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- Will: dated 12 July 1816, probated 20 November 1821 Lincoln County, GA
Copy of this will can be found on page 203 of Wadsworth Family in America 1663-1985 Book 2 by Mary Jane Wadsworth.
ACT 1: THOMAS WADSWORTH'S LAST WILL IN THE LINCOLN COUNTY
GENERALOGY AND HISTORY, COMPLIED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS, JR. AND JAMES DORSEY, ON PAGE 110,
THE WILL OF THOMAS AND WIFE NANCY DATED 12 JUL 1816,
PROVED 20 NOV 1821. A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE WILL IS IN MRS. JANE FRY WADSWORTHS BOOK.
FACT 2: SON, WILLIAM WAS DEAD AT THE TIME OF THOMAS' WILL.
FACT 3: THOMAS WADSWORTH DEEDED LAND TO WILLIAM WADSWORTH
9 OCT. 1800. DEED FOR 150 ACRES ON CHEROKEE CREEK, PART OF A 300 ACRE GRANT TO THOMAS WADSWORTH, 18 SEPTEMBER 1784, ADJOINING JACOB JORDAN.
FACT 2:THOMAS WADSWORTH DEEDED THE FOLLOWING ACCORDING TO THE
LINCOLN CO., GENEALOGY AND HISTORY: WADSWORTH, THOMAS,
NOV. 20, 1820, WIFE NANCY, SON JAMES WADSWORTH AND HIS CHILDREN, ELIZABETH & MARY.
"MY FOUR CHILDREN : SELA SMITH, ELIZABETH SMITH, ESTER MCVERNETT, AMY JORDAN. cHILDREN OF DECEASED SON WILLIAM, THOMAS AND HOGAN WADSWORTH, JOHN AND ELIZABETH WADSWORTH, DAUGHER RUTH, WIFE OF JOHN WILLIAMS, HEIRS OF THOMAS WADSWORTH AND HIS WIFE. EXRS. SON JAMES, WILLIAM COVINGTON. WITNESS BY: WILLIAM DOWSING SR., JOHN LITTLE, WILLIAM P. SALMON.
FACT 3: THE LANDS OF THOMAS WADSWORTH ON CHEROKEE CREEK WERE
BOUNDED BY THE LANDS OF ZACHARIAH JORDAN OF WILKES CO.,
SEE SEPT. 9, 1796, PG. 7-8, DEEDBOOK A, 1796-1799; ALSO BY JACOB JORDEN (JORDAN) AND WIFE JENNET TO JOHN FLEMING OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, BOUNDED BY PROPERTIES ON CHEROKEE CREEK OF MCCALL, APPLEWHITE, WADSWORTH AND JEMISON. PROPERTY OF JOHN CHANCEY JORDAN, WIFE RHODA TO DANIEL HUNTER, 27 JULY 1802, DEEDBOOK 1803-1805, 100 ACRES, PART OF TRACT OF 750 ACRES GRANTED TO ZACHARIA JORDAN 17 JAN 1787 AND ALSO A PART OF 200 ACRES CONVEYED FROM Z. JORDAN TO CHARLES JORDAN 5 JAN 1789 ON CHEROKEE CREEK ADJOINING THOMAS WADSWORTH AND ELIJAH OFFIELD. CHARLES JORDAN AND WIFE AMEY TO JOHN CHANCEY JORDAN 28 DEC.1801, DEEDBOOK D, 1803-1805. DEED FOR 100 ACRES PART OF 750 ACRES GRANTED TO Z. JORDAN 17 JAN 1787 IN CHEROKEE CREEK ADJOINING THOMAS WADSWORTH, ELIJAH OFFIELD AND TRIPLETT. THOMAS WADSWORTH TO WILLIAM WADSWORTH 9 DEC 1800. DEED FOR 150 ACRES, DEEDBOOK D 1803-1805 ON CHEROKEE CREEK PART OF A 300 ACRE GRANT TO THOMAS WADSWORTH 18 SEPT. 1784 ADJOINING JACOB JORDAN.
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