Last Will And Testament
Of
Jonathan Woods
Know
all men I, Jonathan Woods, knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of
death and being of feeble and failing health, but of sound and disposing mind
and memory do hereby make and publish and declare this my last Will and Testament.
Item First - It is
my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be first paid out of
my estate.
Item Second –
After the payment of said debts and funeral expenses, it is my will that my
wife, Mary Elizabeth Woods shall have the use and enjoyment of all the property
both real and personal of which I may die seized aforesaid, so long as she
shall remain my widow.
Item Third – Upon
termination of widowhood of said wife Mary Elizabeth Woods I give and bequeath all
of my said property and estate of whatever kind and description to my son
Joseph N. Woods to be his own absolute property forever, in addition to the natural
love and affection which I bear my said son Joseph N. Woods. I desire to state
here that a further consideration for the bequest I herein make to him is that
my said son has been of great assistance to me in my old age in furnishing me
means for living, and as I can never repay him for all that he has done for me
I desire to do all that I can for him by giving him all my earthly possessions
after making the provisions set forth in items one and two above.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 19th day of May, 1886.
Jonathan (X) Woods
The
above instrument of writing was signed by Jonathan Woods and acknowledged by
him in our presence and in the presence of each other to be his last will and
testament this 19th day of May, 1886.
Signed,
Hiram E. Hadley
Louis Pruett
Proof of Will
State of
Hiram E. Hadley
personally appeared before the clerk of Parke Circuit Court and being duly
sworn says that Jonathan Woods signed his name by mark to the above writing of
date of 19th day of May, 1886, as and for his last Will, and that the same was
attested and subscribed by said official and Louis Pruett and witnesses thereto
in the presence of the testator and by his request, and that said testator
declared the same to be his last will and that said testator was not at the
time of execution of said will, an infant or of unsound mind or under coercion.
Signed,
Hiram E. Hadley
Subscribed and
sworn to before me this 1st day of June 1889. Attested the hand and
seal of t he office of said Clerk the date last aforesaid.
Signed,
J. H. McCoy, Clerk
State of
I,
J.H. McCoy, Clerk of the Parke Circuit Court certify that the within last will
of Jonathan Woods, late of said County, deceased has been duly admitted to
probate; that it’s due execution was this day proved by Hiram E. Hadley whose
proof, together
with such will have been duly recorded on page 444 of record No. 3 of wills in
our office.
In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of said court this 1st
day of June, 1889.
Signed,
J.H. McCoy
Clerk
From a Xerox
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