On October 21, 1848, at Savannah, Michael Timmons Dawsey, Chatham County, wrote his will. He left 1/5 of his estate, real and personal, to his son-in-law WIlliam E.W. Quarterman, 1/5 to his son-in-law Richard F. Baker, and 1/5 each to his three daughters Rosamond M. Hall, wife of John Hall; Susan M. ?Love?, wife of Henry ?Love?, and Sarah C. Thomas, wife of George Thomas. He appointed William E.W. Quarterman their trustee. The will was witnessed ty Francis S. Bartow, who probated it, and Augustus Boulineau, J.P.
On January 11, 1849, an inventory was conducted of the Chatham County estate of Michael T. Dawsey. [NOTE: Dawsey was the father of Elizabeth G. Dawsey, wife of Richard Fuller Baker of Liberty County.] W.E.W. Quarterman was executor of the estate. [NOTE: Quarterman was also Elizabeth Dawsey Baker’s trustee.] The following enslaved people were included in the estate inventory:
| Name | Value |
| Will | 75.00 |
| Old Nanny | 75.00 |
| Chloe | 300.00 |
| Sally & child | 450.00 |
| Diner [alt: Dinah] | 400.00 |
| Hager [alt: Hagar] | 425.00 |
| Nanny | 475.00 |
| Lucy | 450.00 |
| B. Reuben | 500.00 |
| Tom | 500.00 |
| Jack | 450.00 |
| Wally | 450.00 |
| William | 525.00 |
Source: Estate Records, Wills, Estates, Administrations and Bonds, Alphabetically Arranged, 1777-1852; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Chatham County); Probate Place: Chatham, Georgia. Notes: Probate Records, Damer-Deville, Folder 1-75. Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line] Digital image accessed at: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/005765253_00365?pId=554427 on 8/1/2021.