This is the will of John Henderson Banks. He died 14 June 1846. Descendants of John Henderson Banks 1 John Henderson Banks b: Abt. 1799 in Georgia d: 14 June 1846 in Pike County, Georgia .. +Sarah B. Clark b: Abt. 1802 in Georgia d: 06 October 1884 in Georgia m: 04 July 1821 in Georgia ... 2 Mary Banks b: Abt. 1825 in Georgia ... 2 William Clark Banks b: 15 January 1829 in Georgia d: 30 December 1896 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Mary McLendon b: Abt. 1839 in Georgia m: 1851 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Sarah Banks b: Abt. 1864 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Elizabeth Banks b: Abt. 1866 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Martha Renda Banks b: 15 July 1867 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 August 1951 in Lamar County, Georgia ............. +John Harvey Ballard b: 17 August 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 17 December 1948 in Pike County, Georgia m: Abt. 1898 ......... 3 Georgia Eli Banks b: Abt. 1874 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +S.J. Carreker m: 16 November 1892 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Ida Virginia Banks b: 16 August 1878 in Pike County, Georgia d: 20 October 1921 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Charles Wesley Ballard b: 20 February 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 29 June 1937 in Lamar County, Georgia m: 30 May 1900 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Annie Pope Banks b: 02 May 1880 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 May 1944 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Edward Montgomery Crawford b: 21 November 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 26 September 1937 in Fulton County, Georgia m: 17 October 1897 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Lucy B. Banks b: Abt. 1833 in Georgia ....... +Thomas J. Taylor m: 29 December 1850 in Pike County, Georgia src: US Marriage Index 1691-1850 (Heritage Quest) ... 2 Joseph Banks b: Abt. 1839 in Georgia ... 2 Henry H. Banks b: Abt. 1841 in Georgia ... 2 John L. Banks b: Abt. 1844 in Georgia d: 28 November 1897 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Lucretia Ann Strickland b: 31 March 1845 in Georgia d: 05 May 1914 in Pike County, Georgia m: 1863 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Mary Hartsfield Banks b: 27 October 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 22 May 1920 in Spalding County, Georgia ............. +Joseph Brown Bell b: 20 March 1859 in Pike County, Georgia d: 05 August 1942 in Spalding County, Georgia m: 27 February 1887 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Sarah Lou Banks b: 07 June 1868 in Pike County, Georgia d: 12 March 1939 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Charles Isaac Banks b: 23 April 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 January 1927 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Bessie M. Harrison b: 22 March 1877 in Pike County, Georgia d: 31 March 1917 in Pike County, Georgia m: 30 November 1905 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 James Banks b: Abt. 1872 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Robert Judson Banks b: 06 March 1874 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 December 1952 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Mattie L. Banks b: Abt. 1877 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +James F. Wise m: 13 February 1896 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "GAGenWeb Archives" <[email protected]> To: "GAPIKE" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Banks) > > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Banks, John H. April 20, 1846 > ************************************************ > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 3:30 pm > > Source: Will Book C 1846 Pike County Probate Court > Written: April 20, 1846 > Recorded: August 18, 1846 > > Georgia > Pike County > > I John H. Banks of the County of Pike and State of Georgia being of sound > mind > and memory feeling the uncertainty of life and wishing to settle my > worldly > affairs while my life is spared. I hereby constitute this my last will and > testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills made by me > > Item 1st I commit my soul and my body to my God who gave it > > Item 2nd I hereby constitute and appoint David C. Richardson of the > County of > Monroe and State of Georgia my sole executor to carry out this my last > will > and testament > > Item 3rd I wish to transmit all my property both real and personal into > the > care of my beloved wife Sarah B. Banks during her life or widowhood, to > raise > our minor children, and to keep all and everything together as at present, > during the course of the fiscal year or at any subsequent time; if my wife > should wish to remove I hereby authorize my said Executor to sale my > present > residence, at private or public sale as he may think best in conjunction > with > my wife, and if they sale to act in concert in the purchase of [ _ ] land > which shall be recognized as a portion of my Estate for the benefit of my > wife > and minor children after the disposition of my crop and the collection of > all > moneys and assets due me to pay all my just debts in case the latter will > not > discharge all my debts, then I Hereby authorize my Executor as aforesaid > and > in consideration with my wife to sell any portion of my property that they > think needed to discharge the same. > > Item 4th That equal justice may be done to all my children and as I > have > given to each of my children that have married a Negro woman worth say six > hundred dollars, a horse saddle & bridle worth say eighty dollars, a good > feather bed & furniture one cow & calf the two latter articles worth say > sixty > dollars. I wish and desire that my Executor out of my Estate shall give > the > balance of my legal heirs at their marriage or of becoming of legal age > the > above described property of the equivalent in money. > > Item 5th In case my beloved wife should marry I hereby authorize my > Executor to give her out of my estate an equal portion with my children as > above described and to dispose of the residue of my Estate and that an > equal > distribution shall take place between all my legal heirs my wife > considered > amongst the children as a legal heir. > J. H. Banks > > Signed & sealed in the presence of us this 20th day of April 1846 > J. G. Westmoreland > Wm. C. Miles > Thos. C. Taylor > > > Georgia > Pike County > > We William C. Miles and Thomas C. Taylor do solemnly swear that we saw > John H. > Banks sign, seal, publish and declare this writing to be and contain his > will > that at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and > that he > did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and that we > saw > John G. Westmoreland sign the same as witness this 18th August 1846 > Wm. C. Miles > Thos. C. Taylor > > Abst Wiley E. Mangham CCO > > Georgia > Pike County > > I David C. Richardson do solemnly swear that this writing contains the > last > will and testament of John H. Banks deceased so far as I know or believe & > that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and > then > the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels will > thereunto extend 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 > David C. Richardson > > Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 18th August 1846 > Wiley E. Mangham > > > > > File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/banks640wl.txt > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ > > File size: 4.2 Kb > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 >