Coshocton County OhArchives Wills.....McCoy, Joseph Washington February 29, 1840
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Source: Court Of Common Pleas, Coshocton County, Ohio
Written: February 29, 1840
Recorded: February 4, 1841

he will of Joseph McCoy was written on Feb. 29, 1840, and probated on Feb. 4, 
1841. This is its transcript:
"Joseph McCoy's Will. Joseph McCoy, deceased. Will, probate, & court. The 
State of Ohio, Coshocton county, afs. Called Court of Common Pleas to wit on 
the fourth day of February Ann Domine, eighteen hundred and forty-one.
"Be it remembered that, now, to wit on the day and year aforesaid, the last 
will and testament of Joseph McCoy late of Coshocton County deceased was this 
day produced in writing, and Joseph McMorris and Andrew Walker, two credible 
witnesses thereunto being in open court, were duly sworn and severally 
examined, and whose testimony was taken in writing. Signed and duly filed, and 
it appearing to the court from the above testimony of said witnesses that the 
said last will and testament was duly executed, that the testator at the time 
of executing the same, was of full age of sound mind and memory and not under 
any restraint. It is by the court ordered that said last will and testament, 
together with the proof thereof be recorded by the clerk of the court and that 
letters testamentary, with a copy of the said will annexed, be issued to 
Daniel McCoy, one of the executors named therein (Joseph Wright the other 
executor named therein having declined to serve). Whereupon the said Daniel 
McCoy appeared in open court and accepted said appointment. Thereupon it is 
ordered by the Court that he give bond in the sum of Five thousand dollars, 
conditioned as the law directs. Daniel Norris, William Norris, John McCoy, 
Samuel McCoy, Alexander McCoy, James Graves & Joseph Wright are accepted as 
securities; and Newman Smith, Albert Wright and Hiram Darr are appointed to 
appraise the property of said estate.
"Which said will together with the proof thereof reads as follows:
'In the name of the benevolent Father of All, I Joseph McCoy of the county of 
Coshocton in the State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will and 
testament.
'First. It is my wish and will that my wife Nancy at my death, according to an 
agreement made between us before our marriage, take the property which belongs 
to her at that time, and as long as she remains my widow receive her support 
out of my estate. But if she is not satified with this, it is my will that 
instead of the above, or the one third of my estate, she recieve two beds, six 
head of sheep, Two cows, Household furniture suitable to keep house with and 
three hundred dollars in cash.
'Second. The heirs of my oldest son James who left me in Virginia, shall have 
no share in or of my estate.
'Third. It is my will that my two youngest children Mahala and Jane, shall 
have one bed and bedding, and one hundred dollars each, out of my estate 
before it is divided.
'Fourth. That these my two youngest children shall have equal shares with my 
other children in the remainder of my property.
'Fifth. I do hereby nominate and appoint Joseph Wright and Daniel McCoy, both 
of Coshocton County, executors of this my last will and testament, hereby 
authorizing and empowering them to compromise, adjust, release, and discharge, 
in such manner as they may deem proper, the debts and claims due me. I do also 
authorize and empower them, if it shall become necessary in order to pay my 
debts, to sell by private or public sale upon credit or otherwise, as they may 
think proper, all or any part of my Real Estate and to execute deeds therefor 
to the purchases thereof in fee simple. My said executors may keep said Real 
Estate from sale as long as they think it advisable for the interest of my 
heirs, but not longer than when my youngest child shall have attained the age 
of eighteen.
'I do hereby revoke all former will by me made.
'In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of 
February, A.D. 1840.
'Joseph [his mark] McCoy
'Signed and acknowledged by the said Joseph McCoy as his last will and 
testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence.
'Benjamin Adams, Joseph McMorris, Andrew Walker'
"The State of Ohio, Coshocton county, Court of Common Pleas, called court to 
wit, the fourth day of February A.D. 1841.
"Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid, personally appeared in 
open court, Joseph McMorris and Andrew Walker, who being duly sworn according 
to law, depose and say that they are two of the subscribing witness to the 
last will and testament of Joseph McCoy, late of Virginia township, Coshocton 
county, deceased. That said Joseph McCoy was of full age of sound mind and 
memory, and not under any restraint within the knowledge of these deponents, 
that they attested and subscribed said will as witnesses, in the presence of 
the testator, and saw the testator subscribe the same.
"Joseph McMorris, Andrew Walker
"Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the date last above written. Attest, 
A. W. Gorraw, Clerk."


Additional Comments:
Source:  The will record is from "The Historical Record of the Knisely-Wolf 
and Norris-McCoy Families" by J.C. Knisely (1923).

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