WILL: John WISEGARVER, Sr., 1848, St. Clair Township, Bedford County, PA

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Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Terry Griffith

St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Will Book 4, (page 18)

Last Will and Testament of John Wisegarver, Sr.
 
In the name of God Amen. I John Wisegarver Sen. Of  St. Clair Township Bedford 
County and State of Pennsylvania, being weak of body but of sound and disposing 
mind memory and understanding do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament 
in manner and form following say:
First I order & direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first 
fully paid and satisfied out of my estate.
Secondly. To my daughter Elizabeth wife of John Lingenfelter I give and devise 
the tract of land on which they reside which I bought of E. S. Anderson and I 
hereby direct that when the deed is made for the land by said Anderson, that it 
be made to her so as to secure the property to her and her heirs under the 
existing laws of this Commonwealth relating to the rights of married women and 
as her husband the said John Lingenfelter owes me a note for the sum of one 
hundred & eighty dollars it is my will & I direct that the same shall go to pay 
said Anderson the balance which I owe on said land provided it shall not be paid 
in my lifetime.
Thirdly. To my daughter Margaret Crisman I give and devise 50 acres of land 
adjoining her husbands property now in their possession and I give her in 
addition the sum of four hundred dollars out of the judgments coming from Howser 
and Peeples. To my daughter Anna intermarried with Henry Waters residing in 
Ohio, I give and bequeath the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid out of the 
foregoing judgments to be paid to her as may be hereinafter specified. To my son 
John Wisegarver, I give and direct my executors to pay out of said judgments in 
the order hereinafter directed the sum of three hundred dollars being for his 
claim against me. But if the said $300 should be paid him during my lifetime, 
then he is to have nothing more out of my estate. To my son Thomas Wisegarver, I 
give and devise the tract of land on which at present he resides in St. Clair 
Township containing about one hundred and fifty acres. To have and hold the same 
to him and his heirs and assigns forever. To my son George Wisegarver. I give & 
devise a tract of land situate in the same Township adjoining the place where he 
now lives, being the same land I bought from Jno. Wolf and containing about one 
hundred and forty acres. To have and hold the same, to him his heirs and assigns 
forever. and I also give & bequeath to and allow my said son George to have the 
obligation I hold against my son Daniel B. Wisegarver. And whereas my son George 
is indebted to me in the sum of three hundred dollars for a wagon & horses which 
I sold him which he by agreement was to pay to my two grandchildren Elizabeth 
Griffith daughter of my deceased daughter Eve Griffith & Henry Ickes son of my 
deceased daughter Mary Ann Ickes. I therefore give and bequeath the said sum of 
three hundred dollars to them in equal shares and direct my said son George to 
pay the same to them and I further give and devise to my said son George the 
residue of the tract of land in the name of Francis Campbell, after first 
deducting that part sold to Howser and Peeples to hold the same to him his heirs 
and assigns forever.
In addition to the devise to my son Thomas, I give & bequeath to him as 
compensation to him for my boarding & his care of me, all the moveable property 
I have brought with me to his house being a clock horse creature & other goods.
As I hold sundry notes against my Grandson John son of my son John Wisegarver, I 
hereby give the same to my said son John Wisegarver. I also hereby order and 
direct the moneys thereof to be paid out of the foregoing judgments shall be 
paid as follows. First to George $500 stipend to him, second the $300 to John. 
Third the $500 to Anna Waters and lastly $400 to Margaret Crisman. It is also my 
will and I do hereby order and direct that whatever of my estate, real or 
personal may be left after the payment of the foregoing sums and devises 
aforesaid are satisfied, shall go to my children living at this time (excluding 
the forenamed grand Children) and I hereby direct my Executors to divide the 
same equally amongst them as it may come to their hands and I also hereby 
authorize and empower my executors to sell and convey any real estate that may 
be left undisposed of and to divide the same equally as before mentioned.
It is further my will that whatever devises or bequests I have made to my 
daughters shall be held and enjoyed by them as their own separate property under 
the present laws of the State relative to married women and their property.
The property devised to Elizabeth Lingenfelter is to pass in fee simple. And 
lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son Daniel B. Wisegarver and Jno. 
Hoover the executors of this my last Will &Testament declaring this and no other 
to be my last Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 
30th day of September A.D. 1848.
 
Signed sealed published, pronounced
& declared by the Testator to be his last       John Wisegarver
Will and Testament in our presence who          (signed and sealed)
have signed the same as witnesses at
his request.
Henry Kauffman      Jackson C. Wisegarver
  (signed)                (signed)
 

Bedford County of
                              Personally appeared before the Register for the 
probate of wills & in & for said County, Henry Kauffman & Jackson C. Wisegarver 
subscribing Witnesses to the within instrument of writing who being sworn 
according to law, do depose and say that they were present and saw the Testator 
John Wisegarver sign his name to the same, and heard him pronounce and declare 
said Instrument of writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that he 
desired them to sign their names as witnesses thereto and at the time of so 
doing the said Testator was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best 
of their knowledge and belief.
 
Sworn & Subscribed the 30th          Henry Kauffman (signed)
Day of April A.D. 1850               Jackson C. Wisegarver (signed)
 
Coram  Jno. P. Reed-Register
      (signed)
 
Be it remembered that on the 30th day of April A.D. 1850 Letters Testamentary 
were issued to Daniel B. Wisegarver and Jno. Hoover Executors in the foregoing 
Will named, they having been first duly affirmed according to law.

Jno. P. Reed-Register
      (signed)                                                                 
 
{December 1890 Letters of Admin on the above estate granted to John W. Crissman  
for the purpose of transferring 5 shares of turnpike stock-he having been first 
duly sworn.}
 
James F. Micke-Register      
      (signed)