ESTATE RECORDS OF FREDERICK TOPE, SR
In
the name of God,
Amen! I,
Frederick Tope, of the County of Union and
State of Illinois, being weak in
body, but of sound mind and memory, do make,
ordain and establish this to be my
last will and testament, hereby revoking all
others, and I do hereby appoint
Jacob Zimmerman and Elvira Tope, my beloved
ife, to be the executors of this
my
last will and testament 1st - It is my will that all
of my just debts be paid and that a
sufficient of my personal property be sold for
that purpose; 2nd - after the
payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, I do
here advise and bequeath to my
beloved wife the farm and improvements thereon,
on the which I now live, known as
the north east quarter of the north east quarter of
section eleven in township south of
range two west, containing forty acres more or
less, the remainder of my personal
estate I will and bequeath to my beloved wife.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal, this
27th day of August, A. D. 1842.
Frederick (His X Mark) Tope
Attest:
Miles H.
Coleman
Jesse N.
Wise
P. W.
(His X Mark) Taylor
STATE OF ILLINOIS - COUNTY OF UNION
Schedule at a Court of the Probate,
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
of Union and State of Illinois,
held at the Court House in Jonesboro on the 30th day of December, A. D.
1842.
Witness Daniel Heileman, Probate
Justice of the Peace who has hereunto set his
hand and affixed the seal of the probate court
thereunto this 30th day of December 1852
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