Parish: St. John Parish
Enslaved Persons Mentioned: Hannah
Slaveholder: Splatt, Edward
Date: 1773-12-31
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In the name of God Amen I Edward Splatt of St Johns parish in the province of Georgia do this the Thirty first day of December One thousand seven hundred and Seventy three Make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following, in the first place I Commend my soul to God thru the Merit and Mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour and my Body I Commit to the Earth to be Buried at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named and as touching such worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and devise the same in manner following that is to say, my will is that my Funeral Charges and all my Just Debts be duly paid
Item to my Hon.d [Honored] Mother Hannah Splatt I give and bequeath the sum of Five hundred pounds Current Money of the province of South Carolina to be paid to her yearly and every year in the Month of August During her Natural Life – Also a Negro Girl Cald [Called] Hannah now in her possession to her, her Heirs and Assigns forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Dearly beloved Wife Esther all the remaining part of my Estate both real and personal to her her Heirs and Assigns forever
Finally I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Dearly beloved Wife to be the only and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament –
Edward Splatt
Signed Sealed, published and declared to be the last Will and Testament of the Testator In presence of Lyman Hall, Edw.d [Edward] Ball, Josiah Bacon.
Georgia
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NOTE: This will was probated by “Lyman Hall of the parish of St. John practitioner in Physic” and Esther Splatt was qualified as the Executrix on March 2, 1774.
Source: Ancestry.com, “Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992” -> All Counties -> “Wills, Vol Aa, 1772-1777”; accessed online at: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/007701189_00060