WILL: John McCOY, 1818, Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford County, PA

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Bedford County Will Book 1, page 531

In the name of God Amen I John McCoy of Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford 
County, State and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being in perfect healt of body 
and of sound and disposing mind, memory and understand considering the certainty 
of death and the uncertainty of the time being and being desireous to settle my 
worldly affairs and thereby he the better prepared to leave the world, when it 
shall please God to call me hence, I therefore make and publish this my last 
will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say;

First and peacefully I commit my sourl into the hands of Almighty God and my 
body to the earth to be decetnly buried at the discretion of my executors here 
after mentioned, and after my Debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and 
bequeath as follows;

Viz, I give and bequath unto my beloved children Susanna, James, Price, John, 
Joseph, William and Edmund, Mary, Agnes, Archibald and George all my voeable 
probperty except my beloved wife Rebecca thirds, and next I bequeath unto my 
beloved wife the plantation whereon I now live during her widowhood to be at her 
dsiposal. But in case she should again be married, then the plantation to be 
sold and the price thereof to be equally divided among my elven children above 
named, except the third to be retained in the hands of the purchaser, by paying 
legal interest unto my beloved wife yearly during her life and then to be 
equally divided among my children, above stated. Also the accounts wherewith 
William Coulter and Edmund McCoy stand charged with, I give and bequeath unto my 
two youngest sons Archibald and George and the accounts wherewith my son Price 
is charged with to stand open until the land is sold and then equally divided 
among my children as above mentioned. A certain account with which wherewith 
Susanna martin stands charged with it is my will and desire it should not be 
????? until after he desseace and then to equally divided among my children as 
above directed and lastly I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Rebecca and 
my son Joseph to be sole executors of this my last will and testament. In 
testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and affixed my seal the 26th day 
of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

John McCoy (his seal)
Signed sealed, published and declared by John McCoy the above named testator in 
the pressence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of 
each other have subscribe our names as witnesses there to.

Johnathon Cessna

James Elder

Whereas, I John mcCoy of bedford County, having made and duly executed my last 
will and testament in writing, having date the 28th day of January in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which said last will and 
testament and every clause bequest and devise therein contained, I do hereby 
rectify and confirm and being desirous of makeing addition, thus do therefore 
hereby make this my codicil which I will and desie shall be taken and take as 
part of my said will and testament in manner and form following. That is to say, 
i do leave and bequest to my dearly beloved wife, Rebeckah all the beds and 
bedding which may remain at my decease to be divided between herself and my two 
youngest sons Archibald and George and also as much grain and meal as will 
suffice for theri sustinance for the better of a year.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 3rd 
day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

John McCoy (his seal)
Signed Sealed, publiched and declared by John McCoy the aboe named testator as 
and for a codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of us who at 
his request in his precese and int he resence of each other, have subscribed as 
witnesses thereof.

Johnathon Cessna

James Elder

Bedford County Courthouse.