Record Book of Wills in the County of Stoddard, Missouri

Book A, pgs. 95-97



State of Missouri, County of Stoddard
Know all Men by these presents that I Nicholas Hale hereby Make and desire this to be My last will and Testament, hereby revoking and annulling all other and former wills by me made or Executed (To Wit) Knowing the uncertainty of life and feeling that to a certainty that death will soon come upon me and being at this time of a Sound and disposing Mind I therefore will that all My funeral Expenses, and also my just debts be paid first & 2 ly I hereby will and bequeath that at My death all the Estate both real and personal that it has pleased God to bless Me with to My dearly beloved wife Mary Hale to be hers to use and make use of during her Natural life, and at her death it is my will & I hereby bequeath To My beloved grand Son James Lafayette Hale all of the rest and residue of Said property which May remain at her death of the Estate to be his and his heirs forever, All of My Children are dead Except Hannah Walker, John B. Hale & Sarah Draper, and their descendants in a better as is it regards this worlds goods than I am able to Make... I therefore ... making any bequests of any of them.

Pg. 96

3rd ly I give and bequeath to My daughter Hannah Walker ten cents to be paid by My Executor without Suit.
4th ly I give and bequeath to my Son John B. Hale one dollar.
5th ly I give and bequeath to My daughter Sarah Draper one dollar and lastly I hereby Make, constitute and appoint My Grand Son Henry H. Bedford My Executor to Execute this My last will and Testament, hereby revoking and annulling all former by Me Made as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and publishing this and No other as My last Will & Testament.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Signed My Name and Affixed My Seal this the Fifth day of September AD 1860.
Nicholas Hale - his mark

Signed Sealed published and and declared by the above named Nicholas Hale as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of the under Signed who at his request have Signed the Same as Witnesses thereto the day and date above written.
Witnesses -
H.H. Bedford
J.W. Nation

State of Missouri, county of Stoddard
Be it remembered that on This the 21st day of January AD 1864 before Me Adrian B. Owen Clerk of the County Court within and for the county of Stoddard and State Aforesaid personally appeared Henry H. Bedford who being by Me duly Sworn, upon his oath deposith and Says that he was present and Saw Nicholas Hale sign the foregoing instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of him the Said Nicholas Hale and heard him publish and declare the Same to be his last Will and testament and that at the time of Signing the Same The Said Nicholas Hale was of Sound and disposing Mind, and that this deponent and J.W. Nation the other attesting Witness Subscribed their Names there to as Witnesses to the Same in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other at request of the Said Nicholas Hale.
Henry H. Bedford
Sworn to and Subscribed before Me the date above Written
Adrian B. Owen Clerk

State of Missouri, County of Stoddard
I Adrian B. Owen Clerk of the county court of Stoddard Court having Examined the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will of and Signed by Nicholas Hale by Making his Mark, and the testimony of Henry H. Bedford and of the witnesses above named do adjudge and declare the Said instrument of writing to be the last will and testament of Nicholas Hale deceased.
....... I have hereunto Set My hand and affixed

pg. 97

The Seal of Said county Court of Stoddard County at office in Said county this 20th day of January AD Eighteen hundred and Sixty four
Adrian B. Owen Clerk



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