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Will of John M. Hart |
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Last Will and Testament of JOHN M. HART dec'd Set up and established March 12th 1870 Probated Oct. 7th 1872 Recorded Oct. 26th 1872 William M. Watkins Clk. By Zach Watkins D.C. This my last will and Testament made this March the 12 in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy - It is my will and desire that after my debts and funeral expenses are paid that all my effects be converted into money and that equally divided between my four brothers D.J. HART, W.P.HART and M.J. HART [only three named] and my two sisters H.F. PATTERSON & R.T. PARKER. It is my will and wish that each of these Legatees as named above give equally each year an amount sufficient to board our mother with some one of said Legatees and clothe her comfortably during her natural life. It is my will and wish that my executors have power to sell and make deeds to my lands and other real estate, without getting an order from court for said purposes. It is my will and wish that my brother R.S. HART & B.T. HILLSMAN take possession of and execute this my last will. JOHN M. HART (seal)
Witness: "Nuncupative codicil" I wish to alter my will previously made so as to give to the Cumberland Presbyterian church the sum of five hundred dollars in gold now deposited in my safe with my will and other valuables, and I appoint MILTON J. HART and DAN'L E. PARKER,______ who shall dispose of it as they may deem best for general interest of the church, September 3rd 1872 |
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