I found this will at the GA Archives this weekend. Does anyone have info on this family? In the name of God Amen. I Shadrick Deen of the state of Georgia & county of Jackson being very much afflicted in body the of ? mind & memory thanks be to God, calling to mind it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last will & testament that is to say, in the first place, I give & recommend my soul into the hand of God that gave it & my ? recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent & christian manner at the discretion of my executor & as touching such of my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give desire & dispose of in the following manner & form. First. I give & bequeath to Mourning my dealy beloved wife three hundred & ninety six Acres of land in Elbert & Franklin County granted to Mathius. Also two feather beds & furniture & all my horses & cows & calves during her natural life & my children that is now under age have the privelige of continuing with her as they now do free of expence. Secondly. I give to Arche my son one grey mare bridle & sadle & one cow & calf & one hundred Acres of land where I now live granted to Robert Montgomery. The land bequeathed to my wife at her decease is to convert to Thomas, Jacob, Shadrick, John & Fredrick. But the other property bequeathed to her, to be at her disposal & to my daughter Eupharance I give one cow & calk one feather bed & furniture. It is also my will that all my just debts be paid out of the property I have willed & given to my wife. I do hereby constitute make & appoint my son, Shadrick Deen executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fifteenth day of May 1811. Shadrick Deen (seal) Signed & sealed in presence of Owen L Bowen William Mackie Johnathan Martin Sion Pritchett - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Tamie