John McCartney's Last Will
Flat Rock, Ind. April 6th 1905.
A Request and will of John McCartney made this sixth day of April 1905.
Is that my body after death shall be prepared for burial by John J. White (of
the firm of
Hageman & White) the expense thereof not to exceed Eighty Dollars. It is my
desire that
there be no funeral services only that my remains when taken from my late
home shall be
taken direct to the grave, and after all of my lawful debts are paid the
residue of all my
property which consists of House and Lot in the town of Flat Rock, Ind. Also
Household
goods & Money if any shall go equally to James McCartney and Elizabeth
McCartney
it is my request that L. G. Almroth shall be the Administrator to settle up
all the business
strictly as is this my last Request.
Signed by me this 6th day of April 1905
his
John X McCartney
mark
Witnessed by
David Compton and John J. White
State of Indiana, Shelby County. SS:
Be it remembered. That on the 20 day of September 1905 John J. White one
of
the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament
of John
McCartney, late of said County, personally appeared before the Clerk of the
Circuit Court
of Shelby County, in the State of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk
of said
Court, upon his oath, declared and testified as follows, that is to say:
That on the 6th day of April 1905 he saw the said John McCartney sign his
name to said
instrument in writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that on this
deponent at
the same time, heard the said John McCartney declare the said instrument in
writing to be
his last Will and Testament and that the said instrument in writing was, at
the same time,
at the request of the said John McCartney and with his consent attested and
subscribed by
the said John J. White and David Compton in the presence of said Testator,
and in the
presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said
John McCartney
was at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing,
as aforesaid of
full age (that is, more than twenty one years of age) and of sound and
disposing mind and
memory, and not under any coercion or restraint, as the said deponent verily
believes and
further deponent says not.
/s/ John J. White
Sworn to and Subscribed by the said John J. White before me, M. O. Sullivan
Clerk of
said Court, at Shelbyville the 20th day of September 1905.
In Attestation Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said
Court.
M. O. Sullivan {{seal}}
Clerk Shelby Circuit Court
State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
I, M. O. Sullivan Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana, do
hereby certify
that the within annexed Will and Testament of John McCartney has been duly
admitted to
probate, and duly proved by the testimony of John J. White one of the
subscribing
witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said Will, and of the testimony
of the said
John J. White in proof thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book
4 at
Pages 534 and 535 of the record of Wills of said County
In Attestation Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the
seal of said
Court, at Shelbyville, this 20th day of September 1905
M. O. Sullivan {{seal}}
Clerk Circuit Court, Shelby County
Transcribed from Will Book Vol. 4, pp 534-535 by Kathy Ridlen
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