Will of WILLIAM BENJAMIN HUMPHREY, 1915

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I, W.B. Humphrey, of Clay, Webster County, Kentucky being of full age,
and of sound mind and memory, do hereby make and publish and declare
this to be my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills by me
heretofore made.
Item I. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid
out of my estate as soon as practicable after the time of my decease.
Item II. All the property, real and personal of every kind and
description, wheresoever situate, which I may own or have the right
to dispose at the time of my decease, I give bequeath and devise to
my wife Martha L. Humphrey, absolutely and in fee simple.
Item III. I make nominate and appoint my wife Martha L. Humphrey to be
the executrix of this my last will and testament and I request that
no bond be required of her as such. I further request that no
inventory of my estate be made or taken in so far as the same may be
lawfully ommitted.
In testimony whereof witness my hand on this the 9th day of September
 1915 in the presence of C.O. Simpson and Carl Humphrey.
W.B. Humphrey

Signed and acknowledged by the said W.B. Humphrey as and for his last
will and testament in our presence and by us subscribed as attesting
witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his
request, on this the 9th day of September 1915.
Carl Humphrey, Clay, KY
C. O. Simpson Clay, KY
State of Kentucky
County of Webster (Sct.)
I L.V. Stone, Clerk of the County Court, for the state and county
aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing instrument of writing
proporting to be the last will and testament of W. B. Humphrey
deceased was produced in open court and proven by the sworn testimony
of Carl Humphrey and C. O. Simpson the subscribing witnesses thereto
who stated that the said instrument was signed by them in his presence
and at said decedents request and in the presence of each other, and
that said decedent was at the time of the execution of said will of
sound mind and capable of disposing of his property; whereupon the
same was ordered to probate and record as last will and testament of
said decedent, which is acordingly done.
Witness my hand this Mch 19, 1917, L. V. Stone, Clerk

 

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