Wills:  Harrold, John,  Indiana Co. PA

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Will of John Harrold, of Blacklick township, taken from the original
on file at the Indiana County, Pa., courthouse.


         In the name of God, Amen

I JOHN HARROLD of Blacklick township, Indiana county and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory
considering the certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the time of it Do
make and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and for
following, VIZ--

I will and bequeath to my wife BARBARA HARROLD the sum of twelve hundred
dollars to be lent out by my executors hereinafter named they to take at lest
two good freeholders as sureties in Judgement bond or bonds for the same and
pay the Interest of the said twelve hundred dollars annually to my wife during
her natural life also I will and bequeath to my wife her choise [sic] of my
horse beasts her saddle and bridle two cows five acres of meadow to be laid off
next the lane commencing at the end next the house and go as far back into the
meadow as an oak tree her beasts in pasture in the same pasture as those of the
tennant that may occupy the place while she lives on the place also the best
bed and bedding I have one spinning wheel and reel my small kettle two pots one
duch oven and one skillett one teakettle one was tub one churn two buckets one
flat Iron one fire shovel and tongs one crock one pair of and Irons one pepper
mill and as much of my cupboard and dresser furnature as she may choose that
will be nescessary for her to keep house with six earthin crocks and four
chairs two tables and one bedstead and one Bureau also the use of the room in
the south west corner of the house the one we now live in also the use of the
shade of the barn next the house and sufficient room in the springhouse so long
as she may choose to occupy them if the money bequeathed to my wife cannot be
lent by my executors then and in that case they are to pay her seventy-two
dollars annually out of the principle and if any of the money so bequeathed
should be left at the decease of my wife the child or person that may have the
care and trouble of my wife on her death bed shall be well rewarded and the
residue of said bequeathed money if any shall by equally divided amongst all my
children if my said wife should marry then she is to receive no further support
from my estate.

I give and bequeath to CHRISTENA HARROLD the Daughter of my son JACOB HARROLD
dec'd fifty dollars to JACOB HARROLD, son of my son JACOB one hundred dollars
and to all the rest of the children on my son JACOB HARROLD one dollar each--

I give and bequeath unto each of the children of my son CHRISTOPHER HARROLD
dec'd one dollar and it is my will that the obligations and account I hold
against said CHRISTOPHER be not collected from his heirs--

I give and bequeath to my Daughter SUSANNA PISOR and her heirs the children of
her late husband JOSEPH PISOR, Deceased, all the obligations I hold on said
JOSEPH and the account of cash given him and land which together with interest
up till the first of March 1822 amounted to eight hundred and fifty four
dollars and eighty three cents.

I give and bequeath to my son JOHN HARROLD the sum of eleven hundred and
fourteen dollars in cash and land I have him which includes three obligations I
hold on him for one hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-three cents and
one third of a cent each dated 23d June 1813--

I give and bequeath to my son DANIEL HARROLD one hundred dollars together with
an obligation I hold on him for one hundred dollars--

I give and bequeath to my Daughter SALLY intermarried with ROBERT ARMSTRONG the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars which includes interest up till the first
of March 1822 that I have paid them in land

I give and bequeath to my son JOSEPH HARROLD the sum of four hundred and
thirty-five dollars the amount of cash and property I have paid him.

I give and bequeath to my son HENRY HARROLD the sum of five hundred and
forty-two dollars and forty-two cents the amount I have paid him in cash and
land.

I give and bequeath to my Daughter BETSY intermarried with JACOB DOWELL the sum
of four hundred dollars that I have them in land including interest on the same
up till the 1st of March 1822--

I give and bequeath to my Daughter MARTHA intermarried with HENRY BAKER the sum
of three hundred and twenty dollars that I gave them in land including interest
on the same up till the 1st of March 1822--

I will and bequeath to my Daughter BARBARA intermarried with CHRISTOPHER
HARROLD, JR., the sum of Eight hundred dollars which I gave them in cast and
land the said CHRISTOPHER HARROLD to pay my executors twenty three dollars and
fifty cents which I paid Doc Talmage for him and pay for sixty-four gallongs of
whiskey at forty three cents per gallon which I lent him and I also give and
bequeath to my Said Daughter BARBARA and her husband the further sum of one
dollar and no other or further part or share of my estate in consequence of the
ill treatment I have received from him.

It is my will and I do hereby order and direct my executors herein after named
or the survivor of them to sell and dispose of all my personal estate not
herein before disposed of and also to rent my real Estate untill the canall is
finished and then or as soon thereafter as it can be done advantageously to
sell my Read Estate and make execute and deliver good and sufficient Deeds of
conveyance in fee simple to the purchase or purchases of the same upon the
payment of the purchase money or the payment thereof being sufficiently secured
the said Executors are to have the place kept in good repair and have no waste
committed untill the same be sold.

It is my will that the money arising from the sale of my estate real and
personal and the debts dur me after paying my Debts funeral expenses and the
legacies herein before stated and the twelve hundred Dollars for the support of
my wife is to be Divided amongst my sons JOHN JOSEPH AND HENRY and my Daughters
SUSANNA SALLY BETSY AND MARTHA in such proportions or sums as that with the sum
mentioned in this will as having been given to eeach of them will make each of
their shares alike.  If the said HENRY HARROLD should attempt to collect wages
of my estate for any time he lived with me after he was of age then and in that
case it is my will that the said HENRY get but one dollar in lieu of his
proportional part above stated.

I do hereby make ordain constitute and appoint my JOHN HARROLD and JOHN
DOUGLASS Executors of this my last will and Testament giving them full power
and authority to make all dividends and distributions of my estate according to
this my last will and Testament and to settle all disputes that may arise
amongst the Legatees or parties interested touching the same whoes Judgement is
to be final and conclusive in all cases.

In Testimony whereof I have set here unto set my hand and seal the second day
of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.

                                                Johannes harroldt
                                                       SEAL

signed and acknowledged before us
by the Testator as and for his last
Will and Testament.
Note the words "and four chairs two tables and one
bedstead and one bureau" "if any" "Dec'd" "Dec'd" 
"Susanna" interlined before signing.

MOSES THOMPSON               DAVID WAKEFIELD

[submitter's note:  Signature of Johannes Harroldt is in the old German script]