Person:George Benson (15)

Will Transcript

In the Name of God Amen I George Benson of the County of Knox & State of Illinois now being of sound mind and feeling And believing the certainty of our approaching desolution, do make and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament first and above all other things it is my sincere wish that after death I may inherit Eternal live.

2ndly it is further my wish that after death my body may be decently Intered and the Expenses of the same paid out of my effects.

3dly it is further my Will that my youngest Daughter Mary Benson to have out of my Estate the amount of two hundred and fifty dollar and also one Bed and Bedding.

4ly it is further my will that my Son Henry Benson to have out of my Estate the amount of One Hundred & fifty dollars.

5thly it is further my will that my Daughter Sary Stoddard to have out of My Estate the amount of One Hundred dollars

6thly It is further my Will that my daughter Malinda Henderson to have out of my Estate the Amount of One Hundred dollars.

7thly and the overplus of my Estate Including goods, Chattels, Lands and Tenaments after they shall have been disposed of or sold it is my Will that it shall be Equally divided Between all my Children.

In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my private Seal this 2d day of April A.D. 1853.

{Signed] George Benson [his mark]

In presence of us

C.M. Shaw, John Morton, Thos. P. Benson

State of Illinois

Knox County

We John Morton and Dharles M. Shaw, two of the subscribing witnesses to the within will do solemnly swear that we were present and was the within named testator George Benson sign the said will, by making his mark to the same, as and for his last will and testament, and that we believe he was of sound mind and memory at the time of signing the same.

[Signed] C.W. Shaw, John Morton

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of February A.D. 1855

Harman G. Reynold, Co Judge.

1. ↑ Jones, Jerry Wayne.
2.   Illinois, United States. Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999. (Ancestry.com [database on-line]).

   Name: George Benson
   Residence Date: Abt 1853
   Residence Place: Knox, Illinois
   Will Date: 2 Apr 1853
   Probate Date: 5 Feb 1855
   Probate Place: Knox, Illinois, USA
   Inferred Death Date: 1855
   Inferred Death Place: Illinois, USA
   Item Description: Wills, B, Box 868-869, 1830-1922
   Others Listed Relationship
   George Benson Testator
   Mary Benson Daughter
   Henry Benson Son
   Malinda Henderson Daughter

3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   1850 Census of Knox County, Illinois
   Orange Township
   
   Page 660 in the 1850 Census book printed by the Knox Co., Illinois Gen. Soc.
   
   Household 310 family 320
   
   Benson, George 55 m Virginia Farmer $700.00
   Henry 14 m Virginia
   Mary 11 f Illinois