LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA WILLS Page 215 Jonathan Huston’s Will . I Jonathon Huston of Lawrence County State of Indiana being of Sound mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare this to be my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making null and void all former last wills and Testaments and writings in the nature of last wills and Testaments by me heretofore made. My Will is first that my funeral charges and just debts Shall be paid by my Executor hereinafter named. The residue of my Estate and property which Shall not be required for the payment of my just debts and funeral charges and the expenses attending the execution of this my will and the administration of my estate I give devise and dispose thereof as follows towit: I give to my sons David Huston, William Huston, Samuel Huston and Bloomer Huston equal Shares of my estate after my decease and to my son James Huston when a dividend is made after my decease I give two thirds of one share. In Testimony whereof I the said Jonathan Huston have herein subscribed my name and affixed my Seal this 8th day of May A.D. 1857. Jonathan Huston (Seal) Signed sealed and declared by the Said Jonathan Huston to be his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto in the presence of each other {B. N. Huston Witnesses {James Wilson And I do nominate and apoint my son David Huston to be the Sole executor of this my last will and testament Jonathan Huston (Seal) State of Indiana } Lawrence Court SS } Be it remembered that on the 8th day of September 1863 James Wilson one of the Subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament of Jonathan Huston late of Said County deceased personally appeared before me David Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County in the State of Indiana and being duly sworn by page 216 the Clerk of Said Court upon his oath declared and testified as follows that is to say: That on the 8th day of May 1857 he saw the said Jonathan Huston sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that deponent at the same time heard the said Jonathan Huston declare the said instrument in writing to be his last Will and Testament and that the said instrument was at the same time at the request of the said Jonathan Huston and with his consent attested and Subscribed by the Said James Wilson & B. N. Huston in the presence of Said testator and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto and that the said Jonathan Huston was at the time of the signing and Subscribing of the said instrument in writing as aforesaid of full age (then more than twenty one years of age) and of Sound and disposing mind and memory and not under any coercion or restraint as the Said deponent verily believes and further deponent says not. James Wilson Sworn and Subscribed by the said James Wilson before me David Harrison Clerk of Said Court at Bedford the 8th day of September 1863. In attestation whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court. David Harrison Clerk State of Indiana } Lawrence County SS} I David Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County, Indiana do hereby certify that the within annexed last Will and Testament of Jonathan Huston has been duly admitted to probate and duly proved by the testimony of James Wilson in proof thereof has been by me duly made and recorded in Book “A” at Pages 215 & 216 of the Record of Wills of said County. In Attestation whereof I have hereunto Subscribed (Seal) my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Bedford this 8th day of September 1863 David Harrison Clerk Court of Common Pleas Lawrence County ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Phyllis Hill