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The Will of John Morris
Special thanks to Michael J. Morris for looking up and providing this will for all of us. Last Will and Testament of John Morris, Father of Zachariah In the name of God, Amen, I John Morris of the State of Georgia and Jackson County being sick and weak of body but of sound and perfect and disposing mind and memory blessed be God, do this twenty-seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following. ____ I give and commend my soul to almighty God who gave it, and my body I wish to be buried in the earth, at the discretion of my executor, hereafter to be named and my worldly goods I give and desire and dispose of in the following manner.
Personally came into open court Joseph Camp and William Nichols and being duly deposith and sworn saith that they did see the within named John Morris sign seal and acknowledge the within to be his last Will and Testament and that they were witnesses to the same. Sworn to in open court this 4th day of March 1811. Edward Adams - clerk [This last will and testament was typed from a copy of the original, (photocopied in the county courthouse of Jackson Co., Georgia) by Michael James Morris, son of Carroll Don Morris whose father was Millard James Morris whose father was Frank Morris, whose father was William Morris, whose father was John Morris, whose father was Zachariah Morris. I believe we were all eldest sons of the eldest sons. (An interesting fact but not really relevant.) Please forgive any misspellings or punctuation errors. I tried to leave most errors intact from the original but every so often I could not resist putting a comma in or correcting an error. There were also several places where the words could not be clearly read since this was a handwritten document. I believe I guessed correctly in most cases.] |