Life History

Notes

• Drury B Christian was named as one of the sons of Drury Christian in his father's will in 1825.
  
  Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
  Drury Christian, Will written 7 March 1825
  Probate Franklin County, Georgia, appraisers appointed 30 April 1825
  Heirs named:
  Wife Frances Christian
  Daughters Pyrene, Cenas, Sarah and Mary (described in other documents as minor child, with guardian Chrles Jones)
  Sons Drury B, Thomas C and John A
  Wife Frances Christian appointed Executrix of the estate, and his friends Thomas Jones and George Stovall as Executors
  
  The back side of the actual paper on which Drury wrote his will is included as one document in his electronic probate file in Franklin County Probate records.  This is actually the end of the will itself, but contains only the signatures of the witnesses.  The rest of the document was used by the court clerk to write the sworn affidavit of the witneses pressenting the will.  The recording note is also included.  Thanks to Ancestry.com for making this available.  The witness Margaret Jones was Margaret Connally, wife of Thomas Jones.
  
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  Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
  Drury Christian, Last Will and Testament
  
  Witneses affidavit to record will;
  This is the back side of the actual paper on which Drury hand wrote his will, which we can clearly see bleeding through.
  
  Affidavit of Jas [James] H Little, C C Christian and Margaret Jones;  Presenting "Drury Christians last will & testament."
  Sworn in open court, Franklin County, Georgia, 7 March 1825
  Recorded in Franklin County, Georgia, Will Book M
  
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  Note that this is when the will was written and recorded, not when probate was opened, which is documented in other probate documents.  The actual minutes of probate court sesions are not included in the packet, as it is in some states' counties.
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  --  Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 January 2017
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  "In the original Ancestry packet it is Image 573, "A Return of the Estate of Drury B. Christian dcd."  Besides Joel T. Haley, names include Permelia [Thomasina Jones] Attaway, Thomas Jones's youngest sister; Thomas Jones, Charles Jones, Samuel Connally, William L. Connally, William L. Connally, and Mary Christian."
  --  James Jones, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 21 January 2018
  
  Drury's Probate File includes only three documents.  The first and the last, in date order, are written front and back, so appear as two separate scans for each document.  The second by date is a one-sided document reporting payments made to settle debts owed by the estate.  No date of death is reported, nor the date of opening probate.   The folder is labeled 1843-1844, and inlcudes two variations of his name, Drewry B and Drury B Chrisitan. Executors were R G Little and Thomas C Christian.
  
  The first document is an estate inventory dated 9 January 1844. The second page one and two of the financial return reporting settlement of the estate of Drury B Christian, returned to court in the September Term 1844.
  
  The inventory document is titled "Inventory of the estate of Drury B Chrisitan, Deceased."  The court clerk, however, wrote the file header name on the top right as Drewry B Christian.  On the financial return the clerk spelled the name Drury B Christian.  The list of debts owed has the name spelled Drewry in both the return title and the file header.
  
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  "Inventory of the Estate of Drury B Christian Deceased"
  9 Janurary 1843
  Appraisers, named as "Administrators" in this document signed as:
  Edward W Mayfield
  John M Neal
  R R Ash
  Nathl [Nathaniel] Halley
  
  The back side of this document is presented as a separate scan.  That has the affidavit of the two executors, R G Little and Thomas C Christian, dated 9 January 1843
  
  This is one of three documents found in the Probate file labeled Franklin County (Georgia) 1843-1844, with two variations of his name, Drewry B and Drury B Chrisitian
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  "The Estate of Drewry B Christian Decd"
  
  Drury B Christian Probate document listing debts paid up to 6 March 1843 by the estate,
  
  Names appearing in the document as payees are
  Thos Connalley
  Nathan Gunnels (?)
  Jacob Strickland and Thos W Connalley
  Samuel W Connalley
  James Colley
  
  Credit to the estate by cash collected from Asa Miller 10 February 1843
  
  Filed with the court by Administrators Thos C Christian and R G Little 15 March 1843
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  "A Return of the Estate of Drury B Christian Ded"
  
  Drury B Christian Probate document listing expenses to his estate, including disbursements to heirs, page 1,  There is no date on this document, but the date appears on page 2 statement of filing.
  
  Page 2 is written on the back on page 1, which is clearly readable on the bleed-through.
  
  Page 2 reports one Credit to the estate, and includes the sworn filing by executors R G Little and Thomas C Chrisitan, dated Court "September Term 1844," and is labeled at the end, in sideways writing "Little Return Recorded."
  
  These are two of three documents found in the Probate file labeled Franklin County (Georgia) 1843-1844, with two variations of his name, Drewry B and Drury B Chrisitian
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Sources

• 1. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
• 2. Drury B Christian Probate 1843-1844