Last Will and Testament
of Hannah Terrell Allan
(In original documents
surname spelled Allan)
Will
signed: 16 July 1847
Subscribed: 12 October 1847
Recorded: 01 November 1847
Book: 4A (1820-1850) Habersham Co., Ga. Ordinary Minutes and Wills
Pages: 314, 315, 316, 317, 318
I
Hannah Terrell Allan of the State and County aforesaid in the name of God
Amen this day make and ordain this my last will and testament never having
made any other.
Item First: I desire and direct that after my death my
body be buried in a manner suitable to my circumstances in life, this I believe
will be done by my children who are dearer to me than all else on earth.
Item Second: I will and bequeath to my son, Robert Allan,
my old Negro woman, Sal, and my
Negro woman, Lizzy, and her issue
forever.
Item Third: I will and bequeath to my son, Henry Allan,
my old Negro woman, Phyllis, and
my Negro woman, Mary, and her issue
forever.
Item Fourth: It is my desire that my youngest daughters
Emily and Elizabeth shall live together with my sons Robert and Henry on the
plantation where I now reside. That
my Negro woman Eliza shall be kept
with them my Executors so long as they may live together on said plantation
and afterwards I will and bequeath to my son, Henry Allan, the said Negro,
Eliza, with the condition Henry shall pay
to my son, Thompson Allan the sum of two hundred dollars otherwise I will
and bequeath the said Negro, Eliza,
to my son, Thompson Allan. I also
will to my son, Thompson, one bed and furniture for the same.
Item Fifth: I will and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah E.
Parks, formerly Sarah E. Allan, one cow and calf to be given to her when my
executors think proper. I also will
to my daughter, Sarah, my best Sorrell mule.
I further will to my daughter, Sarah, an equal share of all my books
to be divided among my three daughters, Sarah, Emily, and Elizabeth.
Item Sixth: I will and bequeath to my daughter, Emily C.
Allan, one bed and furniture for the same.
I also will to my daughter, Emily, a share of all my books to be divided
as specified in Item fifth. Item Seventh:
I will and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth I. Allan one bed and furniture
for the same. I also will to my daughter Elizabeth a share
of all my books to be divided as specified in Item Fifth.
Item Eighth: I will and direct that after my death all my
stock such as mules, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, all my farming, blacksmith,
and carpenters tools, all my household and kitchen furniture such as my tables,
clock spoons, crockery, pots, ovens, and various articles too tedious to mention
be kept on the plantation where I now reside for the use and benefit of my
children who may live on said plantation as directed in Item Fourth.
Item Ninth: I constitute and appoint my two sons Robert
Allan and Henry Allan Executors to this my last will and testament this 16th
day of July 1847.
Signature: Hannah Allan
Signed,
sealed, declared, and published by Hannah Allan as her last will and testament
in presence of us the subscribers who subscribe our names hereunto in the
presence of said testator and in presence of each other this 16th
day of July 1847.
John
Bond
James A. Terrell
Court of the Ordinary November Term 1847
Habersham County, Georgia
Personally
before us James Crocker and James Griggs, two Justices of the Inferior Court
of said County, John Bond and James A. Terrell witnesses to the above and
forgoing last will and testament. Being duly sworn said that they heard Hannah
Allan request and direct Robert Allan to sign her name to the written Last
Will and Testament. They saw the said Robert Allan sign the name of the said
Hannah Allan according to her request and direction at the time she gave the
same and that she, said Hannah Allan, published and declared the same to be
her Last Will and Testament. They signed the same in the presence of the said
Hannah Allan at her request and in the presence of each other as witnesses.
She executed the same freely without confusion so far as they know or believe
and that the said Hannah was at the time of signing the same of sound disposing
mind and memory.
Sworn
to and subscribed before us this 12th day of October 1847.
James
Crocker J. I. C. John Bond
James Griggs J. I. C. James A. Terrell Test.
Phillip Martin C. C. O.
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Court of the Ordinary November Term 1847
Habersham County, Georgia
Before us James
Griggs and James Croker two Justices of the Inferior Court of said County,
personally came Robert Allan and Henry Allan and being duly and solemnly sworn
said on oath that this and above writing contains the true Last Will and Testament
of Hannah Allan, deceased. So far
as they each know or believe and that they will well and truly execute the
same by paying first the debts and then the legacies contained in the said
will as far as her goods and chattels will there unto extend and the law charge
us and that they will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods
and chattels so help us God.
Sworn
to and subscribed before us this 12th day of October 1847.
James
Crocker, J. I. C. Robert Allan James Griggs,
J. I. C. Henry Allan
Test. Philip Martin, C. C. O.
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Court of the Ordinary November Term 1847 Habersham
County, Georgia
The above and foregoing Last Will and Testament of Hannah Allan deceased,
having been duly proven before two Justices of the Inferior Court of said
County on the 12th day of October 1847 upon the oaths of John Bond
and James A. Terrell witnesses and Robert Allan and Henry Allan Executors
of said Will and Testament. It is
therefore by the Court that the same be admitted to Record at this regular
term of the Court and that John Bond, Absalom Stephens, Reuben Jordan, Edwin
M. Wynn, and Willaby Bowling are hereby appointed appraisers on the Estate
of said deceased.
Recorded:
1st November 1847.
Philip Martin C.
C. O
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Court of Ordinary
November Term 1847
It appearing to the Court that Elizabeth I. Allan and Emily C. Allan,
minors of James Allan deceased has no guardian and that they choose and consent
that Thompson Allan be appointed. It
is therefore ordered by the Court that the said Thompson Allan be and he is
hereby appointed guardian of the said Elizabeth I. Allan and Emily C. Allan
upon giving bond and Security and talking the oath prescribed by the law in
such cases made and provided.
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Melba J. Jones, 2008
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