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Will of Joseph Pancake
Lawrence County, Ohio Will Book 2, page 128
Dated February 17, 1868.
Presented to the Court on April 17, 1869
Pleas at the Court House in Ironton, in the County of Lawrence and
State of Ohio, of the Lawrence County Probate Court at a Session
thereof, held at the Place aforesaid on the 17th day of April AD
1869, Before, C.B. Egerton sole Judge of Said Court.
The State of
Ohio Lawrence County, Be it remembered that on the Seventeenth day
of April AD 1869 there was produced in open court for Probate an
instrument of writing purporing to be the last will and testament
of Joseph Pancake late of Said County deceased, which will reads
in the words and figures following to wit
"In the name of the Benevolent Father of all, I Joseph
Pancake of Lawrence County Ohio, do make and publish this my last
will and testament - Item 1st I give and devise to my beloved wife
the farm on which we now reside Situate in Lawrence County Ohio
containing about 172 acres during her natural life and all the
stock house hold goods and furniture provisions and other goods
and chattles which may be thereon at the time of my decease during
her natural life as aforesaid. She however Selling So much there
of as may be Sufficient to pay my just debts. at the death of my
said wife the Real estate aforesaid I give and devise to my heirs
provided that they Shall pay General and Joseph my Sons the sum of
$100 each provided that they shall stay and take care of the
things and family til they become 21 years of age. I do hereby
nominate and appoint my beloved wife Guardian of my children
General Pancake, Ellen P. Pancake, Joseph Pancake, Martha Pancake,
Eliza Pancake, Elizabeth Pancake until they arrive at the proper
age or intermarry. I desire that no appraisement and no Sale of my
personal property be maid and that the Court of Probate direct the
omission of the same in pursuance of the Statute. I do hereby
revoke all former wills my me made in testimony hereof I have here
unto set my hand and Seal this 17th day of February in the year AD
1868
his
Joseph X
Pancake (seal)
mark
Signed and acknowledged by said Joseph Pancake as his last will
and testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence
Daniel W.
Hall
Clark Corn
The State of Ohio Lawrence County
SS=Probate Court
Personally appeared in open Court
Daniel W. Hall and Clark Corn the Subscribing to the last will and
testament of Joseph Pancake 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 purporting to be the last will
and testament of Joseph Pancake now deceased is the will of said
deceased, and the words "and appoint my beloved wife Guardian"
were interlined before the execution thereof, that they were
present at the execution of said will, at the request of the
testator subscribed their names to the same as witnesses in his
presence and that they saw the said Joseph Pancake deceased sign
and seal said will and heard him acknowledge the same to his last
will and testament, that the said Joseph Pancake at the time of
[unreadable] said will was of legal age and of sound and disposing
mind and memory and under no undue or unlawful restraint
whatsoever.
Daniel W.
Hall
Clark Corn
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 17th day of April AD
1869 CB Egerton Probate Judge
Lawrence County Probate Court
Saturday April the 17th 1869
Probate of Will
In the matter of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Pancake
deceased
This
day was produced in Court an instrument of writing purporting to
be the last will and testament of Joseph Pancake late of Lawrence
County deceased, and thereupon came Daniel W. Hall and Clark Corn
the subscribing witnesses therto and testified to the due
execution thereof as the last will and testament of said Joseph
Pancake deceased, and it appearing to the Court from said
testimony that at the time of the execution of said will the said
Joseph Pancake was of full age of sound mind and memory and not
under any undue or unlawful restraint, it is ordered that said
will together with the testimony aforesaid and the order be
recorded.
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