Gallia County OhArchives Wills.....Cheatwood, Nancy October 23, 1841
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Source: Will Record 1 Pages 16 And 17
Written: October 23, 1841
Recorded: September 11, 1852

Nancy Cheatwood
Will Record 1 Gallia County, Ohio
Pages 16 and 17
Date of Will: 23 Oct 1841
Probate of Will: 11 Sep 1852
Children: John, Evalina, Tambalin, Permelia Celia, and Samuel

Nancy Cheatwood's Will

The State of Ohio, Gallia County, ss,
Be it Remembered that at a Probate Court held at the Court house in the Town of
Gallipolis, County of Gallia and State of Ohio, on the eleventh day of September
in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fifty two. Before me
Samuel B. Rathburn Judge of said court, The Last will and Testament of Nancy
Cheatwood late of said county deceased was brought before said court for Probate
and was proved by the oaths of Gilbert Bennett and Jehu McDaniel the two
subscribing witnesses thereto, whose examinations were reduced to writing and
signed by them and it appearing to the satisfaction of said court that the said
Nancy Cheatwood at the time of executing said Will, was of full age, of sound
mind and memory and under no restraint and that she has since departed this
life. It is ordered by said court that the said Will be admitted to Probate, and
the same together with the proof so made and reduced to writing be recorded in
the record of this court, which said Last Will and Testament and the proof so
made as aforesaid are in the words and figures following "to wit" __

In the Name of God amen. I Nancy Cheatwood of the County of Gallia and State of
Ohio being of lawful age and sound mind and memory having the certainty of death
and the uncertainty of the time thereof. I do hereby make this Last Will and
Testament in manner following "to wit", First of all I recommend my Soul to God,
who gave it to me. I wish all my just debts and funeral expenses paid, the
balance of my Earthly concerns I wish to be divided amongst my five children in
manner following. I wish my son John to have one dollar and no more of my
Estate. I wish my Daughter Permelia to have my bed and bedding. I wish my son
Samuel to have the forty acre lot of land I am now living on the balance of my
property that I may have at my death. I wish equally divided between Evalina,
Tambalin, Permelia Celia and Samuel. I wish no Administration or law with my
children, but hope that they all will be satisfied therewith. Witness my hand
and seal this 23rd day of October 1841____ Nancy (her + mark) Cheatwood
In the presence of Gilbert Bennett, Jehu McDaniel ___

The State of Ohio, Gallia County, ss,
Be it remembered that at a Probate Court held at the Court house in the Town of
Gallipolis within and for the county of Gallia in the State of Ohio, on the
eleventh day of September in the year A.D. 1852. Before Samuel B. Rathburn Judge
of said Court personally came Gilbert Bennett and Jehu McDaniel and made solemn
oath that the paper then and there presented purporting to be the Last Will and
Testament of Nancy Cheatwood late of Gallia county deceased was signed and
sealed by the said Nancy Cheatwood by the hand of Jehu McDaniel at their request
that she made her mark to her name as her own act in our presences that we
witnessed the said Will at the request of the Testatrise in her presence and in
the presence of each other and that she then and there declared it to be her
last will and testament and that the said Testatrise was of sound mind and
memory and of lawful age, and that she was under no restraint, but did it of her
own free will and accord and that the said Testatrise is now dead___ Gilbert
Bennett Jehu McDaniel

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first herein aforesaid Samuel
B. Rathburn, Judge Attest Samuel B. Rathburn, Judge


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