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Will of Clement NANCE
Will of Elizabeth (CULVER) NANCE
State of Indiana, Clay County
- July 30th AD 1859. Elizabeth (CULVER) Nance being
weak in boddy though same in mind & memory.
Considering the uncertainty of live, do make this my last
will and testament viz- first I wish all my just debts to
be punctually paid. Secondly I bequest or will to my son,
James Nance, Sixty-one
dollars sixty two and a half cents it being the amoung of
a note I hold on him or remainder of said note together
with the interest on the same. I wish to have at my death,
& I further wish him to have the use of one hundred
dollars and pay no interest on the same for the term of
two or three years to be collected out of money due me or
coming from John W. Nance the
hundred dollars above mentioned after the term of as above
set forth. I wish it to be equally divided between six of
my children viz. Mary Ann Snider,
Lydia Baldwin, Jane Tyre, Milly
Melvin, Henry Nance
and Webster Nance. Thirdly
my wish is further that my son, Joseph
Nance, shall have full power as I grant this to
him to collect and pay over to said heris the amount set
forth in the foregoing will. And the remainder I will and
bequeath to my daughter-in-law, Nancy
Nance, for the care taken of myself or for her
trouble and my wish is further that my daughter, Lydia
Baldwin, is to have my wearing apparel together with my
bed and bedding and let it be further understood that my
son, Joseph Nance, is
empowered either in my lifetime or after my death to
collect the moneys due me and apply it or the one hundred
dollars to my son, James Nance,
so soon as it may be collected, in witness whereof I have
unto set my hand and seal the day and date for it above
written.
In the name of God, a men: I, Clement Nance, of Floyd County, Indiana, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, being assured that it is appointed unto men once to die, and knowing that the time of my exit is drawing near, do make and ordain the following instrument to be my last will and testament, that is to say, I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God from who m I received it, and in whom I have believed through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and my body to the dust from which it was taken, with a sure and certain hope of the resurrection at the last day to eternal life, amen. And, respecting those worldly goods the Lord ahs entrusted me with, I have disposed of some part, and do dispose of the balance I have in my hands in the manner and form following, to-wit: First, I give unto my beloved wife, Mary Nance, one feather bed and furniture, together with other household furniture as she shall choose, and the Dearborn wagon and harness to be possessed by her during her natural life, and then return. Moreover, it is my desire and will that my farm and proceeds to go to the support of my wife during her life. Should there be a surplus over her support it is also to return to the estate. All property that is not herein mentioned that is subject to waste t o be sold to the highest bidder. All just debts to be paid. As soon as $480.00 can be collected, let $400.00 be equally divided between Dorothy Burton, Mary Shields, Nancy Oatman, Jane Jordan and Elizabeth Long, or their legal representatives; the other $80.00 to be equally divided and paid over to Mary Branham, Louisa Shaw and James Shaw, or their legal representatives. It is to be understood that that part of my estate descending to Louisa Shaw is to be retained in the hands of th e executors and shall be paid over to her or her legal representatives, as she or they may severally need. It is further to be understood that the balance of my estate, real and personal, at the decease of my wife, shall be sold, and the proceeds the reof equally divided among all my children or their legal representatives; and it is further my will that Permelia Jones Richardson is to have $40.00 out of that part descending to my daughter, Jane Jordan. Moreover, I do by these presents, constitute and ordain my three oldest sons, Mosias Nance, William Nance and Clement Nance, executors of this my last will and testament.
[signed] Clement Nance
William Wright }
John Smith }
Witnesses, July 28, 1821
Henry B. Shields }
William Wright } Sureties,
Bond $1,500 This will was probated August 14, 1828.
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