Person:Mary Hilley (2)

The will of Mary (Hilley) Eavenson:

State of Georgia, Elbert County.

In the name of God Amen. I, Mary Eavenson, of the state and county aforesaid, being in good health and possessed of sound disposing mind and memory do make and ordain the following as my last Will and Testament. Item 1st: I will that my just debts and burial expenses be paid. Item 2nd: I will that all my property real and personal which I may die possessed of to be sold by Executors and my whole estate turned into money and divided into seven equal shares. One share I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Eavenson and his heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Teasley and her heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto Martha Harper my daughter and her heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto my son George Eavenson and his heirs. One share I give and bequeath unto the children of my daughter Prisciller Goss now deceased to be equally divided between them, and the other share I give and bequeath unto Beverly A. Teasley and Thomas Eavenson in trust for the children of my deceased daughter Mary Oglesby said children each to draw their proportionable part from said trustee or trustees as they marry or become twenty one years of age. Item 3rd: I do hereby appoint Thomas Eavenson my son and Beverly A. Teasley my son-in-law Executors to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills heretofore by me made.

She signed it with her mark 30 July 1850. The will was proved 7 May 1855 in the Elbert Court of Ordinary.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Eavenson-Strickland and Allied Families by Sexta Eavenson Strickland, page 10.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gheesling, Catherine Sams. "Notes on the Bond Family", page 21.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Hilley Family Group Sheet.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, South Carolina, Volume 2, page 330 and.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Eavenson-Strickland and Allied Families by Sexta Eavenson Strickland, page 8.