White County IL Archives Wills.....McCallister, Edward  April 15, 1859
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Vi McAllister mcallister8@cox.net January 17, 2008, 6:15 pm

Source: White County, Illinois County Clerk's Office
Written: April 15, 1859
Recorded: August 15, 1859

Transcribed by Vi McAllister 17 January 2008 from copy supplied by:
White County, Illinois County Clerk’s Office

EDWARD MCCALLISTER’S WILL
15th Day of April 1859  
Pg. 78 & 79

In the name of the Benevolent Father of all,
I, Edward McCallister of White County Illinois, do make and publish this my 
last will and Testament.

Item 1st	I give and devise to my son, Jackson, Eighty Acres of Land to 
wit, the N half of the SW Quarter Sec 34, T6 R10E.

Item 2nd	I give and devise to my son Garret, Eighty Acres of Land to 
wit, the S half of SW Quarter Sec 34 T6 R10E.  Also one horse, Saddle and 
Bridle, one Bed and necessary Bedding.

Item 3rd	I give and devise to my son Edward Eighty Acres of land to 
wit, the W half SE Quarter Sec 33 Town 6 R10 E.  Also one horse, Bridle & 
Saddle, one Bed and necessary Bedding.

Item 4th	I give and devise to my son, Wesley Eighty Acres of Land, to 
wit,  the S half of the SE Quarter of Sec 33, Town 6 R10E.

Item 5th	I give and devise to my daughter, Mary, Forty Acres of Land, 
to wit, the East Quarter of the North W Quarter Sec 3 T7 R10.  Also one horse, 
Saddle and Bridle and Bed & Bedding.

Item 6th	I give and devise to my Daughter, Ellen, Forty acres of land, 
To Wit, W Quarter of NW Quarter Sec 3 T7 R10.  Also one horse, Saddle & Bridle 
& one Bed and Bedding.

Item 7th	I do hereby nominate & appoint my son, Jackson Executor of 
this My last Will and Testament, hereby authorizing and empowering him 
compromise,  adjust and discharge in such manner as he may think proper, the 
debts and claims due me.  I do also empower and authorize him, if it shall 
become necessary in order to pay my debts to sell, by private sale or 
otherwise as he may think proper, all or any part of my real estate &  Execute 
deeds to purchasers, acknowledge and deliver in fee simple.  In testimony 
whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of April in the year of 
our Lard 1859.  Edward McCallister.  Signed and acknowledged by Edward 
McCallister as his Last Will and Testament in our presence and signed by us in 
his presence.

Test		A. B. Gilkin
		John McCallister

State of Illinois
White County		ss

		A  County Court began and held at the Clerk’s Office in Carmi 
on Monday, the 15th day of August 1859 for probate purposes.  Present:
							Hon. Wm P. Garrison, 
Co. Judge
							R. S. Graham, Clerk
At this day comes Jackson McCallister and presents the last will of Edward 
McCallister dec’d and moves that Probate be made there of which is granted,
Whereupon came A. B Gilkin and John McCallister Subscribing witnesses to said 
Will, who having duly sworn on their oaths say, that they were present and saw 
said Edward McCallister sign Said will that they then believed and still do 
believe that he was of Sound Mind and Memory, that they signed said will as 
witnesses at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other Let 
it be recorded.
			Witness R. S. Graham, Clerk of our said Court at Carmi 
this 15th
			Day of August A. D. 1859
							R. S. Graham, Clerk
State of Illinois
White County     ss
				I, Jackson McCallister do solemnly Swear, that 
this writing contains the true last Will and testament of the within named 
Edward McCallister, 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 as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto execute and 
the law charge 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 the said deceased and render a fair and 
just account of my Executor ship when there unto required by law to the best 
of my knowledge and abilities,  So help me God.
							his
Sworn to & subscribed before me		Jackson x McCallister
Aug 15th 1859						mark
R. S. Graham, County Clerk


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