Upshur County WV Archives Wills.....Ireland, Alexander R. August 27, 1865
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Source: Calendar Of Wills In West Virginia, No. 49. Upshur County (buckhannon)
Written: August 27, 1865
Recorded: May 15, 1866

Prepared by The West Virginia Historical Records Survey
Division of Community Services Programs, Work Projects Administration
Charleston, West Virginia
The West Virginia Historical Records Survey, August 1941
(49)

IRELAND, ALEXANDER R., Warren Twsp., Upshur County, W. Va., 27 Aug. 1865; 15 May
1866. 

Son JOHN, dau. MARY JANE [FARNSWORTH], grandchildren LAFAYETTE L. LORENTZ,
ALEXANDER M. LORENTZ, PERRY L. LORENTZ, MARIETTA LORENTZ, and SARAH R. LORENTZ.
Son John Ireland and [son-in-law] D. D. T. Farnsworth, exs. 

Testator bequeaths to grandchildren LAFAYETTE L., ALEXANDER M., PERRY L.,
MARIETTA, and SARAH R. LORENTZ, $1,000 each from personalty, if personalty not
sufficient for pmt. of bequests then testator's son John and dau, Mary Jane to
complete pmt. equally provided suit between testator and John Walden which was
pending at time will was made is settled in favor of testator; if Walden wins
sd. suit the afsd. legatees are to lose from legacy equal shares of costs and
expenses connected with sd. suit, together with equal share of value of land so
lost "and payment shall be withheld from them"; afsd. legacies to be pd. when
sd. heirs reach age of 21; also to same grandchildren proceeds of sale of lots
and houses in Buckhannon to be applied as pmt. of sd. legacies; to testator's
son JOHN IRELAND, 232 a. of land "from the upper end of the tract of land of
home place including the David Jackson tract a part of which is in dispute in
suit with John Walden"; if sd. suit is lost by testator, other heirs to provide
for preceding bequest; also to sd. JOHN IRELAND, prior gift of $350; to dau.
MARY JANE [FARNSWORTH] and heirs, $860, a prior gift from testator to D. D. T.
Farnsworth [husband of sd. Mary Jane], also to sd. MARY JANE sufficient land
valued at $25 per acre to make her share equal to that of John Ireland; to son
JOHN and dau. MARY JANE, equal division of all remaining realty, also equal
division of all personalty after pmt. of bequests, debts, and funeral expenses. 

Teste., John N. Loudin, 0. B. Loudin. 
Bk. A, pp. 75-80. 

Additional Comments:
ABBREVIATIONS
a.                acre 
afsd.        aforesaid 
Bk.               Book 
dau(s).    daughter(s) 
ex(s).     executor(s) 
pd.               paid 
pmt(s).     payment(s) 
pp.              pages 
sd.               said 
teste.        testated 
twsp.         township 
W. Va.   West Virginia 

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