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John Vason will

Last will and testament, dated 1852, of John Vason of Morgan County, Georgia, a landowner and slaveholder.

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Date of Original
1852

Subject
Vason family
Probate records--Georgia--Morgan County
Slavery--Georgia--History
Wills--Georgia--Morgan County

People
Hemphill, Eliza Vason
Vason, David A.
Vason, Emily Owens
Vason, Pope
Vason, Rebecca
Vason, William
Woods, Nancy Vason

Location
United States, Georgia, Morgan County, 33.59083, -83.49238

Medium
wills

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Text

Description
Last will and testament, dated 1852, of John Vason of Morgan County, Georgia, a landowner and slaveholder. The will is a complex document dividing the estate evenly amongst his wife, Rebecca, and the children, Nancy Vason Woods, Eliza Vason Hemphill, William Vason, Pope Vason, Emily Owens Vason, David A. Vason, and John Vason after a series of delineated charges has been deducted from the estate. The will directs his wife "to choose such of negroes, stock of horses, cattle, hogs, &c. &c. provisions of all kinds on hand at the time of my death."

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_0860

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

Rights

Full Text Available No

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Date of Original:: 1852
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