Estate  of  Rebecca  Macy,  decd
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 Will


Shelby Co, IN, Courthouse, filebox 52 
and recorded on pages 84 & 85 of the 
record of Wills in the office of Alonzo Blair, Clerk, 

on this 11th day of September AD 1862

            I Rebecca Macy of Shelby County, Indiana do make and publish this my last will and testament  And direct that my worldly estate be disposed of in the following manner (to wit)
            First  I direct that my daughter Lucinda or her lawful heirs be paid fifty dollars in cash to be made out of my estate.
            Second   I direct that my son Thomas Clarkson have my cupboard table chairs Pollyglot Bible and stillyards.
            Thirdly  I direct that my son Joseph Wilson have all my beds and bedding My trunk, old brass Clock and old Bible.
            Fourthly   I direct that my wearing apparel be equally divided between My three sons Joseph Wilson, Tristram Barnard and Thomas Clarkson.  Fifthly  I direct that whatever may be left of my estate after complying with the above bequests and paying necessary expenses be equally divided between my two sons Joseph Wilson and Tristram Barnard.
            Sixth & lastly  It is my wish and I do hereby constitute and appoint My esteemed friend and relative Jethro S. Folger My lawful executor.
            In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed My seal this 22nd day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Sixty.
                                                                                                Rebecca Macy   (SEAL)
            Signed and acknowledged in the presence of (as witnesses there unto)
                                                                                            Attesting              George Swain
                                                                                                                        Oliver Swain
State of Indiana
Shelby County    SS
       Before me Alonzo Blair Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally came Oliver Swain one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will and being by me duly sworn says that he saw and heard Rebecca Macy (who is now deceased) sign seal and publish and declare the foregoing instrument of writing, to be her last will and Testament.  That at the execution thereof she was of sound mind and memory ad not under coercion or restraint and of lawful age to devise her property.  That she signed her name thereto as in his presence and in the presence of George Swain the other subscribing witness, thereto that he together with the said George Swain subscribed their names to said will as witnesses thereto in the presence of said Testatrix and in the presence of each other that said Testatrix and further says not
                                                                        .                                          Oliver Swain

            Subscribed and affirmed to before me Sept 1st 1862                       Alonzo Blair  Clk.


State of Indiana
Shelby County   SCT
            I Alonzo Blair Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that the within last Will of Rebecca Macy, late of Shelby County, deceased, has been duly admitted to Probate by Oliver Swain, whose proofs together with such Will have been duly recorded on pages 84 & 85 of the record of Wills in my office.
            In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Shelbyville this 1st day of September AD 1862
                                                                                                            Alonzo Blair  Clerk


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Sumner Ind  Aug 23rd 1862                      
To whom it may concern
            The under signed is not inclined to undertake the execution of the provisions of the last will & testament of Rebecca Macy on account of ill health.              Jethro S. Folger
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 Inventory
1 eight day clock 3 table cloths
1 thirty hour clock  2 sets of bed ruffles
1 cupboard 1 waggon sheet
2 rocking chairs 1 metal chest
3 common chairs 1 pair of steelyards
1 Bureau 1 Poly glott bible
2 Pair of bedsteads 1 Common bible
1 Feather bed 1 journal of  Job Scott
1 Straw bed 1 pictoral library
2 Bed comforts 1 Friends discipline
3 Bed quilts 1 Trunk
3 Bed blankets  
2 Checked sheets  
1 Note on T.C. Macy for 
seventy one dollars & 92 cts
due Jan 2, 1862		  
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 Receipts

Received of Thomas Barnard Administrator with the will annexed of the Estate of Rebecca Macy late of Shelby Co. Ind. decd., all the property therein named & designated as bequeathed to me by the said Rebecca Macy in full.
                                4th Mo 24th 1863                                 Tristram Barnard Macy

 
            Received of Thomas Barnard Administrator with the will annexed of the Estate of Rebecca Macy late of Shelby Co Ind. decd. All the property therein named and designated as bequeathed to my by the said Rebecca Macy in full.
            4th Mo 24th 1863                                 Thomas Clarkson Macy



            Recd. Of Thomas Barnard Administrator of the Estate of Rebecca Macy with will annexed all the property therein named and designated as bequeathed to me by the said Rebecca Macy late of Shelby Co. Ind, decd.                                                                      Joseph Wilson Macy
                                                                        per T.C. Macy

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 Final Report
Rebecca Macy Estate

Report for Final Settlement
Filed April 25, 1863

A. Blair, Clk
E. Rice


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            Thomas Barnard administrator with the will annexed of Rebecca Macy late of Shelby County Decd. Would respectfully represent unto the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Shelby, that there came into his hands of moneys of said Estate the sum of         $75.00

That the will of said Rebecca Macy, she specially bequeathed and directed that her Daughter Lucinda be paid the sum of $60.00  She also directed that her son Thomas Clarkson have One Cupboard, table chairs, Pollyglot Bible ad Stillyards—And that her son Joseph Wilson have all of her beds and bedding, trunk old brass clock and old Bible—And she specially bequeathed all of her wearing apparel to her sons Willson, Tristram Barnard and Thomas Clarkson—The undersigned would shew to said Court that he herewith files the receipts of Tristian Barnard Macy, Thomas Clarkson Macy and Joseph Wilson Macy for their respective shares and interests as specified in said will, Marked 1,2, & 3, and for the amount said Testatrix specially bequeathed to Lucinda now wife of Calvin Barnard, he has paid the same into the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

 towit 

$60.00
Paid to R. Spicer  printer

1.75

  "  "     Alonzo Blair Clerk 

10.35

  "  "     Alfred Major  Atty 

     2.50

$74.60

                           
            According to the above statement there appears Forty cents to be remaining in my hands which I ask said Court that the same be allowed me towards my fees for services—And the undersigned asks said Court to receive this his report as a final settlement—and asks to be further discharged in said estate.                                                                                                  Thomas Barnard

            Subscribed & affirmed to this 25th day of April 1863.               A. Blair, Clk.

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Final Receipts
Shelbyville, Ind., Sept 16, 1862
Mr. Thos Barnard
TO R. Spicer,  Dr.
(Publisher &c, of Shelby Volunteer)
           
            To publishing notice of appointment as Administrator of the estate of Rebecca Macy, decd. $1.75            --  Recd. Payment   R. Spicer



            Recd. Of Thomas Barnard adver. with the will annexed of Rebecca Macy decd. The sum of  Two 50/100 dollars for services rendered said Ams.     April 25.63
                                                                                    Alfred Major Atty

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