WILL: Waters B. Coats; Wellsville, Allegany co., NY
surname: Coats

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Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Ginette VandenOever

Allegany Co. NY
Will Book Vol. 15 page 674 

Record of the Will of Waters B. Coats

Last Will and testament. I Watrous B. Coats of the town of Wellsville, County
of Allegany and state of New York, do make, ordain, publish and declare this
to be my last Will and testament, in manner and form following, that is to
say:

First - I direct the payment of my just debts, if any.

Second - I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Ida Coats all of my
Real and personal property of every kind and nature and to have and to hold
the same to do with as she choses until my son Hiram Coats becomes twenty one
years of age. I then given and devise and bequeath to my son one fourth of the
Property - Real and personal that is left and remains out of my property and
estate and heretofore used by my said wife but this last devise and bequest to
my son Hiram Coats is in no way or manner to interfere or hinder my said wife
in using and disposing of any or all of my property as she sees fit up to the
time of my said son becoming of age.

Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my said wife to be the executrix of
this, my last Will and testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made
she to give no bond.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal,
the 15 day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine.

Waters B. Coats

We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do certify that Watrous B. Coats, the
testator, subscribed his name to this instrument in our presence, and in the
presence of each of us, and at the same time he declared in our presence and
hearing that the same was his last Will and testament, and requested us and
each of us, to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof,
and which we hereby do in the presence of the testator and of each other, this
15 day of May 1899, the day of the date of the said Will and write opposite
our respective places of residence.

A. M. Burrows residing at Andover N.Y.
O. A. Fuller residing at Wellsville N.Y.

State of New York
Allegany County Surrogate's Office

Be It Remembered, That on the day of the date hereof, the Last Will and
Testament of Waters B. Coats, late of the town of Wellsville in the County of
Allegany and State of New York, deceased, being the within and foregoing
written instrument, was duly proved before S. McArthur Norton, Surrogate of
the said County, according to law as and for the Last Will and Testament of
the real and personal estate of the said deceased, which said Last Will and
Testament, and the proofs and examinations taken thereon, are recorded in this
office.

In Testimony Whereof. The Surrogate of the said County hath hereunto set his
hand and affixed his seal of office, this Seventeenth day of May A. D. 1901.

S. M. Norton
Surrogate of Allegany County

Waters B. Coats died May 2, 1901.