Georgia Probate Records: Wills and Administration Records, Hancock County, Georgia - 1800-1801
Volume AAA
Pages 1 thru 76 (complete transcription)
Transcribed from a copy of the original Will Book AAA contained in the familysearch.org website
by Trish Elliott-Kashima ( [email protected] )
Third Registry of Wills, Inventories and Sales. 23 July 1800.
Mentions: John Crowder, Casy Askew, Thomas C Spencer, Joseph Hartley,
Nicholas Lamb, James Rees, Stephen Daniell, James Shakelford, James Gray,
Frederick Echols, Jesse Blaky, Robert Hartly, Widdow Respess, Myles Greene,
Jesse Blaky, John Purify, William Griggs, John Gay, Richard Respess.
Executors: Richard Respess, John Henderson.
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Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Henry Dunn, deceased.
Dated 30 Jan 1800.
Appraisers: Loyd Kelley, John Parker St, Joseph Howell.
Admr: John Hicks.
Sales of the estate of Henry Dunn late deceased sold 6 Feb 1800.
Mentioned: Benjamin Oliver, Joseph Howell, Nancy Dunn, James Wood, David
Potter, Nancy Dunn, Benjamin Humphrey, Robert Butler, Nancy Dunn, Allen Dorman,
Jesse Butler, James Miller, Bud Fulsome, John Lary, William Pritchell, John Hix,
Allen Dorman, Alexander Steel, Richard Castleberry, Hezekiah Howell, Cecil Camp,
John Parker Sr, Loyd Kelley, Joseph Howell,Benjamin Oliver, Isaac Edmundson.
Administrator John Hicks.
Estate of Henry Dunn deceased as returned by John Hicks administrator as
vouchers filled.
Mentions: Jeremiah Lary, Hinchia Lary, Danby Lary, Nancy Dunn.
Received 16 Aug 1806 of John Hicks admr of estate of Henry Dunn deceased
the full amt of said estate belonging to his three orphans namely William Dunn,
Henry Dunn and Susanna Dunn. Willie
Hillard, Guardian.
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of John Shakelford Sr,
deceased. 28th and 29th
Sept 1804.
Mentions negroes: Old Tim, Hannah, Abrahm, Peter, Thony, Old Sarah, Sam,
Dave, Bill, Old Pot, Lucy, Silvy, George, Bett, Pat, Young Tim, Cloe, Young
Sarah, Young Peter. Appraisers:
Jecamiah Moore, James Bishop, Brice Gaither.
Qualified by Jno Crowder. Admr
Francis Shakelford and James Shakelford.
Account of moneys paid out of the estate of John Shakelford deceased.
Returned 27 Feb 1802. James
Shakelford administrator. Mentions:
John Shakelford, Betsey Shakelford, Nancy Shakelford, Polly Shakelford, John
Shakelford, Fanny Shakelford, John Shakelford, Francis Shakelford, Edmond
Shakelford, Francis Lawson, Anne Shakelford.
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Will of William Lawson. Beloved
wife Jane. Plantation where I now
live including the mill. Negroes:
Daniel, Dick, Lett, Rachel, Jack, Bartlett, Hannah, Abraham, David, Hannah,
Will, Mill, Sutton, Pompey, Dick, Nan, Harry, Hace, Ka,es. Rachel.
Sons Thomas, Mounford, Dudley, and David.
Son Francis. Tract of land
where on Francis formerly lived which he sold to Dr Joshua Lacy. Son William
Lawson. Tract of land where William
now lives containing 218 acres. Heirs
of my son John Lawson. Daughter
Sarah Thomas. Daughter Mary
Slaughter. Daughter Jane Lawence.
Daughter Margeret Bulloch. Executors:
Wife Jane, son Francis Lawson and Reubin Slaughter.
Dated 30 Apr 1799. Witnesses:
Will Dent, James Barnes, Robert Newsom.
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Lawson, deceased.
Dated 18 Dec 1800.
Mentions: Negroes: Will, Sutton, Neal, Jack, Dve, Abraham, Mill and
child, Rachel, Hannah, Litt. Note on
Samuel Yarbrough. Appraisers: Risdon,
Andrew Baxter, Jno Bialey.
Account of sale of part of the estate of William Lawson, decd. Sold 15
Jan 1801.
Mentions Robert Ransom, Benjamin Woodruff, Samuel Dent.
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Inventory and appraisal of the property of John Swinney, deceased. Dated
3 Mar 1800.
Mentions negroes: Dick, Patt, Phill, Handy, Bob, Mill, Ginney, Rose,
Charity, Harry, Ben, Sary, Dicy, Luce, Joe, Isaac, Esther, Beck, Ann, Biner,
Ned. Appraisers: Alexander Reid,
Andrew Baxter, Thadeus Holt.
Notes: Mr Moore, James Bishop Jr, Jesse Clark, Thomas Low.
658 acres of land, 287 ½ acres Washington, 400 acres Camden Co.
Administrators: Nathaniel Robertson, Rosey Swinney.
Dated 25 Oct 1800.
Suit: admrs of John Swinney vs Freeman Lewis
M Hall for tax 1799, J Hall, J Nelson, John Divereux, Theophilus Thomas,
Jecamiah Moore, Dudley Swinney, James Bishop, Sea Abercrombies, William Waris,
John Shakelford, J D Swinney, Henry Gaines, Hamblin Lewis, Septimus Matherley,
Sterling Howard, James Thweatt, David Clements, John Lucas, Thadeus Holt, Martin
Martin, Nathaniel Robertson, James Bishop, L Abercrombie, A Abercrombie.
Estate of Axiom O’Neal, deceased brought forward from the clerk of
ordinary’s office in Green County, appraisement:
Negroes: Venus, Pegg, Hannah, Cary, Phebe (a child).
Lewis Barnes, Jno Alford, Moses Wiley, Turner & Hall, Richard Mills,
Thomas Spencer, Nathl Culver, James Brazewell, Moses Wiley, John Hack, William
Biggins, Stephen Evans, Phillip Pritchett, John Griggs, Alexander Dunn, David
Dixon, Edmund O’Neal, John Butler, Stephen Powell, Samuel Brazell, Wooten
O’Neal, John Whitehurse, Jesse Grigg, Hannah Smith, Cader Powell, Lewis Bandy.
Dated 25 July 1794.
True Copy 12 May 1800.
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Settlement of the estate of Axion O’Nealm decd. Dated 5 Jan 1795.
Mentions: Jno McCulloch, M Hammer, James Thweatt, Boreland Mitchell,
George Hargraves, Isaac Moreland, Nathan O’Neal, Edmund O’Neal, William
Furrell, Edward Moore, Edmund O’Niel, Richard Holmes, Thomas Morris for
boarding and schooling orphans.
Will of Levi Daniell. Beloved
wife Martha Daniell. 150 acres of land and the premises whereon I now live on
Island creek to be laid off on a square adjoining a dividing line may be
hereafter run between my stepmother Nancy Daniell and myself agreeable to my
fathers will and to adjoin the lands of John Harbirt. Son
James Daniell, 100 acres of land on 100 acres of land on Island Creek adjoining
Robert Carrs lands and John Ragans. ½
tract of lying in Washington Co.
Son James. Daughter Catharine
Daniell. Lands that I am no
possessed of on the waters of Island and Rockey Creek.
Daughter Juliett. Negroes: Abby, Ivey, Lucy, March, Sam, Friday, George,
Flora the younger, Moggy, Will, Rose, Sampson, Aleck Moses, Bill, Hannah, Milley,
Molley, Cato, Flora the older, Toby, July, Simon, Harriot, Cynthia, John, Joe,
Nan, Armor, Jack, Abram, Sue, Davy, Bon, Siller, Tom, Dinah.
My three children: James, Catharine, Juliett.
Executors: trusty friend Robert McGinty Sr and John Harbirt.
Dated 8 Dec 1800. Witnesses:
John Lamar, Stephen Horton, Philip Cook.
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Levi Daniel deceased.
Executors: John Harbirt and Robert McGinty.
Dated 30 Jan 1801.
Mentions: Simon, Tom, Dinah, Toby, Sam, Joe, Armor, July, Harriot,
Sampson, March, Will, George, Catoe, Friday, John, Ellick, Jack, Flora the
elder, Hannah, Molley, Davy, Ben, Rose, Silla, Moses, Nan, Milley, Abram,
Cynthia, Sue, Moggy, Billey, Abby, Ivey, Lucy, Flora the younger.
Appraisers: Thomas Lamar, Henry Low, Lazarus Battle.
Executors: Robert McGinty and John Harbirt.
Forwarded to Book AAAA page 73.
Account of monies paid out on accounts of the estate of Levi Daniell,
deceased filed by John Harbirt one of the executors. Dated 30 Jan 1802.
Mentions: John Johnsons, Elijah Bivins, John Comer, Stephen Horton,
Robert Hendrick, Moses Marshall, L Abercrombie, Matthew Howell, James Pinkston,
John Knight, Bird Tindall, Joseph Baker, Nancy Daniell, Duncan McLean, D
Clement, Joseph McGinty, Robert Hendrick, Clements and Reynolds, Martha Daniell,
Nathan Cook, Solomon Mangham, Clement Moore, Lazarus Battle, Martha Daniell.
Account of case received for the estate of Levi Daniell, deceased by
Robert McGinty and John Harbirt executors. Mentions:
Samuel Halley, John Wilson, David Clements, Drury Jackson, Phillip Cook, Isham
Brooks, John Armstrong, Henry Green, Matthew Durham, John Hamblin, Abraham
Miles, Samuel Parker, Philip Cook, Francis Stubbs, Abraham Miles.
Will of Dorothy Adamson. Sick
of body. Beloved daughter Mary.
Anna McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald, Alecander McDonald, Charles James
McDonald children of my daughter Mary and Charles McDonald.
Executor: Daughter Mary and her husband Charles McDonald.
Dated 12 Nov 1794. Witnesses:
Catherine McDonald, Charles McItay? Peter Boyle, Esq.
Will of Dorothy Adamson proven 5 Jan 1801.
Mentions negroes: Charlott, Jack, Abraham, Isaac.
Alex McDonald. Charles
McDonald acting executor.
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Will of Christopher Williams. Sons
Joseph Williams and William Williams. Beloved
daughter Margate Williams. Daughter
Elizabeth Williams. Daughter Easter
Williams. Daughter Rachel Barnheart.
Three youngest daughters: Sarah Williams, Mary Williams, Bethania
Williams. Beloved wife Margate
Williams. Executors: Wife Margate
Williams, Robert Clark and Cornelius Clark and William Clark.
Dated 21 Sept 1800. Witnesses:
Jeremiah Thrower, Benjamin Laster, William Clark.
Will of Christopher Williams proven 5 Jan 1801.
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Christopher Williams,
dec’d.
Notes: Joseph White, Thomas Heath, David Adams, Phillip Barron.
Appraisers: Nathaniel Sledge, Jno Sledge, Jon Adams.
Account of sales of the personal estate of Christopher Williams,
deceased. Sold 27 Nov 1802.
Mentions: Jeremiah Thrower, Philip Barnheart, Colson Heath, Hardy
Wheelis, Greene Sims, Judkins Hunt, David Adams, Judkins Hunt, James Rollins,
Kinchen Carter, Daniel Low, John Bridges. Robert
Clark, Exr.
J Nelson. George Sims
guardian for Joseph and William Williams.
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of John Southall, deceased.
30 Jan 1802. Mentions Negroe
girl Agga. Nathaniel Sledge, Rebekah
Southall, Administrators. Appraisers
Jon Adams, Robert Clark, William Clark. Additional
appraisement returned since carried to book AAA page 18.
Acct sales estate of John Southall. Sold 18 Oct 1800.
Mentions: Robert Hill, Jas Adams, John Rymes, Thomas Conner, Noah
Doddridge, Rebekah Southall, Nathaniel Sledge, John Bridges, Shurly Sledge, Noah
Doddridge, James Bridges, John Bridges, Peyton Sledge, Nathan Morgan, John
Gillion, James Adams, Robert Clark, John Wallace, Joshua Mitchell, William
Sutton, Robert Clark, John Sledge, Joseph Bridges, John Rymes, Nathan Morgan,
William Wallace, Drury Chaves, Robert Clark, John V Patillo, Robert Clark.
Mentions: Robert Clark, Asa Sitten, John Bridges, James Bridges, Drury
Chaves. Negroes: Lucy, Sall.
Vouchers registered in book AAAA page 87.
(brought from page 13 in Book AA)
Sale of estate of John Cook.
Mentions: John Cook, John
Gholson, Mr Harvies, John Harbirt, Michael Maddox, Seth Kennedy, Joseph
Montgomery, Isaac King, John Edmondson, John Harbirt, Herbert Brown, Robert
Finch, Mordecai Jacobs, Moses Marshal, John Gray, Benjamin Waller, William
Vaughan, Matthew Hawkins, Herbert Brown, John Hamlin, Jacob Collins, Richard
Hamlin, John Cook, Robert Williams, Jeremiah Walker, John Hamlin, William
Butler, William Wynn, Matthew Kinchen, John Cook, Miss Gracy Cook, Richard
Hamlin, Michael Maddox, Mordecai Jacobs, Thomas Glenn, Hubert Brown, Mrs Sarah
Cook (Mrs is crossed out), Malone Mullins, Jeremiah Walker, Henry Trippe, John
Gholson, Stephen Waller, John Smith, Joseph Montgomery, Benjamin Bolt, Johnathan
Johns, John Harbirt, James Horton, Robert Williams, John Gray, Charles Miller,
Charles McDonald, William Butler, Joseph Denson, Elisha Waller, Thomas Glenn,
Joseph Denson, Jeremiah Spiller, Thomas Glenn, John Humphries, Solomon Thornton,
Henry Trippe, Henry Low, Charles McDonald, Isaac King, Joseph Cox, Thomas Lamar,
Miss patience Cook, Miss Grace Cook, Caleb Bazir, William Wynne, Thomas Lamar,
Simon Brewer, Hubert Brown, Matthew Kinchen, John Harbirt, Chalres McDonald,
John Edmondson, John Gholson, Isaac King, Stephen Horton.
Returned by John Habirt, Philip Cook, John Cook, administrators.
Account of hire of negroes belonging to the estate of John Cook deceased
for the year 1799:
Mentions: John Cook, John Harbirt, John Hudman, Jonathan Johns, Charles
McDonald, Mathew Durham, Samuel Halley, Thomas Glenn, John Winslet, John Gray,
Robert Williams, Joseph Denson, William Butler, Howell Brewer, John Cook.
Negroes: Arthur, Joan, little
Arthur, Joe, Nan and 4 children, Sam, Hannah and 2 children, Anthony, Fanny, Vol,
Jinny, Frank, Peter, Esther, Edith. Dated
2 Jan 1799. Administrator: John Harbirt, Philip Cook, John Cook.
Account of the hire of the negroes and rent of the land belonging to the
estate of John Cook deceased for the year of 1800:
Mentions: John Cook, William Bird, William Hutchinson, Lazarus Battle,
Abner Abercrombie, Stephen Waller, Charles McDonald, Peter McFarlin, John Fray,
Robert Williams, James Horton. Negroes:
Arthur, Joan, boy Arthur, Sam, Hannah and 3 children, Joe, Nan and 3 children,
Vol, Jinny, Fanny, Edith, Frank, Peter, Anthony.
Administrators; John Harbirt, Philip Cook, John Cook.
Account of the hire of negroes and rent of the land belonging to the
estate of John Cook, deceased for the year 1801.
Mentions: Hubert Reynolds, John Cook, Charles McDonald, William Bird,
Thompson Bird, Lazarus Battle, William Bird, Thompson Bird, Peter McFarlen,
James Horton, Robert Williams, John Cook. Negroes:
Vol, Jinny, Arthur, Joan, boy Arthur, Peter, Frank, Anthony, Edith, Fanny, Sam,
Hannah and 3 children, Joe, Nan and 4 children.
Administrators: John Harbirt, John Cook, Philip Cook.
Dated 1 Jan 1801.
Account of sale of corn belonging to the estate of John Cook, deceased
as sold the 10 June 1799.
Mentions: John Gray, Peter Flournoy, William Blakey, Solomon Mangham,
Stephen Williams, William Ingram, john Harbert, Robert Williams, Mordecai Jacob,
Samuel Felps, William Butler, Joseph Denson, Matthew Brewer, Morton Gray, John
Murphy.
Mentions: Robert Williams, Joseph Denson, John Gray, William Butler,
John Harbirt. Administrators: John
Harbirt, Philip Cook, John Cook.