Will Summary:
Testator: Elizabeth Hughes, Liberty County, State of Georgia
Bequests:
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“my four negroes named Peter, Big Eve, Little Eve & Sam” to be divided as follows:
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1/3 to her son William Hughes and his heirs
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1/3 to children of her deceased daughter Esther Perry and their heirs
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Use and labor of the remaining 1/3 to her daughter Elizabeth Bacon during her lifetime, and to be equally divided between her children at her death.
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To grandson Nathaniel McCollough one hundred dollars to be paid within one year of her death.
Executors: William Hughes, Joseph Bacon, William Osgood
Date signed: 4 September 1823
Witnesses: Uriah Wilcox, Jesse Harn
Probated by Uriah Wilcox on 1 March 1824.
Recorded 10 March 1824.
See the original will at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-GCF4?i=442&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901&cc=1999178