Will Summary (published 1964)
Mary E. Law. Last Will and Testament dated November 30, 1803. Probated February 6, 1804. Gives to her daughter Elizabeth Wood; daughter, Mary E. Law; son, James Sandiford; and grandchildren, John, Mary E. and Thomas R. Sandiford and to her little grand-daughter Mary E. Law. Executors: Son-in-law, Samuel S. Law, and son James Sandiford. Witnesses: Travis George, Charles Law, John Hayes.
Slave names left out of the original summary:
To daughter Elizabeth Wood: “my negro woman Beck with her increase to her and the heirs of her body.”
To daughter Mary Law “my Negro woman Sillah and her three children Rose Cate & Diner.”
To daughter Mary E. Law: “my faithful old servant Amy.”
To: son James Sandiford: “my negro man Moses.”
To: her grandchildren as follows:
John Sandiford: “my negro boy Nimrood” [alt: Nimrod, Nimrud]
Mary E. Sandiford: “my girl Amy, eldest daughter of Sillah”
Thomas R. Sandiford: “my boy Champion eldest son of Sillah”
Mary E. Law: “Sillah’s youngest child Betty”
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“Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-P9CR?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 83 of 689; county probate courthouses, Georgia.
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.