Wills: John Logsdon, 1817: Allegany County, MD

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John Logsdon of John Will
Allegany Co MD Wills, Liber A, folio 164-165. 


In the name of God Amen.  I, John Logsdon of Allegany County in the State of Maryland, being
sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, considering
the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my
worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God
to call me hence, do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and
form following, that is to say,

        First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to
the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named and after
my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows,

        Item, I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Logsden (sic) all my estate real and
personal during her life, except ten dollars for the use of the church and ten dollars for the
Priest that burys (sic) me, and after her death,

        Item, I give and bequeath unto my two nephews, namely John Logsdon and Ralph Logsdon
all that will be recovered of any part of a tract of land called FANNYS MEADOW lying and being
in Frederick County and State of Maryland and now in suit at Fredericks Court in Frederick
County in the State of Maryland in equal proportions share and share alike. --

        Item, I give and bequeath unto my nephews William Logsdons two sons, Joshua Logsdon and
Joseph Logsdon all my the rest and residue of my estate real and when they arrive to the age of
twenty one in equal portios share and share alike. The word personal struck out before signing
in the 24th line.

        And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint John Matting[ly] and Samuel Mattingly to
be sole executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills
by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and
testament.

        In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eighteenth
day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. --- --- --- 

        Signed, sealed, published and declared by     |
John Losgdon, the above named Testator, as and for |     his
his last will and testament in the presence of us  | John + Logsdon
who at his request, in his presence and in the     |     mark
presence of each other have subscribed our names   |          {seal}
as witnesses thereto. --- --- ---                   >
                Elijah Durbin                                            |
                Edward Logsdon                                           |
                Jonathan Mackenzie                                       |

Allegany County, the 27th day of December 1817

        Then came Edward Logsdon and Jonathan McKinzie, two of the subscribing witnesses to the
foregoing last will and testament of John Logsdon, late of Allegany County, decd, and severally
made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see the testator therein named
sign and seal this will, and 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, and that they , with
Elijah Durbin the other subscribing, respectfully subscribed their names as witness to this
will in the presence and at the request of the testator and in the presence of each other.
                                                Sworn Before
                                                                        Geo. Bruce, Register