The Will of William A. Gilliland
Brown County, Ohio
1843

Kate’s notes: The Amzi Huggins whose name appears in this will was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina as the second of nine children to William Alexander Huggins and Frances Gilliland. “Amzi” was short for Amaziah. He later moved from Brown County to neighboring Highland County, Ohio, where in the 1860 census his mother Frances is shown to be living in the household. Frances died December 2nd, 1862 and is buried at Huggins Cemetery, Mowrystown, Highland County, Ohio.  19th century landowners maps for Highland County show the location of the Huggins farms.
     The Matthew Kincaid referred to in this will was a member of a family from which at least four brothers, including a Matthew Kincaid, were active in the Underground Railroad as were, of course, the Gillilands.
    The William Alexander Gilliland of this will was born 1811 in Brown County to Robert and Susan Garland (Willis) Gilliland. He died unmarried and without issue.
    No corrections or alterations in spelling, punctuation or the like have been made from the original document.

Source:
Ohio Probate Records 
Brown County
Wills 1817-1851, Vol 1-2
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Pleas held at the court house in Georgetown
Brown county, Ohio, before Owen T. Fishback Pres
-ident Judge of the tenth Judicial circuit of the 
State of Ohio,  David Johnson  Henry Martin
& Micah Woods associate Judges of the court
of common pleas in and for said county, on
The 2nd day of May of the term of May in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hund
-red and forty three; it being the Sixty Seventh
year of the Independance of the United States &
of the State of Ohio the forty first.

Brown county ss.  Be it remembered that on this day, that is to say, the 2nd day of May, of the term of May A.D. 1843. The last Will & Testament of William A. Gillaland, late of Brown county deceased, was produced in open court, and proved by the oaths of Matthew Kincaid and Amzi C. Huggins, Subscribing witnesses thereto; which Will together with the proof was ordered to be recorded – and is in the words & figures following to wit. - -
(Will) “I William Alexander Gilliland of the county of Brown & State of Ohio, do make and publish this my last Will and testament –
First – That all my Just debts and funeral expenses be paid – 2nd I devise and bequeath to Samuel Hindman all the remainder of my estate. In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of January 1843. (signed) Wm A. Gilliland {seal} Witnesses present M. Kincaid _ Amzi C. Huggins -    (Proof) The State of Ohio Brown county ss.  Personally appeared in open court Mathew Kincaid and Amzi C. Huggins of lawful age, who being duly sworn say, that they are subscribing witnesses to the last Will and testament of William A Gillaland Decd – that said Testament signed said paper writing as his last Will and testament, in their presence, that they subscribed the same as witnesses in his presence, and at his request, that said Testament was at the time of signing the same of sound mind and disposing memory, free from any legal restraint and more than 21 years of age & further deponants say not – (Signed, Mathew Kincaid – Amzi C. Huggins – Sworn & subscribed before me this 2nd day of May 1843.  John H. Blair  Clerk.

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