DARKE COUNTY OHIO - WILL: MILLET, John (d. 1831)
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RECORD OF WILLS
JOHN MILLET'S WILL

In the name of God amen.  I John Millet of the County of Darke and State of 
Ohio being sick and weak in body but of sound memory and mind considering the 
certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time there of and being 
desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to 
leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make 
and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that 
is to say First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty 
God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my 
executrix to be herein after named and after and after my debts and funeral 
charges are paid and my wifes thirds taken out I devise and bequeath as 
follows I give and bequeath unto my son John of the County of Darke and State 
aforesaid the sum of sixty dollars.  Item 2 - I give and bequeath unto my 
eldest daughter Hannah the sum of twenty dollars Item 3 - I give and bequeath 
unto my second daughter Esther the sum of twenty dollars Item 4 - I give and 
bequeath unto my second son Merrit a tract of land lying in the County and 
State aforesaid containing seventy four acres and seventy six hundredths 
taken the said Merrit during his lifetime and after the death of my wife to 
the heirs of his body lawfully begotten in full property and fee simple.Item 
5  and 6 - I give and bequeath unto my two youngest daughters the sum (if it 
can be accumulated) which my two eldest daughters have received and lastly I 
do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife Mary Millet to be sole 
executrix of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all 
former wills by me heretofore made ratifying this and none other to be my 
last will and testament  In testimony where of I John Millet have to this my 
will consisting of one sheet of paper setting my hand and seal at the bottom 
hereof this Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty one.							John 
MilletSigned sealed published and declared by John Millet the above named 
testator and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his 
request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.	
						John K. Owen 		
					        John D. Briney
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State of Ohio Darke County		Court of Common Pleas		
  May Term A. D. 1833Mary Millet purporting to be the last will and testament 
of John Millet and John K. Owen and John D. Briney being legally sworn depose 
and say that the said John Millet signed the said paper and heard him 
acknowledge it as his last will and testament that they respectively signed 
the same as subscribing witnesses in the presence and at the request of the 
said John Millet that he was at the time of executing the aforesaid writing 
in the opinion and belief of these deponents of sound mind and memory and of 
lawful age and under no restraint to the Knowledge of these deponents.	
						John K. Owen		
					John D. BrineySworn to and subscribed 
in open Court this 16th day ofMay 1833		John Beers Clk.