This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.
William Tuggle’s Will
Georgia, Greene County. The last Will and Testament of William Tuggle of the county and state aforesaid. Knowing that in a few years I must depart this life, and it prudent and proper while I am sound in body and mind to make a disposition of my property, I do therefore dispose of the same as follows:
Item 1st. It is my will and desire that immediately after my death my Executor do cause my just debts to be paid.
Item 2nd. Feeling anxious to make a suitable and comfortable home for my much esteemed and cherished wife, Ann Tuggle, I do therefore give unto her absolutely and forever, to dispose of as she shall choose, the following negroes (viz.): Emily and her children and their increase; Mary and her children and their increase; Lee, Annica and Amanda and their increase; Hampton, Hall, Greene, Joe, and Little John. I also give to her during her natural life a negro man named Lewis and at her death to my daughter Martha Culbreath. I also give to her during her natural life the following named property (viz.): all of my household and kitchen furniture, six mules, one yoke of oxen, one cart, one two horse wagon and harness, one half of the hogs, one half of the cattle, and one half of the sheep, plantation tools, cotton gin, and threshing machine, and at her death to be sold and the money to be divided between my son William Tuggle and my son Pinckney J. Tuggle, my son William Tuggle to have two thirds of the money and my son Pinckney J. Tuggle to have the remaining one third. I also give to her during her natural life the tract of land whereon I now live, containing eleven hundred acres, more or less; and after the death of my wife, I give said tract of land to my son William Tuggle, his heirs and assigns forever. I also give to my said wife two hundred barrels of corn, fifteen single stacks of fodder, six single stacks of oats, and all the wheat that may be on hand at my death.
Item 3rd. I give to my daughter Martha Culbreath the following negroes (viz.): Chainey and her children and their future increase; men Alfred and poor Henry.
Item 4th. In addition to what I have already given her; I give to my daughter Eliza Hatchett one negro man named Isaac.
Item 5th. In addition to what I have already given him, I give unto my son William Tuggle, his heirs and assigns, my tract of land known as the Watson tract, adjoining William Daniel, John Mitchell, and the copper mine tract of land containing one hundred and twelve acres more or less. Also the Joel Mercer tract of land containing one hundred and six acres, more or less, adjoining Watson tract, lands of the estate of V. R. Thornton deceased, the copper mine tract, and others. Also Little Isham, Long Henry, Jefferson, Charles (Susan’s child), and eleven shares in the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. I also give to my son William Tuggle, his heirs and assigns, one black mare, one sorrel mare and her colt, and one sorrel horse named Charley.
Item 6th. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Dendy six hundred dollars.
Item 7th. I give and bequeath unto my grandson William Augustus Battle in trust for and for the sole and separate use of my daughter Sidney Battle, two negro men: Sparks and Phil. I also give to my daughter Sidney Battle the power and right to dispose of above negroes by will or otherwise.
Item 8th. I give and bequeath unto my grandson William B. Tuggle, the child of my son Little Berry Tuggle, four hundred dollars.
Item 9th. I give and bequeath unto my son Pinckney J. Tuggle, in addition to what he has already received, the tract of land whereon he now lives, containing four hundred acres, more or less, and adjoining Armstrong and others. I also give him all the fifas that have been transferred to me against him which may be found in my possession at my death. Also three negro men: Jordan, Pinter, Johnson, and Yellow John.
Item 10th. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Ann Arteretia Reynolds eight hundred dollars.
Item 11th. It is my wish and desire that the following named old negroes have the privilege of choosing their master or mistress among my children (viz.): Jack, Lucy, Phebe, Isham the blacksmith, and Peter.
Item 12th. All property which I have or may have at the time of my death not otherwise disposed of in this my will, I give and bequeath unto my son William Tuggle, his heirs and assigns, and my son Pinckney J. Tuggle, his heirs and assigns. The above items of property are to be sold or divided as my Executor may think best and my son William Tuggle to have two thirds and my son Pinckney to have the remaining one third.
Lastly, I hereby nominate my son William Tuggle Executor to carry into execution this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
William Tuggle
Signed, sealed, and executed in our presence, and we subscribe in the presence of each other. Test. Cordial N. Daniel, Hugh C. Mitchell, Thomas R. Thornton, William A. Overton
Georgia, Greene County. Court of Ordinary, May Term 1861. Personally came into open Court, Hugh Mitchell, Thomas R. Thornton, and William A. Overton, three of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament of William Tuggle, late of this county, deceased, who upon oath say they saw him, said William Tuggle, sign, seal and heard him declare the same as his last Will and Testament, freely, voluntarily, and of his own accord, and without any compulsion whatever, that at the time of the execution of said Will, said William Tuggle, the Testator, was of sound and disposing mind and memory; the deponents, together with Cordial N. Daniel, signed said Will as witness in the presence of each other and in the presence of the Testator.
Hugh C. Mitchell, Thomas R. Thornton, William A. Overton
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court May 6th 1861. Eugenius L. King, Ordinary.
Recorded May 7th 1861.
Eugenius L. King, Ordinary
Reference
Greene County, Georgia, Wills 1786–1795, 1794–1810, 1840–1877, 1806–1816, 1817–1842, images 657–658, FamilySearch.
No comments:
Post a Comment