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Will of Herndon
Meadows
Posey County, Indiana
In the name of God Amen. I Herndon Meadows in the state
of Indiana and Posey
County_____ to this
my last will and testament hereby seeking and breaking
all former
will by me at any time when or where
made. First I direct that my body be decently
interred and that my funeral be conducted in a manner
corresponding with my estate and
situation in life and as to such earthly estate as it has pleased
God to entrust ____ with I
do dispose of
this same in the following manner to wit: I direct first
that all last debts and
funeral expenses be paid and
as soon after my death as possible out of the first
money
that shall come to the hand of my executor
from any portion of my estate real and
personal.
I give and bequest unto Jane Meadows my
beloved wife all of my Estate Real and
Personal during her natural life in Widow hood. To my son Joseph
Meadows I give the
horse saddle and bridl
and I also give him forty acres of land, the north half
that I now
have as if were to remain and take care
of his mother and sister Rebecca until he arrives
to the age of twenty one years of age then I give and
bequeath to him eighty acres of land
in
the tract that I now live and should he maintain and take care of
his sister Rebecca until
she is eighteen
years old and his mother during her life then and in
that case I give him
one hundred twenty acres.
Should he not comply with this above ____ then it is my
request that my wife select any one of my children
to take care of her during her natural
life and so for doing he shall have eighty acres of land. Daughters
Mary and Rebecca
Meadows I give and
bequeath the cow and calf _____ bidding each also fifty
dollars in
money. To my daughter Nancy Eaton I give
and bequeath to her fifty dollars in money.
All rest of my property both Real and personal at the death of my
wife Jane Meadows be
equally divided
among all my children.
I also hereby make and
ordain my friend Joseph Cater executor of my last will
and
testament____ In witness whereof I Herndon
Meadows hereunto set my hand and seal
the twenty first day of august one thousand eight hundred and
forty.
Sealed Herndon Meadows
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Herndon
Meadows as his last
will and testament in
the presence of ___who have hereunto subscribed as named
witnesses thereto in the Presence of the testator
and the presence of each other.
Signed witness Joseph Timmons
Signed witness Enoch
Williams
State of Indiana
Posey
County Be it known the on the 22 day of September A.D. 1840
personally
appeared Joseph Timmons and Enoch
Williams the Subscribing Witness to the foregoing
last will and testament of Herndon Meadows late of Posey
County deceased and after
being duly
sworn Defiendi and saith that they saw the testator
herein named sign and
seal the foregoing last will
and testament and heard him publickly pronounce and
declare
the same to be his last will and testament
and that at the time of so doing he was to the
best of their apprehension of sound mind memory and
understanding and that they
subscribed
their names as Witnesses in the presence of and at the
request of the testator in
the presence of each
other. Before me the undersigned clerk of the Probate
Court in and
for County of Posey aforesaid the day
and date above written.
Signed James Nelson clerk
of the Probate Court P.C.
Recorded September 22nd
1840
J. Nelson Clerk
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