Delaware County Ohio Will Records Vol. 2 1835-1850

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Bayly Thomas M. Authenticates copy of Will ~ 2 ~

Brown Fancher Will of --- --- 152

Barber Rhoda Decd. Will of --- --- 159

Bull William Decd. Will of --- --- 202

Benton Nathaniel decd. Ditto --- --- 212

Butler Thomas decd Will of --- --- 245

Brown Hiram JL decd Will of --- --- 255

Bidlack Philomen decd Will of --- --- 273

Brundige William " Ditto --- --- 282

Bockoven Elizabeth " Ditto --- --- 289

Barry Armstead M decd Authenticated Copy of Will304

Beackley John decd Will of --- --- 312

Bell William decd Will of --- --- 314

Bennett Henry decd will proven 330

Brown Benjamin S --- --- 372

Beach George --- --- 378

Bockoven Noe --- --- 400

Bumgartner John --- --- 423

Bigelow Alpheus decd Will of 434


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Canan Samuel R Will 393

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Clark William ~ Will of ~ 1 ~

Chamberlin Samuel ~ Will of ~ 14 ~

Clark Nathan ~ Will of ~ 54 ~

Carpenter Gilbert ~ Will of decd ~ 77 ~

Condit Simon ~ Will of ~ 81 ~

Cox Prior ~ Will of ~ 96 ~

Cooke Benajah ~ Will of decd ~ 99 ~

Croghan William ~ Ditto ~ 114 ~

Cowgill Ralph ~ Ditto ~ 120 ~

Cochran James ~ Ditto ~ 195 ~

Converse Abial decd ~ Ditto ~ 214 ~

Carr Amos decd ~ Ditto ~ 220 ~

Carter William decd ~ will copy of ~ 229 ~

Case Lorenzo decd ~ will of ~ 246 ~

Cooper Samuel decd ~ will of ~ 269 ~

Campbell James decd ~ Ditto ~ 275 ~

Crawford William Jr. decd ~ D. 288 ~

Case Milton S. decd ~ 316 ~

Case Lucius ~ will 359 ~

Carr Solomon ~ 361 ~

Cole Joseph D. 409

Chandler Phebe J. 351

Carpenter, Benjamin Will 432

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Dwinell Clark H. ~ will of ~ 56 ~

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Elizabeth Downing is located

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Davis Edward ~ Will of ~ 16 ~

Davenport Saml ~ authend copy of will ~ 46 ~

Davies Thomas ~ will of ~ ~ 75 ~

Davis Robert decd ~ will of decd ~ 83 ~

Dwinnel Clark H. will of decd. ~ 56 ~

Davies Evan decd. will of decd. ~ ~ ~ 167 ~

Drake Saml decd. will of ~ ~ ~ ~ 169 ~

Dean James decd will of decd ~ ~ ~ 179 ~

Dutton Isaac decd will of ~ 234

Darst Peter decd will of ~ 261

Dirst John decd will of ~ 271

Dilsaver Michael Do Do 412

Dennis Jacob Do Do 452

DeWolf James " 124

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Evans William W. ~ authenticated will of32 ~

Evans John decd will of decd ~ ~ 161 ~

Evans Major decd will of ~ 253

Eaton Stephen S. decd will of ~ ~ 298 ~

Earle Nathaniel will of ~ ~ 335 ~

Edgar William copy of will 387

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Gale William ~ will of ~ 13 ~

Garvin John ~ will of ~ 27 ~

Graves Austin ~ will of ~ 62 ~

Griffiths John ~ will of decd ~ 69 ~

Girst John B. ~ will of decd ~ 148 ~

Gorton Silas C. will of decd ~ 162 ~

Gregory Selah Ditto ~ 294 ~

Graves Bishop D. " 340

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Husted Esbon ~ will of ~ 7 ~

Hamlin Nathaniel ~ will of ~ 18 ~

Hough Sylvester ~ will of ~ 20 ~

Higbee Joseph ~ will of ~ 23 ~

Hess George will of decd ~ 66 ~

Hoskins Henry will of decd ~ 87 ~

Hurlbut Jacob ~ Ditto ~ 112 ~

Holbrook Baruck decd ~ will of decd ~ 164 ~

Hoskins John decd ~ will of ~ ~ 176 ~

Harris Theophilus decd ~ will,copy of~ 237

Heverlo Andrew decd ~ will copy of ~ 266

Hopkins Orin S. ~ ~~~ 365

Hanover John ~ ~~~ 382 ~

Heth Asa copy of will 389

Hinton William decd ~ 397

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Johnson Uriah decd will of decd ~ ~ ~ 105 ~

Jamison Robert decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ 146 ~

James Evan decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 184 ~

Jones John decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 217 ~

Jones Robert " ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 225 ~

Jackson Henry ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 297 ~

Jones Margaret decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 321 ~

Johns John B. 450

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Kooken James decd will of decd ~ ~ 107 ~

Kurtz Frederick decd will of ~ ~ ~ 315

Kelsey Rhoda " " ~ 358

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Landon James decd will of decd ~ ~ 85 ~

Lewis George, authend copy of will ~ ~ 93 ~

Lewis Robert decd will of decd ~ ~ 158 ~

Lodwig Thomas decd will of decd ~ ~ 181 ~

Lewis Thomas decd ~ will of decd ~ 243 ~

Lott Henry decd ~ will of decd 267 ~

Leonard Isaac decd will of decd ~ ~ ~ 285

Lewis Evan " Ditto ~ ~ ~ 291 ~

Lott Mary decd will of 331 ~

Long Conrad ~~~ 370 ~

Langworthy Jason Ditto 405

Lott John decd will of 427

Lamb Reuben " 458

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Minter John ~ will of ~ 9 ~

Moore Christopher ~ will of ~ 37 ~

McKear James will of decd ~ 79 ~

Milton John & Hannah E. wills of ~ 171 ~

Markel Ephraim decd ~ will of decd ~ 197 ~

Munroe Saml decd will of decd ~ ~ 222 ~

McClure William decd Ditto ~ ~ 226 ~

Markel John L " Ditto ~ ~ 227 ~

Miller Jacob decd Ditto ~ ~ 241

Morris Harry decd authend copy ~ ~ 263

Mason Stephen Thompson ~ Ditto ~ ~ 307 ~

McWilliams James decd will of decd ~ 318 ~

Mead Martin decd ~~~ ~~~~~ 363 ~

Morgan Barbary ~~~ ~~~~~ 376 ~

McNitt Adam ~~~ ~~~~~ 396

Miller Henry decd 417

Meeker Forrest Ditto 414 ~

McCutcheon James M decd will of 428

Morris John decd will of 421

McClune John Ditto " 448

McCune James decd will of 451

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North Caleb decd copy of will decd ~ ~ 186

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Oller John ~ will of ~ 59 ~

Osborn James ~ will of ~ 270 ~

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Perry Lewis. will of ~ 35 ~

Poor David J. authend copy of will ~ 50 ~

Pierce Alpheus Sr. decd will of decd ~ ~ 89 ~

Parker Peter decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 192 ~

Page Isaac decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 207 ~

Penry Walter decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 219 ~

Porter Rosannah decd ~ Ditto ~ ~ ~ 301 ~

Perry Mary will & c ~~~~~ 332 ~

Page William ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ 380 ~

Pool Joseph ~~~ ~~~~~ 422

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Randall Edward L ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 104 ~

Roberts Jeremiah ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 150 ~

Roberts James Sr ~ will of decd ~~~~~ 258 ~

Roush John decd ~~~ Ditto ~~~ ~~~ 279 ~

Royce Daniel decd Ditto ~~~ ~~ ~ 320

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Simmons Ephraim . will of ~~~ ~~~ 43 ~

Smart Joseph ~ will of ~~~ ~~~ 64

Smith Edith ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 71 ~

Selden Joseph D ~ authentd. copy of will ~ 73 ~

Smith Silas ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 108 ~

Smith Josiah M ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 110 ~

Shoemaker Daniel ~ Ditto ~~~ ~~~ 193 ~

Smith Conrod ~~ Ditto ~~~ ~~~ 277 ~

Seigfried Jacob Decd Ditto ~~~ ~~~ 336 ~

Storm George Decd Ditto ~~~ ~~~ 324 ~

St John Sally Ann ~~~ 360

Sacket Milton H Do 411 ~

Singer Jacob T decd will of 430.

Shaw Louisa C decd " " 437.

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Trindle James Will of ~ ~~~ 39 ~

Tracy Benjn F decd ~ authend copy of will ~ 91 ~

Terrer William decd ~ will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 210 ~

Thurston Daniel G decd ~ will of decd ~~~ 235.

Thomas James decd Do.. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~284.

Tompkins Jotham ~~ ~~ ~~ 369 ~

Terrill Jahiel ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ 385 ~

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Willey Peter ~ Will of ~ 30 ~

Watkins Watkin ~ Will of ~~~~ 41 ~

Wolfe James D ~ Copy of will decd ~ 124 . see DeWolf ~

White John , Will of decd ~~~ ~~~ 190 ~

Worline Albright decd. Will of decd ~~~ 203 ~

Worline John deced will of decd ~~ 250 ~

Waters charles decd.. will of decd ~~ 252 ~

Wilson David decd.. will of decd ~~ 303 ~

Williams Anson dec will of 347

Williams John ~~~ ~~~ 366

Wilcox Jehiel ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ 394

White Simpson Do 408.

Watts John Do 402.

Williams Catharine Do 425

Welchous Anna Do 21

Williams John (Troy) 461

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Yager John decd will of. 260 ~

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State of Ohio, Delaware County SS ~

Delaware Court of Common Pleas. of the term of Nov..A.D. 1835.


Estate of William Clark.

On application, ordered that William

J. Norris & James Norris be admitted as security to the bond

given by the executrix in this case in the place of Benjn Olds &

Joseph Foreman who were accepted as such at our last term

and refuse to enter into said bond ~

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Adams John ~ Will of ~ 11 ~

Andrews Timothy decd Will of decd ~~~ 153 ~

Adams Rachael decd , Will of decd ~~~ 165 ~

Adams Samuel decd Will of decd ~ 248.

Andress Hiram " Ditto ~~~ 293 ~

Anway James Ditto 375


ROLL DATE

2 July 28, 1959

3 Aug 7, 1959

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Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 10th day

of June A.D. 1835. before the Hon. Joseph R. Swan, President &

William S. Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra Griswold Esqr his associates,

Judges of The Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Dela

ware, in the State of Ohio~


This day the last will & testament of William Clark decd was

produced in open Court, & proved by the testimony of the subscribing

witnesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be recorded

and thereupon, on motion of Sarah Clark, the Executrix in said

will named. it is ordered, That letters testamentary be granted her upon

her entering into bonds in the sum of six hundred dollars, with

Benjamin Olds & Joseph Foreman as security~ And it is further

ordered, that Francis Clymer, Horace Rogers & Isaac Rogers appraise

the personal property of said estate~


In the name of God Amen~ I, William Clark of the County of

Delaware. & State of Ohio. being sick & weak in body. but of sound and

disposing mind & memory. & being desirous to settle my worldly af-

fairs, & thereby be the better prepared to leave this world, do therefore

make & publish, this my last will & testament in manner & form fol

lowing, that is to say ~ First, & principally: I commit my soul

into the hands of Almighty God, & my body to the earth to be decently

buried. at the discretion of my Executrix herein after named & after

my debts & funeral charges are paid. I give devise & bequeath as follows.

Item ~ I give devise & bequeath unto Sarah my dear wife, one

third part of all my estate both personal & real~ Item ~ I give

& bequeath unto my four youngest children Malvina, Watson Norris,

Madison Bailey & Matilda Bunker the sum of forty dollars to be paid

to them & each of them respectively. when they come to their respective

ages of eighteen & twenty one years or day of marriage which shall first

happen~ Item ~ I do hereby appoint & direct. that my dear

wife shall have, the guardianship & tuition of my children' during

their minority respectively, so long as she shall continue sole, & in

case of her death, or marriage during the minority of any of my children

then I appoint my oldest son Lorenzo Dow to take the guardian-

ship of my children during their minority, or the minority of any

of them~ Item ~ I give devise & bequeath unto my dear

children Lorenzo Dow, Jasper Wood, William Perry, Malvina, Watson

Norris, Madison Bailey & Matilda Bunker all the rest & residue of

my estate, both personal & real in equal portion share & share alike ~

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And lastly~ I do hereby constitute & appoint my dear wife Sarah Clark

to be sole executrix of this my last will & testament, revoking & annulling

all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying & confirming this &

none other to be my last will & testament~ In testimony whereof,

I, William Clark have to this my will, consisting of one sheet of paper.

set my hand & seal. This 12th day of April A.D. 1835~

Signed, sealed, published & declared William Clark [Seal]

by William Clark The within &

above named testator, as & for his last will & testament, in the presence

of us, who at his request, & in his presence have subscribed our names

as witnesses thereto ~

Miles R. Payne~ Joseph Foreman~


State of Ohio, Deleware County, ss Personally appeared in open

Court, Miles R. Payne & Joseph Foreman who being duly sworn depose

& say, that on the 12th day of April 1835, they were called upon to witness &

subscribe the last will & testament of William Clark now exhibited to the

Court, that they subscribe the same at the request of said William Clark &

in his presence~ And that said Clark was of sound & disposing mind &

memory~ And that said Clark has since died without making any other

as they believe~ Joseph Foreman~

Miles R. Payne~

Sworn & subscribed, in open Court, June 10th 1835~

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c June 19th 1835~

Attest~ T Reynolds Clerk~

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Pleas held at the Court. House. in Delaware. on the 10th day of

June A.D. 1835, before the Hon. Joseph R. Swan, President. & William S.

Dreke, Hosea Willliams & Ezra Griswold Esqr his associates, Judges of

the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware in the

State of Ohio~

On motion to the Court, by Wm Thomas, an

authenticated copy of the last will & testament of Thomas M. Bayly decd

late of the State of Virginia, is ordered to be admitted to record~


I, Thomas M. Bayly of Accomack County, State of Virginia, Attorney

at law, do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament in manner

and form following~ First~ I give, bequeath & devise unto my

beloved & affectionate wife Jane O. Bayly every sort of personal Estate

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whatsover which belonged to her, at the time of our marriage,

and which remains in my possession at the time of my death,

including, not only the slaves, but the children of the female slaves

which belonged to her, & which have been born since our marriage

to her & her heirs & assigns forever~ Secondly~ I give & bequeath

unto my beloved wife Jane O. Bayly during her natural life &

widowhood the following slaves & their increase, viz; the children

born of the females, Israel, Dinah & her children, Elzey & the chil-

dren of Mariam, viz; Sukey, Richard, William, Rachel, Henry & John,

& at the death or marriage of my wife, I give & bequeath them & their

increase to my Daughter, Jane Bayly to her & her heirs & assigns forever~

Thirdly~ I give unto my dear & beloved wife, to her & her heirs for

ever the plantation called The Vale in Scarborough's neck & which

formerly belonged to her father~ The above property real & personal

is bequeathed, given & devised unto my beloved wife, upon this express

condition, that she is to pay & exonerate my estate from a debt due

unto Robert Hadlock by me on bond being for the purchase of the

said plantation. But I direct, that the money due unto me on

extention of Lands of Samuel Coward's estate shall be applied to the

payment of the said debt to Robert Hadlock~ Fourthly~ All

that tract of land called Mount Custis Which includes the plantation

on which I live, & the plantation on which James Chandler lives &

all the horses & live stock of every kind & all the farming implements

of all sorts, I direct shall remain on it, for the term of five years, to

commence from the first day of January after my death, & the said

farm to be cultivated, & the profits & proceeds thereof to be applied

the support, education & maintenance of Thomas H. Bayly, A.D. Bayly,

Sally Bayly, Elizabeth W. Bayly & Margaret P. Bayly, the profits of

The Mount Custis tract on which I reside to be applied to the educating

& maintaining of my five children aforesaid for five years, but the

tract on which James Chandler resides, the profits for five years to

go to the payment of my debts~ Fifthly~ The plantation called

Marino, & the Mill & Mill lot & house, & all the horses, mules & stock & farm

ing utensils of every kind, & all the stills, still tubs, casks, stand tubs, barrels

hogheads, & every thing else relating to the making a crop of brandy or

grain, I direct shall remain & be carried on as it now is for five years

to commence from the first day of January after my decease & the

proceeds to go towards the payment of my debts~ Sixthly~ at the

end of five years from the first day of January after my death, I give

& devise to my son Thomas H. Bayly, The whole of my Mount Custis

Plantation being the land on which I now live, & the land on which

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James Chandler lives, to him & to his assigns, upon this express condition

that he shall sell in the whole or in part or parcell's, with installments

of five years, but all the installments to carry interest from the day of

sale provided he can obtain for the said land sixteen thousand dollars, but should

the land sell for more than the sixteen thousand dollars the whole proceeds of sale

is to be equally divided between my four daughters viz; Anna, Sally, Elizabeth

& Margaret, but should my son Thomas not be able to sell my said plan

tation, then I give & devise it equally to be divided between my said four

daughters equally share & share alike to them & their heirs & assigns forever~

Seventhly~ After the expiration of five years from the first day of January

after my death, I give & devise to my dear & beloved wife Jane O. Bayly,

during her natural life or widowhood, my plantation called Marino,

The Mill & Mill tenement attached thereunto, & all the stills, casks, & all

articles & utensils on it, for the making of brandy or grain, & all the horses,

mules & live stock on it, & at her death or marriage, I give & devise the said

plantation, mill & mill lot, & the personal estate above mentioned in this clause to my

daughter Jane O. Bayly to her & her heirs & assigns forever~

Eighthly~ I give & devise to my son Thomas H. Bayly & his heirs & assigns

forever, ten thousand acres of my Ohio land his choice, excepting my houses

in lots in Chillicothe, but upon this express condition, that he complies with

my wishes & directions to the sale & conveyance of my Mount Custis tract

of land, but should he refuse or neglect to comply with my declarations aforesaid

as to my Mount Custis lands then I give & devise my Mount Custis lands equally

to my four daughters affd Ann, Sally, Elizabeth & Margaret; & I give & devise my ten

thousand acres of land aforesaid in Ohio; the first choice, to my beloved wife

during her life & then to my daughter Jane, to her & her heirs forever, but should

my wife marry then in that case the said tract of ten thousand acres is to go

immediately to my Daughter Jane and I do further direct & declare, that should

my son Thomas should not comply with my directions aforesd as to my Mount

Custis land, then he forfeits all the estate real & personal given to him heretofore

or hereafter in this will, & the estate so given to him, to be given, & I do hereby

devise & give the same to my daughter Jane Baily & her heirs forever~

Ninthly~ I give & bequeath to my son Thomas my Law books of every kind

my other books in my Library, Maps & Charts, I give equally to be divided

betwen my wife & five daughters~ Tenthly~ All my slaves not

give to my wife, I direct shall remain with my executors to carry on the

crop for five years aforesd but should any of them misbehave or act improperly

I do authorize & empower my Executrix & Excutor to make sale of such as so

misbehaves, & at the end of five years, I give & bequeath the said slaves & their

increase to be equally divided between my son Thomas & my five daughters~

Eleventh~ For the purpose of raising a fund for the payment of my debts

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I direct my Executrix & Executor to sell any of my personal estate 5

which is wasting & not useful in the family, which they may think

best for the interest of my estate should be sold except my slaves, I also

direct, that all my spare crops shall be sold, except what my wife thinks

is necessary for the family support. I also direct & empower my Execu

trix & Executor to make sale upon such terms as my Executrix sees

proper, & at such times as she thinks best, my lot in Drummond Town,

my lands on Guilford called Fishers, my lands on Wallop's road called

Emmerson's & all my lands not given & devised in this will, all my

houses & lots in Chillicothe, all the remainder of my lands in Ohio

except the ten thousand acres devised before & my tract of land in the

State of Illinois~ Twelfth~ The Boy, William P. Bayly,

I direct shall have no part or parcel of my Estate, but that he shall

be kept to an English school, at the expense of my estate until he is

twelve years of age & bound out by my son Thomas to a Mechanical or

manufacturing trade in the State of Massachusetts~ Thirteenth~

I give to my wife all my pictures & such other furniture at my

house at Mount Custis as she wishes to take the use of the family~

Fourteenth~ All the rest & remainder of my Estate of every kind what

soever, real & personal, I give equally between my wife, son Thomas & five daughters.

Fifteenth. I appoint my wife Guardian to my son Thomas & five daughters~

Sixteenth~ I do nominate & appoint my beloved wife Jane O. Bayly &

my son Thomas H. Bayly, Executrix & Executor of this my last will &

testament, & I direct that they shall give no bond for the Executorship,

no make any appraisment without they see proper so to do~ In

Witness whereof, I do hereunto set my hand, & affix my seal this 9th

day of March 1828~ All of which is written in my own hand & needs

no witnesses~ Thomas M. Bayly~ [Seal]


At a court held for the County of Accomack, at the Court-

House thereof, on Monday the 27th day of January 1834, this paper pur

porting to be the last will & testament of Thom M. Baily decd was

presented in Court, by Jane O. Bayly the widow of sd Thomas O. Bayly

in an envelope sealed up & endorsed "Thomas M. Bayly's Will" & Then

being no subscribing witnesses to said will, Thomas R. Joynes, John G.

Joynes & George P. Scarburgh - made both, that they were well acquaint

ed with the hand writing of the said Thomas M. Bayly, having fre

quently seen him write, & that they believe that the whole of the

said will & the signature of the name of Thomas M. Bayly thereto

& also the endorsement "Thomas M. Bayly's will" on the envelope to

be wholly in the hand writing of the said Thomas M. Bayly, & the said

will is thereupon considered to be sufficiently proved, & is ordered to be

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recorded, & the said Thomas M. Bayly having directed, that the Executors

named in said will, shall give no security for such Executorship~ On

motion of Jane O. Bayly, & Thomas H. Bayly, Executrix & Executor there

in named, who themselves entered into Bond in the penalty of two

hundred thousand dollars without security, conditioned according to law,

& who took the oath prescribed by law, certificate is granted the said Jane

O. Bayly & Thomas H. Bayly for obtaining a probate thereof in due form~

Testi~ Tho. R. Joynes C.A.C~

A true Copy~ Testi~ Tho. R. Joynes C.A.C~


State of Virginia, Accomack County, ss~ I, Thomas R. Joynes Clerk

of the County Court of Accomack, in the state aforesaid, do hereby, certify,

that the foregoing Will & probate is truly copied from the records of the

said court~ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand

{Seal} & affixed the seal of said Court, this Thirty first day of May 1834, &

in the 58th year of the Commonwealth~ Tho. R. Joynes C.A.C.~


State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit~ I, William Parramon

Senr presiding justice of the Court of Accomack, in the State aforesaid

do hereby certify, that the attestation hereto annexed, made by Thomas

R. Joynes Clerk of the said Court, is in due form, & by the proper

officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that purpose, & that

full faith & credit is due thereto, in every Court or office in the United

States~ Given under my hand, at the County of Accomack in the

State of Virginia aforesaid, this thirty first day of May in the year

of our Lord, Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred & thirty four &

of the Independence of the United States The fifty eighth~

William Parramon Ser ~~

State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit~ I, Thomas R. Joynes Clerk

of the County Court of Accomack in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify

that William Parramore Senr whose certificate is hereto annexed, is

presiding justice of the Court of the said County of Accomack, in the

State of Virginia, duly commissioned & qualified to the said office

according to the Constitution & laws of the said State~ Given

[seal} under my hand, & the seal of my office, this 31st day of

May 1834, & in the 58th year of the Commonwealth~

Tho. R. Joynes C.A.C.

Recorded the foregoing authenticated copy of will June 20th 1835.

Attest. T. Reynolds Clerk

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Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 12th day of June A.D,

1835. before the Honr Joseph R. Swan, President. & William S. Drake, Hosea

Williams & Ezra Griswold Esqre his associates, Judges of the Court of Com

mon Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio~


This day the last will & testament of Esbon Husted decd was produced in

Open Court, & proved by the testimony of S. Finch & Forrest Meeker Jr. two of

the subscribing witnesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved & ordered

to be recorded~ And thereupon on motion of Sardis Birchard and

Sylvester Latimer the Executors in said Will named, it is ordered, that

letters testamentary be granted them, on their entering into bonds in

the sum of twenty thousand dollars with William Little & Forrest

Meeker Served as security~ And it is further ordered, that Thomas

Wasson, Anthony Walker & Samuel Rheem appraise the personal

property of said estate~


I, Esbon Husted, of Delaware, Ohio do make & publish this my last will &

testament in manner & form following, to wit~ 1st It is my will that

my funeral expenses & all my just debts be fully paid~ 2d I give &

devise to my wife Clarissa three hundred dollars for the support of herself &

our children for one year from & after my decease~ I, also, give & devise unto

my wife Clarissa absolutely all of my household furniture, farming utensils,

cattle, horses, sleigh, waggon & harness ect~ 3d I give, devise & bequeath

unto my wife clarissa one third of all my remaining property during her

natural life, & it is my will that at her death, it be equally divided among

my children or the survivor, or survivors of them~ 4th It is my

will, that my wife Clarissa build a comfortable & convenient house on

the West half of In lot sixty two in the town of Delaware O. out of the

property herein devised to her, as soon after my decease as convenient, for

a dwelling house for herself & my children, & I hereby devise to her for

that purpose said half lot, during her life & remainder to my children~

5th I, give & devise to my three children Highland, Eunice & Esbon

the remaining two thirds of my property personal & real, not otherwise

herein before disposed of, & it is my will, that my executors herein after

named, shall invest, that portion of the last named two thirds of my

estate, which consists of personal property in such stock or stocks as my

executors shall think best~ The dividends arising from the same to be

also invested in stock as they shall accrue except such portions of said

dividends, or stock as may be required to support & educate my children

as hereinafter provided, & it is my will, that my wife Clarissa have the

care & guardianship of my children for the purpose of bringing up &

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educating them, & that my executors pay to her for that purpose two

hundred dollars per annum out of the personal property herein

devised to my children, commencing one year from my decease, and

continuing till my eldest son shall be fitted for college, & that then my

executors out of the same fund appropriate to the purpose of finishing

his education, at such college as my wife & executors shall think best, six

hundred & fifty dollars, & from the time, that my eldest son Highland

commences his collegiate education till my daughter Eunice shall arrive

at the age of fifteen years, it is my will, that, my executors out of the

same fund pay to my wife one hundred & thirty three dollars annually

for the support & education of my said daughter Eunice & my son Esbon

& that then my executors appropriate three hundred dollars out of the

same fund for finishing the education of my said daughter at such

school or seminary as my wife & executors shall think best, & that from the time that

my said daughter, shall arrive at the age of fifteen years till my youngest

son Esbon shall be fitted for college, it is my will, that my executors pay

to my wife for the support & education of my said youngest son sixty seven

dollars annually, & that then my executors, appropriate from the same

fund six hundred & fifty dollars for the purpose of defraying the expenses

of a collegiate education of my said son Esbon in the same manner

as I have provided for my eldest son~ 6th It is my will, that

all my property herein devised to my children, after such appropriations

as are herein before provided for have been deducted, be equally divided

among my said three children, as they shall respectively come of age~

7th It is my will, in case all my children should die before any of them

should arrive at the age of Majority, & before any of them should have lawful

issue, that my wife Clarissa should have half of all my property to her

self & heirs forever, & out of the remaining half I will that the children of my

wife's brother's & sister's shall have each one hundred dollars & the remain

der of said half, I will to be divided into two equal portions, the one of

which to be appropriated towards the support of a classical school in

Delaware O. under the direction & control of the Episcopal Clergyman

of said town for the time being, & the other to the support of similar

school in Lower Sandusky O. under the direction & control of the

Presbyterian Clergyman in said last named town~ And lastly,

I, hereby constitute & appoint Sardis Birchard of Lower Sandusky and

Sylvester Latimer of Delaware to be the executors of this my last will &

testament revoking & annulling all former wills by me made and

ratifying this & no other to be my last will & testament~ In testimony

whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this 20 day of May 1835~

Signed, published & declared by the Esbon Husted [Seal]

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above named Esbon Husted, as & for his last will & testament, in

presence of us, who at his request have signed as witnesses to the same

S. Finch~ James Westerfield~

Forrest Meeker Jr.~

State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~

S. Finch & Forrest Meeker Jr. being duly sworn depose & say that the

attached will & testament was signed & sealed in their presence & that

they in his presence, & at his desire signed the same as witnesses, &

further say, that the testator Esbon Husted did in their hearing

declare the said instrument to be his last will & testament~

S. Finch~

F. Meeker Jr.~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court, June 12th 1835~

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing will ect. June 22d 1835~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~



Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 16th day

of June A.D. 1835, before the Honr Joseph R. Swan, President &

William S. Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra Griswold Esqr his Associates

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of

Delaware, in the State of Ohio~

This day the last will &

testament of John Minter decd was produced in Open Court & proved

by the testimony of William Little & Solomon Smith two of the sub-

scribing witnesses thereto, together with that of Leonard H. Cowles, as

reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be recorded~ And thereupon

on motion of Lucy Wasson, late Lucy Minter, one of the executrix

is in said Will named (the other executrix named residing without

the state) It is ordered, that letters testamentary be granted her, upon

her & her husband William Wasson entering into bonds in the sum

of five hundred dollars, with Thomas Wasson & John F. Dunlap

as security~ And it is further ordered, that James R. McKinnie

William Boyd, & John N. Cox appraise the personal property of

said estate~


I, John Minter of the Township of Radnor in the County of

Delaware in the State of Ohio, now in good health of body & of

sound mind & memory being desirous of settling my worldly~

affairs while I have strength & capacity, do make & publish this my

last will & testament. In the first place my will is that all

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my just debts be speedily paid Secondly, Sarah McCollum,

William Minter, John Minter, Valentine Minter, Mary Armstrong, &

Effie Dildim all children & lawful heirs, having received their full

shares & separate portions in advancement, my will is, & accordingly

I give & bequeath to Elizabeth Minter, Peggy Minter, Lucy Minter &

Nancy Minter my four remaining children & lawful heirs being un

provided for, all the property which I shall die possessed of, it being personal

property, to have & to enjoy immediately after my decease of my wife,

should she survive me, to be equally divided between them in the

manner following, to wit; each of them is to take to themselves, their

beds, saddles & other articles which they have acquired for themselves and

claim as their own property, the ballance of the property is to be appraised

& divided by three judicious & disinterested men to be selected & agreed upon

by the four, equally between them, or to be put to sale, & the avails thereof

to be divided equally betwen them as my executors herein after named,

shall think proper~ Thirdly, my will is, that Nancy my

youngest daughter being unfortunate & incapable of managing for

herself, Lucy shall receive her share which shall belong to the said

Nancy & hold the same, for the sole use & benefit of her the said Nancy

for her support & maintenance~ Fourthly~ I have nominated &

appointed, & by these presents, do nominate & appoint my two daughters

Peggy & Lucy executors of this my last will & testament~ In witness

whereof, I, John Minter have hereunto set my hand & seal, this fourteenth

day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and

twenty seven~

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the John Minter {Seal}

above named, John Minter to be his

last will & testament in the presence of us, who have subscribed our

names as witnesses, in the presence of the testator~

Nancy Cowles~ William Little~

Solomon Smith~

State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~

On this 16th day of June 1835, personally appeared in Open Court of

Delaware Com. Pleas, William Little, who being sworn made solemn

oath, that the instrument hereto attached purporting to be the will of

John Minter, was duly executed by said Minter on or about the date

thereof.~ That said Minter was at the time of executing the same

of full age, of sound mind & memory; nor was he as deponent believes under

any restraint~ said will was executed in my presence, & I subscribe in presence

of said testator~ Wm Little~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court~ T. Reynolds Clerk~.

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State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~ Personally appeared also in

Open Court, Solomon Smith & makes solemn oath, that he subscribed

said will as a witness, but has forgotten further circumstances~

Solomon smith~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court~

T. Reynolds Clerk~

State of Ohio, Delaware County~ Personally appeared in Open Court,

Leonard H. Cowles, who being sworn in relation to the will of John

Minter hereto attached, makes oath, that he wrote said will for said

Minter, that said will was signed by said Minter in his presence and

acknowledged to be his signature in the presence of William Little,

Solomon Smith & Nancy Cowles, the attesting witnesses~

Leonard H. Cowles~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court,

June 16th 1835~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Recorded the foregoing Will &c June 23d 1835~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held, at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 9th day

of November A.D. 1835, before the Honr Joseph R. Swan,

President, & William S. Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra

Griswold Esqrs his Associates Judges of the Court of Common

Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware, in the State of

Ohio~

This day the last will & testament of John Adams

decd was produced in open Court & proved by the testimony

of the subscribing witnesses thereto as reduced to writing,

approved & ordered to be recorded. And thereupon on motion

of Hannah Adams & Silas Adams the executors in said will

named, it is ordered that letters testamentary be granted them

upon their entering into bonds in the sum of one thou

sand dollars, with John Budd Jr. & John Adams 2d as

security~ And it is further ordered, that Harlow Allen,

William Larned & Daniel Bennet appraise the personal

property of said estate.

In the name of God; Amen~

I, John Adams of Harlem township, Delaware County &

State of Ohio, do make & publish this my last will & testa

ment in manner & form following, that is to say~ First~

It is my will, that my funeral expences & all my just debt

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be fully paid~ Second, I give & bequeath to my beloved wife

Hannah Adams the use & benefit of the one third part of all

my estate both real & personal during her natural life, &

I also give & bequeath to her all my Household furniture

now in my possession.

Third, I give & bequeath to my eldest son Silas Adams the

farm on which my Mother, Elizabeth Adams now resides,

& it is my wish to request, that he my said son Silas shall take

care of & provided for my said Mother during her natural life~

Fourth~ I give & bequeath to my two sons George Adams &

John Quincy Adams the farm whereon I now reside to be

equally divided betwen them. The rest & residue of my

personal property, I wish to have divided among my five

daughters (viz) Polly Adams, Betsy Ann Adams, Lucy Adams

Margery Ann Adams & Evoline Adams in manner fol

lowing, to wit; I wish after giving each of my four younger

daughters the same amount as near as can be, that my eldest

daughter Polly has already received, then I wish to have the

remainder equally divided among the five before mentioned~

And lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my said Wife, Hannah

Adams, & my said son Silas Adams to be the Executors of this

my last will & testament~ In testimony whereof, I have

hereunto set my hand & seal this first day of September one

thousand eight hundred & thirty five~ his

Signed, published & declared by the John X Adams {Seal}

above named John Adams as & mark

for his last will & testament in presence of us, who at his request

have signed as witnesses to the same~

John Adams 2d~ Wm Learned~ John Budd Jr~

State of Ohio, Delaware County Ss

Personally appeared in open Court, John Adams, John Budd

Jr. & William Learned, who being duly sworn depose & say that

the testator in their presence & that they were called to witness

the same; that they signed it as witnesses, in the presence of

the testator, & in the presence of each other; that the testator

at the time of executing the same was at the least of the age

of forty years, that he was of sound mind & memory, &

that he was under no restraint~ John Adams 2d

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court, John Budd Jr.

on Novr 9th 1835~ T. Reynolds Clerk~ Wm Learned~

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Recorded the foregoing Will on Novr 18th 1835

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 9th

day of Nov A.D. 1835, before the Honr Joseph R. Swan. Presi

dent, & William S. Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra Griswold

Esqrs his Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,

in & for the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio~


This day the last will & testament of William Gale decd

was produced in Open Court, & proved by the testimony

of the subscribing witnesses thereto, as reduced to writing,

approved, & ordered to be recorded~ And thereupon, on motion

of Andrew Heron & Polly Gale the executors in said will

named, it is ordered, that letters testamentary be granted

them, upon their entering into bonds, in the sum of

$1500.00 with Thomas Perfect & Silas Ogden as security~

And it is further ordered, that John H. Doty, John Hanville

& Azzel Pierce appraise the personal property of said

estate~

In the manner of God; Amen~ I, William Gale

of the township of Trenton, County of Delaware & State

of Ohio, do make, publish & delcare this my last Will &

testament in manner & form following, viz: I commit

my body to the dust from whence it came, & my soul to

the mercy of God my Saviour. It is my will that

all my demands against others be collected, & all my debts

paid. It is my will that my wives Mother shall

have a comfortable support out of my estate as long as she

named Sibbel Orton shall live. It is my will that

thirty dollars be paid to my son David, though a minor

for his own use. It is my will further, that

my wife Polly be, & I hereby appoint her to be the guardi

an of my children, viz: of David the son of my 1st wife

Mahela & Emily children of my 2d wife, & Chloe the child

of herself, my 3d wife, & for the purpose of supporting

herself & her mother & for supporting

& educating my said children & in the room of dowry &

other allowances, to which by law she would otherwise be

entitled, it is my will that she my said wife Polly have

the use of all my real estate & the interest of all my person

al estate, & if necessary as much of the principal of said

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personal estate as said necessity shall require as long as she shall live,

& if she should die during the minority of my children, in that case

my will is, that my brother Richard shall succeed her in their guardian

ship, & if my said wife Polly shall die before her said mother Sibbel Orton

then so much of my estate as shall be necessary shall be retained to secure

her said mothers comfortable support during life, & the remainder equally

divided among my before mentioned children, & if any one of my

children should die before receiving his or her share, then said share

shall be paid to his or her heirs, if any there be, but if there be no heirs,

then said share shall be equally divided among my surviving children.

And if at the death of the aforesaid Sibbel Orton the sum retained for her

support shall not be all expended the remainder thereof shall be divided

among my children as above mentioned to them or to their heirs. and

further if any one of my said children shall become of age & my said

wife Polly should think it expedient so to do, she may pay to such

child any sum not exceeding the share of such child out of my estate~

And I make & ordain my wife Polly Gale executrix & Andrew Heron

of the township, county & state aforesaid executor of this my last will &

testament~ Given under my hand & seal this 13th day of Sept 1835~

in Trenton, Delaware County & State of Ohio~

Attested~ Thomas Perfect William Gale {Seal}

Reuben Perfect~

State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~

On this 9th day of Novr 1835, personally appeared in open Court,

Thomas Perfect & Reuben Perfect, who being duly sworn depose &

say, that the above mentioned instrument purporting to be the last

will & testament of William Gale was duly executed as it purports to

have been, by said william Gale, in our presence~ We saw the said

testator subscribe his name, at the time of the date thereof~ We

believe said testator was of sound mind & memory at the time of sub

scribing, of full age, & under no restraint~ Testator acknowledges said

will to be his last will & testament~ Thomas Perfect~

Reuben Perfect~

Subscribed, & sworn to in open Court,

Novr 9th 1835~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c Novr 19th 1835~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~



Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 9th day of Novr

A.D. 1835, before the Honr Joseph R. Swan, President, & William S.

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Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra Griswold Esqrs his Associates, Judg

es of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Dela

ware, in the State of Ohio~

This day the last will & testament of

Samuel Chamberlin decd was produced in open Court, & proved

by the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto as reduced to

writing, approved, & ordered to be recorded; and thereupon on motion

of Elizabeth Chamberlin the executrix in said Will named, it is

ordered that letters testamentary be granted her, upon her entering

into bonds in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, with

David Cook & Lester Bartlet as security~ And it is further ordered,

that Timothy Aldrich, Anson Wood & John W. Place appraise the

personal property of said estate~


I Samuel Chamberlin of the County of Delaware in the State

of Ohio, do make & publish this my last will & testament in man

ner & form following, that is to say~ First~ that my funeral

expences & just debts be fully paid. Second~ I give devise & bequeath

to my wife Elizabeth Chamberlin all my estate both real &

personal, except the legacies hereafter mentioned. Third, I give &

bequeath to my son Samuel Chamberlin one hundred & fifty

dollars in land, to be appraised by chosen men. Fourth, I give to

my son Timothy Chamberlin one hundred & fifty dollars in land

to be appraised by chosen men. Fifth, I give & bequeath to my

daughter Sarah Hodges one hundred & fifty dollars in land or

personal property, at the valuation of chosen men. Sixth, I

give & bequeath to Elizabeth Cowls, Rebecca Fobe, Mary Hodges,

Margaret Rogers & Lucy Cambeel one dollar each. And lastly,

I hereby constitute & appoint my said wife, Elizabeth Chamberlin

to be the executor for this my last will & testament by me made &

ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last will & testament.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of

September 1835~ Samuel Chamberlin~

Signed, published & declared by the above

named Samuel Chamberlin as & for his last will & testament in pres

ence of us, who at his request, have signed as witnesses to the same~

David Cook~ Lester Bartlett~

State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~

Personally appeared in open Court David Cook & Lester Bartlett,

who being duly sworn, depose & say, that the will hereto attached

was duly executed by Samuel Chamberlin the testator in their

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presence~ that they were called to witness the same~ that they signed

it as witnesses in the presence of the Testator & in the presence of each

other~ that the Testator, at the time of excuting the same was of

the age of sixty four years, that he was of sound mind & memory, &

that he was under no restraint~ Lester Bartlett~

David Cook~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court

Novr 9th 1835~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Recorded the foregoing Will &c Novr 19th 1835~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~



Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 15th day of

Novr A.D. 1835, before the Honr Joseph R. Swan, President, & William

S. Drake, Hosea Williams & Ezra Griswold Esqrs his Associates, Judges

of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware, in

the State of Ohio~

This day the last will & testament of Edward

Davis was produced in open Court, together with the desposition

of James Osborn, one of the witnesses thereto, taken before Morgan

Williams Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace of this County, who

was appointed commissioner for that purpose, on account that

the said Osborn was unable to attend Court, in Consequence of sick

ness. And the Court having examined the report of the said

Morgan Williams, & the desposition of the said Osborn now on file,

are satisfied therewith. And David Cadwallader the other witness

to said Will having appeared in open Court, was examined under

oath & his testimony reduced to writing & now on file; the Court

on consideration thereof, do approve of the same, & order the said

Will & testimony to be recorded.


I, Edward Davis of the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio,

do make & publish this my last will & testament in manner &

form following, that is to say:~ First, it is my will that my

funeral expences & all my just debts be fully paid. Second, I

give, & devise, & bequeath to my beloved wife Laura Davis the plan

tation on which we now reside, situate in Delaware township

Delaware County, State of Ohio, containing thirty five acres, &

all the live stock, Horses, Cows, Hogs &c by me now owned & kept

thereon, also all the Household furniture & other items not

particularly named or disposed ^of in this will, she however first

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disposing of a sufficiency thereof to pay my just debts as

aforesaid. And lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my

wife Laura Davis to be the executor for this my last will

& testament, revoking & annulling all former wills by me

made, & ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my

last will & testament. In testimony whereof, I have

hereunto set my hand & seal this 16th day of July in the

year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty

three. Signed published & declared Edward Davis {Seal}

by the above named Edward

Davis as & for his last will & testament, in presence of us,

who at his request have signed as witnesses to the same.

David Cadwalader~ James Osborn~


In the Court of Com. Pleas for Delaware County, No

vember Term 1835, I, David Cadwalader being duly

sworn in open Court, upon my oath say, that I am

one of the witnesses to the last will & testament of Edward

Davis hereto attached, dated July 16th A.D. 1833, that the said

will was signed by the said Edward Davis now deceased

on or about the date thereof, at his residence in this

County, in my presence, & in the presence of James

Osborn, the other witness thereto, & we the said witnesses

at his request, & in his presence signed our names to the

said will as witnesses thereto, the said Davis Decd at the

time of executing the said will was at least thirty two

years of age, & of sound mind & memory, & under no

restraint. That the ^said Davis, at the time aforesaid,

in the presence of the said witnesses published the said will

by us signed as aforesaid, as his last will & testament~

And further I say, that the said Edward Davis died

the next day, after publishing his said will as afore

said, at his residence aforesaid; & further say not~

David Cadwalader~

Subscribed 7 sworn to in open Court.

Novr 14th 1835~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

The State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~ Before me

Morgan Williams a Justice of the peace in & for said

County to whom a commission has issued by the Court

of Common Pleas of the said County to take the

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desposition of James Osborn a witness (to the last will of Edward

Davis decd) who is unable on account of sickness to attend

the said Court; personally appeared the said James Osborn

who was duly sworn, & upon his oath saith, that the paper

hereto attached is the will & testament of Edward Davis now

decd dated July 16th 1833, was duly published as his last will &

testament by the said Davis on or about the day & year last

aforesaid, that the same was then & there signed by the said

Davis in the presence of this deponent & David Cadwalader,

& by us in his presence, & in the presence of each other, & at

his request, signed the said will as witnesses thereto, that the

said Davis at that time was at least of the age of thirty two

years of sound mind & memory, & acting under no restraint~

and further says not. James Osborn~

Sworn & subscribed to this 14th day of November A.D. 1835.

Before me, Morgan Williams Justice of the Peace

& Commissioner.

Recorded the foregoing Will etc. Novr 19th 1835.

Attest, T. Reynolds Clerk.


Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware on the 27th day of

February A.D. 1836, before the Honorable Joseph R. Swan, President

& Ezra Griswold, John Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his

Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County

of Delaware in the State of Ohio~

This day the last will & testament

of Nathaniel Hamlin decd was produced in open Court & proved

by the testimony of Joseph Smart & James Kooken the subscribing

witnesses thereto, as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be record

ed~ And thereupon John Hamlin & George Bean the Executor

in said Will named refusing to act;~ On motion; It is ordered that

letters of administration with the will annexed be granted to James

Kooken, who is ordered to enter into bonds in the sum of four

hundred dollars with Benjamin Powers & Joseph Smart as security~

It is further ordered, that James Ligget, Amos Carr & William Smart

appraise the personal property of said Estate.


In the name of God. Amen~ I Nathaniel Hamlin of Scioto

Township, Delaware County & State of Ohio, being advanced in years

& weak in body, but sound in mind & memory, do make & ordain

this my last will & testament hereby revoking all others,

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1st I will & bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Hamlin the

dwelling house, that I now occupy, together with the furniture

therein /the Beauro excepted/ also a Cow & Calf, six sheep, also one

third of all that shall be raised on the farm. harvested & secured in the

barn or stack, so long as she shall remain my widow.

2d I will and bequeath unto my son, John Hamlin fifty acres of land,

the same that has been surveyed to him, & which he now occupies.

3d I will & bequeath unto my son, Nathaniel Hamlin fifty acres of land,

with all the improvements & appurtenances thereunto belonging, being the

same on which I now live & occupy, at the death or marriage of my

said wife, Hannah Hamlin.

4th It is my will that at a suitable time after my death all my

personal property not already bequeathed, shall be sold at public

vendue, & after my debts & funeral expences are paid the ballance

of the proceeds of the said sale together with all ready money & money

bills to be divided between my son Charles Hamlin & my daughter

Keziah Brooks late Keziah Hamlin, Seventy dollars thereof first being

paid to the aforesaid Keziah Brooks, then the ballance to be equally

divided between the said Charles & Keziah

5th And lastly. I do hereby nominate & appoint my son John Hamlin &

George Bean executors of this my last will & testament.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nine-

teenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred & thirty five.

Signed & sealed in our presence, & in the his

presence of each other, & in the presence Nathaniel X Hamlin {seal}

of the testator at his request. mark

Joseph Smart~ Jas Kooken~

State of Ohio, Delaware County; Ss~

Personally appeared in open Court, James Kooken & Joseph Smart who sever-

ally made oath in due form of law, that they were severally called upon

by Nathaniel Hamlin the testator, to witness this his last will & testament, the

subscribed the will here presented in our presence, & requested us to attest the

same as witnesses thereto. said Hamlin was at the time of sound and

disposing mind & memory, & has since died, our names were subscribed

at the time in the will mentioned. Jas Kooken~

Sworn & subscribed in open Court. Joseph Smart~

Feb. 27th 1836

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing will &c March 1st 1836~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

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Pleas at a Special Court, held at the Court-House, in Delaware,

on the 4th day of April A.D. 1836, before the Honorable, Ezra Gris~

wold, John Brundige, & John Lubenbeel, Associate Judges of the

Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware in the

State of Ohio.


This day the last will & testament of Sylvester

Hough deceased, was produced in Open Court, & proved by the

testimony of Elisha Newell & James C. Carter, two of the subscri-

bing witnesses thereto, as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to

be recorded; And thereupon, on motion of William Hough &

Orsamus C. Hough the executors in said Will named; It is ordered,

that letters testamentary be granted them, upon their entering

into bonds in the sum of three thousand dollars with Stephen

R. Bennett & Elisha Newell as security. And it is further

ordered, that Nathan Dustin, Elisha S. Carpenter & William

Williams appraise the personal property of said estate.


In the name of God. Amen. I Sylvester Hough of Genoa Town-

ship & County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio, being weak in

body, but of sound mind & memory, blessed be Almighty God, for

the same, do make & publish this as my last will & testament in

manner & form following /that is to say/: First, I give & bequeath

unto my beloved wife Sally Hough my dwelling house & barn for the

use of herself & a home for our unmarried children. Also two thirds

of all my land, so long as she shall remain my widow. I also

give & bequeath to my son Orsamus D. Hough a sum of equal

value with the price of land, I gave to my son William Hough,

on which his house now stands. And lastly, as to the rest, residue &

remainder of my real & personal estate, goods & chattels of what

kind & nature soever. I give & bequeath the same to all my children

in equal portions; and I hereby appoint my sons William &

Orsamus D. Hough, Executors of this my last will & testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 27th

day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and thirty six.

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the Sylvester Hough {Seal}

above named Sylvester Hough, to be his

last will & testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto

subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator~

Jas C. Carter~ Elisha Newell~

Lewis Badger~

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The State of Ohio, Delaware County :Ss. In the Court of

Common Pleas, at a Special Session April 4th 1836.

We the undersigned James C. Carter & Elisha Newell being

duly sworn in open Court, upon our oaths say that the paper

herewith produced, purporting to be the last will & testament

of Sylvester Hough decd dated the 27th day of February 1836.

was on the 28th day of February last, by the said Sylvester Hough

duly published as his last will & testament, & then in our presence

signed the same as such; and we in his presence, & in the

presence of each other, at his request signed our names thereto,

as witnesses. The said Hough at that time was at least of the

age of fifty years, of sound mind & memory, & acting under

no restraint, & further say not. Jas C. Carter~

Elisha Newell~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court,

April 4th 1836~

T. Reynolds, Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c April 4th 1836~

Attest T. Reynolds, Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court~ House, in Delaware, on the 26th day

of June A.D. 1836, before the Honorable Joseph R. Swan, President

& Ezra Griswold, John Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his

Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the

County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of Ann Welchaunts decd

was produced in Open Court, & proved by the testimony of the

subscribing witnesses thereto, as reduced to writing approved &

ordered to be recorded. And thereupon on motion of Anthony

Walker the executor in said will named, it is ordered, that

letters of testamentary be granted him upon his entering into

bonds in the sum of two hundred dollars with Alexander

Kilbourn & Charles Sweetser as security. And it is further ordered

that Nathan Chester, John Moses & Edward Potter appraise

the personal property of said estate.


To all to whom these presents shall come, I Ann Welch-

aunts, the widow of the late Abraham Welchaunts of the

County of Delaware in the State of Ohio, of sound mind

& memory tho infirm in health from age & ability, do

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make & publish this my last will & testament, to wit.

In the first place, My will is, that all my debts, my funeral

expences, & the expences of my last sickness be fully and

speedily paid.

Secondly, I will & bequeath to my son George Welchaunts all

my goods & chattels, my wearing apparel, beds & bedding, my

kitchen & all other furniture, & thirty dollars in cash due &

coming to me from my son Henry Welchaunts in Martins

burgh, in the state of Virginia.

Thirdly, I will & devise to my said son George Welchaunts

all my real estate, being a lot, I purchased of Silas C. Gorton

in the vicinity of Delaware on the South discribed as follows

viz; beginning one rod North from the South East Corner of

lot 17 in Range 19. Township 5. Section 4. United States Military

lands in Ohio, thence to run North on the Turnpike road

six rods, thence West twelve rods, thence South six rods, thence

East twelve rods to the place of beginning, with all the appur-

tenances & improvements to the + in any wise belonging

to his own use forever.

Fourthly, I do hereby appoint Anthony Walker my executor

of this my last will & testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereto set my + this 30th day

of Dec 1834. her

Signed by Mrs. Welchaunts, in our} Ann + Welchaunts

presence & the presence of each other} mark

Silas C. Gorton~ Amos Fuller~

Leonard H. Cowles~

The State of Ohio, Delaware Comn Pleas, June Term A.D. 1836

Personally came into Court, Amos Fuller of lawful age, who

deposes & says, that he was present, at the execution of the

last will & testament of Ann Welchaunts the 30th day of Dec.

A.D. 1834, that he was called into attest the execution of the same

& that he subscribed the same as witness in her presence & in

the presence of Silas C. Gorton & Leonard H. Cowles the other

subscribing witnesses, & he further deposes & says, that the said

Ann Welchaunts was at the time of sound mind & memory &

capable of making a judicious disposition of her property, & that

she signed said will by placing her mark of a cross to the same.

Amos Fuller~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court, June 24th 1836~

T. Reynolds Clerk~

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Also personally came Silas C. Gorton, of full age & deposed &

said, that he was called in to attest the last will & testament of

Ann Welchaunts, late of Delaware County, deceased, & in the

presence of the said Ann, & Amos Fuller & Leonard H. Cowles he

subscribed the same as witness, the said Ann executed said will

by putting the mark of a cross to the same, & further that said

Ann at that time was of sound & disposing mind & memory.

Said will was dated the 30th day of Dec. 1834, & further saith not.

Silas C. Gorton~

Sworn & subscribed to in open Court~

June 24th 1836~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

Leonard H. Cowles came also, & deposed & says that he drew

the last will & testament of Mrs. Ann Welchaunts the 30th day of

Dec. 1834, at her request, that she was of sound mind & memory &

competent to dispose of her property with discretion, the said Ann

affixed her mark to the same with her own hand, & this deponent

attested the same as subscribing witness & further this deponent saith

this Leonard H. Cowles~

Sworn & subscribed in open Court

This 24th day of June 1836.

T. Reynolds Clerk~


Recorded the foregoing will ect June 28th 1836~

Attest T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court-House in Delaware, on the 16th

day of May. A.D. 1837, before the Honorable Joseph R. Swan,

President & Ezra Griswold & John Lugeneel Esqrs two

of his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,

in and for the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio

An authenticated Copy of

the Will of Joseph Higbee decd of the city of Trenton &

State of New Jersey, proved according to the laws of the

said state of New Jersey, relative to real property with

in this County, was presented by Mr Stanbery, in behalf

of the executors to such Will, and upon his motion, it

is ordered by the Court here, that the same be admitted

to record.

I Joseph Higbee of the City of Trenton and

State of New Jersey being weak in body but of sound

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and disposing minding & memory & being desirous to settle my

worldly affairs, whilst I have strength & capacity so to do.

Do make and publish this my last will & testament, after

the payment of all my just debts and charges, I dispose

of my estate as follows. First I give and devise to my

wife Elizabeth L. Higbee the use, interest and enjoyment

of the whole of my personal property, and the rents, issues

and profits of the whole of my real estate, whatsoever

and wheresoever for and during the term of her natural

life, should she so long continues my widow. And after

the death of my said wife, or in case she should marry

again, then upon such marriage, I give and devise all

my estate real and personal of what nature or kind soever

and wheresoever situate to my children herein after menti-

-oned and to their heirs and assigned forever. That is to say

to all my children (except my eldest son Joseph Charles

Higbee who having already received what I consider

to be his fair proportion of my estate, is not to take a

distributive share under this will:) to be equally divided

among all my children (except as aforesaid) who shall be living

at the time of the death or marriage of my said wife such

division however in case of the death of my said wife shall

not be actually made untill the period of one year shall

have elapsed, after the happening of that event, nor there

unless required by a majority of the legatees. Second, In

case of the marriage of any of my said children before the

death of my said wife, then my executors shall be at liberty

are are hereby authorized to pay such child such sum

of money as ^to the said executors shall seem expedient and

proper. But no interest on such sum so said is to be charged

against them. But the principal sum of money so paid

shall be deducted from the share which such child would

be entitled to receive from my estate after the death or

marriage of my said wife. Third~ I do hereby nominate &

appoint my wife Elizabeth L. Higbee and my brother in law

Lawrence Lewis of the city of Philadelphia to be the execu

trix and executor of this my last will and testament.

And I do, hereby authorise the said Elizabeth L. Higbee and

Lawrence Lewis to lease out my real estate on ground

rent or otherwise, for a term or terms of years, and to

receive the rents, issues and profits for the use of

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the said Elizabeth L. Higbee during her life, or so long as

she shall continue my widow, and I do further authorise

and empower the said Elizabeth L. Higbee and Lawrence

Lewis to sell and convey for such prices as they shall

deem proper, in fee simple, or for any less estate all or

any part of my real estate, and to make execute and deliver

to purchasers thereof good and sufficient deeds for the

same, and the proceeds of such sales or any part thereof

from time to time, and the interest accruing thereon to

invest in such stocks, or other good securities bearing

an interest, as to them shall seem expedient and proper

and the proceeds of such sale, or sales, and the interest thereon

or upon any investment thereof as aforesaid shall be

equally distributed among my children, except as afores-

aid in the manner above herein directed. Fourth~ It

is my will and I do further direct that as to all such

sums of money, that have been heretofore given to any

of my children or any charges or demands I have

against them or any of them, my executors shall make

no claim or demand against them or any of them for

the same. In witness whereof I the

said Joseph Higbee have hereunto set my hand and

seal this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.

Signed, sealed, published & declared }

by the said Joseph Higbee as his } Joseph Higbee {LS.}

last Will & testament in the presence}

of us, who at his request, & in his }

presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

The word "are" in the second line of the second page

underlined before the execution hereof. Wm Halsted

Zac. Rossell

Phil Dickinson

State of New Jersey }

Hunterden County:ss } Zachariah Rossell, and Phil-

emon Dickinson two of the witnesses to the within will

being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say

that they and each of them saw Joseph Higbee the

Testator therein named, sign and seal the same, and

heard him publish, pronounce and declare the within

writing to be his last will and Testament; and that at the

doing thereof the said Testator was of sound and dispos-

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ing mind and memory as far as these deponents know

and as they verily believe; and that William Halsted

the other subscribing witness was present at the same

time and signed his name as a witness to the said will

together with these deponents in the presence of the said

Testator Zac. Rossell

Sworn & subscribed, at Trenton in } Phil Dickinson

the County Hunterdon the eighth }

day of January A.D. 1830. before me. G. Maxwell Surgt.~

State of New. Jersey }

Hunterdon county Ss. } Elizabeth L. Higbee and Lawr~

ence Lewis the executors in the within last will and

testament named, being duly sworn according to law, did

depose and say that the within Instrument contained the

true last will and Testament of Joseph Higbee, late of

the City of Trenton, deceased, the testator therein named

so far as they know and as they verily believe, that

they will well and truly perform the same by paying

first the debts of the said deceased, and then the legacies

in the said testament specified, so far as the goods, chattles

and credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend, and

that they will make and exhibit into the surrogates office

of the County of Hunterdon a true and perfect Invent-

ory of all and singular the goods, chattles, and credits

of the said deceased, that have or shall come to their

knowledge or possession, or to the possession of any other

person or persons to their use, and render a just and

true account thereof, when thereunto lawfully required.

Sworn & subscribed at Trenton } Elizabeth L. Higbee

in the County of Hunterdon } Lawrence Lewis

This 8th day of January A.D. }

1830~ Before me G. Maxwell Surgt.~

State of New Jersey Ss~

I James D. Westcott, Secretary of the

State of New Jersey and Register of the Prerogative office

of said state, do hereby certify, that the annexed is a

true copy of the last Will and testament of Joseph

Higbee, late of the county of Hunterdon in said state

deceased, and also of the probate thereof as taken

from and compared with the original now rem-

aining on file in the said Prerogative office.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

{Seal} my hand, and affixed the Prerogative seal,

at the City of Trenton, in said state, this fifth

day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand

eight hundred and thirty-six- (1836)

James D. Westcott~

Recorded the foregoing authenticated copy of Will May 23d 1837~

Attest. Thos Reynolds. Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 18th

day of May A.D. 1837, before the Honorable Joseph R. Swan

President, and Ezra Griswold & John Lugenbeel Esqrs two

of his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas

in and for the county of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last Will & testament

of John Garvin, decd, was produced in open Court & proved

by the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto, as

reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be recorded. And

thereupon on motion of Thos M Garvin and John Garvin

the executors in said will named, by Mr. Powell their

Atty It is ordered, that letters testamentary be granted

them, upon their entering into bonds in the sum of

$1000.00 cts. with Waitman Willey and John Hazlett as

security. And it is further ordered that Almon Starks,

Jacob Rosecrans and Nicholas Manville appraise the

personal property of said estate.

In the name of God, Amen. I John

Garvin of the township of Porter, County of Delaware, in

the State of Ohio, do make and publish, this my last will

and testament in manner and form following that is

to say~ "First, It is my will that my funeral expenses

and all my just debts be fully paid. "Second, I give, devise,

and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Garvin in lieu of

her dower the plantation, on which we now reside, situate

in Porter township, Delaware County and State of Ohio in

township five, range sixteen, and Section three, containing

three hundred acres, during her natural life, and all

the live stock, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs ect by me now owned

and kept thereon, also all the Household furniture, and

other items not particularly named, and otherwise disposed

of in this will, during her natural life as aforesaid.

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She however first, disposing of a sufficiency thereof to pay

my just debts, as aforesaid, and at the death of my said

wife, all the property hereby devised or bequeathed to her

as aforesaid, or so much thereof as may then remain

unexpended to my six sons, and two daughters, and to

their heirs and assigns forever. "Third, I give and devise

to my eldest son Thomas M Garvin, the lot on the west

side of the creek, called and Known as big walnut, Creek

on which he now resides, containing Fifty-acres, to have

use of it, as long as his mother Sarah Garvin lives or until

Andrew B. Garvin comes of age. "Fourth, I give and devise

to my two sons, John Garvin and Conrad S. Garvin the use

of the above described plantation only the above described

fifty acres that Thomas M Garvin has the use of, so long

as they provide for my wife Sarah Garvin, and Keeps her

in the necessary comforts of life, so long as she may live.

the said John Garvin and Conrad S. Garvin to have all that

they can make on said farm after paying the expence

of the family. "Fifth, My fourth, fifth, and sixth sons

James H. Garvin, Robert Garvin, and Andrew B. Garvin,

my wish is to have them put to trades of their own choice

James H Garvin, next spring, and the other two boys Robert

Garvin, and Andrew B. Garvin when the come to the age

of fifteen or sixteen as circumstances will allow of and

admit. "Sixth, I give and devise to my two daughters, Mary

B. Garvin and Martha Garvin as long as the remain single

their living on the farm by their helping to take care of

the family. "Seventh, I give and devise all my property

that will or shall remain after the death of my wife Sarah

Garvin, and Andrew B Garvin comes of age not expended

to be sold to the best advantage, and divided equally amonst

my eight children equally, after giving my eldest son

Thomas M. Garvin, Two hundred and fifty-dollars for his

services to me after he was Twenty-one and before leaving

me. Also to my second son John Garvin Two-hundred and

fifty-dollars for his services to me after he was twenty

one, also to my daughter, Mary B. Garvin one hundred

and fifty dollars for her services after coming of age, to

them, their heirs and assigns forever. "Eighth, My

wish is that my three oldest sons, Thomas M Garvin, John

Garvin and Conrad S. Garvin, will give my daughter Mary

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B. Garvin a decent out set for Keeping house. provided she

gets married, which shall be at the discretion of her

mother when married, and to be deducted out of her part

of the property, without intererst. when the division takes

place, and all the estate settled up. "Ninthly, That my

executors take good care of the farm, and let no timber go

to waste, without what is needed, to put the farm in repair

and Keep it repairs. And lastly I hereby, constitute and

appoint, my two oldest sons, Thomas M Garvin and John

Garvin to be the executors of this my last will and testament

revoking and annuling all other wills by me made and

ratifying and confirming this and no other, to be my last

will and testament. In testimony whereof I

have hereunto set my hand, and seal, this twenty-second

day of December 1836.

signed, published & declared by } John Garvin {seal}

the above named John Garvin }

as & for his last will & testament in presence of us, who at

his request, have signed as witnesses to the same~

Waitman Willey~ Sarah Shaver.

Robert McCutchan~

Delaware County: Ss In the Court of Common

Pleas. May Term 1837~

The undersigned, Waitman Willey, Sarah Shaver & Robert

McCutchan, in open Court being duly sworn upon their

oaths do say, that they are witnesses to the last Will and

testament of John Garvin. now produced in Court, bearin

-g date the 22d day of December 1836. That the said will

was signed by the said John Garvin now deceased at the

date thereof in our presence, at this residence in Porter

township, in the said County, that the said John Garvin

then and there in our presence published the same as

his last will and testament, and we in his presence &

in the presence of each other signed our names thereto as

witnesses, at his request. That the said John Garvin at

that time was of the age of about fifty-years, and of

sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint.

And we further say, that the said John Garvin after the

making the said will, to wit, about the 11th day of March last

died, and further say not. Robert McCutchan, Sarah Shaver

Sworn & subscribed to open Court this 18th day May 1837 Waitman Willey

T. Reynolds, Clerk~

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Recorded the foregoing Will &c. May 24th 1837~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~



Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 19th

day of May A.D. 1837. before the Honorable Joseph R. Swan

President, and Ezra Griswold & John Lugenbeel Esqrs two

of his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas

in and for the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will and

testament of Peter Willey, decd, was produced in open Court

and proved, by the testimony of the subscribing witnesses

thereto as reduced to writing, approved and ordered to be

recorded I, Peter Willey

of the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio, do make

and publish this my last will and testament in the

manner and form following, that is to say, "First, It

is my will that my funeral expences, and all my just

debts be fully paid. "Secondly, I give, devise, and bequeath

to my beloved wife, Ave Willey over and above her

dower, one mare, one Cow & heifer, two beds & bedding, one

Clock, Table, & Sugar Kettle. together with one dresser and

all the dresser or Kitchen furniture during her natural

life, and that at the death of my said wife, all the property

hereby devise or bequeathed to her as aforesaid, or so much

thereof as may then remain unexpended to my son George

and his heirs and assigns forever. "Thirdly, I give and

devise to my youngest son George Willey the farm on

which I now reside, containing twenty-six acres, and

one-hundred and six rods, be the same more or less, situate

in Troy township, Delaware County, Ohio. agreeable to the

bounds and butts, specified in a deed given by Henry Willey

and Elizabeth his wife to me, dated April 30th 1831. and

Recorded in the Recorder's office in the County aforesaid,

on the 9th of September of the year aforesaid. Also two

colts, one waggon and horse gears together with Sheep and

Hogs, and all other articles, and items, not particularly

named, and otherwise, disposed of in this will to him and

to his heirs, and assigns forever, he however first disposing

of a sufficiency thereof, to pay all my just debts as

aforesaid. "Fourthly, I give and devise to my son Henry

one dollar. "Fifthly, I give & devis to my son Thomas one dollar

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"Sixthly, I give and devise to my son Samuel, one-dollar.

"Seventhly, I give & devise to my daugher Elizabeth, one. dollar.

"Eighthly, I give & devise to my daughter Catherine, one-dollar.

"Ninethly, I give & devise to my daughter Barbara, one. dollar.

"Tenthly, I give & devise to my daughter Christianna, one dollar.

"Eleventhly, I give & devise to my daughter Susan, one dollar.

"Twelthly, I give & devise to my daughter Margaret, one-dollar.

"Thirteenthly, I give & devise to my daughter Sarah, one-dollar.

And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son Henry

Willey to be the executor for this my last will and testament

revoking and annulling all former wills by me made and

ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last

will and testament. In testimony

whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this 2d day

of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight

hundred & thirty-six.

Signed, published & declared by the } Peter Willey {seal}

above named Peter Willey as & for }

his last Will & testament in presence of us, who at his

request have signed as witnesses to the same~

James Davenport

Delaware County: Ss~ William P. Eagon

Court of Common Pleas May Term 1837~

We the subscribers, James Davenport, & Wm P. Eagon being

duly sworn in open Court, upon their oaths say that they

are witnesses to the last will & testament of Peter Willey

now produced in court, bearing date the 2d day of February

1836. that the said Will, was signed by the said Peter Willey

now decd, at the date thereof, in our presence at his residen

-ce in Troy- township, in the said County, that the said Peter

Willey then & there, in our presence published the same as

his last will and testament, and we in his presence, and

in the presence of each other, signed our names thereto

as witensses at his request. That the said Peter Willey

at the time was of the age of about Sixty-years, and

of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint.

And we further say, that the said: Peter Willey, after the

making the said Will, to wit; about the 29th day of June last died &

further say not. James Davenport

Sworn & subscribed to in open } William P. Eagon~

Court this 19th day of May A.D. 1837~} T. Reynolds~ Clerk~

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Recorded the foregoing Will etc May 24th 1837~

Attest T. Reynolds Clerk~



Pleas held at the Court. House in Delaware, on the 15th

day of September A.D. 1837, before the Honorable Joseph

R. Swan, President & Ezra Griswold, John Brundige

& John Lugenbeel Esqrs his associates, Judges of the

Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Delaware,

in the State of Ohio.

This day an authenticated Copy of the

last will & testament of Wm W. Evans, late of Knox

County, in this State, having relation to real property

in this County, was presented by Mr. Fisher in behalf

of the executors to such will, and upon his motion it

is ordered by the Court here, that the same be admitted

to record. The State of Ohio, Knox County; Ss~

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings,

Whereas, at a Court of Common Pleas, held at

{seal} Mount Vernon, within & for the County of Knox,

& State of Ohio, before the President & Associate

Judges thereof, on the 17th day of October in the year of

our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. The last

Will & testament of Wm W. Evans deceased, was produ-

ced in Court proved & admitted to record /a certified

copy of said Will & proof is hereunto annexed/ And the

said deceased, having whilst living, & at the time of his

death, goods, chattels & credits within this State, by means

whereof the proving & registering said Will, & the grant-

ing of administration of all & singular the goods, chattels

and credits; and also the auditing, allowing & finally

adjusting & discharging the accounts thereof doth apper-

tain & belong to said Court. Therefore the administration

of all an singular, the goods, chattels & credits of the said

deceased, & all things in any way concerning his Will,

is granted unto Thomas Evans & Moses Powell the

executors in said Will named. They being first duly

sworn are hereby required well & faithfully to adminis-

ter the same, & to make & exhibit to said Court as true &

perfect inventory of all an singular the said goods, chat-

tels and credits; And also to render a just and true acc-

ount thereof, when thereunto required.

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In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said

Court to be affixed to these presents, Witnesses. Ezra Dean

Esqr, President of our said Court, this 17th day of October

A.D. 1836. Alex Elliott Clerk~

Court of Common Pleas, Knox County, Ohio~

October Term. A.D. 1836~ Be it remembered, that on

this day the last Will & testament of Wm W. Evans, deceased,

was produced in Court, & Moses Powell & Byram Beers the

subscribing witnesses thereto being in open Court, duly sworn

and interrogated, depose, and say, that they saw the said

deceased sign the said Will, and heard him acknowledge

the same to be his last will & testament, and that in the

presence, & by the express direction of the testator, they signed

the same as witnesses. And the said witnesses being further

interrogated, state that the said testator, at the time of

signing the said Will, was of sound mind & memory, of

full age, and not under any restraint to the best of their

belief. Whereupon it appearing to the Court that said Will

was duly executed, it is ordered that letters testamentary

issue to Thomas Evans & Moses Powell the executors in

said Will named, upon their entering into bond in the

sum of Twelve hundred dollars, with Byram Beers and

James Holt who are approved of as bail, and it is further

ordered that the Clerk record said Will, and the proof above

taken; and it is further ordered by the Court that Benja-

min Jones, John George and David Reese, appraise the

personal estate of said deceased, thereupon the said Thomas

Evans, and Moses Powell, appeared in open Court, and were

duly sworn agreeably to law. Mary Evans, widow of the

said deceased, appeared in open Court and relinquished her

right to dower, & elected to take under the Will, which said

Will so proved and ordered to be recorded reads in the words

and figures following~ to wit~ "In the name of God. Amen.

I, William. W. Evans of Chester Township, Knox County, in

the State of Ohio, being weak in body but sound & disposing

mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish

this my last Will and testament in manner & form

following, that is to say~ "First~ It is my will that my

funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.

"Second~ I give devise & bequeath to my beloved wife Mary

Evans in lieu of her dower, the Plantation on which we

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now reside, situate in Chester Township, Knox County &

State of Ohio, containing one hundred and twenty-five

acres, more particularly described in my deeds recorded

at Mount Vernon, during her natural life, and one third

part of all my personal property and money for her use

during her natural life, after all my just debts & funeral

expenses be first paid. "Third, I give and devise to my

son Thomas Evans the farm on which he now resides.

situate in Harmony Township, Delaware County, in

the State of Ohio, which I have deeded to to him in a

deed bearing date August eleventh A.D. 1836 and I con-

sider to be his full share of all my real & personal prop-

erty. "Fourth, I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin

Evans the Plantation on which we now reside, containing

one hundred and twenty five acres as described above

after the death of my beloved wife Mary Evans, he how-

ever to pay my daughter Catherine Evans one hundred

dollars when he arrives to the age of twenty two years,

and one hundred dollars to my daughter Juliann

Evans when he arrives to the age of Twenty three years.

"Fifth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Howard,

Elizabeth Salisbury, Rachel Hayden, Hannah Mere-

dith, Katharine Evans, & Juliann Evans the remaining

two thirds of all my personal property & money, and

also my interest in an undivided tract of land in

partnership with Joseph Morris containing in all

eighty acres lying in Harmony township, Delaware

County and State of Ohio, each to have an equal share

except that my beloved wife Mary Evans is to have an

equal share with my daughters in the last described

tract of land. And lastly I hereby constitute and app-

oint my said son Thomas Evans and Moses Powell to

be the Executors of this my last Will and testament

revoking and annulling all former Wills by me made

and ratifying and confirming this and no other to

be~ last Will and testament. In testimony whereof

I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleven-

th day of August A.D. 1836. William W $ (his mark) Evans

Signed, published and declared by the above named

William W. Evans as and for his last Will and Testament

in presence of us who at his request have signed as

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witnesses to the same. Moses Powell, Byram Beers~

The Seal of Ohio, Knox County; Ss~

{seal} I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy

of the last will & testament of Wm W. Evans, deceased

now on file in my office and recorded in Record of Wills

Book A, page 286 Ss. ect~ In testimony whereof I have

hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal

of office, at Mount Vernon, this 16th day of January 1837~

Alexr Elliott, Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing authenticated Copy of Will. Septr 21st 1837~

Attest~ T. Reynolds, Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 16th day

of September A.D. 1837, before the Honorable Joseph R.

Swan President, & Ezra Griswold, John Brundige and

John Lugenbeel Esqrs his associates, Judges of the Court of

Common Plea,. in & for the County of Delaware, in the

State of Ohio.

This day the last will and testament of Lewis

Perry deceased, was produced in open Court & proved by

the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto as

reduced to writing, approved and ordered to be recorded

And thereupon, on motion of Levi Meredith the executor

in said will named, it is ordered that letters testament

-ary be granted him, upon his entering into bonds in

the sum of $1500.00 cts. with Increase Speer & Squire Whe-

-aton as security. And it is further ordered that George

Clark, Moses. J. Cobus & Alexander. G. Henderson appr-

-aise the personal property of said estate.

I Lewis Perry of the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio,

do make and publish this my last will and testament in

manner and form following, that is to say, "1st~ It is my

will that my funeral expences and all my just debts be

fully paid. 2nd~ I give, devise and bequeath to my belo-

-ved wife Phebe Perry in lieu of her dower the plantation

on which we now reside, situate in the County and

State aforesaid, in township four, Section twelve, Range

Sixteen, containing forty acres be the same more or less,

during her natural life, and all the live stock. Cows,

hogs, by me now owned and Kept thereon, also all the

household furniture and other items not particular

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named and otherwise Disposed of in this will, During

her natural Life as aforesaid. She however first disposing

of a sufficiency thereof to pay my just debts as aforesaid

and that at the death of my said wife, all the property

hereby Devised or Bequeathed to her as aforesaid, or so

much thereof as may then remain unexpended, to

my daughter Rosenah Perry and to her heirs and assigns

forever. "3rd I give and Devise to my only Daughter, Rosenah

Perry all my rights, claims, Dowers, Gifts, Grants or Rights

of Dower and Remainders or Reversions whatever and to

her heirs and assigns forever. "4th and Lastly I hereby con-

stitute and appoint Levi Meredith to be the Executor

for this my last will and testament, revoking and

annulling all former wills by me made and ratifying

and confirming this and no other to be my last will

and testament. In testimony whereof, I have here-

unto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of

July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.

Lewis Perry {seal}

Signed, published and declared_the above named

Lewis Perry as and for his last will and testament in

presence of us, who at his request, have signed as witn-

esses_ the same. Squire Wheaten, Encries G. Speer~


Personally appeared in open Court Encries. and

Squire Wheaten. witnesses of the Will of Lewis Perry, decd

late of Trenton township, Deleware County, and having

been duly sworn, depose and say that Lewis Perry

died on or about the 26th day of July 1837 that about

a week previous he made his last will at the time

he executed it he was we believe of sound mind and

memory, and not under any restraint, this was done

in our presence, and at the request of the deceased, we

witnessed the will~ Squire Wheaton

Encries. G. Speer~

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, this 16th day

of September A.D. 1837. T. Reynolds, Clerk~


Recorded the foregoing Will ect Septr 21st 1837.

Attest T. Reynolds, Clerk~

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Pleas at a Special Court, held at the Court House, in Delaware

on the 27th day of September A.D. 1837, before the Honorable

Ezra Griswold, John Brundige & John Lugenbeel, associate

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of

Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will and

testament of Christopher Moore decd was produced in

open Court & proved by the testimony of two of the subscribing

witnesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved & ordered

to be recorded. And thereupon on motion of Francis

Maze the Executor in said will named, it is ordered that

letters testamentary be granted him, upon his entering

into bonds in the sum of $300.00? with Emery Moore

& John. G. Curry as securety. And it is further ordered

that Hugh. T. Cunningham, Roswell Fields & William

Gallant appraise the personal property of said estate.


I Christopher Moore of the County of Delaware, in the

State of Ohio, do make and publish this my last will

and testament in manner and form following, that is

to say; "First, It is my will that my funeral expences,

and all my just debts be fully paid. "Second, I give,

devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Catherine

Moore in lieu of her dower the plantation on which we

now reside, situate in the County and State aforesaid,

containing about one hundred and eleven acres during

her natural life, and all the live stock, horses, cattle, sheep,

hogs &c by me now owned and Kept thereon, also all the

household furniture, and other items not particularly

named, and otherwise disposed of in this will, during

her natural life as aforesaid, she however first disposing

of a sufficiency thereof to pay my just debts as aforesaid.

and that at the death of my said wife, one thousand dol-

lars to my brother Thomas Moore living in Ireland,

Dublin high St. and to his heirs and assigns forever, the

remainder (if any) at her own disposal after all just

demands are paid. And lastly, I hereby constitute

and appoint Francis Maize to be the Executor for this

my last will and testament, revoking and annulling

all former wills by me made and ratifying & confirm-

ing this and no other to be my last will & testament.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,

and seal, this thirteenth day of September, one thou-

sand eight hundred and thirty seven.

Christopher Moore~

Signed, published and declared by the above named

Christopher Moore as and for his last will and testament

in presence of us, who at his request, have signed as wit-

nesses to the same. Hugh T. Cunningham

John. G. Curry. William Gallant~

State of Ohio, Delaware County; Ss~

At a special Session of the Court of Common Pleas.

held by the Associate Judges, at the Court House Septr 27th

1837. Hugh. T. Cunningham and John. G. Curry

being duly sworn in open Court, upon their oaths say

that the paper here produced in Court, purporting to

be the last will & testament of Christopher Moore, bear-

ing date the thirteenth day of September 1837 is the

will and testament of the said Christopher Moore by

him on the said day & year last mentioned at his

residence in Thompson Township in the said County,

published and declared then and there as such, that the

said will & testament was then and there signed by the

said Cunningham for the said Moore, in the presence of

the said Moore and by his express direction, that these

deponents then and there at the request of the said Moore

in his presence and in the presence of each other signed

their names to the said will as witnesses, and then

and there heard the said Moore acknowledge the sign_

ing thereof to be his act, and as his last will & testament

they further say that the said Moore was at the time

aforesaid at least sixty years of age, of soud mind

and memory, and not under any restraint, and fur-

ther say not. Hugh T. Cunningham

John G. Curry

Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court Septr 27th 1837~

T. Reynolds, Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c Septr 28th 1837~

Attest, T. Reynolds, Clerk~

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Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

20th day of March A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R. Swan President, & Ezra Griswold, John

Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his associates,

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the

County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of

James Trindle decd was produced in open Court

& proved by the testimony of the subscribing wit-

-nesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved &

ordered to be recorded. And thereupon Ann

Trindle the Executrix in said will named refu-

-sing to act, on motion. It is ordered that letters

of Administration with the will annexed be

granted to David Mitchel who is ordered to

enter into bonds in the sum of $6000.00? with

John Brundige 2d & William Brundige as

security. It is further ordered that Henry

Patee, Alva Patee & Jonathan Coomer appraise

the personal property of said estate.

I James Trindle of the County of Delaware

in the State of Ohio do make & publish this my

last will & testament in manner & form following-

-ing that is to say. First, I give devise and

bequeath to my wife Anna Trindle all the live

stock, Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs by me now

owned also all the household furniture & other

items not particularly named, also all the

farming utensils and the other articles of husbandry

also all the money due me except fourteen hun-

-dred & seventy dollars due me by Even Noris the

interest of the last named sum I also give to my

wife if she needs it for the support of the family

and that at the death of my said wife, all the

property hereby devised or bequeathed to her as

aforesaid, or so much thereof as may then remain

unexpended to my two eldest sons John B. and

James B. Trindle & to their heirs & assigns forever.

Second, I give and devise to my eight daughters

Mary, Elizabeth, Loiza, Sarah, Nancy, Margaret

Jennett, Florilla, fourteen hundred and seventy

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dollars due me by E. Norris the interest of

of said money if not needed for the support of the

family. Third, I give and devise to my third son

William. B. Trindle the west half of the south east

quarter of section No. fourteen in Township No.

seven of range No. seventeen M.Y. containing

eighty six acres more or less to him the said

William B. Trindle his heirs and assigns forever.

And lastly I hereby constitute & appoint my

wife said Anna Trindle to be the Executor for

this my last will & testament, revoking and

annulling all former wills by me made and

ratifying and confirming this and no other to

be my last will & testament. I testimony

whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal

this 28th day of June 1837.

James Trindle {seal}

Signed, Published & declared by the above named

James Trindle as & for his last will & testament

in presence of us who at his request have sign-

-ed as witnesses to the same.

John Brundige 2nd ~ David Mitchell~

State of Ohio Delaware County; Ss.

Personally appeared in open Court John Brundige

2nd & David Mitchell who being duly sworn on

their oath say that they saw James Trindle sign

the will here presented, that said Trindle requested

the deponents to sign it as witnesses that it was

his last will & testament that said Trindle was

of sound & disposing mind & memory, and not

under any restraint, that they severally signed

their names at his request, and that said testator

is now dead. John Brundige

David Mitchell~

Sworn & subscribed in open Court March 20th 1838

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will etc March 28th 1838~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

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Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

the 20th day of March A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R. Swan President, & Ezra Griswold. John

Brundige & John Lugenbeel Exqrs his Associates,

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the

County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament

of Watkin Watkins decd was produced in open

Court & proved by the testimony of the subscribing

witnesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved

& ordered to be recorded. And thereupon on motion

of Evan Watkins & John Watkins the Exrs in

said will named, It is ordered that letters tes-

-tamentary be granted them upon their entering

into bonds in the sum of $500.00? with John

Fleming & Prior Cox as security. It is further ordered

that Morgan Williams, George Wolfley and James

Kyle appraise the personal property of said estate.

In the name of God. Amen~

I Watkin Watkins of Radnor township Delaware

County & State of Ohio do make & publish this my

last will & testament. Item 1st It is my will that

my funeral expenses be fully paid. Item 2d I give

& devise to my beloved wife Elizabeth in lieu of

her dower the farm on which we now reside,

situate in the township of Radnor and described

as follows/ to wit/ Lot No. eight in the fourth section

of the sixth township of the twentieth Range of the

United States Military Lands in the State of Ohio

during her natural life also two beds & bedding

one bureau two tables one Cow four Sheep & to

the amount of ten dollars of any other property

that she may see proper to choose. Item 3rd I

give and devise to my son Evan Watkins the sum

of fifty dollars to be paid as hereinafter mentioned

Item 4th. I give & devise to my son Robert Watkins

the sum of Five Dollars to be paid as hereinafter

mentioned. Item 5th I give & devise to my son

Thomas Watkins the sum of One hundred dollars

to be paid as hereinafter mentioned. Item 6th,

I give & devise to my daughter Charlotte Lawrence

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the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars to be paid

as herein after mentioned. Item 7th I give and

devise to my daughter Mary Bennett the following

described tract of Land to wit, commencing at the

south east corner of Hugh Kyle lands thence

east five rods of the frame house of said Mary

Bennett thence North sixteen rods, thence west

to said Hugh Kyle's line thence south to the place

of beginning being in lot No. 8 Section 4 Township

six Range 20. U.S. Military Lands in Delaware

County & State of Ohio supposed to contain two

acres and eight rods. Item 8th. I give and devise

to my son John Watkins the farm on which

we now reside situate in the Township of Radnor

& described as follows /to wit/ Lot No. eight /8/ in

the fourth section /4/ of the sixth township /6/ of

the twentieth range /20/ of the United States Mili-

-tary lands in the County of Delaware & State of

Ohio except the tract that I have herein willed

to my daughter Mary Bennett as herein described

after the death of my beloved wife Elizabeth also

one Hundred acres of land lying & being in

Section No. 1 of Town_ six of Range 20 lying

along the south boundary line of said section

in the County of Delaware & State of Ohio. Item

9th I give & devise to my daughter Mary Bennett

one hundred dollars to be paid hereinafter

mentioned. Item 10th My son John Watkins in

consideration of the premises by me willed to

him is to pay the following sums as before

mentioned. To Evan Watkins twenty five dollars,

To Robert Watkins two dollars & fifty cents. To

Thomas Watkins fifty dollars. To Charlotte Lawrence

seventy five dollars & to Mary Bennett fifty

dollars which said sums are to be paid within

eighteen month after the death of my wife

Elizabeth Watkins. also to Evan Watkins twenty

five dollars, to Robert Watkins two dollars &

fifty cents, to Thomas Watkins fifty dollars,

to Charlotte Lawrence seventy five dollars &

to Mary Bennett fifty dollars to be paid within

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three years after the death of my wife Elizabeth

Watkins also said John is to get all my personal

property that I have not willed & he is to pay

all my debts. And lastly I do hereby nominate

and appoint my sons Evan & John Watkins

Executors of this my last will & testament revoking

and annulling all former wills by me made.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my

hand & seal this 29th day of January A.D. 1838~

Watkin X [his mark] Watkins {seal}

Signed and acknowledged by said Watkin Watkins

as his last will and testament in our presence &

signed by us in his presence.

Abraham Edwards~ Morgan Williams~

Abraham Edwards & Morgan Williams upon

their oaths say concerning the last will and

testament of Watkin Watkins decd that the said

Watkin Watkins executed a will to which they

are witnesses, dated the 29th day of January A.D.

1838. That said Watkins was then of sound mind

and memory & not under any restraint.

Morgan Williams~ Abraham Edwards~

Subscribed & Sworn to in open Court Mch 20th 1838~

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will ect~ March 29th 1838

Attest T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

20th day of March A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold, John

Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his Associates,

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the

County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament

of Ephraim Simmons decd was produced in open

Court & proved by the testimony of the subscribing

witnesses thereto as reduced to writing, approved

& ordered to be recorded. And thereupon on

motion of Justus Simmons & Polly Simmons the

Executors in said will named. It is ordered

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that letters testamentary be granted them upon

their entering into bonds in the sum of $900.00?

with John Gardner & Jospeh Horr as security.

It is further ordered that Micajah Dillingham,

Robert Gardner & Josiah Horr appraise the

Personal Property of said estate.

The last will & testament of Ephraim

Simmons. I Ephraim Simmons of Peru Town-

-ship, in the County of Delaware & State of Ohio,

being weakly of body, tho' of a sound disposing

mind & memory, thinking it necessary to make

my will & settle my estate which I am favoured

with, therefore I give bequeath & devise the same

in manner & form following. And first, my will

is, & I hereby order that all my just debts and

funeral charges, be paid by my Executors herein

after named, out of all my estate. Imprimis~

I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Polly

Simmons all my Household goods & indoor mov-

-eables /except which I shall herein after dispose

of/ as a free gift forever. Item, I give unto my

son Jonathan Simmons one dollar. Item, I give

unto my daughter Eliza owles one dollar. Item,

I give unto my son Ephraim Simmons one dollar.

Item, I give unto my son Edward Simmons one

dollar. Item, I give unto my daughter Sarah

Cozad one dollar, all of which legacies to my five

children above named, I hereby order my executors

herein after named to pay unto each of them with-

-in two years after my decease, out of the estate

I may die seized of. Item, I give unto my said

wife Polly Simmons the use & improvement of all

the other of my estate both real & personal during

the time she shall remain my widow, except what

I do herein in this my last will & testament other-

-wise dispose of to be in lieu of her right of dower

and power of thirds. Item, I give & devise unto

my son Edward Simmons & to heirs and assigns

forever, one equal half of the lot of Land whereon

he now lives, provided he shall pay for the one

half of what the land firstly cost & make his

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payments with the interest thereon accordingly,

and pay the money into the office where such money

is deposited in due order seasonably, or so much

of one half as he does pay for. Item, I give and

devise unto my son Justus Simmons & to his heirs

and assigns forever, the other equal half of the

said lot of Land whereon his Brother Edward

now lives, after the time of his mothers widowhood

I also give unto my son Justus Simmons all my

live stock and farming utensils, together with

all the rest & residue of my personal property, not

herein otherwise disposed of, after the time in which

Polly my wife shall remain my Relict widow.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary

Ann Simmons one feather bed & beding at any

time when she may take to her a lawful hus-

-band. And if in case my son Edward doth not

pay for one equal half of the lot of Land whereon

he lives in manner aforesaid. Then and in that

case, I hereby give and devise the same unto my

son Justus Simmons & to his heirs & assigns forever

And the improvements, which my son Edward shall

make thereon, I order & direct my son Justus to pay

him therefor. I herein request and advise my son

Justus to live with, or near his mother and take

the necessary care of her in her lonesome situation

during the time she may survive me, or remain

my widow. Finally, I hereby nominate, constitute

and appoint my beloved wife Polly Simmons &

our son Justus Simmons, Executors to this my last

will and testament directing and advising them

to settle all my estate accroding to the true in-

-tent and meaning hereof, and in due course of

law, hereby declaring this and no other to be my

last will and testament. In witness whereof I

have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal

this tenth day of the fifth month/ commonly

called May/ in the year of our Lord one thousand

eight hundred and thirty ~~ 1830~

Signed, sealed, published and declared by

the said Ephraim Simmons to be his last

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will and testament in presence of us~

Ephraim Simmons {seal}

Micajah Dillingham

James Dillingham~

State of Ohio Delaware County, Ss~

Personally appeared in open Court Micajah

Dillingham and James Dillingham who being

duly affirmed say that they were called upon

to witness the last will & testament of Ephraim

Simmons now deceased which last will and

testament is now before the court. That they saw

said Simmons sign said last will and testament

that said Simmons was of lawful age and of

sound mind and discretion, that he signed the

same without restraint in any way, and we

signed the same as witnesses in his presence

and at his request. Micajah Dillingham

James Dillingham

Sworn & subsecibed in open Court

March 20th 1838~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c Mch 29th 1838

Attest T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on

the 22nd day of March A.D. 1838 before the Honora-

-ble Joseph R Swan President & Ezra Griswold

John Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his Associates

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the

County of Delaware in the State of Ohio.

This day an authenticated Copy

of the Will of Samuel Davenport of the County

of Jefferson in the State of Virginia, proved ac-

-cording to the laws of said State of Virginia, &

having relation to real property within this

County, was presented by Mr. Finch in behalf

of the legatees & upon his motion it is ordered

by the court here, that the same be admitted

to record.

In the name of God, Amen. I Samuel

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Davenport of the County of Jefferson & State of

Virginia, have this 28th day of Octr 1828 made my

will in the words following, to wit; First, I will that

my loving wife Mary shall have one third part

of the Plantation I now live on, with all the houses

& improvements thereon during her natural life,

except the Houses that John Wilsher now lives in

my wife is to have free access to the well of water

near Wilsher's house, my wife is not to clear any

of the wood land, nor cut any timber, only for

fuel & lasting improvements, I give to my wife

Mary one negro man called Daniel, one other

cald Allen & a woman called Sophia & a boy cald

George Slye, to her & her heirs forever, also two

horses of her chois, two pair of horse gears, one

wagon, one bar-share & two shovel ploughs, two

mulch cows, five sheep, ten head of stock hogs,

bread & meat sufficient for her family for one year,

two beds, bedsteads & bedding, one beaug rough, six chairs,

two tables, half dozen silver table, & half dozen tea

spoons. & all my Kitching utensils for cooking &c,

also my gig & harness. Second, I give unto Elizabeth

Long, daughter of my sister Mary Long sixty acres

of Land I purchased of James Hite to her & her

heirs forever, with these restrictions that is some

years ago I purchasd a negro boy of my sister Mary

Long, cald Bill which the heirs of Mary Long would

have a rite to after the death of Mary Long now if the heirs of Mary Long or any

one of them should set up any claim or bring suit to

claim the aforesaid negro boy then in that case

the above mentioned sixty acres of Land shall by the

said Elizabeth Long shall forfet all title & claim to

the aforesaid Land, and also a negro Girl called

Fanna which the aforesaid Elizabeth Long has now

in her possession, which will be twenty two years

old in August next, who is to serve the said Eliza-

-beth till she is thirty years of age, at which time

the said Elizabeth is to set her & her increase free, &

pay all the expenses of the same, now if the aforesaid

Elizabeth Long does not set the aforesaid negro Fanna

& her increase free or cause it to be done at the

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expiration of the time above mentioned in that

case the aforesaid Elizabeth Long shall forfet all

claim or rite or interest to the above mentioned

sixty acres of Land, now if any part of the above

restrictions, should not be complied with, it is my

will that the above mentioned sixty acres of Land

shall be equally divided between Luca Cook dau-

-ghter of William Cook, brother to my first wife,

& Camilla Wilcher wife of John Wilcher, to them

& their heirs forever. Third, I have five hundred

& six acres of Land in the State of Ohio, Delaware

County, of which I give to Sirus a black man now

living on said Land, fifty three acres, and to have

it laid of where he now lives, to him & his heirs

forever. I give unto Betty a black woman one

hundred acres of the above Land to her & her

heirs forever. I give unto Nathan a yellow man

one hundred acres of the above Land, to him &

his heirs forever. I give unto George a black man

fifty three acres of the above Land to him & his heirs

forever. Fourth, I give unto Hannah C. Orrich

Daughter of my sister Catherine, Two hundred

acres of Land, part of the five hundred & six

acre tract in the State of Ohio, in Delaware County

to her & her heirs forever. The aforementioned Tract

of Five hundred & six acres when divided is to

be laid off equally in quallity in proportion to

each share. Fifth, I give unto Camilla Wilcher

an orphan child I have raisd ninety seven acres

of Land, part of the tract I now live on, to her &

her heirs forever & the houses she now lives in

the land to be laid off joining the buildings

she now occupies & to pay Elizabeth Hammel,

daughter of Mary Hammel, sister to my first

wife Two hundred & fifty dollars when she the

sd Elazabeth arrives at the age of 18 or sooner if

she should marry. I give also to Camilla Wil-

-cher a half doz. silver tea spoons markd with the

letters R.D. Sixth, I give unto Lucy Cook, daughter

of Wm Cook brother of my first wife 97 acres of

Land, part of the plantation I now live on, to her

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& her heirs forever with the encumbrance of two

hundred & fifty dollars to be paid to Lucy Davenport

Quigley, daughter of Sinah Quigley, sister to my

first wife when she at the age of 18, or sooner if

she should marry. Seventh, I will that after

the death of my wife, that the 97 acres which is

willd to my wife shall be equally divided between

Lucy Cook, daughter of Wm Cook, & Camilla Wilcher,

timber & cleared land agreeable to quantity & quality,

except the buildings & improvements thereunto, which

Lucy Cook is to have. Eighth, I will that all my

negroes which I have & some in Ohio except those

that I have willd to my wife shall be free at my

death, and my house woman Betty shall be sup-

-ported out of my estate while she lives, by Camilla

Wilcher & Lucy Cook, & each to give her /Betty/ ten

dollars yearly in cash, as long as she lives. Ninth

I will to Mary Hammel sister to my first wife

one patch work quilt, with a deep blew border,

with small round white spots. Tenth, I will

that all my personal property and out standing

debts not otherwise disposd of after my just debts

are paid, shall be equally divided between Lucy

Cook, daughter of Wm Cook & Camilla Wilcher.

I do hereby appoint my friends Chas. Orrich and

John Davenport, of Ohio, my Execurs of this my will

& testament, revoking all others by me made. & my

will is that my Executors shall not give security

in their executing this will. In Testamony hereof,

I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day &

year above written.

James Hurst senr, James Hite } Saml Davenport {seal}

Samuel J. Cramer, John Hurst }

Jefferson County. Sct~ At a Court held

for Jefferson County, the 19th day of October, 1829.

this last will and testament of Samuel Davenport

decd was proved by the oaths James Hite & John

Hurst, two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be

recorded~ and on the motion of Charles Orrich

one of the Executors therein named, who made

oath thereto, and entered into Bond in the penalty

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of Ten thousand dollars, without security/ the

Testator having directed that no security should

be required of his executors/ conditioned as the

Law requires, certificate is granted him for obtain-

ing a probate thereof in due form.

By the court~ Teste S. J. Cramer C.J.C~

Virginia, Jefferson County, sct~

I Samuel J. Cramer, Clerk of the County Court

of Jefferson County, in Virginia, hereby certify

that the foregoing is a true copy of the last will

& testament of Samuel Davenport decd as the same

is of Record in the said Court.

Given under my hand & the seal of the

{Seal} said Court this 18th day of October 1837.

Saml J. Cramer Ce,

I David Humphreys, Presiding Justice of the County

Court of Jefferson, in Virginia, certify that Saml J.

Cramer is Clerk of the said Court, duly elected &

qualified, & that his attestation is in due form.

Given under hand this 18th of October 1837.

David Humphreys~


Recorded the foregoing authenticated Copy of Will.

March 30th 1838~ Attest~ T Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the court. House in Delaware, on

the 22d day of March A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R Swan president, & Ezra Griswold, John

Brundige & John Lugenbeel Esqrs his Associates,

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for

the County of Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day an authenticated Copy

of the Will of David J.Poor of the County of

Campbell in the State of Kentucky, proved accor-

-ding to the laws of said State of Kentucky, and

having relation to real property within this

county, was presented by Mr. Brush in behalf

of the Executors to such Will, & upon his motion

it is ordered by the Court here, that the same be

admitted to record.

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In the name of God, Amen.

I David J. Poor of the County of Campbell, and

State of Kentucky, being advanced in years, feeble and

weak in body but of sound disposing mind and

memory do make ordain publish and declare this

to be my last will & testament revoking all others

by me heretofore made. I give my body to its

mother earth from whom I received it to be disposed

of by my Executors in decent form and Christian

like burial, trusting through the mediation of a

blessed Redeemer that although the body must

perish, the soul will survive and live perhaps in

a better world. After my Executors have paid

off all my honest debts I order and direct that

the balance of my property both personal, real

and mixed be distributed and disposed of in the

manner and form following viz: To my daughter

Polly J. Wade and my son in law, her husband

John P. Wade I give one dollar and no more of

any part of my estate which is to be paid by my

Executors to the said Polly J & John P Wade so

soon as they can get it into their hands by a

sale of any of my goods and chattels. The rema-

-inder of my estate after the payment of my

honest debts both personal real and mixed

either in this State or the State of Ohio. I order

and direct to be equally divided share & share

alike where it is devisible in Kind and where it

is not to be sold at reasonable credits & the proceeds

arising therefrom to be equally divided among my

children Theodore J. Poor Horrizon J. Poor & Abigail

W. Poor. I direct that my household & Kitchen

furniture of every description be sold at the disc-

-retion of my Executors and that my beloved wife

Rachael Poor buy one third thereof at public

sale in order to enable her to commence and Keep

a boarding house by which she may subsist her-

-self and two children Abigail W. Poor & Horrizon

J. Poor. The dead provisions on hand must be

used and Kept by my wife and children who

are now with her. I direct and order that my

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son Theodore J. Poor shall chuse his guardian &

that guardian shall bind him, apprentice to

whatever trade and master the said Theodore

shall elect or chuze immediately. At the age

of Sixteen of Sixteen I order and direct that my

son Horrizon J. Poor shall chose his guardian

and that guardian shall bind him apprentice

to whatever trade or master the said Horrizon

J. Poor may elect or chuse. Lastly I nominate

constitute and appoint Rachael Poor and Alfred

Sanford my Executors of this my last will and

testament to see the same in all particulars &

respects carried into complete and full effect.

The word Estate in the second page and top

line interlined before signing. In witness

whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal

this 14th day of February 1824~

Zacheus Kyle David J. X [his mark] Poor {seal}

Polly Kyle

Codicil~ In a previous

part of my will I directed my executors at

their discretion to sell all my household and

Kitchen furniture and that my wife Rachael

Poor should buy one third thereof to aid her in

Keeping a boarding house and for maintaining

my two children Horrizon J. Poor and Abigail

W Poor. I now hereby alter and and change so

much of my Will as relates to that subject by giving

to my beloved wife for the great pains and care

solicitude and anxiety which she has exercised

towards me during my extreme illness, February

19th 1824. David J. Poor {seal}

Polly Kyle. Zacheus Kyle~

State of Kentucky, Campbell County Court

March Term 1824 Sct. This Instrument

of writing purporting to be the last will and

Testament of David J. Poor deceased was produ-

-ced to the Court and proven by the oath of

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Zaccheus Kyle a subscribing witness thereto to be the

act and deed of said Poor for the uses and purposes

therein mentioned and said Kyle further states

upon his oath that the said Poor at the time of

signing & sealing the same was of sound mind &

disposing memory; Thereupon the same was est-

-ablished, together with the Codicil thereto annexed

and ordered to be recorded which is accordingly

done in my Office Will Book page 94. Given under

my_ this 22d day of March 1824.

James Taylor Clk~

State of Kentucky, Campbell County Court

November Term 1837 Sct~ The last will

and Testament of David J. Poor, deceased with a

Commission and Deposition of Polly Kyle, a witness

to said will as to the execution ect of the same was

produced in Court and being examined, it is Ordered

that said Will with the Dedimus and Deposition

aforesaid be recorded as and for the last will and

Testament of said David J. Poor deceased.

Attest~ John N. Taliaferro Clk

Commonwealth of Kentucky Campbell County Sct~

I John N. Taliaferro Clerk of the County

Court for the County aforesaid, certify that the

foregoing is a true copy of the Last will & testament

of David J. Poor. Deceased together with the cer-

-tificates of the proof thereof as it appears upon

the Records of my Office~

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set

{Seal} my hand and affixed the seal of said

County, at the Court House in Newport

this 11th day of December A.D. 1837 & in the 46th year of

the commonwealth. John N. Taliaferro C.C.C.C.

Commwlth of Kentucky Campbell County Sct~

I, John Carlisle Presiding Justice of the Peace

in & for said County, do certify that Jno N. Taliaferro is

Clerk of said County Court, duly qualified & sworn into office

& that full faith & credit ought to be given to all his official

acts as such. Given under my hand this 11th day of December

1837. John Carlisle J.P.C.C.

Recorded

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the foregoing authenticated Copy of Will

March 30th 1838~ Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

19th day of June A.D. 1838 before the Honorable Joseph

R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold & John Lugenbeel

Esqrs two of his Associates, Judges of the Court of

Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware in

the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of Nathan

Clark decd was produced in open Court & proved by

the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto as

reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be recorded.

In the name of God, amen. I Nathan

Clark of the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio,

being weak in body but of sound & disposing mind

& memory & understanding, do make & publish this

my last will & testament, in manner & form, that

is to say. First, I give devise & bequeath to my belov

-ed wife Rebecca Clark in lieu of her dower, my

loom that is a weavers loom together with all the

needs & other utensils belonging to said loom, also

her bed & bedding & all the household furniture

that she the said Rebecca had & brought with her

when we were united in marriage. also all the house-

-hold furniture & other items not particularly named

& otherwise disposed of in this will. also I give and

bequeath to the said Rebecca Clark one light coloured

two years old heifer, also one ham of smoked meat

& thirty pounds of pickle pork, also my soap barrel &

soap & as much soap grease as she sees proper to take

also the wool of the sheep. Second, I give & bequeath

to my daughter, Lettice, the sum of two dollars. Third,

I give and devise to my eldest son Nathan Clark Jr.

my black mare, the mule foal excepted, also one

breeding sow. Fourth, I give and devise to my

daughter Nancy one large pot & one bake kettle

Fifth, I give and devise to my daughter Rhoda

one two years old red & white heifer. Sixth, I

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give and devise and bequeath to my second son Elisha

Clark. the west half of the fifty acres of land on which

we now reside, being a part of Lot 16 in the third

Section, in the sixth township, in the seventeenth Range

of the United States Military Survey, to have & to hold

the said west half of fifty acres, to him the said

Elisha Clark during his natural life, then to descend

and pass to Ransom Clark, eldest son of the said Elisha

Clark, also I give and devise to my said son Elisha

one two years old black horse colt & one ten gallon

Kettle. Seventh, I give & devise to Ransom Clark, el-

-dest son of Elisha Clark one three years old heifer

red & white, with a line back being the same that

is now Known by the name of the said Ransoms

heifer. Eighth, I give & devise to my daughter Betsy

one Cow. Ninth, I give devise and bequeath to my

youngest son Calvin Clark all the East half of the

aforesaid fifty acres of land that we now reside on

being a part of lot 16 in the third section in the

sixth township, in the seventeenth Range. United

States Military Survey, also I give and devise to my

said son Calvin, the mule foal that has been ex-

-cepted in this will also one pair or yoke of two

year old Steers, being the same Steers that I let the

said Calvin have to trade for a waggon, also as

many hogs as the said Calvin thinks proper to

fatten, and all the farming utensils which I now

own also one thirteen gallon Kettle, for which

the said Calvin Clark is to settle and pay off all

my just debts. Lastly, I give and devise that the

remaining part of my hogs not otherwise disposed

of in this will shall be divided equally between

my two sons Elisha and Calvin Clark. And

furthermore, I give and devise to my son Calvin

Clark my great Coat. And lastly I give & devise

to my youngest daughter Almira Clark, all my

bed and bedding and my chest & three chairs, also

one year old horse colt. In testimony

whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal

this second day of May in the year of our Lord

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one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven

Nathan Clark {seal}

Signed published and declared by the above

named Nathan Clark as and for his last will and

testament in presence of us who at his request have

signed as witnesses to the same.

Nicholas McLaughlin~ Samuel Cleveland~ Isaac Fleming~

The State of Ohio, Delaware County; Ss~

In the Court of Com. Pleas. June Term 1838,

Samuel Cleveland and Isaac Fleming being duly

sworn in open Court upon their oaths say, that the

paper now here produced in Court, purporting to be

the last will & testament of Nathan Clark, and

bearing date the second day of May A.D. 1837 was by

the said Nathan Clark on that day executed and

published at his residence in Peru Township in

the said County, as his last will & testament in

the presence of the said Samuel Cleveland, Isaac

Fleming & Nicholas McLaughlin witnesses to the

said will, that the said Nathan Clark then &

there signed & sealed the same will in our presence,

& the said witnesses then & there in his presence & at

his request & in the presence of each other signed

their names thereto as witnesses that the said

Nathan Clark was then about sixty eight years

of age, of sound mind & memory, & acting under

no restraint but of his own free will & accord.

& further say not. Samuel Cleveland

Isaac Fleming~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court June 19th 1838

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c~ July 16th 1838

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware,

on the 20th day of June A.D. 1838 before the

Honorable Joseph R. Swan President and Ezra

Griswold & John Lugenbeel Esqs two of his

associates, judges of the Court of Common Pleas

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in & for the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will and testament of

Clark H. Dwinnell decd was produced in open court

& proved by the testimony of the subscribing witnesses

thereto as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to

be recorded. And thereupon, on motion of Mehitable

Dwinell & Joseph Keen the Executors in said will

named. It is ordered that letters testementary

be granted them upon their entering into bonds

in the sum of $1200.00? with George Landon and

Peleg Bunker as security. And it is further ordered

that Josiah Horr, John Bunker & Peleg T. Sherman

appraise the personal property of said estate.

I Clark H. Dwinell of the County of

Delaware in the State of Ohio do make & publish

this my last will & testament in manner & form

following that is to say, First, it is my will that

my funeral expenses & all my just debts be fully

paid. Second, I give devise & bequeath to my belov-

-ed wife Mehitable Dwinell in lieu of her dower

one horse saddle & bridle, one Cow ten head of

sheep and all my household goods out of which

she is to give my daughter Sally when she arrives

at the age of eighteen years one bed & bedding

& further she the said Mehitable is to have the

use of all my real and personal property /not

othrwise disposed of/ during the time she shall

remain my widow for her own support & the

support and education of my children Sally

Dwinell & Clark P. Dwinell which education

shall be classical & if her widowhood should

cease previous to the completion of the education

of my children as aforesaid the whole of the afore-

-said use of property is to be applied to the support

& education of the aforesaid children under the

control of my executors. Third, I give and devise

to my mother Lydia Dwinell & sister Lydia Ann

Dwinell all my right and interest to the estate

personal of my father Allen Dwinnell deceased to

be equally divided between them and to be paid to

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them by the Administration of Allen Dwinell deceased

Fourth, I give and devise to my two children

Sally Dwinell & Clark P. Dwinell the farm on which

I now reside situate in Range 16. Township 6 Section

2 Lot 18 and fifty acres off the west end of Lot

fifteen, amounting to one hundred and fifty acres

also all the residue of my estate personal, all of

which both real and personal is to be equally divi-

-ded between them when the youngest child arrives

at full age and further I do hereby vest in my

executors full power & authority to use occupy

rent yearly or for a term of years my real estate

as to them shall appear most advantageous to those

in interest also to dispose of at private sale any

of my personal property they may think necessary

for the advantage of those in intrest not thereby

diminishing the appraised value to exceed one third

they shall also Keep a fair and accurate account

of all sales made moneys received & expended.

And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my said

wife Mehitable Dwinell & my friend Joseph Keen

to be the executors for this my last will & testament

working and annulling all former will by me

made & ratifying & confirming this & no other

to be my last will and testament. In

testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand

& seal this 14th day of Feb. A.D. 1838.

Clark H. Dwinells {seal}

Signed published & declared by the above named

Clark H. Dwinell as & for his last will & testament

in presence of us who at his request have signed

as witnesses to the same. Josiah Horr

Joseph Horr~

The State of Ohio Delaware County Ss~

In the court of Common Pleas June Term 1838

Josiah Horr & Joseph Horr being duly

sworn in open Court upon their oaths say that

the paper now here produced in Court purpor-

-ting to be the last will & testament of Clark

H. Dwinell and bearing date the 14th day of Feby

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A.D. 1838 was executed and published by the said

Clark H. Dwinell at his residence in Bennington

Township in the said County on the day of the date

thereof as his last will & testament, that he signed

and sealed the same in our presence, and we at his

request in his presence and in the presence of each

other then & there signed our names thereto as wit-

-nesses. That the said Clark H Dwinell was then

about the age of thirty years, of sound mind &

memory and acting under no restraint but made

& published the said will of his own free will and

accord, and further say not.

Joseph Horr~ Josiah Horr~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court, June 20th 1838

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c July 16th 1838 ~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

20th day of June A.D. 1838 before the Honorable Joseph

R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold & John Lugen-

-beel Esqs two of his associates, Judges of the Court

of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware

in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of John Oller

decd was produced in open Court & proved by the

testimony of two of the subscribing witnesses thereto

as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be

recorded. And thereupon on motion of Catherine

Oller & Abraham Eversole the executors in said

will named. It is ordered that letters testamentary

be granted them upon their entering into bonds in

the sum of $1500.00 with Leander Stone & Peter Oller

as security. And it is further ordered that John

Cutler, Henry Eversole & Thomas R. Hamilton

appraise the personal property of said estate.

Will made this 13th day of March 1838~

In the name of God Amen I John Oller of the

County of Delaware & commonwealth of Ohio, being

weak in the flesh and body, but sound & perfect

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mind and memory, blessed be God Almighty for

the same. I do make & publish this my last

will & testament, in manner as follows, namely

first I bequeath my soul to God who gave it to

me, and my body to the dust from whence it came.

not doubting but that God will for Christs sake,

raise it up at the last day, a glorified body

like unto his own. 3d It is my will and desire

that all my just debts & funeral charges be

paid. 4th I bequeath unto my beloved wife

Catherine Oller the plantation whereon I now

live, all the horses & horse Kind, except those two

which I have purchased for the express purpose

of my sons, John Oller & Henry Oller & should

those two horses, which I purchased for the ex-

-press purpose of my sons Henry Oller and John

Oller, die or be stolen &c it is my will that my

wife Catherine Oller be accountable unto them

my sone, for the same, should those horses or

either of them die, before the boys arrives at

the age of twenty one. Also it is my will &

desire that my wife Catherine Oller, give

my son David Oller when he comes of age

a horse saddle & bridle worth eighty dollars

It is also my will & desire that my wife Cath-

-erine Oller have possess and hold all the

cattle, sheep and hogs, now on the farm or

premises, together with all the household and

Kitchen furniture of every Kind, together with

all the farming utensils, such as waggon,

ploughs, harrows, gears, &c, as long as she lives

and at my wife's death it is my will & desire

that publick sale be made of all the movable

property that then, belongs to her Catherine

Oller my wife and the money to be applied as

follows, thus, It is my will and desire that of

this money my Daughter be paid, first to Mary

Eve Downs and her heirs two hundred dollars.

and to Susanna Johnston and her heirs fifty

cents and the balance should there be any; it is

my will that it be equally divided amonst my

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three sons Henry Oller, John Oller & David Oller.

It is my will and desire that the land be divided

into three equal valued tracts as soon as David

Oller my youngest son shall arrive at the age

of twenty one years of age. It is my express wish

& desire that my sons Henry Oller, John Oller

& David Oller continue to work on the land tog-

-ether with their mother on the shares or upon some

agreeable terms, even when they are all of age.

It is my will that sale be made of a lot which

I own in Bell-point as soon as convenient and the

amount be spent in building a church or meeting

house /for the use of the United Brethern in Christ/

provided said Church or meeting house be built

within four miles of my house up or down the

river, if not within four miles, the money to fall

back to the heirs. Lastly, I appoint my wife

Catherine Oller and Abraham Eversole executors

of this my last will & testament, hereby revoking

all others, and disannulling likewise all other &

former wills by me made in witness. I have here-

-unto set my hand and seal the 14th day March

1838. John Oller {seal}

Signed, sealed published & declared by the above

named John Oller to be his last will & testament

in presence of us who at his request and in his pre-

-sence have hereunto subscribed our names as witn-

-esses to the same. Henry McCreary~

Thomas R. Hamilton~ Jacob Oller~

State of Ohio, Delaware County, Ss~

Court of Common Pleas for the County of Delaware

June Term AD 1838~ Henry McCleary & Thomas

R. Hamilton two of the signers as witnesses of

the last will and testament of John Oller decd

late of the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn

upon their oaths say that the paper now presented

to the Court purporting to be the last will and

testament of the said John Oller decd is the last

will & testament of the said John Oller decd and

was executed in our presence on the 14th day of

March 1838 that we signed the same. That the

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testator at the time of making the said will was

of legal age of sound mind & memory and was

under no restraint. Henry McCreary

Thomas R. Hamilton~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court.

June 20th 1838~ T. Reynolds Clk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c July 17th 1838.

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on

the 20th day of June A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold &

John Lugenbeel Esqs two of his Associates, Judges

of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County

of Delaware in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament

of Austin Graves decd was produced in open Court

& proved by the testimony of the subscribing wit-

-nesses thereto, as reduced to writing approved &

ordered to be recorded.

Austin Graves of the township of Marl-

-borough in Delaware County & State of Ohio being

of sound mind and memory but sensible of the

great uncertainty of life and being desirous to

dispose of my earthly estate which it hath pleased

God to bestow upon me do make this my last

will & testament revoking all former wills by

me made. 1st I will that all my debts & funeral

charges be speedily paid at my decease. 2nd It

is my will that all my children should be raised

together on the farm on which I now reside and

that my wife Maryann Graves have full control

of all my property real & personal for that purpose

& that she be the executor of this my last will

& testament. 3rd It is my will that the executor

of this my last will & testament should pay to

my sons as they severally become of the age of

twenty one years one hundred dollars each

and to my daughters as they severally become

of the age of eighteen years fifty dollars each &

that my wife aforesaid have the use of the residue

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of my property both real and personal for her sup-

-port during her natural life. 4th After the

death of my wife it is my will that my land be

equally divided between my sons and that my

money and personal property be equally divided

between all my children both sons and daughters.

Signed, sealed and executed by me this fourteenth

day of December one thousand eight hundred &

thirty seven the same being first read in my hear-

-ing and presence. Austin Graves {seal}

Isaac Terboss~ Charles Bishop~

The State of Ohio Delaware County; Ss~

In the Court of Com. Pleas June Term 1838~

Isaac Terboss & Charles Bishop being duly sworn

in open Court upon their oaths say that the paper

now produced here in Court purporting to be the

last will & testament of Austin Graves and bearing

date the fourteenth day of December 1837 was by

the said Austin Graves on that day at his residence

in Marlborough Township in the said County, exec-

-uted and published by him as his last will

& testament & that he then & there signed & sealed

the same in our presence as such, and that we

then & there at his request & in his presence and

as witnesses thereto. That the said Austin Graves

was then about the age of forty years was of

sound mind & memory and acting under no

restraint, but of his free will and accord, and

further say not. Charles Bishop

Isaac Terboss~

Subscribed & sworn to in Open court;

June 20th 1838. T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c July 17th 1838~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~

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Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on

the 26th day of June A.D. 1838 before the Honor-

-able Joseph R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold

& John Lugenbeel Esqs two of his Associates,

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for

the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testa-

-ment of Joseph Smart decd was produced in

open Court & proved by the testimony of the

subscribing witnesses thereto as reduced to

writing approved & ordered to be recorded.

And thereupon on motion of William Smart

& John Smart the executors in said will named.

It is ordered that letters testamentary be gran-

-ted them upon their entering into bonds in

the sum of $800.00? with James Dodds and

Sidney Moore as security. And it is further

ordered that George Bean, Jabez Cowles and

Jesse Said appraise the personal property of

said estate.

I, Joseph Smart of the County of Delaware

in the State of Ohio do make and publish this

my last will & testament in manner & form

following that is to say. First, It is my will

that my funeral expences and all my just

debts be fully paid. Second, I give devise &

bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Smart in

lieu of her dower the Plantation on which

we now reside situate in Delaware County on

the waters of Millcreek containing about one

hundred and twenty acres south part of said

farm situate in Union County & State aforesaid

so long as she may remain my widow and all

the live stock horses Cows Sheep & Hogs by me

now owned & Kept thereon, also all the household

furniture & other items not particular mentioned

and otherwise disposed of in this will, she how-

-ever first disposing of ox sufficiencey thereof to

pay my just debts as aforesaid. And that at

the death of my said wife or if she may hereafter

marry all the property hereby devised or bequeathed

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to her as aforesaid or so much as may remain

unexpended to my three sons William John &

Daniel Smart and to their heirs & assigns forever

Third, as for the said Wm Smart, John Smart

& Daniel Smart shall pay my five daughters

Betsey, Sally, Sulinda, Lucinda & Rebecca Smart

at the settlement of the hereby bequeathed estate

the sum of one hundred dollars each. Fourth

I also bequeath to Alvan Rose the sum of fifty

dollars to be paid to him by my Executors out

of the said estate as soon as he may arrive at

the age of twenty one years. And lastly I

hereby constitute & appoint my two eldest sons

Wm and John Smart to be the executors for this

my last will and testament by me made and

revoking and annulling all former wills rati-

-fying and confirming this and no other to be

my last will and testament. In testimony

whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal

this 17th day of March AD 1838.

John Smart {seal}

Signed published & declared by the above named

Joseph Smart as and for his last will & testament

in presence of us who at his request have signed

as witnesses to the same.

Christian Myers~ Elisha Decker~

Christian Myers & Elisha Decker being examined

in open Court upon their respective oaths say

that they were called upon to witness the exec-

-ution of the last will and testament of Joseph

Smart decd that said Smart acknowledged

the will and testimont now before the court

to be his last will & testament and signed

the same in the presence, that they attested

the same in his presence and at his request

that said testator was of full age of sound mind

& memory & free from any restraint. and is now

deceased. Christian Myers~

Elisha Decker~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court

June 26th 1838 T. Reynolds Clerk~

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Recorded the foregoing Will &c July 17th 1838~

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

19th day of June A.D. 1838 before the Honorable

Joseph R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold & John

Lugenbeel Esqrs, two of his Associates, Judges of the

Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of

Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of George

Hess decd was produced in Court & the testimony of

Joel Z. Mendenhall, one of the subscribing witnesses

thereto being reduced to writing, & now on file with

the will, & it appearing to the Court that Martha Brit-

-son the other witness to the said will is not a resident

of this State, but resides somewhere in the State of

Indiana. On motion, it is ordered that a Commission

issue, with the Will annexed to Joel Z. Mendenhall

Esqr to take the deposition of the said Martha Britson

as to the execution of the said will, & report the said

deposition to the next term of this Court.

And afterwards, to wit, at the Septr term of the

Court of Common Pleas, held for said County, for the

year 1838 the following proceedings were had & entered

in regard to said will, to wit~

This day Joel Z. Mendenhall the Commissioner

heretofore appointed to take the deposition of Martha

Britson touching the execution of the last will and

testament of George Hess decd made report of his

proceedings with the proof by him taken. And the

Court upon examination of the matter consider said

will duly proved & order the same to be recorded.

And thereupon on motion of Almon Stark & Mary

Magdalena Hess the Executors in said will named

it is ordered that letters testementary be granted

them upon their entering into bonds in the sum

of $2000.00? with Leonard Jones & Joel Z. Mend-

-enhall as security. And it is further ordered

that Amos Utley, James Stark & Nicholas

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Manville appraise the personal property of said

estate. Be it remembered that I

George Hess of the Township of Kingston, in the Coun

-ty of Delaware & State of Ohio, being in poor health

of body, but through the tender mercy of Almighty

God of sound mind memory & understanding, and

considering the uncertainty of death, do think it

right & proper & incumbent on me to settle my out-

-ward affairs, & do therefore make & publish this my

last will and Testament in manner & form following,

that is to say. First, I will & direct that all my

just debts & funeral expences be duly paid & satisfied

Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary

Magdalena Hess all my property both real, personal

& mixed, during all the term of her natural life,

one half of which to be at her disposal by will at

her decease, & the other half to be disposed of as I

shall herein direct, as follows, to wit. Item, I

will & bequeath unto George Hess son of my brother

Abraham Hess one hundred dollars to be paid to

him at the decease of my wife, if he then has arrived

at the age of twenty one years, & if not arrrived at

that age at her decease, then to be so secured as to

be paid to him when he shall arrive at that age.

Item, I give & bequeath to my neice Polly Matoon, dau-

-ghter of my Brother Isaac Hess deceased, the one half

of the remainder of the aforementioned half of the prop

-erty to be paid to her at the decease of my wife, should

she the said Polly then be living, & in case she should

then be deceased the aforesaid property, shall be equa-

-lly divided between her children, as they arrive at

lawfull age. Item~ I give and bequeath to the

children of my niece, Caty Martin, daughter of my

Brother, Isaac Hess deceased the residue of the afore-

-said half of the property, to be equally divided am-

-ongst them, at the decease of my wife to be paid to

each one respectively as they arrive at lawfull

age. And I nominate & appoint Almon Stark

and my wife Mary Magdalena Hess Executors of

this my last will and Testament and do declare

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this only to be my last will & testament. In

witness whereof I the said George Hess the testator

have hereunto set my hand & seal this fifteenth day

of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight

hundred & thirty five

George Hess {seal}

Signed, sealed, pronounced, published & declared by

the said George Hess the testator as & for his will and

testament in the presence of us.

Joel Z. Mendenhall~ Martha X [her mark] Britson

The State of Ohio Delaware County; Ss~

In the Court of Common Pleas, June Term 1838~

Joel Z. Mendenhall being duly sworn in open

Court upon his oath says that the paper now here

produced in Court, purporting to be the last will

& testament of George Hess, & bearing date the fif-

-teenth day of July 1835 was by the said George Hess

on that day executed & published at his residence in

Kingston Township in the said County, as his last

will & testament in the presence of the said Menden-

-hall & Martha Britson witnesses to the said will;

that George Hess then & there signed & sealed the

said will in our /the said witensses/ presence, & that

we then & there in his presence and at his request

& in the presence of each other signed our names

thereto as witnesses, the said Martha Britson making

her mark to her name. That the said George Hess was

then about sixty four years of age, of sound mind

& memory, & acting under no restraint, but of his

own free will & accord. And further say not.

Joel Z. Mendenhall

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court. June 19th 1838

Attest T. Reynolds Clerk~

The State of Ohio Delaware County; Ss~

To the Court of Common Pleas Septr Term 1838

Martha Britson being duly sworn before Joel

Z. Mendenhall Commissioner appointed by the

Court to take this deposition, upon her oath says,

that the paper now here produced to her & purpor-

-ting to be the last will & testament of George Hess

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& bearing date the fifteenth day of July 1835 was by

the said George Hess on that day executed &

published at his residence in Kingston Township

in the said County as his last will & testament in

the presence of the said Joel Z. Mendenhall & Martha

Britson witnesses to the said will, that George Hess

then & there signed & sealed the said will in their

/the said witnesses/ presence, & that they then & there

in his presence, & at his request, & in the presence of

each other signed their names thereto as witnesses.

she the said Martha Britson making her mark to

her name, that the said George Hess was then about

sixty four years of age, of sound mind & memory, &

acting under no restraint, but of his own free will

& accord. And further says not.

Martha X [her mark] Britson

Sworn to & subscribed before me the fourth day of Septr

A.D. 1838~ Joel Z. Mendenhall

Recorded the foregoing Will &c Septr 27th AD 1838

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the

13th day of Septr AD 1838 before the Honorable Joseph

R. Swan President & Ezra Griswold, John Brundige

& John Lugenbeel Esqrs his Associates, Judges of the

Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of

Delaware, in the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of John

Griffiths decd was produced in open Court & proved

by the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto

as reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be

recorded. I, John Griffiths of Radnor

township,in the county of Delaware & State of Ohio

do make & publish this my last will & testament

in manner & form following that is to say. First, It

is my will that my funeral expenses & all my just

debts be fully paid. Second, I give devise & bequeath

to my beloved wife Margaret Griffiths the undivided

half of the farm on which we now live during her

natural life, situated in Range twenty /20/ Townp

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six /6/. Section two /2/ Lot 9 1/2 & 12 1/2 U.S.M. lands

it being in Radnor Township Delaware County

Ohio. The whole supposed to contain one hundred

acres, also the one undivided half of all the live

stock on said farm consisting of Horses, Cattle,

Sheep, Hogs &c by me now owned & Kept thereon.

Also all the Household & Kitchen furniture during

her natural life. Third, I give & devise to my son

David R. Griffiths at the death of my said wife the

above described tract of land also all the personal

property that may be left at the death of my said

wife. Provided he pays the following legacies /to wit/

First, to my said wife one hundred dollars if she

sees proper to leave my said son David R Griffiths

& goes to live with some other person. Second, To

my son Edward Griffiths fifty dollars to be paid

in four years from the death of my said wife.

Third, to my son Thomas Griffiths fifty dollars

to be paid in one year from the death of my said

wife. Fourth, to my daughter Margaret Humphreys

twenty dollars to be paid in three years after the

death of my said wife. Fifth, To my daughter

Mary Tuller twenty dollars to be paid in three

years after the death of my said wife. Sixth, To

my Grand daughter Jane Griffiths twenty dollars

to be paid in three years after the death of my said

wife. And lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my

nephew David Griffiths & my friend Robert Davis

to be the executors for this my last will & testament

revoking & annulling all former wills by me made

& ratifying & confirming this and no other to be

my last will & testament. In testimony whereof

I have hereunto set my hand & seal this first

day of September A.D. 1838.

John X [his mark] Griffiths {seal}

Signed, published & declared by the above named

John Griffiths as & for his last will & testament

in presence of us, who at his request have signed as

witnesses to the same. David Griffiths

Morgan Williams~

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Delaware County, Ss~ In Court of Common Pleas

Septr Term 1838~ We David Griffiths & Morgan

Williams being duly sworn in open Court depose &

say that the paper now here produced in open Court

purporting to be the last will & testament of John

Griffiths of Radnor Township in the said county,

bearing date the first day of Septr AD 1838 was by him

the said John Griffiths on that day at his residence

in the said Township signed, sealed & published in

our presence as his last will & testament & we in

his presence & in the presence of each other, then &

there signed our names thereto us witnesses, that

the said John Griffiths was then about the age of

sixty two years, of sound mind & memory & not

acting under any restraint.

Morgan Williams~ David Griffiths~

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court Septr 13th 1838

T. Reynolds Clerk~

Recorded the foregoing Will &c Sept 27th 1838

Attest~ T. Reynolds Clerk~


Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware, on the 13th

day of Septr AD 1838 before the Honorable Joseph R

Swan President & Ezra Griswold, John Brundige &

John Lugenbeel Esqs his associates, Judges of the Court

of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware in

the State of Ohio.

This day the last will & testament of Edith

Smith decd was produced in open Court & proved by

the testimony of the subscribing witnesses thereto as

reduced to writing, approved & ordered to be recorded

And thereupon on motion of John N Cox & Morgan

Williams the Executors in said will named, it is

ordered that letters testementary be granted them upon

their entering into bonds in the sum of $400.00? with

James R. McKinnie & Benjamin F. Allen as security

And it is further ordered that Robert McIlvain,

Benjamin Herbert & John P. Jones appraise the personal

property of said estate.

I Edith Smith of Radnor township in the

Delaware County Ohio Will Records Vol. 2 1835-1850 (p. 117)

[page 117]

[corresponds to unlabeled page 72 of Will Records Vol. 2 - 1835-1850]


County of Delaware & State of Ohio do make & publish

this my last will & testament in manner & form

following that is to say. First, It is my will that

my funeral expences & all my just debts be fully paid.

Second. I give devise & bequeath to my two sons Lewis

& Joel Smith the farm whereon I now live situated

in Radnor township, Delaware County Ohio, Town-

ship five /5/ Section one /1/. Range twentieth /20/

being a part of Lot No 5 in said section township

& Range in the U.S.M. land described as follows

joining the County road from Delaware to Sandusky.

Beginning at the North West corner of Elias Scribner's

land, thence North thirty five rods & six links, thence

East two hundred rods, thence South thirty five rods

& six links, thence West two hundred rods to the place

of beginning, together with the rents of said farm.

also all my Personal property that may be left

after my funeral expences & all my just debts be

fully paid. And lastly I hereby constitute & appoint

John N. Cox & Morgan Williams to be the executors

for this my last will & testament revoking & annul-

ling all former wills by me made & ratifying and

confirming this & no other to be my last will and

testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto

set my hand & seal this thirty first day of July in

the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

& thirty eight.
Edith + [her mark] Smith {seal}

Signed published & declared by the above Edith

Smith as & for her last will & testament in presence

of us who at her request have signed as witnesses to

the same. Wm Boyd~

Morgan Williams

Delaware County; Ss~ In Court of Common Pleas

Septr Term 1838~ We William Boyd & Morgan

Williams being duly sworn in open Court, depose

& say that the paper now here produced in open Court

purporting to be the last will & testament of Edith

Smith bearing date July 31st 1838 was by her the

said Edith on that day at her residence in Radnor