Will of Benjamin OGLE, Greene County, Illinois

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Benjamin Ogle’s will:

Know all men that I Benjamin Ogle do this day make my last will and
testament it is my wish that all my Just debts be first paid.  It is my
wish that Josiah my son have the home plase at the death of me and my wife
for taken care of us  the amt of land is 90 acres  it is my wish that my
son James have a certain pice of land laying between the Newport and
Willmington roads north of Apple Creek Bridge.  It is my wish that Land at
the ford of the Creek bee divided between my Sons Elisha and Abosalum.
Absolum to have the north forty and Elisha to have the south forty  it is
my wish the 80 in the East side of the home tract bee given to Susan and
Sinthy My daughters   the balance of my land north of Applecreek Bridge is
to bee Equally divided betweene those designated above for timber lying
north of the Willmington road  it is my wish that my son  John have five
dollars and this to bee all that he is to have my son William is to have
five dollars and this is his portion.  all the Balance of my Effects is to
bee equally divided betwene my other children my children living on the
farm is to have all of their own property  it is my wish that Dr J M Stout
bee my Executor and settle up all of my business as I would doo my self.

Given inder my hand this August 26/1864
	his
Benjamin X Olge
	mark

Witnesses
William X D. Chinn
Green X Driver

State of Illinois, Greene County

In the County Court of said County. In Probate, Sept.Term, A.D., 1864
PERSONALLY APPEARED in Open Court, William D. Chinn and Green Driver
subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to
be the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Benjamin Ogle late of Greene County,
deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, each
for himself, that the foregoing is the Last Will and Testament of the said
Benjamin Ogle deceased; That they subscribed their names thereto as the
attesting witnesses at the request of the said Testator, and in his
presence, and in the presence of each other, on the 26th day of August A.
D. 1864.  That he then and there subscribed his name thereto in our
presence, and declared the same to be his last will and Testament; and that
the said Testator at the time of the executing the same as aforesaid was of
full age, of sound mind and memory, and under no constraint.

Wm. D. Chinn
Green X Driver

Subscribed and Sworn to in Open Court, this 19th Day of September A. D.
1864

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