Will Book C, Pages 34-36 

Last Will and Testament of Alexander Maryfield 

            Know all men by these presents that I, Alexander Maryfield, in the County of Martin, in the State of Indiana, being in good health, and of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made.

             And as to worldly estate, all of the personal property of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease,

             First: My Will is that all of my just debts and funeral expenses shall by my executor hereinafter named be paid out of my estate as soon after my decease as shall by him be found convenient and the remainder of my personal estate I give and devise and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Maryfield to have and to hold, and to use the same during her natural life, at the decease of my beloved wife Elizabeth Maryfield all of my personal property that shall then remain, shall revert to my son John Maryfield.

             And lastly I do appoint my son John Maryfield to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament.

             In testimony whereof, the said Alexander Maryfield have to this my last Will and Testament, have subscribed my name, and affixed my seal this the thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One-thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six.

                                                                                    Alexander (his mark) Maryfield

            Signed and sealed and published and declared by the said Alexander Maryfield as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

                                                                                    William Marshall,
                                                                                    Lorenzo Reimer
                                                                                    Thomas J. Gore

 
The State of Indiana, Martin County, SS;
            Be it Remembered; That on the 28th day of October, 1897, Thomas J. Gore, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament of Alexander Maryfield late of said County, deceased, personally appeared before Geo. W. Gates Clerk of the Circuit Court of Martin County, in the State of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, upon his oath declared and testified as follows; That is to say: That on the 13th day of September, 1886, he saw the said Alexander Maryfield sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last Will and Testament; and that this deponent, at the same time, heard the said Alexander Maryfield, declare, the said instrument in writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that the said instrument in writing was, at the same time, at the request of the said, Alexander Maryfield, and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Thomas J. Gore, Lorenzo Reimer and William Marshall in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other, as subscribing witnesses thereto and that the said Alexander Maryfield was, at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing, as aforesaid, of full age (that is, more than Twenty-one years of age), and of sound and disposing mind and memory and not under any coercion or restraint, as the said deponent verily believes, and further deponent says not.

                                                                                    Thomas J. Gore

 Sworn to and subscribed by the said Thomas J. Gore, before me Geo. W. Gates Clerk of said Court, at West Shoals the 28th day of October, 1897.

                                                                                    Geo. W. Gates Clerk

 In attestation whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court.

(Seal)                                                                           Geo. W. Gates Clerk

 State of Indiana, Martin County, SS:
I, Geo. W. Gates, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Martin County, Indiana, do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Alexander Maryfield, has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of Thomas J. Gore, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said Will, and of the testimony of the said Thomas J. Gore in proof thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book “C” at Pages 34, 35, 36 of the Record of Wills of said County.

 In attestation whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at West Shoals this 28th day of October 1897. 

(Seal)                                                                           Geo. W. Gates, Clerk Circuit Court,

 Martin County