WILL: Mary DONNALLY (DONNELLY), 1867, 1868, Antis Township, Blair County, PA

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Antis Twp. Blair Co. Pennsylvania
Will Book Volume B  Page 446
Transcribed from SAMPUBCO Copy by M. Jenner

The Last Will and Testament of Mary Donnally Deceased

Know all men by these presents that I Mary Donnally of Antis Township Blair 
County and 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 at any time heretofore made, and as to my 
worldly estate and all the property real personal & mixed of which I Shall die 
seized and possessed of on to which I Shall be entitled at the time of my 
decease I devise and bequeath and dispose of in the manner following Viz. 

1st My will is that all my just debts, and funeral Expenses shall by Executors 
hereinafter named be paid out of my estate as soon after my decease as shall by 
them be found convenient.

2nd I give devise and bequeath unto the heirs of my son William Seven hundred 
Dollars, and my will is that all the residue of my estate real personal and 
mixed after the said seven hundred dollars is paid to the heirs of my son 
William as above Stated of which I Shall die seized and possessed on to which I 
shall be entitled at my decease. I give devise and bequeath to be equally 
divided between and among my son Samuel, my Daughter Jane and the heirs of my 
son William and lastly I do nominate and appoint my son Samuel and my son-in-law 
George Hicks to be my executors of this my last will and testament - In 
Testimony where of I the said Mary Donnelly have to this my last Will and 
Testament contained on two sheets of paper and to this the last sheet thereof I 
have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this twentieth day of June in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and Sixty seven.
                                                      her
                                              Mary   Donnally    Seal
                                                      Mark

Signed Sealed published & declared by the said Mary Donnally and for her last 
will and testament in the presence due who at her request and in her presence 
and in the presence of Each other have subscribed our names as witnesses 
thereto.

                                              John Campbell
                                              Wilson E. Craine

Blair Co. SS.

Before me the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of 
Administration in & for the County of Blair personally appeared the within named 
John Campbell & Wilson E. Craine who being duly sworn according to law did 
depose and say that they were personally present & saw & heard Mary Donnally, 
sign, seal, Execute publish pronounce and declare the within Instrument of 
Writing as & for her last will and testament that they signed their names as 
witnesses thereto in the presence and at the request of the said testator, and 
in the presence of Each other & that at the time of signing the same the said 
testator was of sound & disposing mind memory & understanding to the best of 
their Knowledge & belief. 

Sworn & Subscribed before me                   John Campbell
the 10th day of July A. D. 1867                W. E. Craine
        --D. M. Jones
           Register

Blair County SS:

Personally appeared before me Samuel Donnally and George Hicks who being duly 
Sworn according to law did depose & say that as Executors of the last will & 
testament of Mary Donnally deceased they will well and truly Administer the 
goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said deceased. According 
to the provisions of the said will and According to law and further that the 
whole of the Estate bequeathed in said will does not in value exceed the sum of 
Three Thousand Dollars to the best of their Knowledge & belief.

Sworn & subscribed before                     George Hicks
me this 22nd day of July 1867.
        D. M. Jones                           S. Donnally
        Register

Samuel Donnally 
& George Hicks
Executors of the Estate of
Mary Donnally deceased

Memorandum: Letters Testamentary were this day issued to Samuel Donnally & 
George Hicks on the estate of Mary Donnally late of Antis township Blair Co. 
decd.

An Inventory of the Goods & Chattels to be Exhibited & filed in thirty days and 
a just & true account calculation & reckoning to be filed in one year from the 
date hereof in where thereunto legally required.

Given Under my hand & official seal, at Hollidaysburg the 22nd day of July A. D. 
1867. Acct passed & filed June 2/68 Certified to the O.C. to July Term 1868.


Note: This document has been transcribed with the exact spelling used in the 
original.

Note, the actual spelling of the family name was Donnelly, but is spelled 
Donnally in the documents filed at the Courthouse.)