Enslaved Persons Mentioned: None
Year: 1863
Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Will Summary:
Testator: Elinor [alt: Elenor] Alexander, Liberty County, State of Georgia
Bequests:
“being or advanced age”
Item 1. Directs body be buried in Christian-like manner.
Item 2. Just debts be paid.
Item 3. Gives to daughter Keziah Williams fifty dollars in Confederate money.
Item 4. Gives to son Benjamin Alexander fifty dollars in Confederate money.
Item 5. Gives to daughter Sarah Rustin fifty dollars in Confederate money.
Item 6. Gives to son John G. Alexander fifty dollars in Confederate money.
Item 7. Gives to grandchild Elenor [alt: Elinor] Alexander, daughter of John G. Alexander, the sum of twenty dollars.
Item 8. Gives to grandson Enoch O. Alexander, son of James H. Alexander, the sum of ten dollars.
Item 9. Gives rest of estate, both real and personal, to her two children, James H. Alexander and Abigal Alexander, to be equally divided.
Item 10. Appoints son James H. Alexander and friend John E. McCall her executors
Date signed: 16 December 1863
Witnesses: Matthew Butler [signed with his mark], J.D. Bryant, Benjamin Darsey J.P.
Probated by Matthew Butler and John D. Bryant on 1 August 1864
Recorded 4 August 1864
Citation: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-RJ74?cc=1999178&wc=9SYY-ZNP%3A267679901%2C268025701 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills 1863-1942 vol C-D > image 46 of 430; county probate courthouses, Georgia.