LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
ROBERT CARLTON
11 March 1796
In the name of God, Amen. I Robert Carlton of the County of Wilkes, State of Georgia being _____ infirm but of sound & perfect mind & memory do make, ordain & declare this my last will & testament.
Item ______ , I give & bequeath unto my daughter Patsey one negro man named Phill & one negro girl named Rhoda with her increase to her & to her heirs forever, also one feather bed & furniture.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my son Robert that part or parcel of the tract of land on which now live lying below a marked line beginning a few yards below Muekles (?) ford, and running from thence to a small Hickory Corner, from thence to Col. Taliaferro’s red oak corner (?) to him & to his heirs forever also one negro man named Lue & one negro girl named Aggy with her increases to him & his heirs forever, also one feather bed & furniture.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my son Jacob the residue of the tract of land on which I live, also one negro man named Will & a negro girl named Jane with her increase one bed & furniture to him & his heirs forever which he is to put into pofsefsion of immediately after my death whether of age or not.
Item, my will is that the remainder of my estate after payment of all my just debts be equally divided among the ______of children ____, my daughters Lucy, Rebeckah, Catherine & Patsey, loving son Robert & Jacob.
Item I do hereby appoint my trusty _____ beloved son in law James Mathews, my son Jacob executors of this My Last Will & Testament, In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.
Signed Sealed & Declared
In presence of Robert Carlton
Wm Harper
Wm (?) Williams
Elijah Nermah (?)
Y.N. Poothen (?)