Please contact me if you have Whatleys, Dukes, Dumases, Colliers, Gardners, Suttons as well as Coles. These families were friends AND relatives of my Cole family. The Whatleys, Dukes and Dumases appear on various legal documents relating to my families. Also, if you have a Winniford that you believe married a Cole, we are looking for the maiden name of one Winneford/Winnie who married Jacob Cole between 1789 and 1792. She may have been a Duke, a Dumas, or a Whatley. Just not sure. Winnie would have been born abt. 1770. The following documents were transcribed from copies of the originals by Ernest Mae Seaholm and Paula Anne Baker, descendants of Jacob Cole, November 2001. Georgia, Pike County In the name of God amen. I Jacob Cole being advanced in years but of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be the Almighty God for the same do make and publish this to be my last will and Testament. 1st I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Winnford Cole during her natural life the lot of land where I now live namely lot No. 126, number one hundred and twenty-six and half of lot No. 98 it being the south half of said lot all the land lying in the seventh Dist of formerly Monroe now Pike County also my negro man Simon together with all my stock consisting of Horses hogs cows and the household and kitchen furniture farming utensils and after my wifes decease, I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Nancy Collier the south half of the lot of land No 98 number ninty eight in the Seventh Dist of formerly Monroe now Pike County and I also give her the ___or horse that may belong to the estate at my wife's death . 3rd I give and bequeath unto my beloved grandchildren the heirs of my beloved Son Henry Cole the lot of land No 126 number one and twenty six in the Seventh Dist of formerly Monroe now Pike County to be theirs and each of theirs equally with the reserve that their Father Henry Cole shall have the use of so much of the land as he can cultivate during his natural life and it is further my will that after my wifes death that my negro man Simon and all the perishable property belonging to the estate shall be sold and equally divided amongst my children namely Nancy Collier, Henry Cole and William Cole. I(n) testimony whereof I the said Jacob Cole have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this the Twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty. Assigned in the presence of Vachal D. Whatley and John E. Duke J.P. signed Jacob Cole second page I Jacob Cole have it in my will and request that my son William Cole should be Executor and Execute this my will and Testament September 29th 1840 Vachal Whatley and John E. Duke JP Signed Jacob Cole On 4th September 1848 William Cole swore that the will was Jacob Cole's last will and Testament. I John E. Duke do hereby swear that I saw Jacob Cole sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain his will and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely without _________to the best of my knowledge and that I saw Vachal Whatley sign the same as witness. ________in vacation this 3d July 1848. Signed John E. Duke Wiley E. Mangham CCO I William Cole do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true, last will and Testament of Jacob Cole deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will and well truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the _______contained in the said will so far as his goods and chattel will ________ if tried and the law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God this 4th September 1848. Sworn__________________in open Court Wiley E. Mangham CCO Signed William Cole Paula Anne Baker paulabaker69@hotmail.com Researching BAKER, MANNING, TYSON, STOCKS AND OTHERS in Pitt County NC and Greene County NC and COLE, NORMAN, WHITE, SUTTON AND OTHERS in SC, GA, and LA http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/9883 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp