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Facts and Events
Will Transcript
- In the name of God amen I Mary Magdaline Baumgardner of the County of Wythe & State of Virginia, knowing the certainty of death and uncertainty of life, being desireous of settling my [?] affairs, and being of sound mind and dispairing memory do make this my last will & testament revoking all others - in the form following, to wit; To my son John Baumgardner I bequeath the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars and my [?] bedsteads with the two blankets & bed spread. To my daughter Elizabeth Hertzog I bequeath one bed quilt, two coverlets & two sheets with the other half of my wearing apparel. To my daughter Mary Sharrats I bequeath one bed quilt, two coverlets & two sheets with the other half of my wearing apparel. My son Jacob Baumgardner on whom I have a note of one hundred dollars, it is my request & will that he will pay his sister Sarah Harkarader the sum of twent five sollars and to his brother Phillip Baumgardner the sum of twelve dollars & fifty cents and to his brother Adam Baumgardner the sum of twelve dollars & fifty cents, the remaining fifty dollars keeping to himself. And all the rest and residue of whatever property or money I may have at the time of my decease to be equally divided between my three daughters Barbara Baumgardner, Elizabeth Hertzog & Mary Sharrats & my two sons Peter & Henry Baumgardner or their heirs. And it is my request that my son John Baumgardner be the Executor of this my last will and testament.
- Witness my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
- [Signed] Mary Magdaline Baumgardner (x) her mark
- Signed in the presence of
- Thomas Warner
- W. Graham
- H. W. Seagle
- Will proven/presented to the court Tuesday 15 August 1843, Wythe County, Virginia.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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