Last Will and Testament of George Michael Troup

Date: 20 Sep 1851 to Jun 1856
Location: Laurens, Georgia, United States
Surname/tag: Troup

George Michael McIntosh Troup (1780-1856)

Georgia, Laurens County.

I wish my executors to keep together, as I leave it, all my property, real and personal, for three years after my decease, endeavoring to improve it as they would their own. 1st. Giving from the proceeds to the heirs, a decent and becoming support, as they had been accustomed to, and 2nd. appropriating any surplus to investment in lands and negroes, Savannah Town property, Savannah Bank Stock, or other subject as they should deem best for the interest of such heirs, the children of Florida Troup late Florida Bryan or Foreman, Oralie Troup and George M. Troup are my only heirs, at the expiration of the three years and on the 1st day of January next thereafter I desire all the said property of which I may die possessed with the increasements both real and personal to be divided as nearly as possible into three equal shares I mean specifically, one share for the children Florida, one share for Oralie and one for G. M. Troup, who are to have and to hold the same to them respectively their heirs and assigns forever with these exceptions, Viz: If Oralie should die without legal lineal heir or heirs then shall her share go to the children of Florida to be equally divided among them or the survivors and if George should die without legal heir or heirs then shall descend to the children of Florida likewise or the survivors and I hereby constitute and appoint G. B. Cummings, James Screven, Thomas M. Foreman, and George M. Troup my executors. Signed and sealed this 20th. day of September 1851.
G. M. Troup (seal)

Witness.
WILLIAM WIXHAM
ALEXANDER ADAIR GILTMAN
THOMPSON X SMITH.
his mark

The above will was probated and recorded at the June Term of the Court or Ordinary in and for Laurens County in the year 1856. This April 2Sth, 1911.

Sources

• Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
  Catalog: Will records ( Laurens County, Georgia), 1809-1926 Will records, 1809-1926, Laurens County, Georgia
  Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Laurens > Wills 1809-1926 > image 219 of 597; citing various county, district, and probate courts.
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L93B-S4KL Court of the Ordinary, Book 2, page 127, Last Will and Testament of George M. Troup, 20 September 1851. Probated and recorded at the June Term of the Court or Ordinary for Laurens County in 1856.(accessed 29 June 2023)