Here is the will of John Davis of Effingham: Will of John Davis 30 May 1793 Effingham County, GA LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of JOHN DAVIS Written 30 MAY, 1793, Effingham County, Georgia Probated January 1794, Effingham County, Georgia Record of the Last Will & Testament of piece of writing of John Davis, deceased, though not completed, but advertised for better than 30 days and no person complaining, therefore Established his Will & Testament by therefore Letters granted to William & Joseph Davis. Now the piece of writing is as follows: (Viz) In the Name of God Amen. I, John Davis, Being as I expect a leaving this life I recommend my soul to God that gave it and my Body to the Dust and to His world. Concerns I dispose of as follows: (Viz) After my lawful Debts is paid, I give my True and Loving wife, Elizabeth Davis, one Negro woman named Phoeby, and one Negro boy named Adam; I give my sons Joseph, John, James, William & Samuel, ten pounds each, and George and Walter, twenty pounds each. My daughter, Nancy, twenty pounds, William Osteen, ten pounds, or at that rate equally divided according to the amount of the Estate. And respecting my lands at Buckhead, according to my Contract with William and Samuel, paying what monies I owe for said lands, it shall be their Right and Property. To my son, Walter, I give the Plantation we now live on, and the lands 'round about to George. The Boat shall be divided between William, Samuel, George and Walter. May the 30th 1793 Witnesses present, signed: Joseph Davis George Davis Agnes Davis Elizabeth Osteen We the subscribers, believing this Testament to be the Will & Desire of our Deceased Father, do freely and voluntary agree that the same should be executed agreeable to the Tennor of the same, witness our hands this 9th day of Sept 1793. Signed: Joseph Davis John Davis Samuel Davis Walter Davis George Davis Nancy Davis William Davis State of Georgia, Effingham County: Personally appeared Mr. Joseph Davis and made Oath & Declared that at the request of his Father, John Davis, deceased, he wrote the within as his Last Will & Testament, and he believes that he was in his perfect senses at the time he wrote, and that it is as he desired him to write it, and after he wrote it he did read it to him and he was satisfied, but did not sign it, and the within named or signed as witnesses was present and that he was satisfied, names as thus, Joseph Davis, George Davis, Agnus Davis, and Elizabeth Osteen. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadri" <shadri@gtcom.net> To: <GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: [GAWARE] Re:DAVIS [was: MIMS - OSTEEN] > Bill, > > I have absolutely nothing on the DAVIS family. I would love anything you > might share on this grandmother's family. > > Sharon > > > Obediah O'Steen was the son of William O'Steen, R. S. and Elizabeth Davis. I > believe Elizabeth to be the sister of my > Samuel Davis. His line includes a good portion of the Davis families in the > St Marys bend area. > > Bill > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > GAWARE Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/GA/ware.html > GAWARE GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware/ > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by your Internet Service Provider] > > >