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Will of
George C. Reed
I George C. Reed of Shelby County and State of Indiana do
make and publish this my last will and Testament.
First --- I direct that my Body be decently interred and that
my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my Estate and situation
in lie and as to such worldly Estate as it has pleased God to entrust me with, I
dispose of the same in the following manner to wit I direct
Second --- That all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid
as soon after my decease as possible out of the first moneys that shall come to
the hands of my executor from any portion of my Estate Real or personal. I
also direct that the whole of my household furniture shall be and remain the
absolute property of my beloved wife if she shall be living at the time of my
decease, but if she shall not survive me then that the same shall be sold and
divided amongst my heirs share and share alike. I also direct that my
beloved wife shall have two cows and also one horse and Buggy if I die
possessed of the same and that she be paid for with one years provision after my
decease. I also direct that all the Real Estate and personal property
except the above given to my beloved wife of in which I shall died seized or
possessed of shall be sold by my Executor for cash or such credit and the amount
thereof secured in such manner as is usual in like cases to insure the full and
punctual payment thereof. I also direct that the net produce of my Real
Estate and personal property herein before ordered by me to be sold and disposed
of be equally divided as soon as it can be done share and share alike amongst my
said wife and such of my several children as shall survive me and to the
heirs or representatives of any of my children who shall have died between the
time of my making this my last will and Testament and the Time of such division
or distribution are to be entitled to such share or shares as their respected
ancestors would have been entitled to receive if then living and I hereby make and
ordain my worthy and esteemed friend Samuel McKee Executor of this my last will
and testament.
In witness
whereof I George C. Reed the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal this third day of June Eighteen hundred and Seventy.
George C. Reed {{ LS }}
Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named George C Reed
as his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto
Subscribed our names as witnesses hereto in the presence of the said Testator
and in the presence of each other this 3" day of June 1870.
Edward Kurr {{ LS }}
John his X mark Miller {{ LS }}
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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