WILL: Adams McPHERRAN, 1880, Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jessica Orr <orr@hawaii.com> December 6, 2006, 5:08 pm Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ LAST WILL OF DR. ADAMS MCPHERRAN, DECEASED Huntingdon County Will Book 9, page 196 Written: November 18, 1880 Recorded: November 29, 1880 Source: Sampubco Know all men by these presents, That I Dr. Adams McPherran of Franklin Township, Huntingdon County & State of Pennsylvania being in ill health but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made. And as to my worldly estate and all the real and personal property or mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise and bequeath and dispose thereof in the following manner, to wit: First: my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall by my Executors hereinafter named, be paid out of my estate as soon after my decease as shall by them be found convenient. Item: I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Eliza Jane McPherran all my household & bedding furniture expecting a bed to each of my daughters when they get married. I also give to her the use, improvement and income of my dwelling house, land and its appurtenances on which we now live, to have and to hold the same for and during her natural life and also the one third of the income of my estate which is to be in lieu of dower and if not sufficient to support her, to get what will be sufficient. I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, real personal or mixed of which I shall die seized or personal or to which I shall be entitled at my decease, I give, devise and bequeath to be equally divided between and among all my children, to wit: Harriet E. McPherran, Porter W. McPherran, W. Scott McPherran, Clara Jane now married to Dr. W. C. Beam, John A. McPherran, share and share alike, the Book accounts that I have charged against each to be accounted for and deducted from each ones share expect or the account of W. Scott McPherran which is to be One hundred Dollars less than the amount on account of his being lame. And lastly, I do nominate and appoint my said son Porter W. McPherran and my neighbor Abraham Weight to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Testimony Whereof, I the said Adams McPherran have to these presents, my last will and testament, I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty. (1880) /s/Adams McPherran Signed, Sealed, published & declared by the said Dr. Adams McPherran as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. /s/E. W. Graffies /s/John S. Isett County of Huntingdon. This 29th day of November A. D. 1880, before me, J. D. Kuntzelman, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Huntingdon, personally came John S. Isett and E. W. Graffies, the subscribing witnesses to the above Will and being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say, that they were present and saw and heard Dr. Adams McPherran the testator, sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his testament and last will, and that at the time of so doing he the said testator, was of perfect and sound mind, memory and understanding, to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief. /s/John S. Isett /s/E. W. Graffies Sworn and Subscribed before me, /s/J. D. Kuntzelman, Register. Date of Death of Dr. Adams McPherran, deceased. Huntingdon County, Ss: Before me, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for said County, personally appeared Abraham Weight and Porter W. McPherran, who, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that Dr. Adams McPherran, late of Franklin Twp died on or about the 18th day of November 1880, before 7:48 o'clock P.M. and further saith not. /s/Abraham Waite /s/P. W. McPherran Sworn and Subscribed this 29th day of November A. D> 1880, before /s/J. D. Kuntzelman, Register Letters Testamentary issued on the estate of Dr. Adams McPherran, deceased On this 29th day of November A. D. 1880, Letters Testamentary in common form were issued to Abraham Waite and P. W. McPherran, on the estate of Dr. Adams McPherran, late of Franklin Township, deceased. /s/J. D. Kuntzelman, Register. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb