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Will and Testament
of
Henry S.
Cory
I, Henry Cory of the city of Shelbyville, Shelby County Indiana, do hereby
make, declare and publish the following as my last Will and Testament.
Item 1. I will and direct that all of my just debts, funeral expenses and
the expenses of the administration of my estate be first paid by my Executors
hereinafter named.
Item 2. I will, devise and bequeath to my wife Elise P. Cory
all of the
residue of my estate and property of every kind and description owned by me
at the time of my death. The real estate to be held and owned by her in
fee
simple and the personal property to be held and owned by her absolutely.
Item 3. I hereby nominate and appoint my wife Elise P. Cory as Executrix
of this my last Will and Testament.
Item 4. I hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore
made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of
November, 1913.
Henry S. Cory ( Seal )
Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said Henry S. Cory as his last will and Testament in our presence and signed by us as attesting witnesses thereto at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other this 22nd day of November, 1913.
John Messick
Jacob G. DePrez
State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
Be it remembered, that on the 13 day of April, A.D. 1915 the
judicial day
of the February term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year, come into open
Court H. S. Downey and produces in open Court an instrument in writing
purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Henry S. Cory, deceased, and
now moves the administration thereof to probate and record, and in proof of
said Will introduces Jacob G. DePrez, one of the subscribing witnesses
thereto, who being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, on oath, declare
and testify as follows, that is to say: That on the 22nd day of November,
1913 he saw the said Henry S. Cory sign his name to said instrument in
writing as and for his last Will and Testament; and that this deponent, at
the same time heard the said Henry S. Cory declare the same 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 Henry S. Cory and
with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Jacob G. DePrez and John
Messick in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other,
as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said Henry S. Cory 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 mind and memory, and not under any coercion or restraint as the said
deponent verily believes, and further deponent says not.
Jacob G. DePrez
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Jacob DePrez before me Cecil B.Collins, Clerk of said Court, at Shelbyville, Indiana, the 13 day of April 1915.
Cecil B. Collins, Clerk
Whereupon it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said
instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will of Henry S. Cory
deceased, is the last Will and Testament of Henry S. Cory deceased, and is
hereby admitted to probate and record in this Court.
Cecil B. Collins, Clerk
State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
I, Cecil B. Collins Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana, do
hereby Certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Henry S. Cory
has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of Jacob
G. DePrez one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of
said Will, and of the testimony of the said Jacob G. DePrez in proof thereof,
has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 6 at Pages 572, 573, 574 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 13 day of April 1915.
Cecil B. Collins, Clerk (Seal)
Circuit Court Shelby County
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