Will Book C, Pages 41-43

Last Will and Testament of Henry Sellers

 March the 1st 1897

 Know all men by these presents, that, I, Henry Sellers, of the County of Martin and the State of Indiana, make this my last Will and Testament, as follows, to-wit:

             That after my decease, and all my legal debts are paid, I grant and bequeath to my wife, Sarah Sellers, all of my Property both Real and Personal, except the lands herein described, to-wit: The North West quarter of the North West quarter of Section Fourteen, Town 4 North of Range 3 West, in the County of Martin, in the State of Indiana, the lands here described, I give and bequeath to my son William Sellers.

             I further desire and decree that after the death of my wife, Sarah Sellers, that all my Property, both Real and Personal, held by her at that time, shall be equally distributed to all my children.

            Witnesses                                                                                Henry (his mark) Sellers

            Jesse Stroud
            A. D. Hastings

 The State of Indiana, Martin County, SS:

Be it remembered, that on the 13th day of June, 1898, Jesse Stroud, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament, of Henry Sellers, late of said County, deceased, personally appeared before Geo. W. Gates, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Martin 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 1st day of March, 1897, he saw the said Henry Sellers, sign his name to said instrument in writing by mark, as and for his last Will and Testament; and that this Deponent, at the same time, heard the said Henry Sellers declare the said 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 Sellers, and with his consent, attested and subscribed by the said Jesse Stroud and A. D. Hastings, in the presence of said Testator, and in the presence of each other, as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said Henry Sellers 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.

                                                                                    Jesse Stroud

 Sworn to and subscribed by the said Jesse Stroud before me Geo. W. Gates, Clerk of said Court at West Shoals, the 13th day of June 1898.

                                                                                    Geo. W. Gates Clerk

 In attestation whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court.

(Seal)                                                                           Geo. W. Gates Clerk

 
State of Indiana, Martin County, SS:

I, Geo. W. Gates, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Martin County, Indiana, do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Henry Sellers has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of Jesse Stroud, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said Will, and of the testimony of the said Jesse Stroud, in proof thereof,  has been by me duly made and recorded in Book “C” at pages 42, 42  (illegible) 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 West Shoals, this 13th day of June, 1898.

(Seal)                                                                           Geo. W. Gates
                                                                                    Clerk Martin Circuit Court