Will of
Caleb
Sleeth
Will Book 1
Pages 540 - 541
I Caleb
Sleeth of Shelby County and State of Indiana do make and Publish this my last
will and testament
Item First
That all my Just debts and funeral Expences Shall be paid out of my property by
the Executor of this Will the Residue of my Estate after the payment of the
above named Expences I give, devise, and dispose of as follows to wit To
Savina
Bramble her and her heirs alone I give twenty six Acres of land more or less
Bounded as follows towit South West corner of the North East quarter of Section
Two in Township thirteen Range seven running East fifty three Rods (53) thence
North halfway to the North line of said tract thence West twenty three rods (23)
thence North to the North line then west thirty rods thence South to the place
of beginning Second to Nancy Wilcoxen
and to her alone I give twenty six Acres
of land more or less Bounded as follows towit Commencing fifty three rods East
of the South West corner of the North East quarter of section Two in Township
thirteen Range Seven Running thirty rods (30) East thence North to the North
line of said Tract thence West fifty three rods (53) thence South halfway to the
South line thirty rods to the place of beginning and I consider the last named
worth one hundred dollars more than the first named tract and it is in
consideration for one hundred dollars left to the said Nancy Wilcoxen by her
mother and the Residue of my land I give one third to Samuel A. Sleeth
one Third
to Enoch G. Sleeth and one third to Zeno Sleeth
their to divide it them Selves
as suit them Best and Balser Sleeth has received his part in full Except a
certain Note held by me which is to go to him at my decease And if after the
Expences is paid there is a residue left it is to be equally divided among my
heirs Except my Rifle gun it I give to Enoch G. Sleeth oldest son of Caleb
without Reserve.
I now
hereby appoint Andrew R. Sleeth my Executor of this my last will revoke all
other Wills made by me before this date given and My hand this 14” day of May
1867
Caleb Sleeth
Witnessed by Andrew R. Sleeth Chas. M. Sleeth (LS)
State of Indiana Shelby County SS
Be it remembered that on the 23” day of August 1879 Andrew R. Sleeth and
Charles M. Sleeth the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last
Will and Testament of Caleb Sleeth late of said County deceased personally
appeared before Bellamy S. Sutton Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County in
the state of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court upon their
oaths declare and testify as follows That is to say That on the Fourteenth day
of May 1867 they saw the said Caleb Sleeth sign his name to said instrument in
writing as and for his last Will and Testament: and that these deponents at the
same time heard the said Caleb Sleeth declare the said instrument in writing to
be his last Will and Testament and the said instrument in writing was at the
same time, at the request of the said Caleb Sleeth and with his consent attested
and subscribed by the said Andrew R. Sleeth and Chas. M. Sleeth in the presence
of said testator, and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses
thereto, and that the said Caleb Sleeth 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 deponents verily believe, and
further deponents say not.
Andrew R. Sleeth Chas. M. Sleeth
Sworn to and subscribed by the said deponents before me Bellamy S. Sutton
Clerk of said Court at Shelbyville the 23” day of August 1879
In attestation whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said Court
Bellamy S. Sutton Clk
State of Indiana Shelby County SS:
I Bellamy S. Sutton Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana do
hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Caleb Sleeth has
been duly admitted to probate and duly proved by the testimony of Andrew R.
Sleeth and Charles M. Sleeth the subscribing witnesses thereto that a complete
record of said Will and of the testimony of the said Caleb Sleeth in proof
thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book One at pages 540 &
541 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 23” day of August 1879
(LS)
Bellamy S. Sutton Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County
Transcribed by Barb Huff
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