Will of William W. Hatfield
Lawrence
County, Ohio Probate Court
Sec. (?) Journal, Vol. 1, Folio 366, where the following entry
occurs.
Court of probate of Lawrence County, Ohio, held at the courthouse
in Ironton on the 16th day of January AD 1856, in the matter of
proving the will of William W. Hatfield, deceased.
The last will and testament of William W. Hatfield, late of
said county, deceased, was this day produced in open court by
Elzyphan Rucker, one of the subscribing witnesses in the will
named and therefore (?) appeared in open court said Elziphan
Rucker and Perry Payton, the subscribing witnesses in the will
named and on oath testify to the due execution of the same, which
testimony was reduced to writing and filed with said will and it
appearing to the court by said testimony that said will was duly
attested and executed and that said testator at the time of
executing the same was of full age and of sound mind and memory
and not under any restraint. It is therefore ordered that said
last will and testament together with this journal entry and the
testimony of aforesaid be recorded in the book of wills.
Fletcher Golden, probate judge
The Will:
In the name of God, Amen, I William W. Hatfield, being of sound
mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail
life, do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my
last will and testament. That is to say ‹
First: After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, the
residue of my estate, real and personal, I give, bequeath and
dispose of as follows, towit:
To my beloved wife, as long as she remains my widow, the land,
also the personal property, and after her death, the real estate
to the two youngest boys towit: James (I. or J,?) Hatfield and
Samuel Y. (?) Hatfield. The above named boys is [sic] to pay the
two girls proportionate for their shares in the lands, when the
heirs all become of lawful age. And at widow¹s death, the
remainder of the personal property is to be divided equally
between all the children now living. In witness in hereof, I have
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the thirtieth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five.
William W. Hatfield
The above written was (?) by the said William W. Hatfield, in
our presence and acknowledged by him to be his last will and
testament.
Elziphan Rucker
Perry Payton
(His Mark)
The Testimony
The State of Ohio, Lawrence County ss
Be it remembered that on this 16th day of January AD 1856,
personally appeared before me, Fletcher Golden, judge of the court
of probate at the courthouse in Ironton, Elziphan Rucker and Perry
Payton, who being duly sworn according to law, make oath and say
respectively that they are subscribing witnesses in the last will
and testament of William Hatfield, that the paper hereto attached
and purporting to be the last will and testament of William W.
Hatfield, deceased, was by said testator signed in presence of
these deponents and that the same was signed by these deponents in
presence of said testator and at his request and that said
testational the time of executing the same was of full age and of
sound mind and memory and not under any restraint.
Sworn to before me and signed in my presence the 16th day of
January AD 1856.
(by)
Elziphan Rucker
Perry (X) Payton
(His Mark)
Fletcher Golden, probate judge
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