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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 121 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Oh-Perry Co. Wills (Colb [Archives ] #2 [OH-FOOT] Oh-Muskingum Co. Wills ( [Archives ] #3 [OH-FOOT] Oh-Muskingum Co. Wills ( [Archives ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_Ixf6yATHP3lDWKw3l3Mciw) Date: 19 Aug 2003 00:52:39 -0000 From: Archives Subject: [OH-FOOT] Oh-Perry Co. Wills (Colborn) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20030819005239.2042.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #1 Perry County OhArchives Wills.....Robert Colborn November 23 1834 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda Van Dyke bjvd@columbus.rr.com August 18, 2003, 8:52 pm Source: Somerset Co., PA; Will Book 3, page 245 Written: November 23 1834 Recorded: May 30 1836 Will of Robert COLBORN, dec’d In the Name of God Amen I Robert COLBORN of Turkeyfoot Township in the County of Somerset and State of PA being weak in body and far advanced in years but being of Sound and perfect mind and memory at this time blessed be Almighty God for the same and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: First I will that all my just debts as shall by me owing at my death (if any) together with my funeral expences and all charges touching the proving on other issues(?) concerning this my last will shall in the first place out of my personal estate and effects be fully paid and satisfied and from and after payment thereof and subject thereunto then my will is that my Son Silvester COLBORN being my eleventh born child now living to continue on the farm and to have the use of and hold to himself the proceeds off of my farm I now live on and all that may be made and raised through and by him and to have the use of said farm to himself from the time of my death until the second April after my death when then my will is that my real estate be appraised by three disinterested and honest men to be therein and appointed by my Executors herein after named and appointed. And after a just and fair appraisement thereof then my will is that all my estate be divided into four equal shares or parts (my clothes and books only excepted which I wish to be divided to my three sons Jonathen Abraham and Silvestor (without sale) to be divided among and between themselves). And the said four partz and shares to be equally after such appraisement aforesaid divided viz. one fourth part to be equally divided to my daughter Sarah SKINNER and Elisabeth CADDINGTON share and share equally alike and the other three shares or parts to be equally divided to my three sons John COLBORN Abraham COLBORN and Silvestor COLBORN share and share equally alike. And it is my will that my son Silvestor COLBORN take the farm at the appraisement or to have the preference and if taken by him his share or part to be a credit to him and out of the amount of the appraisement the balance or the other three shares to be secured by him to the other heirs. And if the said farm is not taken at the appraisement by Silvestor COLBORN then my will is that my Sons Silvestor and Abraham COLBORN have the next preferment the appraisement and if taken by them jointly to secure and pay off the other two shares or part allowing in each case a reasonable and customary credit or credits by my Executors. And if refused by them, then my will is that it be sold to the best advantage by my Executors and to pay off the legacys to the above named Legatees as above stated divided to each a share John Abraham and Silvestor COLBORN each a fourth part and one fourth part to my two daughters Sarah & Elisabeth equally alike as above stated as it becomes due and collected till paid off on as soon as practicable. And I make and ordain and appoint my two sons Silvestor COLBORN and Abraham COLBORN my Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty third day of November AD 1834. Robert COLBORN {seal} Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Robert COLBORN to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of each other as witnesses and in the presence of the Testator. John HANNA Thomas REAM David ZARLEY Claus concerning disputes about any gift or bequest in this my will as above written. And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any difference dispute or question or controversy shall be moved arise or happen concerning any gift or bequest in this my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then in a ____ ____ in Law or Equity or otherwise shall be brought commenced or prosecuted for and concerning the same but the same shall be refused wholly to the award order and determination of such judicious men as shall be by my Executors named and what they shall order direct and determine shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person and therein concerned. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Robert COLBORN {seal} Somerset County, ss. This thirtieth day of May AD 1836 personally came before me Jacob KIMMEL Register for the probate of wills and granting letters of Administration in and for said county John HANNA and Thomas REAM two of the subscribing witnesses to the within will who being duly sworn do depose and say that they were present and saw and heard Robert COLBORN the within named testator sign seal publish pronounce and declare the within instrument of writing purporting to be his last will and testament and that at the time of so doing he was of perfect and sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge and belief and that they signed their names as witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request. John HANNA Thomas REAM Sworn and subscribed before me this 30th day of May AD 1836. F. KIMMEL Deputy Register For Jacob KIMMEL Register Somerset County ss. Letters Testamentary on Estate R. COLBORN By the ____ of these presents I Jacob KIMMEL Register for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration in and for the County of Somerset in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do make known unto all men that on the day of the date hereof at Somerset before me was proved approved and insinuated the last will and testament of Robert COLBORN late of said county deceased (a true copy whereof is to these presents annexed) having whilst he lived and at the time of his death ____ goods chattels rights and credits within the said Commonwealth by reason whereof the approbation and insinuation of the said last will and testament and the committing the administration of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said deceased and also the auditing the accounts calculations and reckonings of the said administration of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said decreased any way concerning his last will and testament was committed to Silvestor COLBORN and Abraham COLBORN Executors in the said last will and testament named having been first sworn well and truly to administer the goods and chattels of the said deceased and make a true and perfect inventory thereof and exhibit the same into the register office at Somerset on or before the 30th of June next and to render a just and true account calculation and reckoning of the said administration on or before the 30th of May next ensuing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said county of Somerset this 30th day of May AD 1836. Jacob KIMMEL Register Additional Comments: Many of Robert Colborn's descendants settled in Perry Co., OH. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 7.7 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_Ixf6yATHP3lDWKw3l3Mciw) Date: 19 Aug 2003 00:55:24 -0000 From: Archives Subject: [OH-FOOT] Oh-Muskingum Co. Wills (Flowers) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20030819005524.2491.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #2 Muskingum County OhArchives Wills.....Richard Flowers July 3 1822 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda Van Dyke bjvd@columbus.rr.com August 18, 2003, 8:55 pm Source: Muskingum Co., OH; Will Book B, page 272 Written: July 3 1822 Recorded: October 11 1822 WILL OF RICHARD FLOWERS, deceased Court of Common Pleas October 1822’ And now to wit on the 11th day of October 1822 The last will and testament of Richard Flowers is produced in open Court and proven by the oaths of John Johnson and William Hibb two of the subscribing witnesses; And the Court that same be recorded. And that letters Testamentary be issued to John Johnson, Robert Morrison and Lenah Flowers the Executors named in said will, who appear in open Court and are sworn. Whereupon letters Testamentary with copy of the will annexed are issued accordingly (317). WILL In the name of God Amen, I Richard Flowers of Springfield Township in the County of Muskingum & State of Ohio, being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory, do make & publish this my last will & testament in manner & form following – (viz) First. I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Lanah Flowers the use & income of all my estate both real & personal during her life. There is due to me about six hundred dollars or more which I wish collected & out of which I wish all my just debts paid the remainder there of I wish paid to my wife Lanah as follows (viz) one hundred dollars to be paid to her the first year after collected & the remainder to be paid in equal annuall enstallments of twenty five dollars each until the whole shall be so paid out. but in case of the mothers decease before the whole is thus expended, the remainder is to be equally divided between the children when the youngest child shall become of age – at the decease of my wife Lanah, I wish all my property both real & personal then remaining to be equally divided between my children provided the youngest child shall then have attained lawfull age & it is my will that my wife Lanah and John Johnson and Robert Morrison be my sole exectors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty too 1822. Richard Flowers (seal) Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Richard Flowers to be his last will and testament in the presence of us. Witnesses: John Johnson William Hibb Joseph Rodman This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_Ixf6yATHP3lDWKw3l3Mciw) Date: 19 Aug 2003 01:00:55 -0000 From: Archives Subject: [OH-FOOT] Oh-Muskingum Co. Wills (ROBERTS) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <20030819010055.3420.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #3 Muskingum County OhArchives Wills.....Charles (Sr.) ROBERTS November 10 1853 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda Van Dyke bjvd@columbus.rr.com August 18, 2003, 9:00 pm Source: Muskingum Co., OH; Will Book 1, page 1 Written: November 10 1853 Recorded: February 24 1854 Commenced February 24, 1854 Charles ROBERTS, deceased The State of Ohio Muskingum County ss. Probate Court February 24th A.D. 1854. The last will and testament of Charles ROBERTS late of said Muskingum County, deceased, was this day produced in open court and duly proved by the oaths of Hezekiah SHACKUTT and William MONTGOMERY, the two attesting and subscribing witnesses thereto, whose testimony in such behalf was reduced to writing and duly filed. And thereupon it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court from the said testimony that the said testator, Charles ROBERTS, deceased, was at the time of executing his said last will and testament of full age, of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint. It was accordingly ordered that the said last will and testament be and the same is hereby admitted to probate and that the same together with this entry of probate and the said testimony be duly recorded. WILL Be it remembered that I, Charles ROBERTS, Senr. Of the County of Muskingum in the State of Ohio, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First it is my will and desire that my funeral expence and all my just debts be fully paid out of the effects of my estate. Secondly, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife Patience ROBERTS, all my household and kitchen furniture. I also wish her to have an ample and comfortable support out of the interests or rents of my real estate during her natural life, in lieu of her dower, to be paid to her in small sums monthly as she may require for her own convenience, say one hundred dollars per year more or less as occasion might require for her own individual support, and no other purpose. I wish all my property in and about Znville to be held for sale and sold when it can be done without great sacrifice, my farm just North east of the village one mile, lot No. 23 containing Ninety-one Acres. I hereby _____ it upon my Executors not to sell until it will fetch two thousand dollars in payments, on interest, secured by mortgage. I wish it rented to the best advantage until it is sold and a part of the rents to be paid out yearly in improvements. Trimming it up and keeping good fences tc. No green timber must be allowed to be cut in this place that will make rails and only for that purpose; the old timber must be all first in hausled?. And my town property maintained in the Ville of Zville, the situation of such property is so fluctuating that I cannot set any price upon it but must leave it to the future judgment of my Executors and their worthy friends. But it seams (sic) to be my present impression to rent it as well as possible for two or three years and if a private sale does not offer to try it at publick auction, we know the extensive buildings to be dangerous and perishable property etc. I must now proceed to strive to make a just distribution of the within mentioned property, amongst my several legatees, agreeable to circumstances and _____ before me, and may God in his infinite wisdom and goodness aid and assist me in doing Justice to them all. I have three worthy children, two sons and a daughter, and one son, my eldest that always has been, and still remains, a poor unfortunate subject upon this earth. My two sons, John B. ROBERTS and Corrington S. ROBERTS, sharing heretofore made ample provision for them in a settlement of my property at M_____ in them in the ____ and of the City of Zanesville that could not calculate from neither of them to have any share or part in my Zville property, accept in such a manner as may be herein after mentioned. I hereby request and inform it upon my two dutiful sons John B. and C. ROBERTS, to pay their sister Lucy J. ROBERTS four hundred dollars more than was ____ to her in our settlement of that Millnin? Property which has turned out so much more valuable than we at that time estimated and you have all the interest of the two other boys. And Isaac was very anxious that his sister would have a part if not all that was left of his share after paying his funeral and other contingent expenses etc. In the above I wish you to go equal shares. I hope with the utmost confidence that you will always __ strict justice by her when your abilities will permit. And I hereby give and bequeath to my two grandchildren, my daughter Cecelia’s children, Corrington G. Hall and Lucy Ann Hall, one thousand dollars, five hundred dollars each out of the sale of my Irvine farm out of the two last payments, the payments of which I leave discretionary with my Executors and their Guardian when they may ____ most in kneed. Now what shall I say or do for my last and my unfortunate namesake, Charles Roberts Junr. I hereby venture to give to give and bequeath to him under the following restrictions: One thousand dollars to be retained and paid over for his use out of the final sale of all my property and in case of a reformation in his habits of life, which must be strictly attended to by my Executors and his guardian, which _______ and must have appointed and see that the money or property either in small sums or the whole will be laid out in such a way as will result to his permanent benefit in times of his greatest kneed and at him have no control of it unless he becomes an altered man of steady habits. And lastly I further desire and hereby give and bequeath to my daughter Lucy J. ROBERTS five hundred dollars to be paid to her from the proceeds of the final sale of my Irvin property. And lastly in the final sale of all my property after deducting the above Legacies and the support of my wife Patience ROBERTS her natural life and contingent expences if in case the property does not sell for enough to cover all the devices and expences as above. The several legatees must be reduced in due proportions. But we have reason to expect at present that there will be several hundred dollars over but we know not what accidents might happen to the property; whatever balance may be left in favor of the Estate if any after paying the legacies and the support of my wife, I wish and desire to go to my two sons John B. ROBERTS and Corrington J. ROBERTS to be equally divided between them, their heirs and assigns forever. And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint John B. ROBERTS and Corrington ROBERTS to be my Executors for this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me made and ______ and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this tenth day of November Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and fifty-three. Charles ROBERTS {seal} Signed published and declared by the above named Charles ROBERTS as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request have signed as witnesses to the same. Hezekiah Shacklett William W. Montgomery ____ examination and testimony of the attesting and subscribing witnesses to said will so reduced to writing and filed in Court and ordered to be recorded as aforesaid is now here accordingly done as follows, to wit: The State of Ohio Muskingum County ss. At the Probate Court held at the office of said Court in Zanesville within and for the county aforesaid on the 24th day of February 1854 the last Will and Testament of Charles ROBERTS, deceased, late of said County, was produced in writing and Hezekiah SHACKLETT and William W. MONTGOMERY the attesting and supporting witnesses thereto being duly sworn and examined in open Court declared said testator Charles ROBERTS, deceased, was at the time of executing and giving said last Will and Testament of full age, of sound mind and memory, and free from any restraint and that they heard him acknowledge said instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that they subscribed their names thereto as witnesses in his presence. I certify that the foregoing testimony was taken in open Court and reduced to writing by me and taken at the time and place above specified. Attest Mahlon SIMS, Probate Judge This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 8.8 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V03 Issue #121 *******************************************