was duly proved before the probate court in and for the courty of aforesaid; and was duly allowed and admitted to probate by said court according to law, as and for the last will and testament of said deceased, which said last will and testament is recorded and the examination taken thereon filed in this office.

In testimony whereof, the judge of the probate court of said county hath hereunto set his hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at in

State of

County of

The State of

to all to whom these presents shall come or may

late of the county of

and state of

and state of

of said

Know ye, that whereas, lately died testate, and being at the time of his decease a county, by means whereof the proving and recording his last will and testament, and granting administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate whereof he died possessed, and also the auditing, allowing and finally discharging the account thereof, is within the jurisdiction of the probate court of said county of

And whereas, on the day of A. D. 18 at in said county, before the Hon. probate judge of said county, the last will and testament of the said (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, allowed and admitted to probate: And, whereas, executor named and appointed in and by said last will and testament, ha given bond, as required by law, for the faithful execution of said trust, which said bond has been approved by said judge, and filed in the aforesaid probate court; we therefore, reposing full confidence in your integrity and ability, have granted and by these presents do grant the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, and any way concerning his said last will and testament, unto you, the said executor aforesaid: Hereby authorizing and empowering you to take and have possession of all the real and personal estate of said deceased, and to receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, until said estate shall have been settled, or until delivered over by order of said court, to the heirs or devisees of said deceased; and to demand, collect, recover and receive all and singular, the debts, claims, demands, rights, and choses in action, which to the said deceased while living and at the time of his death did belong; and requiring you to keep in good tenantable repair, all houses, buildings and fences on said real estate, which may and shall be under your control, and in accordance with your bond approved and filed as aforesaid, to make and return into the probate court of said county of within three months, a true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of said deceased, which shall come to your possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person for you; to administer, according to law, and to said last will and testament, all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, which shall at any time come to your possession or to the possession of any other

person for you, and out of the same to pay and discharge all debts, legacies and charges chargeable on the same, or such dividends thereon as shall be ordered and decreed by said court; to render a just and true account of your administration to said court within one year, and at any other time when required by said court, and to perform all orders and decrees of said court, by you to be performed in the premises.

In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our probate court to be hereunto affixed: Witness the Hon. , judge of probate, at day of

in said county, this

A. D. 18.
Judge of Probate Court,
County of

FORM OF WILL.

I, (name of testator), of (residence), being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First. I order and direct my executors, as soon after my death as possible, to pay off and discharge all debts and liabilities that may exist against me at the time of my decease.

Second. I give and bequeath unto my wife, (naming her, and specifying property bequeathed.)

Third.—I give and bequeath unto my son, (naming him, and specifying property bequeathed.)

And so on for each legacy.

Fourth.-I hereby nominate and appoint (naming the person or persons) as the executors of this, my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this day of

A. D.

Autograph signature of testator.

The above and foregoing instrument was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published, and declared, by the said (name of testator), as and for his last will and testament, in presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses.

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shall

oned and detained, as it is said, together with the time and cause of such imprisonment and detention, by whatsoever name the said be called or charged, before the Honorable court,

concerning the said

, judge of the district

to do and receive what shall then and there be considered
And have you then and there this writ.
, judge of said district court, at
, A. D. 18

Witness the Honorable said county, this

in

Clerk.

State of

County of

The State of

county of

day of

on the day of

in the county of

and state of

of law, and with malice aforethought,

of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state of

Names of witnesses examined before the grand jury:
B. F. H., R. D. H., A. F. B., E. S., H. P. C., L. H.

intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the sovereign of was heretofore a citizen or subject. Subscribed and sworn to before me this

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration of this day filed in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the district court aforesaid, at

Judicial District.
18,

appeared

Be it remembered, “at on this day of in the district court of the judicial district of the State of and for the county foresaid, the said court being a court of record, having a common law juzisdiction and a clerk and seal, and applied to said court to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to the several acts of congress of the United States of America for that purpose made and provided; and the said applicant having thereupon produced to the court such evidence, declaration and renunciation, and having taken such oaths as are by the said acts required: Thereupon it was ordered by the said court that the said applicant be admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said court to be a citizen of the United States of America.

day of

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid, this A. D. 18 Clerk of said Court.

county, and duly docketed in the county, on the day of against is paid and

The judgment in the above entitled action, rendered in
on the
A. D. 18

day of

satisfied in full; and the clerk of said court is hereby authorized to discharge said judgment of record.

day of

On this A. D. 18, before me, the subscriber, a and for said county, personally appeared person described in, and who executed the knowledged that he executed the same as

in

to me known to be the foregoing instrument, and acfree act and deed.