Meigs County OhArchives Wills.....HARDY, Farnum June 29 1830
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Source: Common Pleas Court Meigs County Ohio
Written: June 29 1830
Recorded: October 20 1830

In the name of God, Amen. I, Farnum Hardy, of the County of Meigs & State of 
Ohio, being sick & weak in body, but of sound mind, memory & understanding 
(praised be God for it)& considering the certainty of death & the uncertainty 
of the time thereof; & to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this 
world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make & declare 
this my last will & testament, to wit.
I will that my just debts & funeral expenses be paid out of my personal estate 
a soon as may be after my decease.
I give & bequeath to my brother Merrill Hardy and my sister Eliza Hardy one 
dollar each. I do give & bequeath to my brothers Otis Hardy & Russel Hardy all 
my real estate, to wit, the land deeded to me by Josiah Curtis being a part of 
Fraction twenty four in Sections twenty seven & twenty eight Town three & Range 
twelve & also the lot of land I hold by lease from the Trustees of original 
surveyed Township number three it being a part of Section sixteen in Range 
twelve, appropriated for the use of schools to have, hold, occupy & share the 
same in the following manner that is to say-It is my desire & will that my 
brother Russel Hardy Occupy & farm the premises willed as above during his 
minority under the direction of my brother Otis, to whom I entrust the care & 
management of the whole until Russell shall arrive to the age of twenty one 
years. It is then my will & desire that the said Russell if then living do make 
his election what part he will take for his share & that if he shall choose the 
leasehold property above described Otis to have the said real estate, but if he 
shall choose the real estate Otis to have the leasehold & that when he shall 
have made his election the the said Otis & the said Merrill do each quit claim 
to the other for their respective portions and the said premises are will & 
bequeathed to the said Otis for the purpose & in consideration that he shall 
provide for & maintain my mother Sarah Hardy in a suitable manner so long as 
she shall live. He shall provide & furnish a home for my Sisters Thuriza & 
Emily so long as they shall remain single wherever they may choose to reside on 
the premises so willed to him the said Otis as aforesaid. 
I give & bequeath to my brothers Otis Hardy & Russel Hardy the residue of my 
personal estate after my just debts, funeral charge & legacies are paid, share 
& share alike.
And I do hereby nominate & appoint my brother Otis Hardy Executor of this my 
last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former & other Wills & Testaments by 
me made heretofore. And so declare this to be my last Will & Testament. In 
testimony whereof I herein to set my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of June 
A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty.
Signed sealed published & declared by                   his
Farnum Hardy as his last Will & Testament         Farnum X Hardy (seal)
in the presence of us who at his request & in           mark
his presence have hereunto subscribed our
names as witnesses.  M. Bosworth
                     Laurill Bosworth  
                     Samantha Reed
The State of Ohio
Meigs County   I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an 
Instrument purporting to be the last Will & Testament of Farnum Hardy ___ which 
was produced in open Court, at a Court of Common Pleas held in & for said 
County, on the twentieth day of October A.D. 1830 & proven by the oath of 
Marcus Bosworth & Laurilla Bosworth two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & 
the same is allowed as the last Will & Testament of said Farnum Hardy ___ & 
admitted to record.
                                                          _____________clerk 
  
 

Additional Comments:
Farnum Hardy is the son of Wyman Hardy and Sarah (Sallie) Merrill.

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