Felix H Gilbert
Could this be your Felix H Gilbert
Wilkes County, Georgia Will Book "H" 1810 - 1816
Microfilm Roll V169-4 Heritage Quest Collection
Early Records of Georgia, Volume One - Wilkes County
by Grace Gillam Davidson
p. 84 Gilbert, Felix H., To daughter Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert, under 14, $20.000 in trust of certain trustees still she is 21 or married.
If the income is more than she needs, mother-in-law Mrs. Sarah Hillhouse to enjoy it. If dau, dies before she is 21, the legacy to be equally divided among my five nieces, Ann G. and Maria F. Hay, Elizabeth Shepherd, Caroline Gibson, and the eldest daughter of my nephew John M Taylor.
To more effectively guard against the uncertainties of life, I appoint nine persons trustees of this fund, viz, Mrs Sarah Hillhouse, Wm G. Gilbert, David Hillhouse, Henry B Gibson, Oliver H. Prince, Gilbert Hay, Matthew Talbot, the brother of Thomas Talbot,Esqr., Joel Abbott, and Augustus H. Gibson. To the friend and sister of my heart, Mrs Bridget Whitney of Rhode Island, money, at her death to her daughter Eliza. To sister-in-law Mary Shepherd my carriage and horses. To my friend David G. Hillhouse $2000.00 for brotherly regard.
Speaks of a legacy expected from his brother William Gilbert. To daughter Sarah a slave Betty, hoping she will remember that said Betty has been a faithful servant to her lamented mother and now dying father. If daughter Sarah dies before 18, the legacy to be divided among Mrs. Sarah Hillhouse, Sarah H Gibson, Felix Gilbert, William and James Hay, sons of Dr. Gilbert, my nephew Felix Taylor and John R Christmas.
Appoints Mrs. Sarah Hillhouse, Wm. G. Gilbert, David P. Hillhouse guardians of dau., Sarah, Mrs Hillhouse to have the directing of her education hoping her maternal care will develope as fine character as her lamented mother.
Request his daughter be taught religion, etc.
Excrs: Wm G. Gilbert, Gilbert Hay, and David P Hillhouse
Codicil: To sister Ann Taylor $400.00 to buy carriage and horses.
Signed 15 Oct 1813. Probated 6 Jan 1814
Osborne Stone, J. Wingfield, James Edwards, Test.