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Be it remembered that on this 11th day of of (sic) February in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven the following Will 
of John D. Jones deceased was filed in the Office of the Clerk of the
 Jennings Court of Common Pleas in which Letters Testamentory issued 
according to law to wit I, John D. Jones of Marion Township Jennings 
County and State of Indiana do make and ordain this my last will and
 testament in manner and form following.First I direct that all my 
personal property shall be sold and my debts collected and I also direct 
that my executor shall sell my real estate and when full payment is
 received make a good conveyance or deed for the same and then after my 
debts and the expense of setling (sic) my estate is paid I direct that 
all the proceeds of my personal and real estate be divided equally between
 my children (viz) Onor Williams my eldest daughter  The children of 
Daniel D. Jones deceased one share,  Mariah Tobias my second daughter  
The child of Rachel Dixon my third daughter  Eliza Chasteen my fourth 
daughter  Margaret Williams my fifth daughter  Samuel D Jones my second 
and only living son,  Sarah Jones my sixth daughter   Eight shares in all.
 Second I appoint my friend William B. Lewis to execute this my last Will 
and Testament This the Twenty Third day of September in the year of Our 
Lord eighteen hundred and fifty six. 
 John D. Jones 
Signed in presence of 
James Johnson  
W. H. Lowry
J. N. McCaslen

And attached to the said will is the following certificate and affidavit
 to wit State of Indiana  |ss   
Jennnings County  |         James Johnson being duly sworn according to
 law upon his oath says that the Will to which this certificate is 
attached is the last Will and Testament of John D. Jones late of said 
County deceased   That the said affiant was well acquainted with said 
decedent in his lifetime   That said decedent at the time of making and 
publishing said will was of full age and sound mind and memory and not
 under coertion (sic) or compulsion whatever   That said will was signed 
and published in the presence of said affiant who together with
 William H. Lowry and J. N. McCaslin signed their names as witnesses to
 said Will at the request of said Decedent as he verily believes. ___  
James Johnson 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of February 1857
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas of said 
County this day and Date above.
                      Ben F. Lewis, Clerk 

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Bill Case
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bcase@quancon.com
http://quancon.com/~bcase/caseanc.htm
The will of John D. Jones.  Jennings County Will Book 1, Pages 332, 333.

Prepared by Coe William Case, a descendant by Onor Williams, from a Copy
 Made by Indiana State Library.   John D. Jones and family came to the
 US from Wales with wife and 8 children (one died enroute) in 1817. 
 The children are by the first two of his three wives.
 
The handwriting is quite readable, but there is very little punctuation,
 resulting in some difficulty in reading.  I have not inserted punctuation
 or corrected the document; however, I have in most cases added spaces 
where I thought a comma or period would have been appropriate.
Coe William (Bill) Case