WILL OF JOHN LOWREY
John Lowery wrote his will on Sept 13, 1807. The following transcription of that will was contributed by Peggy Heard.
In the name of God, Amen, I John Lowrey of the state of GA & County of
Franklin being infirm in body but in perfect mind & memory do make &
ordain this my last will & testament in the form following: that is to
say, I give & recommend by soul into the hand almighty God that gave it
& my body I recommend to the earth to be decently entered at the discretion
of my executors & touching such worldly estate which it hath pleased God to
bless me with. I will & bequeath in the following manner & form that is
to say: I will & bequeath to Ellender Lowrey my dearly beloved wife,
the land I now own on Hudson River & likewise all my moveable property &
every thing that I posses whatsoever it may be to be possessed by her during her
widowhood & if she should marry then all to be sold & equally divided
among her & the children & at her death all to be & equally divided
among the children. Likewise I constitute make & ordain Ellender
Lowrey my dearly beloved wife & James Lowrey my dearly beloved son executors
of this my last will & testament. Likewise I will that my executors sell or buy with consent of each other
anything for the use of the family on the plantation. In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13th day of Sept 1807.
John Lowrey
Signed, sealed & pronounced in presence of us.
David Lowrey, John Parks, William Lowrey
In the January term of 1808 personally came William
Lowrey & John Parks in open court & being duly sworn do say that they
were subscribing witnesses to the makers will & that they saw David Lowrey
subscribe his name as witness.
Lowreys that bought at the estate sell on 7 Jan 1813 were: Nathan, Charles,
James, Shadrack, John, Elizabeth & Benjamin. Also James C Cook,
Charles Toney.
Legatees named: Middleton Lowrey, John B Lowrey, Allen Cook, Nathan
Lowrey, Charles Lowrey, Elizabeth Lowrey, Shadrack Lowrey, James Lowrey Jr.,
Burrell Cook & Polly Lowrey.
Click here to see the descendants of John Lowrey and Eleander Lowry.
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