Wills: Ralphael Logsdon, 1818: Allegany County, MD

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RALPHAEL LOGSDON WILL
Allegany County, Maryland Will Liber A, folio 166-167.

In the name of God Amen, I Raphael 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
wordly affairs 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 committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the
earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and after my
debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows:
Item, I give unto my nephew John Losdon my silver watch. Item, I give and bequeath unto Samuel
Durbin my Rifle gun.
Item, I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal unto my
dear wife Mary during her natural life and at her death,
Item, I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal to be
equally divided among my six daughters Jemimiah, Mary, Margaret, Honnor, Nancy and Sarah to
them. their heirs and assigns forevere, in equal portion share and share alike,
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint John Mattingly to be my sole Executor 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 here unto Set my hand and affixed my seal this thirteenth day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and eighteen.---
Signed, sealed, published & declared    |
by Raphael Logsdon, the above named     |       Raphael Logsdon {seal}
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.          |
Jona. Arnold
        John Mattingly
        Nancy Close
Allegany County, the 24th day of June 1818
Then came Jonathan Arnold and John Mattingly, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
within last will and testament of Raphael Logsdon, late of Allegany County, decd, and severally
made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see the testator therin 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 so doing he was to the best of their apprehension
of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and that they respectively Subscribed
their names as witnesses 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
I, John Mattingly, the appointed executor in the last will and testament of Raphael Logsdon,
late of Allegany County, Decd, doth hereby renounce and relinquish all my right & title to the
Executorship aforesaid and doth refuse to take the same upon himself.-
As witness my hand and seal this 24th day of June 1818---
Witness Thos. Pollard                           John Mattingly {seal}
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10 Apr 1820 Jonathan Arnold Administrator:
        Accounts paid Ed Logsdon Sr, Samuel Durbin, Jonathan Arnold and
        Johnsee Arnold.
09 Jun 1821 Jonathan Arnold Administrator:
        Paid Mary Logsdon.  Dividends: Jemima Blubaugh, Margaret Sapp,
        Nancy Arnold, Mary Logsdon, Honor Logue, Sarah Carter