File #789: "Delaware County Ohio Will Records Vol. 2 1835-1850 (p. 154)"

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Delaware County Ohio Will Records Vol. 2 1835-1850 (p. 154)

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[page 154]

[corresponds to labeled page 109 of Will Records Vol. 2 - 1835-1850]


109

It is ordered that Letters of Administration with the will

annexed be granted to Silas Gore who is ordered to enter

into bonds in the sum of $800.00 with Isaiah Vanloon

& Jacob Vanloon as security. And it is further ordered that

John Budd, John Adams & William Budd appraised

the personal property of said estate.

In the name of God amen, I, Silas Smith of

Harlem Township, Delaware County, being of sound mind

memory & judgment, but considering the certainty of

death do ordain this my last will & testament in man

ner & form following, to wit, that is to say I give & bequeath

to my dear wife Polly Smith all my estate real and

personal after my just debts is paid during her natural

life and after her death my heirs is to have the estate

equaly divided amongst them, that is Caleb Smith,

Sally Bristol & Anne Larned & Charles Smith. I do

ordain this to be my last will & testament revoking all

other as witnesses my hand and Seal September 10 AD 1836

In presence of Silas Smith {seal}

D.C. Carpenter

B. Carpenter ~

The State of Ohio Delaware County; Ss

Court of Common Pleas June Term 1840.

Benjamin Carpenter & Davis C Carpenter being duly

sworn in open Court upon their oaths say that the paper

now here produced in open Court purporting to be the

last will & testament of Silas Smith dated September

10th 1836 was on the day of the date thereof by the said

Silas Smith at Galena in Delaware County signed in

their presence & then & there by him published as his

last will & testament, & that they then and there at the

request of the said Smith in his presence and in the

presence of each other signed the same as witnesses

thereto, that the said Smith was then about the age

of seventy five years of sound mind & memory and

acting under no restraint, and further say not.

B. Carpenter ~ Davis C. Carpenter

Sworn & subscribed to in open Court June Term 1840

WD Heim Clerk

Recorded the foregoing Will &c July 2d 1840

Attest. WD Heim Clerk