Last  Will  and  Testament
of
Harry  G. Law, deceased

Know all men by these presents that I,  Harry G. Law,  of Shelby County, Indiana, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby declare and make and desire the following to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills at any time heretofore made by me.

          Item 1.  I will and direct that all my just debts, including my funeral expenses and the expenses of the administration of my estate under this will be paid by my executor from any moneys available therefor from my estate.

          Item 2.  I will and direct that my Executor shall sell my farm and all other property owned by me, except the house and lot owned by me in the City of Shelbyville, Indiana, and located at No. 625 West Colescott Street in said City, and from the proceeds of such sale said Executor is directed to pay off a mortgage now existing upon my said City real estate; and I hereby will and devise my said house and lot located at No. 625 West Colescott Street in Shelbyville, Indiana, to my beloved brother  Alonso Law  for and during the term of his natural life, free from said mortgage lien, the said mortgage to be paid as above directed by my said Executor and the fee simple of said house and lot I will and devise to the children of the said Alonso Law now living absolutely.  I also will and bequeath to my said Brother Alonso Law the sum of Five Hundred dollars, to be paid to him by said Executor.

          Item 3.  I will and bequeath to my brother  Elza Law  the sum of Two Thousand dollars to be paid to him by my said Executor.

          Item 4.  I will and bequeath to my beloved sister  Carrie Pile  the sum of Five Hundred dollars to be paid to her by my executor.

          Item 5.  I will and devise to my beloved sister  Daisy Chesser  the sum of  Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid to her by my said executor.

          Item 6.  All the residue of my estate remaining after the payment of the charges and bequests named and provided by the foregoing five Items of this will as above willed and devised I will and bequeath to my brothers, Alonso Law and Elza Law and my beloved sisters Carrie Pile,  Laura Wertz  and Daisy Chesser equally, share and share alike.

          Item 7.  I hereby appoint my friend  Harry A. Hageman  as Executor of this my last Will and Testament and request that he have Albert F. Wray to act as his attorney in the administration of my Estate and the settement thereof under this Will.

          In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24" day of October 1919.
Harry G. Law   ( SEAL )


          The foregoing instrument is this day signed and declared by the above named Harry G. Law as his last Will and Testament in our presence and is hereto signed by us in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request as attesting witnesses there.

          This October 24" 1919.
Mrs. Nellie Armstrong           Albert F. Wray



State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
          Be it remembered that on the 30" day of October A.D. , 1919 the judicial day of the October Term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year, come into open Court Harry A. Hageman and produces in Court an instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Harry G. Law, deceased, and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record, and in proof of said Will introduces Albert F. Wray one of the subscribing witnesses thereto being sworn by the Clerk of said Court, on oath, declare and testify as follows, that is to say: That on the 24th day of October 1919 he saw the said Harry G. Law sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last Will and Testament, and that same time, heard the said Harry G. Law declare the said instrument in writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that the said instrument ---------------------------(illegible) at the same time at the request of the said Harry G. Law and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Albert F. Wray and Mrs. Nellie Armstrong in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other, as subscribing witnessesthereto, and that the said Harry G. Law, 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.

Albert F. Wray


          Sworn to and subscribed by the said Albert F. Wray before me Gordon Thurston Clerk of said Court, at Shelbyville Indiana the 30th day of October 1919.

Gordon Thurston, Clerk



          Whereupon it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will of Harry G. Law deceased, is the last Will and Testament of Hary G. Law deceased, and is hereby admitted to probate and reocrd in this Court.

Gordon Thurston, Clerk


State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

          I, Gordon Thurston, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana, do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Harry G. Law has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of Albert F. Wray one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said will, and of the testimony of the said Albert F.Wray in proof thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 7 at Pages 439 & 440 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, Indiana, this 30" day of October, 1919.

Gordon Thurston, Clerk Circuit Court, Shelby County
Transcribed by Pat Lorentzen

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