the last Will and Testament of
In the name of the benevolent father of all
I Elizabeth Brown widow of George W Brown deceased of Shelby County and
State of Indiana do make and publish this my last Will and Testament
Item First
I give and devise to my son George W Brown subject to the charges relinquishments and conditions herein after expressed the following described tracts of land situated in Shelby County and State of Indiana to wit Beginning at the South East corner of the North East quarter of section five in Township Twelve (12) North of Range Eight (8) East and running thence North sixty rods thence West to the West line of said North East quarter Thence South Sixty rods to the south West corner of said North East quarter thency East to the place of beginning containing Sixty acres more or less and also Forty Rods in width off the North end of the West half (1/2) of the south East quarter (1/4) of said section containing Twenty acres more or less upon condition that after my decease he shall surrender up to my executor or Administrator to be canceled or otherwise relinquish to my estate all demands against said estate arising by virtue of three promissory notes now held by him executed by me and A T* Brown to Valentine Friday and by him assigned to said George W Brown. One of said notes being for the sum of Three hundred and fifty dollars due Dec 23rd 1864 and dated Jan 7th 1863 with interest from date. said note being secured by mortgages on the real estate above described and one of said notes being for the sum of fifty five dollars dated Jan 23rd 1863 and due twelve months after date and the other of said notes being for the sum of $38.50 dated April 9th 1864 and due Dec 25 1864. Or cause said notes to be so delivered up relinquished and canceled and upon the condition that within one year after my decease he shall pay to the children of William Brown my deceased son then living to wit Thomas and Samantha Brown to be divided equally between them the sum of one hundred and Seventy Five dollars to my daughters Mary Ann Crail Hannah E Burton and Emeline Burton and my sons John O Brown and Adam T* Brown the sum of one Hundred and Seventy five dollars each provided that said G W Brown Shall have the privilege of giveing his promissory notes with good personal security due one year after my decease for the respective amounts of money to be paid by him to my said sons and daughters and children of my said son above named and the giveing of 4 said notes thus secured shall be a compliance of the
condition of payment herein expressed and provided also that said George W Brown shall have fifty acres of the land above described being the undivided Five Eighths portion of said lands on the [?] either giveing said notes or making said payment provided he shall relinquish all demands for the notes above described.
Item 2nd I do hereby nominate and appoint Andrew Jarrell executor of this my last will and testament
Item 3rd I herey revoke all former wills by me made In Testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Twenty Third day of August in the year 1865
her
Elizabeth X Brown
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Signed and acknowledged by said Elizabeth Brown as her last will and testment in our presence and signed by us
in her presence and in the presence of each other
William R Connor /s/
Joseph Lacy /s/
* The second initial might be "J" or "I".
PROOF OF WILLS.
The State of Indiana, Shelby County, ss:
Be it Remembered That on the 9th day of February AD 1870 William R. Connor, one of the subscribing witnesses to
the within and foregoing last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Brown, late of said County, deceased, personally
appeared before JG Wolf Clerk of the Courth of Common Pleas 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 Twenty third day of August A D. 1865. he saw the said Elizabeth Brown sign
her name to said instrument....
Copied from the original will, filebox 88, Shelby County Court House, Shelbyville, IN, by Phyllis Miller Fleming.
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