This Will was transcribed by Steven Stec , April 2002 for the USGenWeb Project Copyright 2002 by Steven Stec ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ******************************************************************** WILL OF JOHN YOUST I, John Youst of Morgan County and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will and testament in manner and form as follows to wit, 1st I desire that all the perishable part of my estate be immediately sold after my decease and out of the moneys arising therefrom all my Just debts and funeral expenses be paid 2ndly After the payment of my debts &c I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth one third part of my personal estate and all my lands and tenements for and during her natural life and after her decease I desire that my executors hereinafter named may sell all the estate both real and personal that may be left and the proceeds thereof equally divided among my children or their heirs Viz, my sons Peter, John, Christian, Lewis & Levi and my son Williams heirs he being deceased and my daughter Polly Hume and my daughter Nancy Merchants children she being dead also to my daughter Catharine Henry I give an equal share with the rest of my children for her sole and seperate use free from the control or claims of her husband Nicholas Henry or his creditors; it is my intention however that any of my children or the husbands of my daughters that may be indebted to me at the time of my death by note bond or otherwise that such debts shall be considered as part of the Legacy of such child and if any of said children shall owe more than their full share then such excess is to be collected and distributed as above directed, And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Levi Youst and my Friend Isaiah Buck executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of October 1855 his John X Youst (Seal) mark Signed sealed published and declared as & for the last will and Testament of the above named John Youst in Presence of us Isaiah Buck Darious? Shockey Morgan County Court January Term 1856 The last will and Testament of John Youst Dec'd which at the last Term of this Court was in part proved by the Oath of Isaiah Buck one of the subscribing witnesses and was this day fully proved by the Oath of Darious Shockey the other subscribing witness and admitted to probate and Ordered to be recorded and thereupon Levi Youst and Isaiah Buck the executors named in said will entered into bond in the penalty of six thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs with Andrew Michael Elijah Hovermill and George Aulabaugh their securities and the said Levi Youst and Isaiah Buck the said named executors took the Oath as such provided by Law, Test, Jno O'Ferrall C.M.C.