Jackson County, Illinois
Wills "G"
| Gill, James | submitted by Terri Johnson | ||
| Written: 1827 | Probated: not listed | ||
| Administrator: | Sara Gill--wife | John Hirst | Elisha Cochran |
| Wife: | Sara | ||
| Sons: | Napoleon Bonaparte | George Washington | |
| Daughters: | Eliza Elvira | Narcena Emaline | Maria Louisa |
| Daughters: | Nancy Lousianna | Mrs Cynthia Hirst | |
| Other Persons: | Garland Laughlin | Samuel Laughlin | |
| Witnesses: | Thomas Jenkins | ||
| Land listed: | land in MO across from Jackson Co, IL to wife | Lot 64 & 65 in Brownsville to Laughlins's | Lot with John Hirst's store to Cynthia |
| Land listed: | 282a, half a sec worked by Wm Edwards | N ½ sec 1 T9-4 to Cynthia | 2 lots in Brownsville to each child |
| Land listed | rest of land in IL & MO to Geo & Napoleon | ||
| Other: | Statement that James does not believe in slavery, and wants his slaves to stay in his family to be cared for | Slaves are left to his wife, then divided among his children | wife can sell a female slave named Lear, if she is a distress to his wife. |
| Other Note: | Samuel Legate witness he saw will in 1836. This was dated 15 May 1843 |