Will of Sarah Denning
Submitter James Denning - jamesd@citynet.net
Source: Ritchie County, WV will book 4, page 114, 115

     I Sarah Denning, of the city of Pennsboro, County of Ritchie, and State of West Virginia,
Being of sound and disposing mind and memory and desiring to make such disposition of my worldly
estate as I deem best, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby
revoking any and all former wills and codicils whatsoever by me made.
     FIRST: I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate as soon
after my decease as conveniently may be and to that end charge my whole estate, real and personal,
with the same.
     SECOND: I give and bequeath to my niece, Effie Mayfield, one bed complete,consisting of one
pair of bedsteads, Springs, feather bed, one pair of pillows, and sufficient bed clothes to complete
the bed; and two rocking chairs.
     THIRD: All the rest and remainder of my property, both personal and real, I give and bequeath
to Lovie Denning, to have and to hold the same unto herself and her heirs forever.
     FOURTH: I nominate and appoint the said Lovie Denning the sole executrix of this, my last will
and testament, and request that no bond be required of her in the execution the the same.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my last will and testament
     at Pennsboro, West Virginia, this twenty-eighth day of May, Nineteen hundred twenty-four.

                        Sarah Denning (Seal)

     Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Sarah Denning as and for her last will and
testament in the presence of us, who in her presence,at her request, and in the presence of one
another, all present together, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

              M. A. Fordyce
              C. O. Bibbee

State of West Virginia, Ritchie County Clerk's Office, February 3rd, 1927; A writing purporting
to be the last will and testament of Sarah Denning, deceased, was this day produced before me in
my said office, with the request that the same be admitted to probate. And M. A. Fordyce, one of
the subscribing witnesses to said writing, appeared before me in my said office, and being by me
duly sworn and having said writing before her, on oath says, that she and C. O. Bibbee, the other
subscribing witness to said will, were present and saw the said Sarah Denning sign her name to said
writing, and she declared the same as and for her last will and testament; and affiant further says
that she and the said C. O. Bibbee, in the presence of the said testatrix, at her request, and in
the presence of each other, signed their names to said writing as attesting witnesses thereto; and
further, that the said Sarah Denning was of sound mind and memory when said writing was executed;,
as she verily believes; and further that the said C. O. Bibbee, the other witness to said will, is
now a non-resident of West Virginia. Whereupon, it appearing that said writing is fully proven, it
is therefore ordered that said writing be, and the same is admitted to probate and filed and recorded
as the last will and testament of Sarah Denning, deceased.

               Teste: J. N. Sharpnack, Clerk.

(Court Order Book No. 9, Page 385) State of West Virginia, Ritchie County Court Clerk's Office,
February 3rd, 1927 the foregoing will of Sarah Denning, deceased, together with the order admitting
the same to probate, was this day admitted to record in said office.