Estate
of
Wilford
Carter
Will
Recorded
Filed January the 6th 1858
Alexr Miller Clerk
Recorded in Probate
Order Book No 2
I Wilford Carter Of Shelby County in the State of Indiana _ do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.
First It is [?] Will that my past debts and tax charges be paid out of my estate.
Second. It is my will that there be a set of good plain Tomb Stones put at my Grave and also at the Grave of my (deceased) wife, and be paid for out of my Estate.
Third, It is my Will. That all the residue of my Estate bothe Real & Personal. Be sold and converted into cash., by my Executor Hereinafter to be appointed by me. either public or private sale as He may think best, and the proceeds, (after paying the expenses attending the Administration and settlement of my Estate) be divided among Nine (9) of my Heirs, as follows towit, namely;
one Ninth part to Harin Carter, one Ninth part to Mary
Fields, one Ninth part to the Heirs of Allen Carter (deceased), one Ninth part to
Nancy Campbell, one Ninth part to the Heirs of Elizabeth Harsin (deceased) one Ninth part to
Lydia Dodd, one Ninth part to James Carter, one Ninth part to
Sarah Coffey.
Likewise, I make constitute and appoint my Son John W. Carter
to be Executor of this my last will & Testament, Hereby Revoking all former Wills by me Heretofore made.
In testimony, Here of I have herein set my Hand and seal 13th day, of November in the year 1857.
| His
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| Signed and acknowledged | Willford
X Carter seal
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| By Willford Carter as | mark
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| His Last Will and testament |
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In our presence, and signed
By us in His presence, & also
In the presence of each other |
his
Joseph X Odell
mark
/s/ Isaac " Odell
State of Indiana
Shelby County I
Before me Alexander Miller Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Shelby personally come. Isaac Odell one of the
Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing instrument of the writing and being by me duley sworn says he saw and heard Wilford Carter who is now deceased sign Seal and publish and Declare the said instrument of writing to be his last will an testament and that he was of sound mind and memey at the time of Its Execution and not under Restaint or
coersion that he signed his name
There to as witness in the presence of said testator and at his request and in the presence of each other and further says
[ the paper is torn here ]
That
Is ll Odell
[ the paper is torn or worn in several of the areas at this point ]
Subscribed and sworn to [?] be for me
Decem ( this is partially erased) January the 6th 1858
Alexander Miller Clerk
State of Indiana
Shelby County Is
I Alexander Miller Clerk
Of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Cirtify that the with in Will of Wilford Carter Deceased has been duley
Admitted to probate that its due Executor was this day for [?]ven by
Isaac Odell whose proofs He together [?]
Such will have been recorded an
Probate order book No 2
In Witness whereof I have
here unto Set my hand and
affixed the seal of said
Court this 6th day of
January the 6th 1858
Alexander Miller Clerk |
Transcribed by Cheryl Storie
Inventory, Personal
Property
An Inventory of the personal Estate of Wilford Carter, deceased, taken by John W. Carter Executor, and appraised by Joseph Odell & James B. Holmes
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Description of property / |
evaluation
of Property |
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| 1. |
ten fat hogs |
$ 9.00 |
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27. |
one old wagon |
$10.00 |
| 2. |
five stock hogs |
14.00 |
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28. |
Balance on note of Wm Mc |
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| 3. |
one sow 7 pigs |
6.50 |
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Daniels due |
21.00 |
| 4. |
one gray mare |
50.00 |
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29. |
three dollars in cash |
3.00 |
| 5. |
three acrers corn |
18.00 |
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30. |
two table cloths |
1.00 |
| 6. |
thirty five bushels wheat |
17.50 |
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31. |
one cow |
18.00 |
| 7. |
two bunches of blade [fodag] |
3.00 |
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32. |
one red cow |
20.00 |
| 8. |
two sugar kettles |
5.50 |
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| 9. |
lot of sundries |
2.00 |
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| 10. |
one horo collar ( fan?? Chain) |
1.50 |
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| 11. |
one wash tub |
1.25 |
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| 12. |
one small lot cubboard ware |
3.00 |
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| 13. |
one square cubboard |
4.00 |
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| 14. |
one stone churn |
.50 |
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| 15. |
one set common chairs |
1.75 |
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| 16. |
one cotton wheale |
.50 |
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| 17. |
one breakfast table |
2.00 |
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| 18. |
one chest |
2.00 |
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| 19. |
three bed quilts |
6.00 |
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| 20. |
five blankets |
5.00 |
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| 21. |
one cover lid |
3.00 |
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| 22. |
one comfort |
2.00 |
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| 23. |
two sheets |
.75 |
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| 24. |
one fether bed straws
Tie two pillers |
3.00 |
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| 25. |
do " |
3.00 |
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| 26. |
one bed sted & cord |
.50 |
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[I tried to keep this the same as it was on the paper. - CS]
Transcribed by Cheryl Storie
Inventory, Real Estate
An Inventory of the Real Estate of
Wilford Carter Deceased taken by said Executor
And appraised by said appraisers
No
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Description of Property
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Valuation
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| 1
| The East Half of South west quarter
Of Section Nine (9) Lower Thirteen
(13) North of Range Six (6) East
Containing Eighty acres of Land more or less
| 2000.00 |
State of Indiana
Shelby County
We Joseph Odell and James B. Holmes
Swear, the foregoing appraisement is a
Fair Honest and impartial appraisement of all of the Personal & Real Estate of Willford Carter late of Shelby County Ind Deceased
Which has been Exhibited to us _
His
Joseph X
Odell
Mark appraisers
James B. Holmes
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me Isaac Odell a Justice of this court
in said County this 15th day of Jan'y 1858
Isaac Odell Justice
Seal
( this was hand written with a circle around it )
_____________________________________________________________________
State of Indiana
Shelby County
I John W. Carter. Executor of the last
Will of the estate of Willford Carter deceased
Swear that the foregoing is a true and
Complete inventory of all the Personal and Real Estate of Said Decedent which Has
Come tomy knowledge, taken on the
15th day of January A.D. 1858 ___ So Help
Me God ___
(signed) John W. Carter
Sworn to and subscribe before me
????? th day January A.D. 1858
(signed) Isaac Odell Justice Seal
( this was hand written with a circle around it )
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