Wills/Estate/Ordinary Records
William Albritton 1830
Wyatt Alford 1836
Pharaba Anderson 1839
John H. Andrews 1845       Slave
Robins Andrews 1843    Land
John Barton 1835      Land 1837
Moses Blackshear  1826
Joshua T. Bostick 1836
Nathan Brady 1827
William Bunn 1818
Thomas Chappell 1836
Joseph Collins Per. Prop. 1839 Land, Slaves Land 1840
Lewis Daniel 1827
Rebecca Davis 1845
Barbaray Deshazo 1828
Messeck Easom 1835
William Edwards 1828
Hardy Fulgham 1818
Seth Honeycut 1837
Susannah Jacobs 1828
Henry Loyless 1847
Moses McDonald 1818
Ridley Ann McWilliams  1835
Jesse Moore 1818
John Outlaw 1844
Gabriel Parker 1829
Theophilus Pearce 1827
Williamson Phipps 1840
Robert Reynolds 1836
Centuary Roe 1830
Jonah Rogers 1827
Daniel W. Shine 1855, 1860
Charles Thompson 1827
Elijah Ward 1828
George Wilson 1842 
Sarah Young 1837       Land 1838
Wills at GaGenWeb Archives:
Richard Deshazo 1852
Caleb Hinson 1845
Elam Hinson 1875
Richard Stephens 1833
James G. Wall 1868
Estate Records at GaGenWeb Archives:
Estate Sale - Frances Hugh
Wall Estate Lot 65, 28th District
Written: December 6, 1848
NAME CHANGES

WYATT ALFORD
ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836.
RELIEF.
1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 228
Sequential Number: 133
Type: AN ACT,
Full Title: To vest the estate of Wyatt Alford, late of Twiggs county, deceased, in William Wyatt Alford, his illegitimate son.
Whereas, Wyatt Alford, late of Twiggs county, hath departed this life, leaving a considerable estate, and no wife, nor legitimate child; and whereas, evidence has been adduced before the Legislature, that it was the desire of the said Wyatt Alford, that the said William Wyatt Alford, should be his personal representative:
Sec. 1st. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the estate, both real and personal, money, rights, credits, and effects, of Wyatt Alford, of the county of Twiggs, deceased, be, and the same is hereby vested in his son, William Wyatt Alford, upon the said William Wyatt Alford's giving bond & good security, to pay the debts of the said Wyatt Alford, deceased: Provided, that this act, shall not interfere with the rights of the heirs at law, of said deceased.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 29, 1836.



HENRY LOYLESS
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1847.
 1847 Vol. 1 -- Page: 17
 Sequential Number: 011
 Full Title: AN ACT to legalize the actings and doings of Lavinah Loyless, Administratrix of Henry Loyless, late of Cass
 county, deceased, and to authorize the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs to grant Letters of Administration "de bonis non" on the
 estate of the said Henry Loyless.
  WHEREAS Henry Loyless departed this life in the county of Cass, and whereas Lavinah Loyless, his widow, obtained letters
 of administration on the estate of the said Henry, under the grant of the Inferior Court of the county of Twiggs, when sitting as a
 Court of Ordinary, contrary to the strict letter of the law in such cases made and provided, which requires letters of
 administration to be taken in the county where the intestate dies; and whereas, by virtue of said letters, the said Lavinah has
 gone on almost fully to administer the said estate, but has recently departed this life, intestate, in the county of Twiggs, not
 having entirely wound up said administration: --
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly
 met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the actings and doings of the said Lavinah Loyless, as
 administratrix of Henry Loyless, deceased, be, and the same are hereby legalized and declared to be as valid as if her letters of
 administration had issued from the county of Cass.
 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Inferior Court of Twiggs county, when sitting as a Court
 of Ordinary, be, and it is hereby authorized to grant letters of administration "de bonis non" on the estate of the said
 Henry Loyless, for the purpose of winding up the same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
 CHARLES J. JENKINS,
 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 ANDREW J. MILLER,
 President of the Senate.
 GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor.
 Approval Date: Approved, December 29, 1847.


DANIEL W SHINE

Ordinary Records
1855 Vol. 1 -- Page: 496
Sequential Number: 451
Law Number: (No. 448.)
Full Title: An Act to authorize the Ordinary of Twiggs county, to grant letters of Guardianship to Daniel W. Shine.
WHEREAS, Daniel Shine died in the county of Dooly, in the year 1853, leaving a widow and one child, and Daniel W. Shine, of Twiggs county, the father of said Daniel Shine of Dooly, administered on the estate of said Daniel Shine, and now has the property of said estate in his possession in the county of Twiggs, and desires to become the Guardian of his grand child, Danieleen W. Shine, the property having been derived originally by gift from said Daniel W. Shine, to said Daniel Shine of Dooly.
1. Section. 1. Be it enacted &c., That the Ordinary of Twiggs county, be and he is hereby authorized to grant letters of Guardianship to the person and property of Danieleen W. Shine, to her grand-father Daniel W. Shine of Twiggs county, upon his giving bond and security as now required by law, and by complying with the statutes in such cases made and provided.
2. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.)
Approval Date: APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856.



1860 Vol. 1 -- Page: 220
 Sequential Number: 321
 Law Number: (No. 234.)
 Full Title: An Act for the relief of Daniel W. Shine of the county of Twiggs.
 WHEREAS, Daniel W. Shine of the county of Twiggs, was by virtue of an Act approved Febuary 28th, 1856, appointed
 guardian of Davieleen W. Shine, and whereas said Daniel W. Shine has been discharged by the Court of Ordinary of said
 county, from said guardianship, and James W. Brown of the county of Pulaski, has been appointed guardian in the stead of the  said Daniel W. Shine, and that the said Daniel W. Shine has had a full settlement with the said James W. Brown, respecting the  property and estate of said ward, and has turned over said property and estate to the said James W. Brown:
 [Sidenote: Preamble.]
 12. Therefore, the General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the said Daniel W. Shine, be and he is hereby
 relieved and discharged from said guardianship, and his dismissal by said court from said guardianship, is hereby declared legal
 and valid to all intents and purposes, and the appointment of said James W. Brown as guardian of said Ward, is also hereby
 made legal and valid.
 Approval Date: Assented to December 20, 1860.
 
 
 
 

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