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Issac Miller
Last Will and Testament
Filed Oct 5th 1844
Tax & fees $3.12 Paid

In the Name of God. Amen. I Issac Miller of the Township of Ridgeberry in the County of Bradford and the State of Pennsylvania Being of declining age and weak in body but of sound mind and memory blessed be almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Katherine one cow and six sheep one bed and bedding and some household furniture and two and a half tons of hay yearly, &, 2nd I give and bequeath unto my oldest son John Miller one hundred and sixty six dollars and 3rd I give unto my oldest daughter Elizabeth heirs Benjamin Woodberry and Polly Manning Taylor fifty five dollars each 4th I give unto my daughter Anna heirs Benton and Reeves Coleman eighty three dollars each and 5th to my son Robert I give one hundred and sixty six dollars and 6th I give unto my daughter Sally one hundred and sixty six dollars and 7th I give unto my daughter Polly one hundred and sixty six dollars and 8th I give unto my daughter Deborah one hundred and sixty six dollars and 9th I give unto my daughter Susannah one hundred sixty six dollars and 10th I give unto my daughter Margarett one hundred and sixty six dollars and 11th I give and bequeath to my son Issac all my real estate and my personal property go to pay my debts and funeral charges and if any left to be divided among the heirs equally and my son Issac is to pay the heirs in manner following none to be paid until one year after the death of his Mother & then after her death is to pay one hundred sixty six yearly until he shall pay all of the heirs And also my son Issac is to make a comfortable living for my beloved wife as long as she remains my widow. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Robert & Issac Miller executors of this my last will and testament thereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

Issac Miller Seal
 

Signed sealed published and delivered by the above named testator to be his last will and testament in presents of we who have herewith subscribed our names in presents of each other and of the testator dated Ridgeberry July 1st A. D. 1844.

William T. Ball
S* M. Peterson

I William T. Ball one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will & testament or instrument of writing do depose and that I was present and saw the said Issac Miller testator sign seal execute and deliver and also heard him publish pronounce and declare the same as and for his last will and testament and the same time he the said testator was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of Oct 1844
William T. Ball
C. S. Russell Deputy Register

I Dan A. Gillett do swear that I was present and saw Issac Miller sign of the within will & testament or instrument of writing sign seal execute and deliver the same as and for has last will and testament and at the time of so doing he the said testator was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of Oct 1844
Dan. A. Gillett
C. S. Russell Deputy Register

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No 473
Inventory of the estate of Issac Miller
Dec’d

In addition to the within there is about twenty bushels of potatoes worth about twenty five cents per bushel $5. Also two hides and four calf skins at this farmer to be dressed in s * tanned $5 Also a little bit of corn in the field $1; total $11.

Robert Miller
Issac Miller
Executors

We approve after above Oct 9th 1844
Appraisers
J. L. Webb
John Burt

In the matter of the estate of Issac Miller late of Ridgeberry Township in the County of Bradford Dec’d We the executors of the last will and testament of Issac Miller aforesaid do hereby appoint John L. Webb and John Burt appraisers of the goods and chattels rights and credits of said estate Oct 9th 1844.

Issac Miller
Robert Miller
Exec’s

We John L. Webb & John Burt do severally swear that we will just and true appraisement make of the goods & chattels right and credits of the estate of Issac Miller late of Ridgeberry Dec’d which shall be shown to us by the executors of the last will and testament of said Issac Miller according to the best of our judgement and abilities.
Oct 9th 1844

J. L. Webb
John Burt

Sworn & subscribed before me the 9th day of Oct 1844

Dan.A.Gillett
Justice of the Peace
A true and perfect inventory of the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the estate of Issac Miller late of Ridgeberry Township in the County of Bradford dec’d.

two horn sleigh…$1.50; plow & clevis…$1.50; two horse wagon…$20; fanning mill…$5; plow & clevis…$1.50; saddle…$1; nine drag teeth…$1.13; two horn harness…$8; pr stake chains…$0.50; whiffletree, neckyoke, and blind bridles and halter; log chain & *…$2; cross cut saw…$2.50; iron scoop shovel…$0.50; cross cut saw…$1.50; three rakes…$0.19; four pitch forks…$1; two scythes & sneaths…$1; two hoes…$0.25; two bridles…$0.25; dung fork…$0.25; two boxes with plaster…$4; 1/3 of hay in barn and stacks…$21; 1/3 of wheat in *…$10; 1/3 of oats in *…$8; 1/3 of buckwheat…$10; 1/3 of flax seed…$1; 1/3 of timothy seed…$0.50; flax break and hetchell…$0.50; three salt barrels…$0.19; yearling bull…$4; two calves…$4; old brown cow…$10; brown cow with white on the hoofs…$10; red two year old cow with white in fan…$8; six hogs…$20; brown mare with pale ears…$45; yearling heifer…$4; red two year old cow…$7; red line backed cow…$11; brown mare with *…$35; red * * cow…$8.00; brindle & white cow…$10; four pigs…$3; one two year old horse colt…$15; fifteen sheep…$15; six skifs *…$12;

axe…$0.50; two old axes…$0.13; one shovel…$0.50; beetle * & wedges…$1; little iron kettle…$0.25; grindstone…$0.63; large iron kettle…$2; brass kettle…$1; seven tin pans…$1; six stone crocks…$1; four patent pails…$0.75; two stone jugs $0.50; wheat *…$0.50; wooden bowl…$0.13; butter tray & ladle…$0.19; crane trammel hooks &…$1; chains and irons…$1; shovel & *…$0.75; chain…$0.50; kitchen table…$0.25; dining table…$5; chest…$1; bedstead & bedding…$12; bedstead & bedding…$6; two slats…$0.25; one *…$2; bed bedstead & bedding…$4; bed bedstead & bedding…$4; two large wheels…$1.50; *…$0.50; tin oven…$0.50; little wheel…$2; old stand…$0.06; two corn baskets…$0.25; eight meal bags…$1; fifteen * wool rolls…3.75; lots of old barrels…$0.75; vinegar barrel…$0.25; wheat barrel…$0.50; steel *…$0.50; frying pan…$0.25; six augers …$1; hand saw…$0.38; clock…$1; iron square…$0.12; nine chairs…$1.50; sawing box & chisels…$0.25; glass lantern…$0.25; ½ of *…$0.50; small looking glass…$0.13; half bushel *…$0.06; chest…$0.50;

bob sled…$0.50; 1/3 of the flax…$3.50; bellows…$0.25; loom & apparatus…$1; three weavers *…$1; lot of crockery ware…$3; seven glass tumblers…$0.50; Britania teapot…$0.25; coffee pot…$0.06; lot of knives forks & spoons…$0.75; pepper mill…$0.13; two tin canisters…$0.19; iron pot…$0.25; small iron pot…$0.25; tea kettle…$0.25; jar smoothy *…$0.38; pair of wooden clock in the *…$5; add logs at H. Burts mill…$39; mill logs at John Burts mill…$5; add debt due from Joseph Gordon…$3; debt due from L M Palmer…$4; debt due from John Miller…$6.46

Total Estate $446.19

We certify the above and foregoing to be a true inventory of the goods & chattels rights and credits of the estate of Issac Miller late of Ridgeberry Township in Bradford County Dec’d. So far as the same may come to our knowledge or possession taken the 9th day of October 1844 in person of John L. Webb and John Bart sworn appraisers.

Issac Miller
Robert Miller
Exec’s

We certify the above and foregoing to be a true and just appraisement of the goods & chattels rights and credits of the estate of Issac Miller dec’d so far as shown to us by the executors of dec’d estate October 9th 1844.

John L. Webb
John Bart
Appr’s
 

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