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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF LAWRENCE H. WELSH, DECEASED.

I, Lawrence H. Welsh, resident of Bakerton, Jefferson County, West Virginia, do make this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all Wills heretofore made by me.

I give, devise and bequeath all my estate, personal, real and mixed, of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate, to my wife, Annie Welsh, absolutely and in fee simple.

I appoint my said wife, Annie Welsh, Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, and request that she be allowed to qualify without giving any security on her bond as such Executrix.

Done this 30th day of December, 1931.
Lawrence H. Welsh

P.S. Millard Witness
Emily A. M. Stanley Witness

State of West Virginia, County of Jefferson, to-wit:
IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COURT: AUGUST 18th, 1938

A paper writing bearing date of December 30, 1931, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Lawrence H. Welsh, late of Bakerton, Jefferson County, West Virginia, was this day, August 18th, 1938, offered for probate in said office, and on same day in said office, said writing was partly proven by P. S. Millard, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, who made oath in due form of law, that the aforesaid testator, in his presence and in the presence of the other subscribing witness thereto, viz: Emily A. M. Stanley, published and declared said writing as and for his Last Will and Testament, that he and the said Emily A. M. Stanley subscribed their names as witnesses thereto, at the request of the said testator, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, all signing at the same time, that he believes said testator was of sound sense and memory at the time of so doing, and over the age of twenty-one years.

Thereupon it is ordered that said writing do lie in said office for further proof.

Test,
Emily A. M. Stanley, Clerk of said Court

At a Special Session of the County Court of said County and State, held at the Court House thereof, on Friday, August 26th, 1938, beginning at 10 o’clock A.M., persuant to notice duly entered and posted.

A paper writing bearing date of December 30th, 1931, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Lawrence H. Welsh, late of Bakerton, Jefferson County, West Virginia, having been heretofore, to-wit, on the 18th day of August, 1938, partly proven before the Clerk of this Court, by the oath of P. S. Millard, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to lie in said office for further proof, was this day, August 26th, 1938, presented to the Court, and fully proven by Emily A. M. Stanley, the other subscribing witness thereto, who made oath in due form of law, that the aforesaid testator, in her presence, and in the presence of the other subscribing witness thereto, viz: P.S. Millard, published and declared said writing as and for his Last Will and Testament, that she and the said P. S. Millard subscribed their names as witnesses thereto, at the request of the said testator, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, all signing at the same time, that she believes said testator was of sound sense and memory at the time of so doing, and over the age of twenty-one years.

Thereupon it is ordered that said writing be recorded as and for the Last Will and Testament of Lawrence H. Welsh, deceased.

S. T. Knott
President of County Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia