Wills of Stoddard Co. MO  - Hill, John W. - Book B pg. 18-19
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Record Book of Wills
in the County of Stoddard, Missouri
Book B, p. 18&19

I John W. Hill of the County of Stoddard in the State of Missouri do make and
publish this my last will and testament.  1st It is my Will that all my debts
and funeral expenses be fully paid.  And I give and devise to my Niece Dora D.
Miller Two hundred Acres of land situate in the County of Green and State of
Arkansas and Known as the Elihu Graham farm also one hundred dollars in money.
3rd I give and devise to my Sister Margaret E. Crytes Three hundred and twenty
acres of land situate in Green county Arkansas and Known as the Jacob Cripp
place or farm; Also -- Three hundred and Sixty five acres of land Situate in
Cook county Texas and lying about Seven Miles North East of the town of
Gainsville in said county of Cook and being all the land found in the State of
Texas.
I also give and bequeath to my said Sister Margarett E. Crytes Two hundred and
Seventy five dollars in gold which I now have on hand also Five hundred dollars
in current money or "greenbacks".
4th I give and bequeath to Martha J. Spiller five dollars, to William E.
Spiller five dollars, to Henry Spiller five dollars to Armenta Spiller five
dollars, to John Spiller five dollars and to Mary Ellen Spiller five dollars.
5th I give and bequeath to my Brother Jasper F. Hill five dollars.
6th And lastly, as to all the rest, residue and remainder of my Personal
estate whatever after payment of all my just debts, I give and bequeath the
same to my said Sister Margarett E. Crytes.
And do hereby appoint Henry Miller my sole Executor of this my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of July AD
Eighteen hundred and Sixty Seven.

John W. Hill

Signed and declared by the above named John W. Hill to be his last will and
Testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have
subscribed our names in witnesses thereto.
Orson Bartlett
William S. Welborn

State of Missouri, county of Stoddard
In Vacation of the Probate Court
Be it remembered that on the 27th day of Jul 1867 personally appeared before
me the undersigned Henry Renner Clerk of the Probate Court of the county and
State aforesaid Orson Bartlett and William S. Welborn the subscribing witnesses
to the annexed will of John W. Hill; and being by me first duly sworn, depose
and say that the said John W. Hill the testator, subscribed the same in their
presence, and published the said will or instrument of writing as his last
will, that he, the said testator was at the time of publishing his said will,
of sound mind and more than twenty one years of age, and that they the said
deponents, attested the said will as witnesses thereto, by subscribing their
names to the same, in the presence of said testator.
Orson Bartlett
William S. Welborn

In witness where of I Henry Renner Clerk of the Probate court of the County of
Stoddard and State aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said court at office in the county of Stoddard this 7th day of July 1867.
Henry Renner clerk
Filed and Recorded July 29th 1867
Henry Renner Clerk

Book C, pg. 42- Letters of Administration