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From: "Maggie Stewart" <>
Subject: [OH-FOOT] Fw: WILL: Shoemaker, 1855, Wayne Co.
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:28:01 -0400


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WILL - Shoemaker, John - 1855- Wayne County Probate Court record ..811.
Transcribed by Dennis Coupe 5/9/03. Words in italics are best guesses.

In the name of the Benevolent Father of all I John Shoemaker of the County
of Wayne and the State of Ohio as make and publish this my last Will and
testament.

Item 1st I give and devise to My beloved Wife in lieu of Her Dower the
Farm on which we now reside situate in the county and state aforesaid,
containing about one hundred acres during her natural life; and all the
household and kitchen furniture, the Grey Mare & carriage and harness, all
the hogs, two cows, six sheep, one plow, one harrow, one shovel plow, one
sett(sic) Double Harness, one sett of plow gears. Provisions on hand at my
decease, the one half of the crop now in the ground, the wagon, the plow
double truss, Whipple truss xc (sic etc.?) belonging to the same, the
spreaders xc, the wheelbarrow, during her natural life as aforesaid. At the
Death of My said Wife, the real estate aforesaid and such part of the said
personal property or the proceeds thereof, as may then remain unconsumed
and unexpended, I give and devise to all my children and their Heirs
Equally, after a sale of said property is made--

Item 2 nd I devise and bequeath to my son Joseph Shoemaker all the land and
property which he has heretofore Recd. from Me being His portion in full
up to the present time.

Item 3 rd I devise and bequeath to my son Isaac Shoemaker all the land and
Property he has heretofore Recd. from Me being His portion in full up to
the present time.

Item 4 th I devise and bequeath to my son John Shoemaker all the land and
property he has heretofore Recd. from me being his portion in full up to
the present time.

Item 5 th I devise and bequeath to my son Samuel Shoemaker all the land and
property which He has heretofore recd. from Me, being his portion in full
up to the present time.

Item 6 th I devise and bequeath to my son William Shoemaker the one half of
the half qtr. section of land I own, situate and being in Orange Township,
Ashland County Ohio; He is also to have the balance of said half qtr of
land by paying twenty dollars per acre to my Executors with Iterest (sic)
from the 1st day of April 1857. He is to pay the same as fast as he can
without detriment to himself, but he is not to be sued to make the
collection. He is to have his horse, his cow, his plow and axe, at the same
prices my other sons were charged with theirs.

Item 7 th I devise and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Markley, the sum
of seventy five dollars, besides the property that she has already recd.
from me as stands charged in my Book --

Item 8 th I devise and bequeath to my daughters Susan and Catherine
Shoemaker, the sum of fifty dollars each, besides the property they have
already recd. from me as stands charged in my Book---

Item 9 th I devise and bequeath to my daughters Elizabeth Markley, Susan
Martin, Catherine Garver Sarah Kesler and Hannah Shoemaker, Each the sum of
Eight Hundred Dollars, including the amts. charged to each upon my Book,
said money is to be paid as soon as it can be after all my debts are paid;
paying my oldest daughter first and so on until each receives her portion.

Item 10 th I do hereby nominate and appoint Isaac Shoemaker, John
Shoemaker, and Samuel Shoemaker My sons, Executors of my last Will and
testament, hereby authorizing and empowering them to compromise, adjust
release and discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts and
claims due me and owing by me.

In testimony where I have hereinto set my hand and seal this 13 th day of
June A.D.1855.




John Shoemaker (signed) (seal)

Signed and acknowledged

by said John Shoemaker as

His last will and testament

in our presence and signed

by us in his presence --

Abraham Ecker (signed)

C.C.Coulter (signed)




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