Will of John STEELE Sr. (1916)

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Will of John STEELE Sr.
 Allegany County CourthouseCumberland, Maryland

In the name of God, Amen
I, John Steele, Sr., of Allegany County, Maryland, being of sound and 
disposing mind, memory and understanding, capable of executing a valid deed 
or contract, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs and thereby be 
the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please Almighty God, to 
call me hence do therefore make, ordain and declare this and none other to be 
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 Executor 
hereinafter named.

After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses I will devise and 
bequeath as follows:-

Item 1. I will and devise all of my real estate of every kind and description 
and wheresoever the same may be situated at the time of my death, to my son, 
Claude L. Steele, in fee simple.

Item2. I further give and bequeath all of the stock, including cattle, horses 
&c., and also all of the household furniture, &c., all of which are now on my 
farm situated near Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland, absolutely to my 
son, Claude L. Steele.

Item3. I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my personal property, 
consisting of money &c., to my following named children, viz:-John F. Steele, 
Margaret S. Stark, Andrew S. Steele, William S. Steele, James S. Steele, 
George B. Steele, and David B. Steele, share and share alike, Absolutely.
It is my further will and desire and I hereby direct that should any of my 
above named children depart this life prior to my decease and leave issue 
surviving them that said issue so surviving shall take the share in my estate 
that their father or mother would have taken, if living, said issue to take 
per stirpes and not per capita.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my said son, Claude L. Steele, 
to be the sole Executor of this my last will and testament and request the 
Orphans' Court of Allegany County, Maryland, or the Court having jurisdiction 
over the settlement of my estate, that no bond shall be required of my said 
Executor other than required by law, hereby revoking and annulling and 
calling void all other wills, testaments or codicils by me at any time 
heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this, and none other, to be my last 
will and testament.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 
2nd., day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and 
Sixteen.

John Steele, Sr. (SEAL)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named testator, John 
Steele, Sr., as and fro his last will and testament, in the presence of us, 
who, at his request, in his presence, and all in the presence of each other, 
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto this 2nd., day of 
August in the year Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen. (1916)
George E. Jordan
Charles N. Wilkinson
G.W. Armbruster
State of Maryland

Allegany County, to-wit:-On the 6th day of September, 1918, came Claude L. 
Steele, the Executor named in the aforegoing last will and testament of John 
Steele, Sr., late of Allegany County, Maryland, deceased, who made oath in 
due form of law; that after the death of John Steele, Sr., the testator, he 
received said will from the hand of the Register of Wills for Allegany 
County, Maryland, in whose office it was filed for safe keeping on the 2nd 
day of August, 1916, the date of the signing and sealing thereof. And the 
said Claude L. Steele, further made oath, that the aforegoing instrument of 
writing is the true, whole last will and testament of the said John Steele, 
Sr., that hath come to his hands or possession and does not know of any other 
will and testament of the deceased aforesaid.
Test. Hervey W. Shuck
Register of Wills