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Will Record
Last Will & Testament of Thomas Sankey Sr.
Submitted by Patricia Johnson
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Sankey Sen of Vigo County in
the State of Indiana being of sound and disposing mind memory and discretion and feeling
sensible of the uncertain tenure of life make ordain publish and declare this my last Will
& Testament
1st I desire that after payment of my funeral expenses all my personal estate of every
kind and description including in action and money on hand or on deposit be divided
between my children and grandchildren as follows. To the children of my deceased son
Abraham Sankey one ninth part less three hundred dollars which I advanced to their father
in his life time. To George Sankey, John Sankey, Thomas Sankey, Franklin Sankey,
Rebecca Thompson and Eliza Leeper each one ninth part of the whole and to each one eighth
part of the said three hundred dollars and to the children of my deceased son Hiram Sankey
one ninth of the whole and one eighth part of the said three hundred dollars and to the
children of my deceased son William Sankey one ninth of the whole and one eighth part of
the said three hundred dollars to be deducted from the children of my deceased son Abraham
Sankey.
2nd I bequeath unto my children Rebecca Thompson Eliza Leper Thomas
Sankey John Sankey George Sankey and Franklin Sankey all of my estate to be divided
between them share and share alike.
3rd I appoint my son George Sankey the executor of this my last will and
testament and I desire my estate to be settled without going into the court having Probate
Jurisdiction and to this end I authorize and request my said executor to collect all debts
due me at the time of my death and to give proper receipts and acquittences therefor to
draw out money on deposit in any bank and receipt for the same and on payment to surrender
notes bonds certificates of deposits and other evidence of indebtedness and to sue for and
collect debts from any person or corporation and in fact to fully settle my estate and
distribute the proceeds
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according to the provisions of this will without giving bond
taking out letters of administration or in any wise accounting to the
court of common pleas.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this 7th day of October 1858
Thomas Sankey {Seal}
Signed sealed and acknowledged by the testator to be his last will and testament in the
presence of the undersigned who each of us signed the same as witnesses at the request of
the testator in his presence and in presence of each other
Oct 7th 1858
Martin Church
State of Indiana County of Vigo
Be it remembered that on the 3rd day of January 1859 personally appeared in open court in
the court of common pleas of said county John P. Baird & Martin Church who being duly
sworn depose and say that they are the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will, that
they witnesses said will at the request of the testator that they saw him sign the same
which he did in their presence and that they signed their names as witnesses in the
presence of the testator and in the presence of each other and that the testator at the
time of executing said Will used sound mind and disproving memory and not under coertion
or restraint.
J. P. Baird
Martin ChurchSubscribed and sworn to in open court this day and year aforesaid
{Seal} In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of
said court at Terre Haute
And. Wilkins Clk
State of Indiana County of Vigo {}
I Andrew Wilkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid hereby
certify that the foregoing last will and testament of Thomas Sankey late of Vigo County
Indiana deceased was this day admitted to probate that its due execution was this day
duly________ in open court by
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John P. Baird and Martin Church whose proof together with such will have
been duly recorded on the 88th page of volume one of the record of Wills in our office.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and
And. Wilkins Clk
Fort Collins, Colorado
The above Will was transcribed from a copy of the original on FHL Film #1377996 Vigo Co
Indiana Will Record Volume 1. I have transcribed it to the best of my ability.
Patricia Craig Johnson
5th great grandaughter of Thomas Sankey, Senior