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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ___________________________________________________________ Cambria County Court House, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Will of Jeremiah VAUGHEN To F. B. Jones Register Of Wills Of Cambria County, Pa. I, the widow of Jeremiah Vaughen, late of Johnstown, Pa., deceased, do hereby renounce my rights to Letters of Administration on the estate of said decedent, and request you to appoint Samuel W. Vaughen of Johnstown as said Administrator. WITNESS, my hand this 13th day of May A. D. 1900. Elizabeth Vaughen Witness: Jas. M Haws Kate Bair Was Filed November 3rd, 1900 Bond and Oath of Samuel W. Vaughen, Administrator of Jeremiah Vaughen, late of Johnstown, deceased. Filed November 3rd, 1900 STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA County of Cambria Before me, F. B. Jones, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, personally came the within named Samuel W. Vaughen, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that as Administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Vaughen, late of Johnstown, Cambria County, deceased, he will and truly administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, according to law, and also will diligently and faithfully regard and well and truly comply with the provisions of the law relating to collateral inheritances. S. W. Vaughen Sworn and subscribed the 3rd day of Nov. A. D. 1900 F B Jones, Register KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That me, Samuel W. Vaughen, Frank Jenkins, and P. L. Rehn are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the sum of twenty five hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, to be paid to the said Commonwealth for the use of the parties interested in the estate of Jeremiah Vaughen, late of Johnstown, Cambria County, deceased. To which payment will, and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our heirs, executors and administrators, and each and every one of them, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated the 13th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred. The condition of this obligation is: That if the above bounden, Samuel W. Vaughen, Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Jeremiah Vaughen deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and prefect inventory of all singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased, which have come, or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of him, the said Samuel W. Vaughen, or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Register's Office, in the County of Cambria, within thirty days from the date hereof, and the same goods, chattels, and credits and all the other goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of Samuel w Vaughen or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law. And further, do make, or cause to be made a just and truly account of his said administration, within one year from the date hereof, or when thereunto legally required. And all the rest and residue of the said good, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrator account, the same being first examined and allowed by the Orphans' Court of the County having jurisdiction, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as the said Orphans' Court, by their decree or sentence pursuant to law shall limit, appoint, and shall well and truly comply with the laws of this Commonwealth relating to collateral inheritance, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same shall be proved according to law if the said, Samuel W. Vaughen, being thereunto required, do surrender the said Letters of Administration into the Registers' Offices aforesaid, then this obligation to be void, otherwise remain in full force. Sealed and delivered in the presence of F. B. Jones S. W. Vaughen Frank Jenkins P. L. Rehn STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CAMBRIA Before me, F B Jones Register of the Probate of Wills, and granting Letters of Administration in and for the county, personally came Samuel W. Vaughen who, being duly sworn according to the law, doth depose and say that Jeremiah Vaughen, late of the City of Johnstown in said County of Cambria, died on or about the 11th day of May 1900, about 11:00 a.m. instate, leaving to survive him a widow, Elizabeth J. Vaughen who resides in the said City of Johnstown, and the following children: Samuel W. Vaughen residing at Lorain, Ohio Martha Ella Jenkins nee Vaughen residing at Johnstown Kate Young nee Vaughen residing at Johnstown Mary R. Rehn nee Vaughen residing at Johnstown Lillie B. Jenkins nee Vaughen residing at Johnstown George R. Vaughen residing at Johnstown Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of Nov., 1900 F. B. Jones, Register, etc. S. W. Vaughen