Will Summary (published 1964)
Ann Way of Liberty County. Last Will and Testament dated July 25, 1792; probated October 8, 1792. Gives to her grandchildren, Audley Maxwell, Rebecca Couper and Joseph Maxwell, Ann Way, John Way, William Elliott; and to sons William and Joseph Way. Executors: William and Joseph Way, sons. Witnesses: Lathorp Holmes, Matthew Bowen, James Girardeau. Probated on testimony of Girardeau.
Slave names left out of the original summary:
To granddaughter Ann Way: “one fourth part of the remaining sum including one Negroe girl by name Rose as part of the fourth, to her and her heirs forever as a legacy to be paid her within the term of three years by my Executor…”
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1964 Summaries From: “Georgia Court-House Records – Liberty County,” 1964 quarterly issues of The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Folks Huxford, Editor. Published Under the Auspices of The Wiregrass Georgia Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.