Will of Lemuel Day, Red River County, Texas

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Estate of Lemuel Day, Deceased

Last Will and Testament of L. Day,Dec'd.,
as entered of record in Volume O, Page 188
of the probate minutes of Red River County, Texas

Know All Men by These Presents:  That I, Lemuel Day, of the County of
Red River, State of Texas, being of sound mind and memory and
understanding, do make this my Last Will and Testament, to-wit:

1st.  After the payment of my just debts and all necessary expenses,
I bequeath to my wife, Sally, and to my dauighter, Ada Jumina, all
personal and real estate property I possess, to jointly hold and
possess the same until the death of my wife, Sally, then the right and
title to the land and of my remaining effects, to vested in my daughter,
Ada Jumina.

2nd.  In case my daughter, Ada Jumina, should died without issue, then
the right and title to vest to the living children of my second wife,
Mary (Gowen).

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal on this, the 5th
day of July, 1888, in the presence of the witnesses named below.

L. Day

Witnesses:  J. W. Moore,
            N. B. Duncan


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Order probating Last Will and Testament of L. Day, Deceased, as entered
of record in Volume O, Page 185, Probate Minutes of Red River County, Texas

Tuesday, October 19, 1888.  On this day came to be heard, the application
of Sally Day to probate the instrument now here in Court presented,
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Lemuel Day, deceased;
whereupon, came into N. B. Duncan and J. W. Moore, subscribing witnesses
to said instrument and made proof in open Court of the due execution of
said instrument by said Lemuel Day, as his Last Will and Testament, in the
presence of said witnesses.

And, it appearing to the court that Lemuel Day has departed this
life and due notice of this application having been given and there
being no objections filed, it is ordered by the court that the
instrument now here in court presented, dated the 5th day of July,
1888, having been duly proven to be the LAst Will and Testament of
the said Lemuel Day, dec'd., be and the same is hereby now so declared
and ordered to be recorded in the minutes of the court, together with
the testimony of the witnesses herein taken.

It is further ordered that Letters of Administration with the will
annexed issue to the applicant, Sally Day, and that she enter into bond
in the sum of $1500 and take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law
and file said bond and oath with the clerk duly approved by the court
before such letters issue.

It is further ordered that John R. Ward, J. W. VanDyke and J. W. Moore
be and they are hereby appointed appraisers of said estate.

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Copy of Heirship of Ada J. Wooldridge to Sally Day, deceased, etc.

Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
Ada J. Wooldridge, wife of R. L. (Lee) Wooldridge, well known to me and
to whose credibility I hereby certify and who, after being by me duly
sworn, deposes and says:

That affiant is the daughter of L. Day and his wife, Sally Day, who
in their lifetimes, owned certain lands on the William Becknell survey
in Red River County, Texas, about six miles westerly from Clarksville