MUSKINGUM COUNTY OHIO - WILL: William WEST (filed 1842)
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Last Will and Testament of William West - found in Will Book C, filed 
Jan.01, 1842
                                      
submitted by Claud Bell and
Clareda West Prose, 329 Whispering Oaks Drive, Metamora, IL 61548-9109

I, William West, of the County of Muskingum in the State of Ohio, do make 
and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form that is to 
say: First, it is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be 
fully paid. Second, I give devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Rebecca 
West in lieu of her dower the plantation on which we now reside, situate  
in the Township of Rich Hill County of Muskingum  and State of Ohio, 
containing about one hundred and nineteen acres, during her natural life, 
and all the live stock horses cattle sheep and hogs by me now owned and 
kept thereon, also all the household furniture and other items not 
particularly named and otherwise disposed of in this will, during her 
natural life as afore said; She however first disposing of a sufficiency 
thereof to pay my just debts as aforesaid. And that at the death of my said 
wife all the property hereby devised or bequeathed to her as aforesaid or 
so much thereof as may then remain unexpended, to my seven sons, Leander L. 
West, Mortimore West, Turner O. West, Lee West, Jacob Gillmore West, 
Westley West, William L. West, and my four daughters, Amanda Humphrey, 
Sarah Warne, Caroline West, Martha Ann West. Third, I give and devise to 
my eldest son Leander L. West one half quarter or eighty acres of land 
laying adjoining a tract of land that he the said Leander now owns in the 
County of Jackson and State of Ohio and to his heirs and assigns forever. 
Fourth, I give and devise to my second son Mortimore West the farm on which 
he now lives or occupies situate in Meigs Township Muskingum County and 
State of Ohio containing eighty acres more or less and to his heirs and 
assigns forever. Fifth, I give and devise to my third son Turner O. West 
the farm on which he now resides in the Township of Meigs County of 
Muskingum and State of Ohio containing eighty acres more or less, and to 
his heirs and assigns forever. Sixth, I give and devise to my fourth son 
Lee West two eighty acre lots or tracts of land laying adjoining, situate 
in Jackson County State of Ohio containing one hundred and sixty acres more 
or less, and to his heirs and assigns forever. Seventh, I give and devise 
to my three following named sons, Jacob Gillmore West, Wesley West, and 
William L. West, each seven hundred dollar or twenty-one hundred dollars 
to be equally divided among the three last named sons, the money to be got 
by selling the farm on which I now reside situate as afore
 described in the Township of Rich Hill Muskingum County State of Ohio 
after the death as aforesaid of my wife Rebecca, and to their heirs and 
assigns forever. Eight, the four last named sons, to wit, Lee West, Jacob 
Gillmore West, Westley West and William L. West I give and devise to each 
in addition to that above devised and given a flitting or setting out in 
goods and chattles equal in amount to that given to my three elder sons 
each. Ninth, I give and devise to my daughters Caroline West and Martha 
Ann West each a flitting or setting out in goods and chattles equal in 
value to the flitting or setting out given to my two elder daughters each. 
Tenth, I give and devise to Turner O. West, Lee West, Jacob Gillmore West, 
Westley West, William L. West and my two grandsons William Lee West eldest 
son of Leander West and William West eldest son of Mortimore West , the 
two grandsons fifty dollars each to be paid out of the proceeds of the 
sale of the farm which I now occupy as afore described after paying the 
twenty-one hundred dollars as heretofore provided; and the balance of the 
proceeds of the sale of the said last mentioned farm to be equally divided 
among my five last named sons, that is, Turner O. West, Lee West, Jacob 
Gillmore West, Westley, William L. West and their heirs and assigns forever. 
Eleventh, I give and devise to my four daughters Amanda Humphrey, Sarah 
Warne, Caroline West and Martha Ann West in
 addition to what I have heretofore given and devised, the proceeds of 
the sale of all my personal property after paying all my just debts, to 
be equally divided amongst the four said daughters. And lastly, I hereby 
constitute and appoint my said wife Rebecca West and my son Leander L. West 
to be the executors for this, my last will and testament, revoking and 
annulling all former wills by me made and ratifying and confirming this 
and no other to be my last will and testament.                                           

William West  

 In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day 
of July 1841.  
 Signed, published and declared by the above named William West as and for 
his last will and  
 testament in presence of us who at his request have signed as witnesses 
to the same.  
 Aaron Robinson  
 Henry Tom