In the name of God, amen.
I, Anthony Clark, of the County of Lawrence in the State of Ohio, being in ??? state of health of the body but of sound mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of ??? thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby the better prepared to leave this world when it pleased God to call me hence, therefore, make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say
First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the Earth to be decently buried discretion of my executrix hereinafter named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid.
I devise bequeath as follows l leave all my personal property to my beloved wife Catherine, and lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife Catherine Clark to be sole executrix of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament in testimony whereof I Anthony Clark have to this my will set my hand and seal this 17th day of February 1830.
Signed and sealed by Anthony Clark in the presents for his last will and testament.
Solomon B. Simpson
Anthony Clark
Abs. Stephenson
–seal–
There is a paper filed with the will that reads the same as the journal entry below:
Clerk of Court Journals 3 + 4, p. 85, dated Nov. 9, 1836, the entry reads:
The last will + testament of Anthony Clark, late of Lawrence County deceased, was this day brought into court and was proved by the oaths of Solomon B. Simpson + Anthony Clark, one a witness to said will + the other a witness as to the handwriting of Absolam Stephenson the other witness who is dead. whose examination was reduced to writing + filed in court, and it appears to the satisfaction of the court not the said Anthony Clark, at the time of executing said will, was of full age + of sound mind + memory + not under any restraint. It is ordered that said will + the proof so reduced to writing be recorded.
The proof was recorded that Anthony Clark did sign on 17 February 1830 by Solomon B. Simpson.
Lawrence County, Ohio, Journal 3&4, page 85
Catherine Clark (wife) Will
The will of Catherine Clark (Anthony’s wife) can not be found on file at the courthouse. There was one turned in according to the following journal entry:
Clerk of Court Journals 3 + 4, p 420, dated Aug. 1, 1838, the entry reads:
The last will and testament of Katherine Clark, late of the county of Lawrence deceased, was this day brought before the court and was proved by the oaths of Solomon B. Simpson and Rolen Brammer, subscribing witnesses to said will who were sworn in open court and testified that they are witnesses to said will that the testatrix.
Signed the same as her last will in their presence and that they signed the will at the request of the testatrix and in her presence that said testatrix was of full age, sound mind, and memory and not under any restraint whatever whereupon the same is ordered to be recorded.
Whereupon on motion of William Brammer, the executor in said will mention having entered into bond in the sum of five hundred dollars with Solomon B. Simpson and Rolen Brammer his security to the approval and acceptance of the court here and taken the oath prescribed by the statute is appointed Executor of the last will and testament of said Katharine Clark deceased and letters of testamentary issued to him.
Catharine Clark (daughter) Will
Catharine Clark’s will was dated Sept. 1, 1839, and it was turned in on Sept. 10, 1839
(Clerk of Courts Journal 3 + 4, p. 521).
The will is difficult to read down one side:
In the name of God, Amen, I, Catharine Clark, of Lawrence County State of Ohio, being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory and understanding considering the uncertainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being dead to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me home do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first and purposely I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my ??? hereinafter named, and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows.
Secondly, I bequeath and devise unto my (?niece or sister?) Catharine Brammer, wife of Clark Brammer, all my land lying in Lawrence County, Ohio, on the east side of Indian Guyan, being the plantation I now live on and the same land that was deeded to me by John Hannon and a piece of her part of a lot of lands for whence I have a pattern being the north or southwest quarter of section twelve in township one range sixteen also ??? acres deeded to me by Elenander? ??? for the use of her Catharine Brammer and her heirs, I bequeath to Catharine Brammer.
Thirdly I also ??? the aforesaid property ??? that part left me by my mother and ??? bequeath unto my niece all my ??? and money and debt due ?? ??
Fourthly I devise that Anthony Clark, my brother ??? one dollar out of that part of my estate left to me by my mother.
Fifthly I devise that all the property and money arise therefrom left me by my mother, Catharine Clark decd after paying Anthony Clark his part, be equally divided between my three sisters Mary Monihan Jane Mann, and Elizabeth Brammer.
Sixthly and lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint John Mann to be my sole executor of this my last will testament revoking and ??ing all former wills by me heretofore made unto ??? and confirming that and now after to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I Catharine Clark have to this my last will ?? ?? ?? that of paper set my hand and seal this first day of September 1839.
Catherine (her mark) Clark
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Catharine Clark, the above-named testator named for her last will and testament in the presence of us who, at her request and in her presence, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto.
Solomon B. Simpson
Frank C. Stewart
R. B. (Roland Brammer)
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