Will of John Marshall, Jr.

Date: 27 Apr 1871 to 13 Jan 1872
Location: Union County, Indiana, United States
Surnames/tags: Marshall Dunlap

Following is a transcription of the last will and testament of John Marshall Jr..^[1]

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(Page) 375

Last Will John Marshall (page 1 of 2)

In the name of the Benevolent Father of All, I John Marshall of Union County Indiana do make and publish this my last Will & Testament.

Item 1st: That all my just debts funeral expenses of administration be paid out of my estate.

Item 2nd: I give devise and bequeath to my two grandchildren namely Emma Marshall and Amanda Marshall the sum of Fifty dollars each the said named children being the daughters of my deceased son William Marshall.

item 3rd: I will and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Dunlap the sum of Four Hundred dollars which amount i have already advanced to her and for which amount I have taken her note which note I now hold aginst her and which note I desire to be given to her or her children at my death without any payment for note or interest from her or her said children, the mortgage I hold on the property of said Nancy Dunlap I wish satisfied it being for the payment of the said named Five Hundred dollar note.

Item 4th: I will and bequeath to my two sons, namely Lewis Marshall and Henry Marshall all the Balance of my Estate both real and personal of every kind and description whatsoever to be equally divided among them the said Lewis Marshall and Henry Marshall except so much of my estate as has been disposed of in items 1st 2nd and 3rd of this Will as the death of either of the two last named children in this will the property to go their children and their descendants if no children to go my surviving children and their descendants.

I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made.

In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of April 1871.

John Marshall (his mark) (seal)

Signed and acknowledged by said John Marshall as his last Will and Testament in

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(Page) 376

Will of John Marshall (page 2 of 2)

our presence and signed by us in his presence.

E.B. Gould
N. Houren
State of Indiana, Union county

Be it remembered that on the 13 day of January AD 1872 Newton Houren one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and forgoing last will and testament of John Marshall late of late of said County deceased personally appeared before the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Union 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 27 day of April 1871 he saw the said John Marshall 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 John Marshall declare the said Instrument in writing to be his last will and testament and that the said instrument in writing was at the same tim eat the request of said John Marshall and with his consent atested and subscribed by the said Newton Houran + E B Gould in the presence of said testator and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses theirto and that the said John Marshall was at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing as aforesaid of full age (that is more than 21 years of age) and of sound and disposing mind and and not under any coercion or restraint as the said deponent verily believes and further deponent says not.

Newton Houren

Sworn to and subscribed by the said Newton Houren before one W.M Casterline Clerk of said Court at Liberty the 13 day of January 1872.

W.M. Casterline Clerk

In attesting where I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court.

Wm. Casterline Clerk
C.C.P.U.C.

Sources

1. ↑ Indiana County, District and Probate Courts. Will Records, Vol 1, 1821-1827; Will Records, Vol A-B, 1845-1872. Accessed at Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, p. 375 on Ancestry.com 29 Oct 2023.