In the name of God Amen, I
Peter Yeager of _______ township, Greene County, State of Pennsylvania
do hereby make my last will and Testament
___________________, that is to say firstly I desire that all the
personal property in my estate be
immediate sold after my decease and out of the monies received
all my Just debts and
funeral expenses be paid. Secondly after the payment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary Yeager _______ (half?) of
all my land on the
north side of Dunkard Creek for and during the rest of her natural
life, and after
her decease I give the same to my children hereafter ___________ and to
be enjoyed by them
forever. Thirdly I give to my two sons Joseph and George the sum
of Ten Dollars each to be
paid out of the monies from the sale of my personal property.
Fourthly I give
& bequeath unto my other three sons, Nicholas, Alexander &
Peter all my land in manner &
form following both Pennsylvania & Virginia (that is to say) all
the land on the south
side of Dunkard Creek to be divided equally in quantity & quality
at the time of my son
Peter arrives at the age of twenty-one years or as soon after as it may
be convenient; also the
balance of my land to be divided equally among the same at the death of
my wife
Mary. Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my four Daughters,
Elizabeth, Maryan, Catharine &
Christene and Christene [sic] the sume of ten dollars each out of the
monies arising
from my personal property. Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my
newphew Joseph
Morris the sum of five dollars to be paid when he arrives at the age of
twenty years.
Seventhly I give and bequeath unto my four Daughters, Elizabeth,
Maryan, Catharine &
Christene all the balance of my estate after paying all my Debts &
funeral expenses
to be divided equally amongst them. And lastly I do hereby
constitute and Jacob Lantz
and my son George Yeagger Executors of this my last Will &
testament, In Witness
whereof I Peter Yeager the Testator have to this my will written on one
sheet of paper and
affixed my mark & seal this second day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand
eight hundred & forty two.
Signed, sealed and deliivered in the presence of us
who have enscribed in the presence of each other.
Alexander Tenant
Wm. Thomas
Mw. Lantz.
Greene County S.S.