Wills:  Will of Abraham Slade. (1868) Baltimore County, Maryland

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Will of Abraham Slade of Baltimore Co., filed abt 1868


Copy Abraham Slade's Last Will and Testament (Recorded ca. October 1868) 

Be it remebered that I Abraham Slade of Baltimore County and State of Maryland being 
weak in bodybut of sound and disposing mine Memory and Understanding knowing the 
certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof do make and ordain this my last 
will and testament in manner and form following. 

First and principally I committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God and My body to 
the earth to be decently buryed and aft my debts and funeral charges are paid and my 
wife's thirds when out. I devise and bequeath as follows: 

I will and bequeath unto my loving wife Ann Slade all my household property except what 
may be hereafter disposed of 

Item I will and devise unto my son John Slade the plantation which he now resides on and 
part of McClungs Inheritance where I have divided it and which will be ore fully Shown by 
my son Thomas and Josias Slade Also all the stock and farming utensils belonging to 
thesaid place to him the said John Slade his heirs and assigns forever by paying unto my 
daughter Ariel Slade Six Hundred dollars, five years after my decease. the Oxen and 
Wagon whichis in the possession and in use by by my sons John and Christopher Slade to 
be equally divided in value between them. 

I give and devise unto my son Christopher Slade the place he now resides on with the 
residue of McClung's Inheristance the stock and farming utensils belonging to said place to 
himm his heirs and assigns for ever by his paying unto My daughter Elizabeth Slade Six 
Hundred dollars five years after my decease. 

I will and devise unto my son Abraham Slade part of three lots of land known by the name 
of Mount Joy and part of Talbotts Hall the lines and marks of which I have herefore 
Shown unto my five sons also unto Joseph Sutton and Lee Corbit also all the stock which 
is in his possession to him the said Abraham Slade his heirs and assigns foreever by him 
paying unto my daughter Ariel Slade one hundred dollars three years after my decease. 

I will and devise unto my son Thomas Slade that part of Talbott's Hall whereon I now 
reside ppart of Mount Joy and part of S----- Delight The marks and lines of which I have 
heretofore Shown unto my five sons also to Joseph Sutton and Lee Corbit by his paying 
unto my daughter Ann Perdue Six Hundred dollars five years after my decease and unto 
my daughter Elizabeth Slade two hundred dollars five years after my decease, and 
..............(the remainder was not copied by the extractor).