Will of John Valentine - 1855 - 1860, Allegany County, Maryland 

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John Valentine
Maryland State Archives
Wills - Allegany County, Maryland
Microfilm - CR-28-1 Liber B page 175

        In the name of God, Amen, I John Valentine of Allegany County in the State 
of Maryland being in perfect health of body and 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 
to 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 
here in after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and 
bequeath as follows:
        I give and bequeath to my wife Anna Dorothea the dwelling house she 
formerly occupied situated on the Bedford Road on a lot leased from Thomas 
Shriver and all the house hold and kitchen furniture, and all other personal 
property I may have about my house or on the premises at the time of my decease.
        My will and desire is, and I hereby so direct that my Executor herein 
after named or either of them that may act as such in a reasonable time after my 
decease sell all of the Real Estate that I die seized of and own and from the 
net proceeds of such sale pay unto my wife Anna Dorothea Eight hundred dollars 
and then divide the remainder into eight equal shares and give one share to each 
of my children and if any be deceased to divide such share in equal portions 
among the children of such deceased.
        And whereas I hold several notes of hand against my children, it is my 
wish and desire that such notes be estimated in the proceeds of my Estate by my 
Executors, so that each child's share be equal.
        And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint John Gephart and William 
Hoblitzell the Executors of this my last will and testament revoking and 
annulling all former wills by me heretofore made edifying 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 
tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty 
five.
                                                John Valentine (SEAL)

Signed Sealed published and declared by John Valentine 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 thereto.
                                G. Beall                        Francis Madose
A.M. Thomas

Maryland Allegany County to wit:
        On the first day of May 1860, came John Gephart and William Hoblitzell 
Executors and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing instrument of 
writing is the true whole last Will and testament of John Vallentine late of 
said County deceased that has come to their hands or possession and that they do 
knot know of any other.
                                                Test - G. B. Wedener - Register
Maryland Allegany County to wit:
        On this first day of May 1860 Come Gustavus Beall one of the subscribing 
Witnesses to the foregoing last will and testament of John Vallentine late of 
said County deceased and made oath in due form of law that he heard the testator 
therein named acknowledge that he had signed and sealed said Will that 
respondent heard testator 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 his 
apprehension of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and that ? 
subscribed his name to decd will as a Witness in the presence and at the request 
of the testator and deponent thinks that Francis Madose one of the other 
subscribing witnesses to said will was present at the time this deponent 
so subscribed his name but that he has no recollection of seeing Augustus M. 
Thomas the other subscribing Witness to said Will.  And at the same time came 
Francis Madose and made oath that he heard the testator aforesaid acknowledge 
that he had signed and sealed said Will and 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 deponents apprehensions of sound and disposing mind 
memory and understanding and that he and Augustus M. Thomas aforesaid 
respectively, subscribed their names to said Will in the presence and at the 
request of the testator and in the presence of each other - but that he 
has no recollection of seeing Gustavus Beall, the other subscribing witness to 
said Will.
                                        Test - J. B. Widener - Register