WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO - WILL: ROBBINS, HERBERT A. *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitted by: F. Swisher Email: fladam@netassoc.net Date: August 6, 1999 *********************************************************************** Herbert A ROBBINS Will Submitted by F. Swisher. fwisher@geocities.com A copy of the will of Herbert A. ROBBINS Found at flea market near Marietta, OH 7/1999 States as follows: COPY OF WILL Herbert A. Robbins, Deceased The following is a copy of the Last Will and Testament of said deceased. I, Herbert A. Robbins, being of full age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and testaments by me heretofore made: Item 1: I desire that all my just debts. and the expenses of my last illness and burial, including the expense of placing at my grave a marker similar to the markers on the other graves on my family burial lot together with the costs of the administration of my estate, be paid out of the residuum of my estate as soon after my decease as may be convenient. Item 2: I give and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Ohio, Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00), to be safely invested and the income thereof used under the direction of said Board of Trustees for the best interests of said Church. If, at any time, the joint Boards of Trustees and Elders of said Church shall be of the opinion that it will be to the best interest of said Church to expend for any purpose a part or all of the principal of said Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00), the said Board of Trustees may expend such principal, or part thereof, in accordance with the determination of such joint Boards. I desire that the bequest made in this Item shall be paid by my executor to said Board of Trustees free from any inheritance taxes thereon; and my said executor is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of the residue of my estate, any and all inheritance taxes which may be imposed upon the bequest made in this item. Item 3: I give and bequeath to the Director of Public Service of the City of Jackson, Ohio, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00), to be held as a permanent fund in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4167, 4168 and 4169 of the General Code of Ohio, the interest or income thereof to be used by such Director for the perpetual mowing and general care of the burial lots, in Fairmount Cemetery of said City, now standing in the names of Mary E. ROBBINS, Margaret FRENCH and L. W. FRENCH. If such interest or income is sufficient for the purpose, it is my desire that blooming plants be kept, during the proper season of each year, in the two vases I have heretofore placed on said lots for that purpose. Item 4: To Herbert A. ROBBINS and his wife Elma ROBBINS, of 39 Chestnut Street, Jackson, Ohio, or to the survivor of them, I give and devise, absolutely and in fee simple, Lot Number One (1) in Burnsides' Addition to the City of Jackson, Ohio; and I also give and bequeath to them, or to the survivor of them, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00). Item 5: To my cousin, Carrie FRENCH, of Jackson, Ohio, I give and devise all other real estate in Jackson County, Ohio, which I may own or have the right to dispose of at the time of my death, whether my title thereto be legal or equitable. This includes my one-sixth (1/6) interest in Lot No. 3 of C.S. DICKASON'S Addition to Jackson, Ohio, and in part of Out Lot No. 13 in the South half of said City, both of which now stand of record in the name of A. L. ERVIN, Trustee. I also bequeath to said Carrie FRENCH my automobile, and all my household goods, furniture, jewelry, watches and tools. Item 6: All the residue and remainder of my estate I give, devise and bequeath, absolutely and in fee simple, as follows: (a) To my cousin Carrie FRENCH Two-fifth (2/5) thereof; and (b) To my cousins Mary Alice McCARTHY and Sallie A. McCARTHY both of 806 Alby Street, Alton, Illinois, or to the survivor of them, Three-fifths (3/5) thereof. Item 7: I hereby authorize the said Carrie FRENCH, Mary Alice McCARTHY and Sallie A. McCARTHY to designate and nominate a suitable person or persons to be executor so chosen by them shall not be required to give bond. I hereby compromise, settle and adjust all claims and demands in favor of or against all claims and demands in favor of or against my estate; and to sell, at private or public sale, at such prices, and upon such terms of credit or otherwise, as he may deem best, the whole or any part of my personal property, and to execute, acknowledge and deliver instruments of conveyance therefor. It is my wish that the securities belonging to me at the time of my death be distributed in kind and without being converted into money, in so far as that may be practicable, in paying the legacies herein provided and in making distribution of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight (1928). Herbert A. ROBBINS The foregoing instrument was signed, acknowledged and delcared by the said Herbert A. ROBBINS to be his Last Will and Testament in our presence, and was signed by us as witnesses, in his presence, and at his request, and in the presence of each other, this 21st day of November, 1928. Hester BOOTHE Frank DELAY *************OH-FOOTSEPS Mailing List***************************