Edward Jones, a Negro woman named Sarah and 
her child named Emily, during her natural life and at the death of my said daughter Polly, 
the said Negro woman & child, and their future increase if any, I give to the heirs of my 
said daughters body, and the said Negroes and their increase shall in no wise be subject 
to any debts that her husband, Edward Jones, may be now owing or any that he may hereafter 
contract for or owe, but shall be for the sole use of my said daughter during her natural 
life and afterwards to the heirs of her own body.

Seventh I give to my daughter Phoebe Stinson a Negro woman by the name of Hannah and her 
future increase and a boy named Cyrus to her and her heirs forever.

Eighth All the rest of my residue of my property of any kind and description that I own and 
possess after the payment of all my just debts I wish to be equally divided among all my 
children except Patsey Kellgore, and it is my will that Susan Stinson, wife of Dudly Stinson, 
dec'd, should have an equal share with my other children of all the residue of my property 
mentioned in this Eighth Item during her natural life and at her death to go to the children 
of my said son Dudly Stinson, dec'd, and Elizabeth Anthony, wife of Mark Anthony, Nancy 
Boatwright, wife of James Boatwright and Berthona(?) Reeves, wife of Thomas Reeves their 
respective shares of the residue of my Estate as mentioned in this the Eighth Item.

My will and desire is to loan the same to them during their lives and at their respective 
deaths I give the same to the heirs of their bodies.  My will further is that Negro woman 
Molly shall choose whom she may prefer to be her owner, of my said children, and said owner 
pay into the Estate what she may be considered to be worth some reference, and my desire 
and intention hereby is that Mark Anthony, James Boatwright and Thomas Reeves, the husbands 
of my said daughters shall have no power or control over the parts that my respective 
daughters may be entitled to out of the residue of my Estate nor shall it be subject to 
their disposition but shall be the separate and distinct rights and property of my said 
daughters, and at their respective deaths to be the property of the heirs of their bodies.  
It is my will and intention that the part drawn out of the residue of my Estate by Susan 
Stinson, wife of Dudly Stinson, be the part which should belong to the children of said 
Dudly, dec'd, but loan it to said Susan during her natural.  It is further my will that 
the Negroes not specially willed be allotted of and drawn for not sold.

Ninth I hereby constitute and appoint my Trustee, friends Nicholas G. Barksdale, Thomas 
Douglass and William I. Anderson, the Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, hereby 
ratifying and confirming every act of theirs touching the same and declaring this only to 
be my last will and Testament.  In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal 
this Eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty One.

Signed, Seal and Published   :
and declared before us by the:                Her
Testatrix and in her presence:         Phoebe  X  Stinson (Seal)
at her request in witness the:                Mark
same the date above written  :
                             :
     William I. Anderson     :


Recorded September 8th 1836

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