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WILL
OF WILLIAM M. BLANTON
GEORGIA, SPALDING
COUNTY
In the name of God,
Amen. I William M. Blanton of the County of Coweta, State of
Georgia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and
declare this my Last Will and Testament.
ITEM 1st. I give and bequeath to my son W. P.
Blanton of Spalding County, Georgia, sixty acres of land in Coweta
County, Georgia, the same being the land on which I now reside,
being the land purchased by me from David Gable on the eighth of
December 1885, and recorded in the Superior Court of Coweta County,
Georgia, January 16th, 1886, provided said W. P. Blanton
shall pay into my estate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars the
purchase price paid by me for said land which sum of Seven Hundred
Dollars, when so paid into the hands of my executors to be
hereinafter named shall be and become a part of my estate to be
divided and administered as hereinafter provided in this my Last
Will and Testament, as part of my estate. The title to said sixty
acres, on the payment by said W. P. Blanton of said Seven Hundred
Dollars into my estate to vest, absolutely in fee simple in him the
said W. P. Blanton.
ITEM 2nd. I give and bequeath to my daughter
Mary Ellis, wife of James R. Ellis and her two daughters Bessie Hall
and Mary Louise Ellis for their sole and separate use free from any
debts, liabilities, use or control of James R. Ellis the sum of Two
Hundred Dollars said sum to be divided among them equally, share and
share alike.
ITEM 3rd. It is my will and I so declare that
the balance of my estate after paying the special bequests mentioned
in ITEM 2nd of this will that is the Two Hundred dollars
given to Mary Ellis and her two daughters, which balance includes
the Seven Hundred Dollars to be paid into my estate by W. P. Blanton
for the sixty acres of land mentioned in ITEM 1st of this
my will shall be divided equally, share and share alike among the
following children and grandchildren to wit: W. P. Blanton of
Spalding County, L. P. Blanton of Spalding County, Julia Maddox of
Spalding County, Mary Ellis of Spalding County, and to the children
of Daniel Redding who married my daughter Clara Blanton, to the
children of C. P. Daniel who married my daughter Annie Blanton and
to the children of C. A. Dickerson who married Lucy Blanton, that is
the children of the issue of that marriage between C. A. Dickerson
and Lucy Blanton.
ITEM 4th. I hereby constitute and appoint as
my executors of this my Last Will and Testament my sons W. P. & L.
P. Blanton of Spalding County, Georgia and request that they do not
be required to give any bond or make any returns of their acts and
doings in the execution of this my Last Will and Testament and in
the administration of my estate trusting to their honor and
integrity and my confidence in them to do their duty.
Given under my hand and seal this June 13th, 1905.
William M. Blanton (L.S.)
Signed, sealed,
published and declared at Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, this
the thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Nineteen hundred
and five (1905) as the Last Will and Testament of William M.
Blanton, who signed the same in our presence, ashis Last Will; we
signing the same at his request as witnesses, he signing in our
presence and we each and all signing in the presence of each other
and in his presence , this 13th day of June 1905 signed
& sealed in our presence.
B. R. Blakely
J. P. Nichols
Walter C. Beeks
Spalding Co., GA
Will Book B, (1881-1929 ) P. 237
GA Archives M/F Dr. 164, Box 63
(Transcribed by Linda K. Ellis of Gwinnett
Co., GA, Mar,1988)
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