Will of Cyrus T. SMITH (1845)- Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA E1-475
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In the matter of the Last Will and Testament of Cyrus Smith late of
Philadelphia, PA
Be it remembered at a Term of the Honorable Court of Common Pleas with and for
the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio begun and held at the Court ______
______ the
_______ ______ said County on the fourteenth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, came Davies Fear in and brought
into Court an authenticated copy of the Last Will and Testament . Cyrus T.
Smith late of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania deceased
which was heretofore, as will herein after appear. Admitted to Record by and
before______ ______ proof of the Probate of Wills and Granting letters of
Administration. In and for the city and County of Philadelphia in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ______ ______ ______ of the same was admitted to
Record in the Court with the accompaning certificates was admitted to Record
in this Court which Said ______ ______ certificates are in the words and
figures follow-
ing, to wit. "Know all men that I Cyrus T. Smith now of the city of
Philadelphia - State of Pennsylvania will ______ ______ body and of ______ sane
mind and discretion do hereby publish and de_____ ______ to my Last will and
Testament and after the payment of all my ______ debts do hereby bequeath to my
wife Charlotte Smith my Real and Personal ______ lying and being in the City of
Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania ______ ______ ______ the same to her
and her heirs forever. Alas, I Hereby bequeath to my wife Charlotte Smith Lot
No. 80 containing Eighty and one acres. No. 88 containing ______ ______
______ half. No. 102 containing seventy nine acres
of the Farm lots of the town of Jefferson, County of Ashtabula, State of Ohio.
Also, Lots No. 185, 186 253 ______ ______ ______ Eight acre Lots lying and
being in the Town and County in the State aforesaid containing in all Two
Hundred and forty two acres and
all other property ______ _______ ______ _______ lying and being in the
County of Ashtabula, State of Ohio, to have and to hold the same to her and to
her heirs forever.
And I hereby bequeath to my wife Charlotte Smith all real, mixed and Personal
______ ______ ______ may be either in possession ______ which may be reduced
to possession after collateral and hold the same to her and her heirs forever.
I furthermore
do ______ create and make my one and truly wife Charlotte Smith Executrix. Do
______ effect all the foregoing provisions of my will. In testimony whereof
______ ______ my hand and affix my seal this first day of March in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred
and forty five. Cyrus T. Smith
______ _______ Mary Keith Margaret G. Rhees
City and County of
Philadelphia
Register Office April 15, 1845. Then personally appeard Mary
Keith and Margaret G. Rhees the subscribing ______ to the foregoing will of
Cyrus T. Smith deceased and on their Solemn Oaths did say that they were present
and did see and
hear Cyrus T. Smith, deceased, the testator therein named Sign, Seal, publish
and de-
clare the ______ ______ ______ for his last will and testament and that in the
doing thereof he was of sound, disposing mind, memory and understanding to the
best of their knowledge and belief. Mary Keith, Margaret G. Rhees Sworn and
subscribed before me the date above. Robert T. Christy
Dep. Register
Oath of Executrix
City and County of
Philadelphia PA
Registers Office April 15, 1846. I do swear that as the
Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Cyrus T. Smith deceased. I will and
truly administer the goods and chattles, rights and credits of said deceased
agreeably to law and that I will comply with the provisions of the law relating
to collateral inheritance.
Charlotte Smith
Sworn and subscribed before me the date above and Letters Testamenters granted
unto her. Robert T. Christy Dep.
Register
City an County of
Philadelphia PA
I certify the foregoing writing to be a true copy of the Last
Will and Testament of Cyrus T. Smith dec'd as also the Probate thereof the same
______ and recorded in the Register's Office in Will Book No. 17 page 525 ______
and hand and seal office this nineteenth day of ______ 1846. A.
Brown Register
Certf of P. J.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
I ______ ______ ______ _______ Province of the first
Judicial District of Pennsylvania and Presiding Judge off the Court of Common
Plea Orphan Court and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
County, Philadelphia district that Alex Brown is ______ ______ by whom the
annexed Record Certified and ______ ______ ______ ______ made and given and
who in his own proper hand ______ ______ ______ unto seal ______ his name and
affixed his official seal. Was at the time of so doing and now is Register for
the Probate of wills and ______ Letters of Administration in acct for the City
and County - Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania duly commissioned
and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and
credit are ______ ______ to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as ______.
And ______ ______ ______ Record Certificate and Attestation are in due form
and ______ ______ ______ proper Officer. In testimony whereof I have here
unto set ______ ______ ______ nineteenth day of December Eighteen hundred and
forty six (1846).
Edward King, Judge
Philadelphia
County PA
I John Smith Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, for
the County of Philadelphia do certify that the Honorable Edward King, Esquire by
______ the ongoing Attestation was as made, whose name is thereto subscribed was
at the time of making thereof and still is President of the First Judicial
District of Pennsylvania and
Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Orphans Court and home of General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Philadelphia. duly commissioned
and sworn to all whose acts as such for faith and credit are and ought to be
given as will in
Courts of Judicature as ______ here. In testimony where of I have hereunto let
my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this nineteenth day of December
eighteen hundred and forty six (1846).
John Smith Prothonotary