Tyler County Will Book No. 6 pages 197
and 198
Last Will and Testament
Of
T. J. Williamson, Deceased.
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I, T. J.
Williamson, of Friendly, Tyler County, Stat of West Virginia,
make this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former
wills made by me, and direct the payment of all my just debts.
I
give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Mary Williamson, all of
my personal property of every kind and description of which I
may die seized.
I
further give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Mary Williamson,
a certain tract and parcel of land containing (20) twenty acres,
be the same more or less, and it being the same tract and parcel
of land conveyed to me by Okey Pasco, and more specifically
described as follows: Bounded on the North by the lands of T.
J. Williamson and Nora Monteith; on the East by the lands of
Calvin Knowlton; on the South by the lands of A. C. Martin and
on the West by the lands of A. C. Martin and T. J. Williamson.
I
also further give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Mary
Williamson, a certain tract and parcel of land known as the
Peter B. and Mariah A. Williamson farm situated on the waters of
Little Buffalo in Union District, Tyler County, West Virginia,
and adjoining the tract and parcel of land last described.
I
appoint my son, O. B. Williamson, my executor without bond.
Witness this my signature this the 9th day of March,
1925.
T. J. Williamson
Signed, published and declared by T. J. Williamson, as and for
his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his
presence, and at his request, and in the presence of each other,
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses this the 9th
day of March, 1925.
W. W. Ash
Nathan Lawson
John G. Flesher
State of West
Virginia,
Clerk’s
Office of
The County
Court of Tyler County, ss: April 24, 1925.
A
paper writing, bearing date the 9th day of March,
1925, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of T. J.
Williamson, who died at his known place of residence in Tyler
County, West Virginia, on the 16th day of April,
1925, was this day presented in the Clerk’s Office aforesaid for
probate.
The
execution of the said writing was duly proved on the oaths of W.
W. Ash and Nathan Lawson, two of the subscribing witnesses
thereto. Thereupon the said writing is established probated and
admitted to record as and for the last Will and Testament of the
said T. J. Williamson, deceased.
Attest: J. E. Smith, Clerk.
State of West
Virginia, Monday
The County
Court of Tyler County, ss: May 11, 1925.
At
a regular adjourned session of the County Court of Tyler County,
held at the Court House thereof on Monday, the 11th
day of May, 1925, and in the 62nd year of the state.
PRESENT: A. T. Nichols, President of said Court, and S.
J. Straight and Eli Ash, Commissioners.
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The
last Will and Testament of T. J. Williamson, deceased, having
been duly probated and admitted to record by order made and
entered on the 24th day of April, 1925, this day
came, in open court, O. B. Williamson, the person named in said
last Will and Testament as Executor thereof, and duly qualified
as said Executor by taking the oath and, together with C. H.
Watson, surety, entering into and acknowledging a bond as such
in the penalty of One Thousand Dollars, conditioned according to
law, which said bond is approved as sufficient. Certificate is
therefore granted him for obtaining letters testamentary on said
estate in due form of law.
On
motion of the said Executor it is ordered that F. E. Williamson,
W. W. Ash and A. L. Anderson do, after being duly sworn for the
purpose, appraise in current money the estate of the said
decedent and return as inventory thereof, from under their
hands, to the Clerk of the County Court of Tyler County.
Attest: J. E. Smith, Clerk.
Source Mary Summers
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