Wills:   Isabella Armstrong,   1875:  Baltimore County, Maryland

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I Isabella Armstrong of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland being of
sound, disposing mind, memory and understandling, but sick in the body, and
mindful of the uncertainty of human life do hereby make  publish and declare
this to be my last will and testament in manner and form as follows;  that
is to say:
Principally I commit my soul to God and my body to the earth, and after the
payment of my just debts and funeral expenses
First - I bequeath unto my dearly beloved daughter, Isabella Armstrong my
bedstead and bedding, my bureau, my sewing machine, my washstand, three
chairs and a carpet (all contained in my bedroom) and the sum of eleven
hundred dollars in current money.
Secondly- I bequeath unto my dearly beloved son John M. Armstrong, two
hundred dollars in money in addition to his share of the rest and residue of
my personal estate.
All the rest and residue of my personal estate I bequeath unto my four
beloved sons, Samuel, William, Daniel and John (share and  share alike) &
their heirs per stirpes et non per capita.
And I hereby constitute and appoint my friend Richard Hamilton executor of
this my last will and testament.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by Isabella Armstrong, the above
named testator, on this twenty second day of March in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy five as and for her last will and testament in the
presence of us who at her request in her presence}
Isabella (her mark X)  Armstrong  (seal)

and in the presence of each other have subscribed  our names as witnesses
thereto.
T. H.  Reiche, M. D. (first letter uncertain- could be a B or P)
S. J. Lewis
Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton came forward 14 March 1876......