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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1806_BROWN_CARRIE_68_210_10-25-1945·~. v ••• ..~...,.'. County,do certify that J.Douglas Mitchell,whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate,is,and was at the time of signing same,Judge of the said Court,duly qualifi GIVEN under my hand, , COpy OF THE [LL OF CARRIE BROWN,DECEASED,PROBATED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MATHEWS COUNTY,VIRGINIA,ON THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY,1945,AND RECORDED VITLL BOOK NO.3,PAGE 345. I,Carrie Brown of Mathews County,Virginia,being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make,publish and declare this as and for my last will and testament,and do hereby revoke any and all other wills or testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made. 1.I direct that all of my debts and funeral expenses be paid by my executor hereinafter named as soon as practical. 2.I giv~,devise and bequeath to my daughter,Wanda Brovm Taylor,all of my real estate in athews County,Virginia;and all of my personal property,tangi~le and intan ible,in Mathe s County, Vir inia,if she be living at my death.If my said daughter should predecease me,I give,devise and bequeath all of said property to her children,to be divided among them equally,share and share alike. 3.I give,devise and bequeath to my daughter,anda Brown Taylor,and to my step son,M.B.Brown,all of my real estate,or interest theremn,in the State of Pennsylvania,to be divided them in equal shares,per stirpes and not per ca.pita. 4.I give,devise and bequeath to my brother,W.H.Rowl~nd, all of my real estate,or interest~therein,in the State of Florida, if he be living at my death.If my said brother shou!d predecease me,I give,devise and bequeath said real estate,or interest there- in,to my daughter,Wanda Brown Taylor. S.I give,devise and be~ueath to my said daughter,anda Brown Taylor,all the rest residue and remainder of my estate,real, personal or mixed,and wheresoever situated,of which I may die seised and possessed or entitled to.If my said daughter should predecease me,I give,devise and bequeath said rest,residue nd remainder to her children,to be divided among them equally,share an share alike. 6.I nominate and appoint illiam M.Taylor as executor of tIllS,my last will and testament,and request that he be allowed to qualify as such without security. Given under my hand and seal this lOth day of April,1940. Carrie Brown (PL) -.. The above signature of the testatDtxwas made and the fore- going will was acknowledged to be her last will and testament by the said testatcix,in the presence of us,theee competent wit- nesses,present at the same time;and we,the said witnesses do hereunto subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the said testatrix and in the presence of each other and at the request of the said testatrix,who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty-one years. A.L.Marchant Frank T.Vieston R.T.Mason V I R GIN I A : IN THE CLERK f S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MATHEWS COUNTY,JANUARl13TH,1945. IN RE: ) THE PROBATE OF THE iILL ) OF CARRIE BRO ~N,DECEASED.) ----------------) ORDER. The foregoing paper writing,purporting to be the last will and testament of Carrie Brovn,deceased,who was a resident of the County of Mathews and State of Virginia and who died on the 13th day of November,1944,in Cleveland,Ohio,was this day produced before the Clerk and offered for proba te;and said paper writing being then fully proved by the oaths of R.T.Mason and A.L.Marchant,two of the three subscribing vdtnesses thereto,is admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the true last will and testament of the said Carrie Brown,deceased;and, it appearing to the Clerk that William M.Taylor,the Executor named in said will,has declined to qualify as such,as is evidenced by a certain writing this day filed,and that Wanda Taylor,the sole heir-at-1aw of the decedent,has requested that Alfred L. Marchant be permitted to qualify as the Administrator,Viith the will annexed,of the estate of the decedent,which request is likewise evidenced by another writing this day filed,it is ordered that the said Alfred L.Marchan t be,and he hereby is,appointed --------::---------------:----------------------------.. Administrator,with the will annexed,of the estate of the said CaITie Brown,dec eased. Whereupon,the said Alfred L.Marchant made oath that he will perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability and judgment ani entered into and aclmowlEd ged a bond before the Clerk in the penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company,acting by L. L.Smith, its duly authorized agent and attorney-in-fact,as his surety,the said agent and attorney-in-f~cthaving first justified on oath as to the sufficiency of his said company. Test e: w.B.Smi th,Clerk. V I R GIN I A : IN 'lliE CLEIK'S OFFICE OF THE CmCUIT COURT OF MATHEWS COUNtlY • t,thi s I,W.B.Smith,Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mathews County,do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the will of Carrie Brown,deceased,together with the probate order thereto attached,which said will was probated in my office on the 13th day of January,1945,ani is now of record in Will Book No.3, Page 345. GrlTEN under my hand 13th day of January,1945. V I R GIN I A : IN TIlE CIRCUIT COURr OF MATHEWS COUNTI. I,J.Douglas Mitchell,Judge of the Circuit Court of Mathews County,do certify that W.B.Smi th,mose name is signed to the foregoing certificatel is,and was at the time of signing the same,Clerk of the said vourt,dUly qualified;that his attest- ation is in due form of law;that his signature is genuine,and all his official acts entitled to full faith and credit. GIVEN under my hand,this 13th day of January,1945. ~Lu /1b:tdu~J)),Judge. V I R GIN I A : IN TIlE CLEffi 's OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURr OF MATHEWS COUNTY. I,W.B.Smith,Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mathews