Submitted by: Jim Earles
Will Book 4, Page 161
Lawrence County Probate Court, May 16th, 1893.
Pleas in the Probate Court within and for the County of Lawrence and State of Ohio, before Lot Davis, Judge of said Court, at a session thereof, held at the Courthouse in Ironton, on the 16th day of May A. D. 1893.
Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit: on the 8th day of April A. D. 1893, an instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Elliott Corbin was produced in open Court, and an application to admit the same to probate was then made as follows: In the Probate Court of Lawrence County, Ohio. Elliott Corbin, deceased. And now comes Elliott D. Corbin and produces for admission to probate in said Court the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, late a resident of the Township of Lawrence is said Lawrence County, Ohio, who died on the 25th day of March A. D. 1893, leaving an estate in said Lawrence County. Said Testator died, leaving Lucinda Corbin, his widow, and the following persons, all of his next of kin resident in the State of Ohio.
- W. Corbin Son Russell’s Place
- S. Corbin Son Russell’s Place
- Stephen Corbin Son Russell’s Place
- William Corbin Son Russell’s Place
- Elliott Corbin Son Russell’s Place
- Mary Keeney Daughter Russell’s Place
- Minerva Davisson Daughter Russell’s Place
- Alice Lambert Daughter Andis
- Lucetta Brammer Daughter Russell’s Place
- Hattie Brammer Daughter Russell’s Place
Signed, E. D. Corbin
The State of Ohio, Lawrence County,The above named Elliott D. Corbin, having been first duly sworn, says the statements of the foregoing application are true as he verily believes.
S. D. Corbin
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the 8th day of April A.D. 1893.
Lat Davis(Seal) Probate Judge
Whereupon the Court ordered as follows:
Lawrence County Probate Court, April 8, 1893.
This day an instrument of writing, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, late of Lawrence Township, in this County, deceased, was produced in open court for probate, and that due thereof, and of the application to admit the same to probate and record, be given to the next of kin of the Testator, resident of the State of Ohio, six days prior thereto, that said, application will be for hearing before this Court, on the 16th day of May A. D. 1893, at 10 o’clock, A. M.
Lat Davis, Probate Judge
Whereupon notice to heirs was issued as follows:
The State of Ohio, Lawrence County, In Probate Court.
In the matter of the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, deceased. To Elliott D. Corbin: You are hereby remanded to notify Lucinda Corbin, widow, George W. Corbin, M. S. Corbin, Stephen Corbin, William Corbin, Mary Keeney, Minerva Davidson, Alice Lambert, Lucetta Brammer, and Hattie Brammer, giving at least six days notice, that on the 8th day of April A. D. 1893, an instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, late of Lawrence Township, in said County, deceased, was produced in open court, and an application to admit the same to Probate, was on the same day made in said Court. Said application will be for hearing before this Court on the 16th day of May, A. D. 1893, at 10 o’clock A. M.
Herein fail not but of this writ and service thereon, make due return.
Witness my signature as Judge of the Probate Court, and the seal of said Court, this 8th day of April 1893.
Lat Davis Probate Judge
And:
on the 16th day of May 1893 said Notice was returned with the following endorsements thereon:
The State of Ohio, Lawrence County
Elliott D. Corbin, being duly sworn, says that on the 10th day of May A. D. 1893, the within notice was acknowledged by the within named persons, who waived the service of summons, and that the signatures thereto are the genuine signatures of the persons named. Elliott D. CorbinSigned in my presence and sworn to before me this 16th day of May A. D. 1893.
Lot Davis, Probate Judge
Also:
We the undersigned persons, within named, do hereby acknowledge service of the within notice, this 10th day of May A. D. 1893.
- Lucetta Brammer Hattie Brammer
- Mary Keeney Minerva Davisson
- Stephen Corbin Alice Lambert
- S. Corbin W. A. Corbin
- W. Corbin Lucinda Corbin
Will of Elliott Corbin
In the name of the Benevolent father of all, I Elliott Corbin of Lawrence Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, do make and publish
this my last Will and Testament.
After all my debts, and the Doctor bill and the Funeral expenses, are paid, and the Funeral expenses of my beloved wife, if she outlives me, then I do hereby will and bequeath to my beloved wife all the personal property, moneys and credits and all the real estate, as long as she lives, and at her death, if she lives longer than I do, and after her death.
I will and bequeath all the personal property, money, and credits, and the household goods and farming tools and the lot of land that my house stand on, that I now live in, to my son William A. Corbin, it being forty acres, more or less; and to my son Stephen D. Corbin, I give and bequeath the lot of land that he now loves on it being forty acres, more or less; and to my son Elliott D. Corbin, I give and bequeath the lot of land that the three and a half acres belonged to that he to fore bought of me, were his house stand on, it being thirty one acres, more or less; and my son William A. Corbin is to pay, after my and my wife’s death, to my sons, G. W. Corbin, and M. S. Corbin, and to my daughters, Lucetta Brammer, and Mary Keeney, and Minerva Davidson, and Alles Lambert, and my granddaughter, Hattie Brammer, one dollar each.
In testimony whereof, I hereby sign, seal, and acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament and do hereby declare that I am of good mind this the 7th day of February A. D. 1893.
Elliott (his mark) Corbin (Seal)
By the request of the above named Elliott Corbin, we the undersigned have signed this Will and declare that he is of good and sound mind.
John Hartnig (Seal)
George (his mark) Willis (Seal)
And on the 16th day of May 1893, the testimony of said subscribing witness was taken as follows:
The State of Ohio, Lawrence County, Probate Court.
Personally appeared in open court John Hartnig and George Willis, who being duly sworn to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, in relation to the execution of the instrument of writing now before them bearing a date the 17th day of February 1893, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, deceased, that they respectively subscribed there names thereto as witnesses at the request of said Testator, and in his presence, that they saw said Testator sign said instrument at the end thereof, and heard him acknowledge the same to be his Will, and that said Elliott Corbin, at the time of executing the same was of full age, of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint.
John Hartnig George (his mark) Willis
Sworn to before me and signed in my presence in open court this 16th day of May 1893.
Lot Davis, Probate Judge
Whereupon the Court ordered as follows:
Lawrence County Probate Court, May 16th 1893.
Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit: on the 8th day of April A. D. 1893, an instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Elliott Corbin, late of Lawrence Township, in this County, deceased, was produced in open court and offered for probate, and was there filed. And it now being shown to the satisfaction of the Court, that due notice of the filing of said Will and of the application to admit the same to probate and record in this Court, has been given to the next of kin of the Testator, resident of the State of Ohio, pursuant to a former order of this Court: thereupon, on this day came John Hartnig and George Willis, the subscribing witnesses to said Will, who being duly sworn, testified to the due execution and attestation of said Will: which testimony was reduced to writing by them respectively subscribed and filed with said Will.
Whereupon, the Court finds that the aforesaid instrument of writing is the last Will and Testament of said Elliott Corbin, deceased; that the same was duly executed and attested; and that the said Testator at the time of making, signing, and sealing the same, was of full age, of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint. It is therefore, by the Court, ordered that the said Will be admitted to probate, and that the same, together with the testimony of the witnesses above named, be entered of record in this Court.
Lot Davis, Probate Judge.
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