Will of Zachariah Johnson 1892


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Will of Zachariah Johnson


In the name of God,Amen.

I, Zachariah Johnson, of the city of Cumberland, Allegany county,
Maryland, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory
and understanding, do make, ordain, publish and declare the following my
last Will and Testament.

        1, I direct that my debts and funeral expenses be paid and that
the peace of my interment be suitably marked and enclosed.
        2, To my sister, Mary Zimmerman, I give five hundred dollars.
        3, To my affectionate wife, Susan R. Johnson, I give and bequeath
all the rest and residue of my personal estate.
        4, To my said sister Mary Zimmerman, and her heirs and assigns, I
devise and bequeath the lot of ground and premises whereon she now
resides in Frederick County, Maryland, in fee simple.
        5, To my said wife Susan R. Johnson, I devise and bequeath the
lot of ground with the improvements thereon, that I have purchased from 
Philip Wingert, situated at the intersection of Bridge and Mill Streets 
in the city of Cumberland and upon which I now reside, for and during her
natural life, and after her death, I devise and bequeath the said lot of
land to my daughter Anna M. E. Johnson and son William R. Johnson and
their heirs and assigns forever.
        6, To my said daughter Anna M. E. Laney and son William R.
Johnson, I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my real estate
wheresoever situate, to them and their heirs and assigns forever.
        7, It is my wish and desire that my Executors shall not be
required to execute a bond as such executors.
        8, And lastly I hereby appoint my wife, Susan R. Johnson and my
brother-in-law George R. Kephart executors of this my last Will and
Testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by one heretofore
made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will
and Testament.
        Witness my hand and seal this Second day of June, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety two.
                                        Z. Johnson (Seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by Zachariah Johnson the above
named testator, as and  for his last will and testament, in the presence
of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each
other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
                        Hopewell Hebb, John N. Frantz, J.B. Widner.

State of Maryland.
  Allegany County to wit; On this day 16th of May 1904 came Susan R.
Johnson, widow, and one of the executors named in the aforegoing last
Will and Testament of Zachariah Johnson, late of Allegany County,
Maryland, deceased, and made oath in due form of law; that after the
death of Zachariah Johnson, the testator, she found the said Will among
his, the testator's private effects. And the said Susan R. Johnson,
further made oath in due form; that the aforegoing instrument of writing
is the true last Will and Testament of the said Zachariah Johnson,
deceased, that hath come to her hands or possession, and that she does
not know of any other Will and Testament of the deceased aforesaid.
                                        Test; John B. Shannon
                                        Register of Wills

State of Maryland
  Allegany County to wit; On this 16th day of May 1904, came John N
Frantz and John B. Widener, two of the subscribing witnesses to the
aforegoing last Will and Testament of Zachariah Johnson, late of
Allegany County, Maryland, deceased, and made oath in due form of law;
that they did see Zachariah Johnson, the testator, sign and seal said
Will; that they heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be
his last Will and Testament; that at the time of his so doing he was, to
the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory and
understanding, capable of executing a valid deed or contract, and that
they and Hopewell Hebb, the first subscribing witness, thereto, now
deceased, respectively subscribed their names and witnesses thereto, at
the request of Zachariah Johnson, the testator, in his presence and all
in the presence of each other.
                                Test; John B. Shannon
                                Register of Wills