Will of Joseph
Brubaker
Submitted by
Barbara Madden
Lawrence County Probate Court
Saturday August 7 1886.
Pleas in the
Probate Court within and for the county of Lawrence and state
of Ohio before Geo. W. Thompson, judge of said court et all
session thereof held at the court in Ironton August 7, 1886.
Be it remembered
that heretofore court on the 31st day of July a.d. 1886
there was produced in open court for Probate an instrument of
writing purporting to be the last will and testament of
Joseph Brubaker deceased, which will reads in the words and
figures following to wit:
Will...In the name of
the Benevolent Father of all I Joseph Brubaker of Fayette
township Lawrence county and State of Ohio do make and publish
this my last will and testament.
First, it is my will that my
just debts and all charges be paid out of my estate.
Item..I give and devise
all the residue of my estate both real and personal to Sarah
J. Rhoads to be to her and her heirs forever.
Item..I appoint and
make the said Sarah J. Rhoads executrix of this my last will
and testament.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of March A.D.
1886.
signature of Joseph Brubaker
Signed and acknowledged
by said Joseph Brubaker as his last will and testament in
presence and signed by us in his presence on the same day and
year above written.
signature of James Mays
W.S. Winters (possibly, indistinct)
Application for
Probate of Will
The State of Ohio
Lawrence Co. ss (?)
In Probate Court
In the matter of the
last will and testament of Joseph Brubaker.
To the Hon. Geo. W.
Thompson, Judge of the Probate Court in and for said county.
Your petitioner respectively represents that Joseph Brubaker
late a resident of the township of Fayette in said county died
on or about the 21st day of July 1886 leaving an instrument in
writing hereto attached purporting to be his last will and
testament.
That the said Joseph Brubaker died leaving Elizabeth Brubaker
his widow and the following married persons his only next of
kin resident of the state of Ohio.
Your petitioner prays that a time may be fixed for the proving
of said will and that said above married persons may be
notified according to law of the pending of said proceedings.
signature of Sarah Rhoads
The foregoing
application was signed in my presence and sworn to before me
this 31st day of July 1886.
signature of Geo. W. Thompson
Probate Judge
Probate of the Will
The State of Ohio
Lawrence Co. ss
In Probate Court
Personally
appeared in open court James Mays and W.S. Winters the
subscribing witnesses to the last will and testament of Joseph
Brubaker, late of Fayette township in said Lawrence Co.
deceased who being duly sworn according to law, to speak the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in relation
to the execution of said will , depose and say:
That the paper before them bearing date the 15th day of March
1886 purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph
Brubaker now deceased, is the will of the deceased
that they were present at the execution of said will and at
the request of the testator respectively subscribed their
names to the same as witnesses in his presence
that they saw the said Joseph Brubaker deceased sign and seal
said will and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last
will and testament and that the said Joseph Brubaker at the
time of making, signing and sealing said will was of full age
of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint.
signature James Mays
W.S.
Winters
Sworn to and subscribed by
said witnesses in open court this 7th day of August 1886.
signature Geo. W. Thompson
Probate Judge
Lawrence County Probate Court
Saturday July 31st 1886
In the matter of the
last will and testament
of
Joseph Brubaker
Will filed for Probate
This day there was produced in
open court for Probate an instrument of writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph
Brubaker deceased. It is ordered that notice be given the
widow of the filing of said will and the time of hearing the
same which time is fixed by the Court for August 7, 1886 at 10
o’clock a.m.
signature Geo. W. Thompson
Probate
Judge
Lawrence County Probate Court
Saturday Aug. 7, 1886
in the matter of the
last will and testament
of
Joseph Brubaker
Will Admitted to Probate
This day this cause came ?? be
heard upon the application to have the last will and testament
of Joseph Brubaker admitted to Probate and the widow having
been notified according to law thereupon came James Mays and
W.S. Winters the subscribing witnesses to said will who being
first duly sworn testified to the due execution and
attestation of said will, which testimony was reduced to
writing and filed with said will and the Court being satisfied
from said testimony that said testator at the time of making,
signing, and sealing, said will was of legal age, of sound
disposing mind and memory and not under any restraint
whatsoever. It is therefore ordered that said will be admitted
to Probate and recorded in the record of wills.
signature Geo. W. Thompson
Probate Judge
