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A E Blunt 1865
Whitfield County, GA
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Whitfield County GA Will Book A, page 101-103
A E Blunt of Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
Sound mind but weak in body.
Beloved wife Elizabeth C Blunt and daughter Eliza R Blunt all the property in and surrounding my present residence say the
lots front through 335 feet and run back 600 feet including the dwelling house and all the out houses with their entire contents including all
household and kitchen furniture of every description with anything of value. Also the interest I own in 80 acres of lot known as the
Cunningham lot which George Wadsworth bought of Samuel Cox and afterwards sold and conveyed one half interest to me. Also all my
individual farm and garden tools and stock I may have on hand at my death to have and to hold the above described property to them
the said Elizabeth C and Eliza R jointly and for their joint use and benefit for and during the natural life of the said Elizabeth C Blunt and
at her death the whole of said property shall vest in and belong to my daughter Eliza R Blunt absolutely to be enjoyed by her in case of her
intermarriage as whole and separate estate and free from the debts control and dominion of any future husband.
My executrix is to pay or cause to be paid out of such and so much of the property mentioned in the foregoing item that can be most conveniently
spared and converted into money first necessary funeral charges, and next the sum of $150 to my son John E Blunt, now of Wheatly Illinois to
repay that amount of money borrowed by me from him and in case of the death of my wife the executrix hereinafter appointed my request
then my daughter Eliza R Blunt must cause the same to be fulfilled.
At the death of my said wife should such death occur before my said daughter Eliza R shall have attained the full age of twenty one years then
and in that event the property hereinbefore devised to my said daughter Eliza R shall be chargeable with the payment of $300 as follows:
to my daughter Martha E Morse or heirs the sum of $100. To my son J E Blunt or his heirs $100. To my son A E Blunt or his heirs $100.
I will and direct that the J J Jones property or my interest therein it being one undivided half of the farm stock tools etc be sold as early as
practicable and that the proceeds arising from such sale be first applied to the payment of one half of the indebtedness due by the firm of
Blunt & King to Northern merchants say one half to be about $1,000 and the remainder to pay one half the indebtedness of said firm of
Blunt & King to J G Blunt or G G Blunt and Co of Nashua NH. If the amount to be realized shall not be sufficient to discharge my
liabilities then all the right title and interest I may have in the new brick stone property must be disposed of for the purpose of fully settling
and discharging all by debts and liabilities. I also will and direct that all my notes accounting, judgments and all debts due me be
collected as soon as practicable and applied to the payment of my debts named above then equally divided between my daughter
Martha E Morse, my son J E Blunt and my son Ainesworth E Blunt and this reside embraces two chares of stock of the East Tennessee &
Georgia RailRoad Company.
I appoint my wife Elizabeth C Blunt my executrix.
Dated 12 Dec 1865
A E Blunt
Witnesses: A W Lynn, John H King, Wm K Moore.
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