Wills:  Last Will and Testament of Joseph C. Caple, (1899) Carroll County, Maryland

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Last Will and Testament of Joseph C. Caple 

           I, Joseph C. Caple, of Carroll County, in the State of Maryland, 
do make this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say:
     After the payment of my debts and my funeral expenses, I give devise and 
bequeath my estate as follows:
     (Item 1:)I give and devise all my real estate, being all the land 
mentioned in a deed to me from Abram N. Zeutz, and wife, dated September 13, 
1898, and recorded among the Land Records of Carroll County, on that date, 
and any and all other real estate, to which I may be entitled at the time of 
my death, unto my wife Rebecca H. Caple, to be held by her during the term of 
her natural life; and from and after the death of my said wife, then to my 
daughter Eurith A. Zeutz, in fee simple, subject to the payment, by her, to 
my son William F. Caple, of a sum equal to one half the difference between 
the value of my said real property at the time of the death of my said wife, 
and the account of all charges against said real property, existing at the 
time of the death of my said wife, at which time the value of the said real 
property shall be estimated and determined by three disinterested appraisers, 
one by my son William F. Caple, one by my daughter Eurith A. Zeutz and the 
third by the other two; provided however that should my said daughter Eurith 
A. Zeutz so elect, she may, at the time of the death of my said wife, demand, 
in lieu of this devise, of my hereinafter names executor, that the said real 
estate be sold by him, at public or private sale, as to him shall seem best, 
and that the net proceeds, after payment of all debts for which my said real 
estate may be liable, be divided equally between my said son William F. Caple 
and my daughter Eurith A. Zeutz; and provided further that should my said 
daughter Eurith A. Zeutz be deceased at the time of the death of my said 
wife, her children, then living shall take per [?] and not per [?], the same 
share and rights, which their mother, my said daughter Eurith A. Zeutz, would 
have acquired hereby if living.
     (Item 2:) I give and bequeath to my said son William F. Caple at the 
death of my said wife Rebecca H. Caple, a sum equal to one half the 
difference between the value at that time of my aforesaid real estate, and 
the amount of all charges against said real estate, existing at that time, as 
provided in item one, to be paid to him by my said daughter Eurith A. Zeutz, 
and hereby charged upon the said real estate, herein before devised, to her, 
provided that she does not demand that sale be made as provided in said "Item 
1", but in case my said daughter Eurith A. Zeutz demands such sale and 
devision as aforesaid, I give and bequeath to my said son William F. Caple, 
one half of the net proceeds of said sale remaining after payment of all 
debts for which my said real estate may be justly liable; and further 
provided that should my said son William F. Caple be deceased at the time of 
the death of my said wife Rebecca H. Caple, his children, then living shall 
take, per [?] and not per [?], the same share and rights which their father 
my said son William F. Caple, would have acquired hereby, if living.
     (Item 3:) I give and bequeath all my household furniture and other 
personal property within my dwelling, to my wife Rebecca H. Caple, during the 
term of her natural life, and at her death to my daughter Eurith A. Zeutz 
absolutely.
     (Item 4:)All the rest and residue of my estate of every nature kind and 
descreption, wheresoever situated, I give and bequeath to my wife Rebecca H. 
Caple, her personal representatives and assigns.
     (Item 5:) I constitute and appoint my son William F. Caple, to be the 
executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills 
and codicils by me heretofore made and I hereby direct, authorize and empower 
him, as my executor, in case a sale of said real estate is demanded and made 
as provided in item one, to execute and deliver a proper deed to the 
purchaser or purchasers, conveying a good and sufficient title thereto in fee 
simple, free and discharged from any charge herein made.
          In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed 
my seal this ---------- day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and 
ninety eight. 


Joseph C. Caple, (Seal)



     Signed, sealed, published and declared by 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 the presence of each other have hereunto 
subscribed our names as witnesses.


Harry H. Hering
Chas. R. Woods



Carroll County Register of Wills, Maryland.
Will Book #8, pages 210, 211, 212
Probated: January 16, 1899
Carroll Co., MD.

Sincerely,
Brian K. Ring