Will of Williams R COVERDILL, Macoupin County Illinois, 04 Nov 1998
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Will of Williams R Coverdill, Macoupin County IL

I, Williams R. Coverdill of the County of Macoupin and State of Illinois being mindful 
of my mortality and being of sound mind and memory do make this my last will and 
testament in manner and form following that is to say.

I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, and my body to be buried decently at the 
discretion of my friends, and after my body shall have been buried,

I hereby desire and authorise my Executors to purchase and put up decent grave 
stones at the head and feet with my name age death be inscribed thereon, and that all 
my just debts be paid.

I give and devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy Coverdill in lieu of her 
dower, five hundred dollars in cash and also my house and kitchen funiture and also 
one third part of all the balance of my estate, after all my debts shall have been paid, 
during her natural life, and at the death of my said wife, all the property and money 
hereby devised and bequeathed to her as aforesaid in so much thereof as then remain 
unexpended may be disposed of by her as she may desire.

I give and devise to my two grandchildren Eli Carter and Nancy Jane Carter only 
surviving heirs of my daughter Rachel Carter now deceased fifty dollars each to be 
paid to them by my Executors out of the proceeds of my Estate, as soon as the same 
can be disposed of and the proceeds collected. And I give and devise to the legal heirs 
of my daughter Sarah Ann Woods now deceased one dollar to be paid by my 
Executors out of my Estate as above stated in the case of my grnadchildren. And I 
further give and divise to my children Mary Jane Fillpostts, Israel Coverdill, Eli 
Coverdill, Hester Adcock, William Coverdill and Robert Coverdill and to their heirs 
and assigns forever all my Estate both Real and personal not previously disposed of in 
this my last will & testament. All of my estate, real & personal not disposed of in this 
instrument after my decease to be sold by my Executors and the proceeds to be equally 
divided between my six children last above named after paying all cost and expense of 
carrying out my last will and testament.

And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Nancy Coverdill and G A W Cloud 
to be the Executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all 
former wills by me made. And xxxing and confirming this and no other to be my last 
will and testament.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of 
May A.D. 1861.
Williams R. Coverdill {Seal}
his x mark
Witnesses
Barnabas Boggess
James ?H Smith
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State of Illinois Macoupin County SS
In the County Court of said county
Personally appeared in open court Barnabas Boggess subscribing witness the foregoing 
instrument of xxxxing purporting to be the last will and testament of Williams R 
Coverdale late of Macoupin County deceased, who being duly sworn according to law 
doth depose and say that the foregoing is the last will and testament of the said 
Williams R Coverdill deceased that he subscribed his name thereto as the attesting 
witness at the request of the said testator and in his presence on the (nothing) day of 
(nothing) A.D. 1861, that he then and there suxxxxx his name thereto by making his 
mark in his presence, and declared the suxxxx be his last Will and Testament and that 
the said Testator at the time of the Exe?cution the same as aforesaid was of full age, of 
sound mind and memory and xxxxx constraint. 
Subscribed and sworn to in open court this 18 day of September A.D. 1861
G. W. Holliday, County xxxxx

My Note: Used spelling as was in will such as Coverdill and Coverdale. I did notice 
that his given name was 
Williams with a “s”.


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