Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Case No. 116-W WHITFIELD BENJAMIN, deceased 1832 - 1838 Page 1 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia In the name of God, Amen. I BENJAMIN WHITFIELD of the county of Putnam in said state, being feeble in body & health and knowing the uncertainty of life and being of sound, disposing mind & memory, do therefore make, proclaim & publish this my last will & testament, (to wit). ITEM 1st I lend to my beloved wife SARAH during her natural life the following property, big JIM, & his wife PEGG, little JIM, little AMY & her children ELIZA, BURWELL, MARY, TOM and JERRY and their future increase. Also one hundred acres of land to be laid off of the home tract including the dwelling house, out houses & spring. Also two feather beds, bedsteads & furniture, & all the balance of house hold & kitchen furniture, except the balance of the beds & bed clothes, two horses of her own choosing out of my stock of horses, two ploughs & gear complete, & other plantation tools such as I may have as will be necessary for her to carry on a farm with. Two cows & calves, two sows & pigs, ten head of stock hogs, two thousand pounds of pork, seventy barrels of corn & four stacks of fodder, six head of sheep, all of which is for the support of my said wife during her life time and at her death the whole of said property, except the the land, to be equally divided between my two daughters ACHSAH MORTON & MATILDA MORTON, or their heirs. ITEM 2nd I give to my grand daughter NANCY WHITFIELD, daughter of my son WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one feather bed, bed stead, & furniture. ITEM 3rd It is my wish that my son JAMES WHITFIELD should take care of my old faithful servant PETER, and it is my wish for the long & faithful service PETER has rendered me that he be taken special care of the remaining of his days, for this purpose I give my son JAMES WHITFIELD one hundred dollars to be raised of my estate. ITEM 4th It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid out of my estate not herein before disposed of and the whole of what is then left & not otherwise herein disposed of of my estate be equally divided between my daughters SALLY [WHITFIELD] JACKSON, ELIZABETH [WHITFIELD] GOODE & SUSANNAH [WHITFIELD] SMITH and my sons WILLIAM [WHITFIELD], BENJAMIN [WHITFIELD], MATTHEW [WHITFIELD], JAMES [WHITFIELD], HORATIO S. [WHITFIELD] & BRYAN WHITFIELD and my son JAMES WHITFIELD as trustee form my daughter MOLSEY [WHITFIELD] TRAYLOR, and her children, including the land loaned to my wife. ITEM 5th I do hereby ratify & confirm the title of the property which I may have heretofore at any time give to any & all of my children. ITEM 6th It is my will & desire that my three sons, WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD act as my executors to carry this, my last will and testament into effect, fully & completely, and I do hereby clothe my said executors with full powers to dispose of my real estate at public or private sale in such way as to them may seem best to. ITEM 7th I do hereby declare this to by my true last will & testament, hereby revoking all former wills which I may have made. Page 2 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Given under my hand & seal this eighteenth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty one. BENJAMIN WHITFIELD {seal} Page 3 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Amount of sale of the personal property of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased Sold 13th and 14th December 1832. JAMES A. ARNOLD WILLIAM PACE JR. INGRAM AVEREA ELISHA PERRYMAN JAMES B. HENDERSON JAMES PORTER WILLIAM B. BIRD ALVIN PRESCOTT EDWARD BARNS MOSES PRESLEY ROBERT BAYNE WILLIAM H. PRICE LEE BIRD SILAS RAMEY JOSIAS BOSWELL HORATIO S. WHITFIELD HENRY BRANHAM PULASKI S. HOLT CHARTER CAMPBELL THOMAS G. SANFORD JOHN A. COGBURN CARTER SHEPHERD GROVY COLE WILLIAM SHIELDS THOMAS CONNER BURWELL SMITH BURGESS DUPREE JOHN T. DUNN NATHANIEL DURHAM LEVI T. WHEAT JOHN D. FISHER JACOB THRASH ALLEN GREEN JOHN TOMPKINS ROBERT HAMILTON EPHRAIM TROTTER JOSEPH HARRISON ALEXANDER VEAL JAMES JONES JOHN W. SCOTT RICHARD KILPATRICK JOHN W. TRAYLER RICHARD L. MAGUIRE L. W. HUDSON PLEASANT A. LAWSON SAMUEL WALKER WILLIAM LEDBETTER DAVID WEAVER SION LEE BRYAN WHITFIELD JEREMIAH LEVERETT MATTHEW WHITFIELD THOMAS M. DUKE WILLIAM WHITFIELD JOHN MORTON WHIL WIGGINS I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct bill of the sales of the perishable property of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD. WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor Page 4 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, six hundred dollars in part of the distributive share to which MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children are entitled to in the estate of said deceased. January 21st 1833 JAMES WHITFIELD, trustee of MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children ~~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, four hundred dollars in part of the distributive share to which MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children are entitled to in the estate of said deceased. January 1st 1834 JAMES WHITFIELD, trustee of MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children ~~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, two hundred dollars in part of the distributive share to which MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children are entitled to in the estate of said deceased. February 7th 1835 JAMES WHITFIELD, trustee of MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children ~~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, ninety dollars in full for the balance due MOLSEY TRAYLOR & her children for their interest in the estate of said deceased, either real or personal. March 24th 1835 JAMES WHITFIELD, trustee for MOLSEY TRAYLOR & children Page 5 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, four hundred dollars in part of the distributive share of estate of said deceased. January 21st 1833 JAMES WHITFIELD ~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, four hundred and ninety dollars part of my distributive share in the estate of said deceased. Also the distributive share to which I am entitled in the Negroes of said deceased. January 1st 1835 JAMES WHITFIELD ~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, two hundred dollars in part of the distributive share of estate of said deceased. May 1st 1834 JAMES WHITFIELD ~~~~~~ Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, two hundred and ninety dollars in full for the balance of my distributive share in the estate of said deceased. Also the distributive share to which I am entitled in the Negroes of said deceased. January 1st 1835 JAMES WHITFIELD Page 6 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 The estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD debit to BURGESS DUPREE & PERRYMAN [unintelligible] January 11th 1834 received the above Act. Of three dollars 37½ cents in full of WILLIAM WHITFIELD executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. BURGESS DUPREE & PERRYMAN Page 7 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me BURGESS DUPREE and after being duly sworn sayeth that the with apt. is just and true to the best of his knowledge & belief and he has no other way to establish the same only by his own oath. BURGESS DURPEE NICHOLAS TOMPKINS, JP Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me BURGESS DUPREE and after being duly sworn sayeth that the with apt. of ninety dollars & sixty two ½ cents against BENJAMIN WHITFIELD is just and true to the best of his knowledge & belief and he has no other way to establish the same only by his own oath. January 25th 1833 BURGESS DURPEE H. D. HOLT, JP Page 8 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 1832 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Dr. to WILLIAM C. YOUNG to making one wagon $60 Georgia Putnam County Personally came before me, REUBEN VINING, a justice of the peace, WILLIAM C. YOUNG, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the above account of sixty dollars is just and true. Sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of December, 1832. WILLIAM C. YOUNG REUBEN VINING, JP Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD executor or BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased sixty dollars in full of the within account this 11th day of January 1834. WILLIAM C. YOUNG Page 9 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, ten dollars for ??? at public out cry the property belonging to said deceased. 17th December 1832 CHARTER CAMPBELL Page 10 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. WILLIAM SHIELDS Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, the within act. of eleven dollars and ten cents in full this 17th January 1833. WILLIAM SHIELDS Page 11 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me THOMAS HOXEY one of the firm Hoxey & Urquhart who being duly sworn saith that the above account for three dollars & ninety cents as stands stated against BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, is just & true. Sworn to before me this 14th January 1833 THOMAS HOXEY JAMES M. DUNN, JJC Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor or BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, three dollars & 90 cents in full for the within account. January 14th 1833, Hoxey & Urquhart Page 12 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD To T. B. GHENT 1832 June 5 By Contract to Medical Service $25 Received $10 === $15 Putnam County Georgia Personally appeared before me T. B. GHENT & after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the within just & true to the best of his knowledge. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th January 1833 T. B. GHENT NICHOLAS TOMPKINS, JP March 2nd 1833 Received the with account in full of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. T. B. GHENT Page 13 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Randle & Harwill 1832 February 8 “Homespun & silk” 50 cents Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me LEWIS HARWELL of the firm of Randle & Harwill who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the above account of fifty cents is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st February 1833 LEWIS P. HARWELL JAMES NICHOLSON, JP Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, the within account of fifty cents in full. February 1st 1833 Randle & Harwell Page 14 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Account of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased To JAMES M. DUNN January – February 1832 $23.63 Georgia Putnam County Personally came before me, JAMES M. DUNN, who after being duly sworn saith that the above account, twenty three dollars sixty ¾ cents is just and true. Sworn to before me this 15th January 1833. IRBY HUDSON JAMES M. DUNN Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, twenty three dollars and sixty three cents in full of the above within account. February 1st 1833 JAMES M. DUNN Page 15 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD to Fort & Burnaf Personally came before me BENJAMIN FORT, one of the firm of Fort & Burnaf and after being duly sworn saith that the above account of forty two 37/100 dollars is just and true to the best of his knowledge. Sworn to before me this 21st day of November, 1833 IRBY HUDSON, JJC BENJAMIN FORT Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, the within account of forty two dollars thirty seven cents. November 21, 1833 B. FORT & BURNAF Page 16 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD bought of BENJAMIN FORT Personally came before my BENJAMIN FORT one of the firm of B. M. Fort and after being duly sworn saith that the above account of two 24/100 dollars is just and true to the best of his knowledge. Sworn before me the 1st of November 1833. BENJAMIN FORT IRBY HUDSON JJC Page 17 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 1832 September 17th Executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. To WILLIAM WILKINS Received from JAMES WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, six dollars in for for the above account. September 17th 1832 WILLIAM WILKINS Page 18 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased To THOMAS M. DUKE Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me THOMAS M. DUKE and being duly sworn saith on oath that the above account of one hundred and fifty dollars is just and true. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th of December 1833. THOMAS M. DUKE FRANCIS S. HEARN, JP December 28th 1833 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, the with Account of one hundred and fifty dollars in full. THOMAS M. DUKE Page 19 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received September 17th 1832 of JAMES WHITFIELD, one of the executors of the will of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, five dollars sixty two & a half cents for letters testamentary on the state of said deceased. WILLIAM B. CARTER, CCC Page 20 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW and JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, six hundred dollars as part of my distributive share, in right of my wife ELIZABETH [WHITFIELD] GOODE, in the estate of said deceased. January 21st 1833 JOHN GOODE Received of the executors of the estate and last will and testament of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, late of Putnam County, deceased, three hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of said estate this 30th of January 1834. JOHN GOODE Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW and JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, one hundred dollars as part of my distributive share in the estate of said deceased. This 6th day of February 1834. NEWTON L. WHITFIELD, agent for JOHN GOODE Georgia Putnam County February 9th, 1835 received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW and JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, two hundred dollars as part of my distributive share in the estate of said deceased. JOHN GOODE Receive of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, ninety six dollars, it being in full of my distributive share in the estate of said BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, both real and personal. July 29th 1835. Executors excepted JOHN GOODE Page 21 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM [WHITFIELD], MATTHEW [WHITFIELD], and JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, one negro man by the name of CHARLES at six hundred & fifty dollars, also six hundred and forty three dollars and eighty four cents in full for the distributive share to which I am entitled in the estate of the said BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, both real and personal, in right of my wife SALLY JACKSON. February 24th 1835 JOHN JACKSON by his wife SALLY [WHITFIELD] JACKSON {her x mark} Page 22 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD To JONATHAN THOMAS 1832 to 7½ months work of JAMES DOWDLE, a stepson at $4 per month $30. Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me JONATHAN THOMAS and after being duly sworn saith that the above account of thirty dollars is just and true and that he has no other way of establishing the account but by his own oath. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 13th day of February 1835. The words before and the name JONATHAN THOMAS enter lined before signed. JONATHAN THOMAS {his + mark} BRADLEY SLAUGHTER, JP Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, the within account of thirty dollars this 13th February 1835. JONATHAN THOMAS {his + mark} Page 23 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, four hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. January 21st 1833 WILLIAM WHITFIELD Received November 18th 1835 of the executors of the will of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, eight hundred and ninety dollars in full of my distributive share of the estate of said deceased. WILLIAM WHITFIELD Page 24 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors BENJAMIN WHITFIELD To Prince & Ragland 1832 October 25th Sale of perishable property $3.75 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, three dollars & seventy five cents in full of the above account. 18th March 1835 Prince & Ragland Page 25 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 July 30th 1832 Benjamin Whitfield to E. Barnes Repair of Axes … $5.25 Georgia Putnam County Personally came before me EDWARD BARNES who after be duly sworn saith that the within account of five dollars and twenty five cents as it stands stated against BENJAMIN WHITFIELD is just and true. EDWARD BARNES Sworn to before me the 14th January 1834 IRBY HUDSON, JJC Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, the above account of five and 25/100 dollars in full. March 13th 1834 EDWARD BARNES Page 26 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased Bought of JEREMIAH CLARK 1832 … $59.08¼ Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me JEREMIAH CLARK, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the within account of fifty nine dollars 8¼ cents against BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased is just and true. JEREMIAH CLARK Sworn to before me this 1st February 1833 JAMES M. DUNN, JJC Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, fifty nine dollars 8¼ cents in full of the above account. February 1st 1833 JEREMIAH CLARK Page 27 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 October 12th 1834 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, Esq. To JACOB MCLENDON To putting two mares to her covering Jack by insurance the fall season @ $6.00 ~ $12.00. Georgia Putnam County Personally appeared before me JACOB MCLENDON and after being duly sworn saith on oath that the above account of twelve dollars as it stands stated against BENJAMIN WHITFIELD is just and true. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of September 1834. JACOB MCLENDON BUSHROD W. JOHNSTON, JP Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor on the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, this sum of twelve dollars in full of the within account. This 17th September 1834. JACOB MCLENDON Page 28 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased six hundred dollars as part of the distributive share of the said deceased. January 21st 1833 MATTHEW WHITFIELD Received of MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased four hundred dollars as part of the distributive share of the said deceased. December 25st 1833 MATTHEW WHITFIELD Received of MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased one hundred and twenty five dollars in part of the distributive share to which I am entitled in the estate of said deceased. MATTHEW WHITFIELD May 20th 1834 Page 29 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD his tax for 1833, seventy five cents. B. BLACK, T. C. Page 30 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam Superior Court Executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD vs WILLIAM PACE & W. B. BIRD & WILLIAM PACE & BARNES & WILLIAM B. BIRD & JOHN W. SCOTT The estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, decease to Cooper & Harrison 1835 March 15 $13.62½ Received of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, thirteen dollars, sixty two ½ cents, in full of the above account. Cooper & Harris Attorneys at Law Page 31 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD To JOHN MORTON 12 July 1833 … $44.04 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, forty four dollars & four cents in full of the above account 31st January 1834. JOHN MORTON Page 32 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, six hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of the estate of said deceased, in a negro man slave by the name of HENRY about twenty one years old. December 31st, 1832. BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Georgia Putnam Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, four hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of the estate of said deceased. This 6th day of February 1834. NEWTON L. WHITFIELD, agent for BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Monticello Georgia Received of JAMES WHITFIELD one of the executors of Benjamin Whitfield, deceased, one hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of estate of said deceased. February 6th 1834 NEWTON L. WHITFIELD, agent for BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Received of JAMES WHITFIELD one of the executors of Benjamin Whitfield, deceased, one hundred dollars and ninety dollars in full for the balance of my distributive share of estate of said deceased. Also the distributive share of the Negroes of said estate to which I am entitled (executors excepted). April 6th 1835 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD Page 33 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD as executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD his tax for 1833, six dollars and 37½ B. BLACK, T. C. Page 34 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, six hundred and ninety dollars in full for the balance of my distributive share of the estate of said deceased. March 20th 1835Rece HORATIO S. WHITFIELD by his attorney in fact JAMES WHITFIELD Page 35 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of the will of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, one 25/100 dollars for return for 1833. January 13th 1834 W. B. CARTER, CC Page 36 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 William Whitfield one of the executors of will of Benjamin Whitfield, deceased 1834 To 13 Negroes, valued, distributed and receipted for among the legatees they all being of age. HARRY 30 HENRY 22 DICK 38 CHARLES 25 DANIEL 22 PEG 22 MARIAH 16 PHILLIS 24 & children CAROLINE 6, PRESCILLA 4, GEORGE 2, JERRY 2 months White & Moreland EDWARD BARNES JACOB MCLENDON JOHN MORTON E. PERRYMAN JONATHAN THOMAS WILLIAM WHITFIELD Legatees JOHN GOODE JOHN JACKSON THOMAS K. SMITH BENJAMIN WHITFIELD BRYAN WHITFIELD HORATIO S. WHITFIELD JAMES WHITFIELD JAMES WHITFIELD trustee for MOLSEY TRAYLOR & Children MATTHEW WHITFIELD WILLIAM WHITFIELD WILLIAM B. CARTER, CC Page 37 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, six hundred dollars in part of my distributive share of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. January 21st, 1833 H. S. WHITFIELD Page 38 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased. December 2nd 1832 To 4 gallons of whiskey furnished at sale $4.00 January 20th 1835 Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, executor of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, the above account of four dollars in full. E. PERRYMAN Page 39 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 To WILLIAM, MATTHEW as JAMES WHITFIELD executors of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, late of Putnam County, deceased, please to pay BENJAMIN P. BUSSEY four hundred dollars that you have in hand for me as a legatee of said estate & this shall be your receipt for same. April 14th 1834. THOMAS K. SMITH Received of MATTHEW WHITFIELD four hundred dollars in full of the within order 23rd April 1834. B. P. BUSSEY THOMAS K. SMITH’s order Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD one of the executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, two hundred and ninety dollars which I am to pay over to THOMAS K. SMITH, one of the distributees of said estate. June 9th 1835 JAMES WHITFIELD Georgia Jasper County Received of WILLIAM, MATTHEW, & JAMES WHITFIELD, executors of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, six hundred dollars as part of my distributive share, in right of my wife SUSANNAH SMITH, in the estate of said deceased. January 21st 1833 THOMAS K. SMITH Page 40 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD to White & Moreland 1832 … $9.98 Personally appeared before me DAVID J. WHITE of the firm White & Moreland and after being duly sworn saith that the above account is just & true according the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 21st day of January 1833. DAVID J. WHITE ROBERT BLEDSOE, JP Received of WILLIAM WHITFIELD, one of the executors of the estate of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, Nine dollars and ninety eight cts. In full for the above account. July 18th 1834. White & Moreland Page 41 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 William Whitfield one of the exectors of the will of Benjamin Whitfield deceased 1833. THOMAS M. DUKE JEREMIAH CLARK JAMES M. DUNN B & W FORT FORT & BURNAF RANDLE & HARWELL J. B. GHENT HOXEY & URQUHART WILLIAM SHIELDS CHARTER CAMPBELL WILLIAM C. YOUNG BURGES, DUPREE & PERRYMAN Page 42 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Benjamin Whitfield, deceased. [INVENTORY LIST] Negroes DANIEL HENRY ARON CHARLES HARRY SINON LEE DICK JIM JINN Woman & Children SILVA PEG MARAIAH PEGGY AMY & Children We do certify that as far as produced to us by the executors the foregoing contains a just and true appraisement of the goods and chattles of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased to the best of our judgment and understanding. JOHN TOMPKINS E. PERRYMAN MOSES PRESLEY WILLIAM HUFF {his + mark} An inventory and appraisement. I do certify that the above appraisers were duly sworn to perform their duties as such before me this 27th day of September 1832. NICHOLAS TOMPKINS, JP Page 43 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 Georgia Putnam County Inferior Court sitting for ordinary purposes 17th September 1832. The foregoing instrument being this day presented & propounded in open COURT as the last will & testament of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, deceased, by MATTHEW Whitfield, WILLIAM WHITFIELD, & JAMES WHITFIELD, the persons therein named as executors, & said instrument being duly proved in open court by two of the subscribing witnesses, THOMAS DAWSON & JOHN S. “DOVE” as appear by their affidavit this day made in open court, & hereto annexed on motion it is ordered that the said instrument be admitted to record as the last will & testament of said BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased & that the said MATTHEW, WILLIAM & JAMES WHITFIELD be qualified as executors thereto. WILLIAM B. CARTER, CCQ Page 44 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 We the undersigned saw BENJAMIN WHITFIELD sign, seal & publish the foregoing instrument as his last will & testament the day and year above written. ELI GLOVER THOMAS DAWSON PETER GRINNELL JOHN S. DREW GILBREATH SIMONTON Georgia Putnam County Inferior court sitting for ordinary purposes Monday 17th September 1832. In open court personally came THOMAS DAWSON & JOHN S. DREW who being duly sworn say that they are subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will of BENJAMIN WHITFIELD deceased, that they saw the BENJAMIN WHITFIELD sign & seal the same the day it bears date in presence of all the witnesses to the said will, to wit in presence of ELI GROVER, THOMAS DAWSON, PETER GRENNELL, JOHN S. DREW, GILBREATH SIMONTON who signed also in presence of each other & in presence of the testator. The said JOHN S. DREW & THOMAS DAWSON on oath further say the time of signing & sealing the said will the said BENJAMIN WHITFIELD was of sound & disposing mind & memory. THOMAS DAWSON JOHN S. DREW Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 17th day of September 1832 Page 45 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, Probate, GA, Putnam, Benjamin Whitfield 1831 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 46 of 46 ** PAGE BREAK **