[001] Item. I do hereby Appoint Constitute and ordain [Elizabeth] W. Pool of the County of Paulding and N. N. Beall of the Same my Executors to this my last Will And Testament In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand this January the 14th 1862 [signed] [John] S. Poole Signed and published by John S. Poole as his last Will and Testament In Our presents as witnesses thereto by his request January 14th 1862 [signed] [William] F. Meadows Jacob Meadows [William] Z. B. Turner Georgia Paulding County I Silas B McGregor ordinary & ex-officio Clerk of the same do hereby certify that the forgoing is an exact Copy of the last Will and Testament of John S. Poole late of said County deceased Also of the Letters Testament of [Elizabeth] W. Poole & N. N. Beall Executors of Said Estate as appears of Record in my Offices I further certify that [Elizabeth] W. Poole & N. N. Beall has been legally qualified as Executors of Said Estate [Given] under my hand & seal of office this the 10th day of May 1862 [signed] [Silas] B. McGregor [002] State of Georgia Paulding County The last will of John S. Poole resident of Said County and State I John S. Poole being of sound mind but aware of the uncertainty of life do hereby make constitute ordain and publish this my last will and testament in Manner & form to wit - 1 Item I bequeath my body to the dust and My Soul to God, who give it 2 Item I desire that my body by decently interred. And that all my just debts be paid 3rd. I bequeath to my beloved wife Charlotte Poole for and during her natural life the following property to wit One Negro woman named Rose Yellow complexion one bureau known as her bureau Two beds & furniture two Cows and Calves 1 Set of Chairs and one Table and Two hundred Dollars All of which She is to have during her life or Widowhood 4 Item I wish my Executors to sell all my property both real and personal except the above named and the money equally divided among my children to wit Sarah Simmons John Florence Elza [?] Wood Martha Ann Mary Ann Enoch Wesly Minerva Jane Cicero Asbury & Louie Coke, adding in what they have each received from me heretofore which will be found in a book kept by me for that purpose. It being my object to treat them all alike [003] LETTERS TESTAMENTARY - Examiner Print, Atlanta, [Georgia] State of Georgia, Paulding County. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME--GREETING: Know Ye That on the Third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty two the last Will and Testament of John S. Poole late of Paulding County deceased, was exhibited in open Court, and in common form of law, proved and admitted to record, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, and administration of all and singular, the Goods, Chattels and Credits of said deceased was granted to [Elizabeth] W. Poole and N. N. Beall the executors in and by said Will named and appointed, they having firsttaken the oath, and performed all other requisites required by law, they by order of said Court, and by virtue of these presents, legally authorized to administer the Goods, Chattels and Credits of said decea- sed, according to the tenor and effect of the said Will and Testament, and according to law; and They hereby required to render a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chat- tels and Credits of the said deceased, and appraised and returned to this Court according to law, and to render a true and correct account to the said Court of their actings and doings yearly, and every year, until their administration is fully completed. WITNESS, my hand, as Ordinary, and the Seal of the said Court, this third day of March eighteen hundred and [words deleted: fifty] Sixty two [signed] [Silas] B. McGregor ORDINARY [004] Georgia Paulding County Before me came on the 27th day of February 1882 at Chambers for the purpose of proving the last will and Testament of John S. Poole late of Said County deceased William F. Meadows one of the witnesses to said will and Said Will having been brought before me for probate of the same by [Elizabeth] W. Poole and N. N. Beall the Executors therein named he the said witness depose of the same that he saw saw John S. Poole Sign and publish the same as his last will and testament on the day and year therein stated As Executed by him he the said [William] F. Meadows Witnessed the same at his Request and in his presence and in the presence of Jacob Meadows and William B. Turner that the same was voluntarily executed by him while he was of sound mind and memory [signed] [William] F. Meadows Sworn to & Subscribed before my [February] 27th 1862 [signed] [Silas] B. McGregor [written crosswise] Ordinary Certificate that [Elizabeth] W. Poole & N. N. Beall administrators [John] S. Poole