Will of Anna Mary FOLTZ (1859) Carroll County, Maryland

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The Last Will and Testament of Anna Mary Foltz, daughter of Conrod 
Hileman/Heilman.

In the name of God I Ann Mary Foltz, widow of John Fultz deceased of [Carroll] 
County in the State of Maryland, being weak of body but of sound and disposing 
mind, memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death and the 
uncertainty of the time thereby being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and 
therefore be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God, 
do now publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and 
form folling this is to say -

First and principally my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the 
earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named 
and after all any just debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath 
as follows, to wit -

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah intermarried with a certain Michael 
D. G. Phieffer the sum of eight hundred dollars to be paid to her or her heirs 
in the following manner To wit

Whereas I hold eight notes or single bills against my grandson John Foltz 
bearing date on the eighteenth day of February 1859 and payable as follows: ... 
which said notes altogether to the sum of sixteen hundred dollars. The first 
note that may become due two hundred dollars to be paid to my daughter Sarah or 
her heirs. The second note that may become due two hundred dollars to be paid to 
my grandaughters to be divided equally between them share and share alike, 
namely, Lydia Ann Elizabeth Lootz and Izadora Grimm and their heirs. The third 
note that may become due two hundred dollars to be paid to my duaghter sarah or 
her hairs, the fourth note that may become due two hundred (etc) I give and 
bequeath unto my grandson John Foltz all the grain growing of every description 
on the plantation that I have sold and conveyed to him the said John Fultz by 
dead bearing date the eighteenth day of February 1859, and all the hay straw and 
Manure and all the grain that may be unthrashed at the time of my death.

All the rest residue and remainder of my Estate of whatsoever kind I may die 
seized and possessed of to be sold by my Executor, Notes Bonds accounts to be 
collected and money arising from each sale ... to be divided as follows, To wit: 
one third part to my daughter Sarah intermarried with Michael D. G. Pfeiffer, 
one third part thereof to my grandson John Foltz and one third part thereof to 
my two granddaughters Lydia Ann Elizabeth Lootz and Izadora Grimm to be equally 
divided between them, share and share alike.

And lastly I do hereby appoint my grandson John Foltz to be sole Executor of 
this my last Will and Testament... In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
name and affixed my seal this Twenty Sixth day of Feburary in the year of our 
Lord 1859. In the presence of Michael Sullivan; Uriah B. Sullivan; John Frantz. 
On the Fourth of February 1867 before the Orphans Court for Carroll County came 
Uriah B. Sullivan ... that he with Michael Sullivan (since dead) and John Krantz 
(who is absent) subscribed their respective names as witnesses.