Greene-Menard County IL Archives Wills.....Bell, Francis June 21, 1866
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Source: Transcribed By Paula Norman Snyder From Xerox Copy Of Will From Dar Library, Washington, D.c.
Written: June 21, 1866
Recorded: July 16, 1866

Will of Francis Bell
Filed July 16th 1866
H. Hamilton, Clerk
Recorded Pages 47-48 Book
"A" Record of Wills
H. Hamilton, Clerk
State of Illinois
Menard County
    I do solemnly swear that this writing
contains the true last will and testament of the within
named Francis Bell deceased, so far as
I know or believe, and that I will well and truly
execute the same by paying first the debts and then
the legacies mentioned therein so far as his goods and
chattels will thereinto extend and due law charges me;
and that I will make a true and perfect inventory
of all such goods and chattels, rights and credits
as may come to my hands or knowledge; belonging
to the estate of said deceased, and render a fair
and just account of my executorship when thereunto
required by law to the best of my knowledge
and ability. So help me God.      RS Bone
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 16th day of July AD 1866
Hobart Hamilton, Clerk
I, Francis Bell of Menard County State
of Illinois do make and ordain this my last
will and testament as follows to wit:
First I devise that all my just debts be paid
Second I devise to my daughter Margaret B. Clark
    three hundred dollars
Third I devise to my son Thomas A. Bell three
    hundred dollars
Fourth I devise to my daughter Mary B. Allen three
    hundred dollars
Fifth I devise to heirs of my son Robert W. Bell
    five dollars each
Sixth I devise to my son Daniel R. Bell three
    hundred dollars
Seventh I devise to heirs of my son Zachariah
    Bell three hundred dollars
Eighth I devise to my son Francis M. Bell three
    hundred dollars
Ninth I devise to the heirs of my daughter Margery
    Ann Howard deceased three hundred dollars
Tenth I devise to my son John J. Bell three hundred
    dollars
Eleventh I devise to my son William C. Bell three
    hundred dollars. Also my personal effects
    to wit one horse & buggy, books, bedding cloths
Twelfth I devise that all my funeral expenses be paid
Thirteenth I devise to the Sangamon Presbytery of the
    Cumberlain Presbyterian Church a five hundred
    dollar scholarship taken in Lincoln University
    for the purpose of educating candidates for the
    gospel ministery or other persons designated by the
    Presbytery.
Fourteenth I devise the remainder of my estate
    whatever my be left to the Alton Board
    of Mission of the Cumberlain Presbyterian
    Church as a permanent fund the interests of
    which alone to be used.
Fifteenth I appoint Robert S. Bone as my executor
    of this my last will and testament
    hereby revoking all other wills
On testimony whereof I have hereunto set
    hand and seal this 16th of June
    1866        Francis Bell
Signed sealed and
acknowledged in presence
of the undersigned who
acts the same as
witnesses in the presence
and at the request of the testators
    Robert Bone
    Tarlton Lloyd
State of Illinois
Menard County
Robert S. Bone being duly sworn
deposes and says the Francis Bell
late of the County of Menard and State of Illinois, is dead, and
that he died on or about the 21st day of June AD 1866
after having made and published his last will
and testament
and that his personal estate will probably amount to the sum of
$5000.00; that said Francis Bell left at the
time of his decease, No widow, and
Margaret B. Clark, Thomas A. Bell, Mary B.
Allen, heirs of Robert W. Bell, David R. Bell.
Heirs of Zachariah Bell, Francis M. Bell, Margary Anne
Howard, John J. Bell & Wm. C. Bell
his children.
        R.S. Bone
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
16th day of July AD 1866
        Hobart Hamilton, Clerk

Additional Comments:
Transcribed by Paula Norman Snyder with spelling is as it appeared in document.
BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY OF GREENE & JERSEY COUNTIES, ILLINOIS - 1885
Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co.
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Page 1061
FRANCIS BELL, a Tennessean, came to this county in 1819, and settled upon a 
farm on Apple creek prairie, in this township. He lived here many years, and 
died in Tallula, this state, in June, 1866.

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