WILL: Jacob Pitts; Crawford, Orange co., NY 
surname: Pitts, Case, Smith, Kump, Crane

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Source: Orange Co., Ny Surrogate Records
Written: July 1 1826
Recorded: July 24 1826

>From Mormon film #835421, Orange County, New York Surrogate records
   Wills, volumes H -I, 1824 - 1834

page 180

The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God Fee & Independent:
__To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern send greeting __
Know ye that at Goshen in the county of Orange on the twenty fourth day of
July Instant before Wheeler Case Esq. Surrogate of our said County the last
will and testament of Jacob Pitts late of the town of Crawford in said county
deceased ( a why whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved & is now approved and
allowed of by us & the said deceased having whilst he lived & at the time of
his death goods, chattles or credits, within this state by means whereof the
proving and registering of the said will & the granting Administration of all
& singular the said goods, chattles & credits & also the auditing, allowing &
final discharging the account thereof doth belong to us; the Administration of
all & singular the said chattles & credits of the said deceased & any way
concerning his will is granted unto Henry Pitts & George Pitts the executors
in the said will named they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to
administer the same & to make & exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all &
singular the said goods chattles & credits and also to render a just & true
account thereof when thereunto required  In testimony whereof we have caused
the seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.  Witness
Wheeler Case Esq Surrogate of the said County at Goshen the twenty fourth day
of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty-six & of
our Independence the Fifty first.
     Wheeler Case  Surrogate

     I Jacob Pitts of Crawford in the County of Orange of sound mind & 
disposing memory, blessed be the Almighty God for the same, do make this my
last will & testament in manner & form as follows 

Item.  I give & bequeath to my loving wife Sarah Pitts the one third of my
real estate during her life time.  Further if my executors think it
insufficient to support her they may retain what they think sufficient from
the rest of the heirs and apply it for her support during her life time.

Item.  I do further direct my executors when they think it proper to dispose
of my real estate & divide the amount of money arising from the same as
follows:

Item.  I do give & bequeath the one equal eleventh part to my sons Henry, 
George, Joseph, Jacob & John & also to my daughters the one equal eleventh
part to Nancy, Mary, Sally, Elizabeth & Susanna & also the one eleventh part
to Chauncy Warren Smith son of my daughter Catharine, deceased.  And I do
further direct my executors to give to my daughter Nancy one cow or the value
of it & also my daughter Sally one cow or the value of it & her bed & bedding
& also Elizabeth & Susanna each one cow or the value of it & each of them
their bed & bedding & also to my wife Sarah one cow & four sheep, one beauro,
one table, six chairs & other necessary things for her to keep house with &
two beds & bedding & sufficient provision for one year & likewise my son John
to be put to a trade & when he comes of age the value of a common colt & my
executors to pay my lawful debts out of my personal property.

Item.  I hereby nominate & appoint my sons Henry Pitts & George Pitts to be
the executors of this my last will & testament in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this first day of July 1826.  Signed, sealed &
delivered & acknowledged in our presence as witnessed & in the presence of the
testator to be the last will & testament of the said Jacob Pitts__

Jacob Kump
Cavaler J. Crane    Jacob Pitts  
**SS**
Samuel Pitts

Orange County
Be it remembered that on the twenty fourth day of July in the year of our lord 
one thousand eight hundred & twenty six personally appeared before me Wheeler 
Case Esq Surrogate of the said County - Jacob Kump who being duly sworn did 
depose & say that he was present & did see Jacob Pitts deceased sign & seal
the written instrument then shown unto him and of which the preceding is a
true copy purporting to be the last will & testament of the said deceased &
did hear him publish & declare the same as & for his last will & testament &
that at the time of the execution thereof he the said deceased was of a sound
disposing mind & memory to the best of his the deponents knowledge & belief &
that the deponent together with Cavaler J. Crane & Samuel Pitts subscribed
their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the testator & in the
presence of each other.

The preceding is a true copy of the original will of Jacob Pitts deceased of
the certificate of the proof thereof & the letters testimony thereon.
     Wheeler Case    Surrogate

Additional Comments:
Jacob Pitts is buried in the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Montgomery,
Orange Co., New York.