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State of Georgia ]
Baldwin County ] 12-Feb-1809
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Will of STITH PARHAM ]
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I STITH PARHAM of the County of Baldwin, being weak and sick of body but of
perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, in
manner and form following.
First and chiefly, I commend my Soul into His hand of Almighty God, who
gave it to me hoping through the Death and merits of His Son to find favour in
the sight of God.
Item: It is my Will and desire that all my just debts and funeral
expenses be paid off and the remainder part of my Estate to be disposed of as
I shall hereafter mention.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, ELIZABETH PARHAM, one Negro man
DANIEL, and one man JACK, and one Negro woman LUCY, one woman SILVEY and
one woman NANCY, and one Negro man ISAAC and one riding Garsiage and one
black horse named Jack and four cows and calves and this tract of land
which I now live on.
Item: I give and bequeath to THOMAS STITH PARHAM my well beloved Son Two
hundred Acres of Land in Washington County, one Negro man named PETER, one Negro
child named SIMON, one Negro woman LUCK and her two children.
Item: I give and bequeath to ROBERT PARHAM, my beloved son, two hundred
acres of Land in Washington County.
My desire is that the whole of my children to have an equal part of my estate
and having a particular desire to make the distribution as above and those above
nominated to have that part of my estate which I have above left to them.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my son THOMAS STITH PARHAM and JOHN HILL
executors to this my last Will and Testament, revoking all others before made.
Witness my hand and Seal this twelfth day of February, One thousand eight
hundred and nine.
Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged
STITH PARHAM
In presence of
R. F. CUBERT
JOHN TOMLINSON
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State of Georgia ]
Baldwin County ] 1-May-1809
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Court of Ordinary ]
The within will was duly proven in open court by the oaths of BENJAMIN CUBERT
and JOHN TOMLINSON.
FRED R. FREEMAN, Clerk