Jack Wynn transcribed and kindly furnished this will copy to me:
Oglethorpe Co., GA Will Bk D Pgs 340-341 (copy from microfilm GDAH)
pgs 340/341 Oglethorpe County Ordinary Office May Term 1856
Georgia Oglethorpe County } I John Wynne of said County being in good health
and sound & disposing mind and memory do make publish & declare
this to be my last Will and testament Revoking hereby all former Wills.
First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susannah as much of
my household & Kitchen furniture as many of my horses and mules, plows,
gear, wagons & carts, as many hogs, sows and pigs, sheep & as much
corn fodder oats shucks bacon & meat as she may desire and select,
also my carriage & harness & carriage horses, my buggy and harness
& all of my poultry. The above is given to my wife during her natural
life & after her death, such as may be then in her possession and not
previous sold or disposed of by her, to be divided according to the residency
clause of my Will herein after set forth & expressed (?). I also give
and bequeath unto my said wife during her natural life and & after
her death to be divided according to the said residency clause, the following
property, to wit, all the land I own in said county, lying on the left
side of the road leading from Lexington to Washington & so much of
my land on the right hand side of said road as is included in the following
boundary, That's to say Commencing at the upper Corner of the Jackson tract
of land near a large Red Oak standing on or near said road & thence
runnin rather a south west course to a Black Jack or Post Oak Corner on
Ms. Simmons land, Thence running on the line between my land and Ms Simmons
land to a pine corner and thence running nearly a north course to a post
Oak, thence bounded by lands of Chandler & Dorough (?) and thence bounded
by the Brown tract of land ( the land given to my said wife includes of
Course my dwelling house, out houses, stables, barns etc etc and also the
following negroes to wit, Delilah, Hannah, Jane, David, Ann, the wife of
David & her child. Jim & Charity his wife, Evans, Little Jim &
Charles, Joe, Erasmus, Doctor & Savannah, the children of Delilah and
Albert, the grandchild of delilah & the future increase of said females.
Second All the rest & residue of my estate real personal and choses
(?) in action of whatever nature and kind that I may own and possess at
the time of my death. I give & bequeath to my sons Thomas, Glenn, George
& my beloved grand daughter Susannah Stevens and the two children of
my deceased son William. The two children of son William under this clause
one fifth or per stirpes.
Third In case my grand daughter Susannah Stevens should die before marrying,
then I desire that the legacy she receives under this will shall go to
my sons Thomas, Glenn & George & the two children of my deceased
son William. The said children of William taking per stipes. And in case
the said children of William should inherit anything from my said grand
daughter Susannah and both of them should die before they arrive at the
age of twenty one, the property so inherited shall then go to my sons Thomas,
Glenn & George. In case both of William's children should die before
they arrive at the age of twenty one, then I desire the legacy they receiveunder
the will shall go to my sons Thomas, Glenn & George & my
beloved grand daughter Susannah Stevens, and in case my said grand daughter
should inherit anything from William's Children and she should die before
marrying, the property so inherited shall go to my sons Thomas, Glenn &
George -
Fourth, It is my further desire that the legacy or legacies given to my
son Thomas under this will shall vest in my son Glenn in trust for the
support & maintenance of my said son Thomas and his children now born
or may hereafter be born, free from all Contracts, Liabilities and Control
of my said son Thomas and at the death of my said son Thomas the same to
be equally divided between his children then living and the Representatives
of such as are dead. The Representatives taking per stipes.
Fifth. I hereby nominate & appoint my son Glenn Wynne & my nephew
John Favers & Patrick M. Stevens Executors of this my last Will &
testament. In witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence
of these Honourable witnesses on the 12th April in the year of our lord
Eighteen hundred and fifty six.
his
signed ??? and published
in presence of } John { x} Wynn
B. F. Hardeman } mark
Allen J. Arnold }
Sarah F. Wynne } (notation
: carried over for probate)
