Butler County, Pennsylvania-Wills-Mary Pearce USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. This file was submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by Mary Margaret Jones, m-jones6@uiuc.edu and Martha Mansfield. In the name of God Amen, I Mary Pearce of Oakland Township Butler County and State of Pennsylvania being of sound mind and memory Blessed be almighty God for the Same and being desirous to dispose of my Estate which it hath pleases almighty god to entrust me with I do make and publish this my last will and testaments and First I do commend my body to the grave to be buried in a decent manner and my spirit to God who gave it. Second I do give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Pearce one dollar. Third I do give and bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Stout all my property and effects whatever at my decease after all my expenses are paid = if any thing is left at my death it shall be put to the keeping of her as may be needed by my Executors hereinafter appointed I appoint him to hold it and give it for her keeping as aforestated it may be needed. Fourth and lastly I hereby appoint my son Silas Pearce my lawful Executor to take charge of the notes I receive this day from executor of Boyd Gray dec on John Pearce and to expend them as may be needed by me for my keeping and to attend to all my business that may be necessary. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of the presense of us the 9th day of December 1856. her Mary (X) Pearce mark W. B. Biddle John Pearce