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Signed, Sealod, publinhod onil doclnred, by the above named John B. Toulme as, nnd for, hi pi Inst Will mid Testanent, in our presence; and at his requnnfc, nn<l In liln pi'eooiico, and in the presence of each other, have submH?l l>od our iifvnon us witnesses thereunto. fn the City of Shieldsborough on the Fourth < ? dny of August A D (1860| Eighteen Hundred & Sixty (Signed) J.C. Monet John G. Colly N. Monet It is my request, that should there be no funds sufficient to equalize the slinres between iny heirs, that they reemburse to eaoh other out of thoir shores the nmount necessary to make all the shares perfectly equal in value. August 4th 18G0 (signed) J B Toulme1 I would also recommend to my executors, if they do not sell the Mill at Wolf River immediately, that they obtain the agreement of all the co-heirs, and ^0eP the some at work, occupying thereon the negroes belonging to it, and work up the logs as far as they can. August 4th, i860 Signed J. B. Toulrie ? The Stateeof^Mississippi ) In the Court of Probates of Hancock County Hancock County ss ) aforesaid nt the October term A.D. 1860 there of In the matter of an instrument of writing ) purporting to be the last V7ill & testament ) of John B Toulme deed produced in said court) for Probate ) Be it remembered, that a term of the Court of Frobntes of Hancock County State of Mississippi, held at the Court house of said County, in the town of Gainesville on the Fourth Monday in October AD 1860 Personally appeared in open Court Julius C. Monet, Napoleon Monet and John fjj. Colly the subscribing witnesses to the instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John B. Toulme* deceased late of said county, bearing date the Fourth day of August AD 1860 who having been first duly sworn on their respective oaths do say: That the snid John B Toulme signed his name to the nine pages composing said instrument to the Ne vinitue written in the margin, in their presence; and that he signed, sealed, the whole instrument on the Tenth page and published and declared said instrument as his last Will nnd Testament, in the presence of these deponents on the day of the dot** thereof; that s^ifl mestator was then of sound disposing mind and memory and more than Twenty pne years of age; That these deponents subscribed so id instrument ns witnesses thereto at the instance nnd request and in the presence of said Testator, and also in the presence of each other, on the day and year aforesaid. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court) Signed J.C. I?>net This 22nd day of October A D 1860 ) John G Colly (Signed) D.W. Johnston ) II. Monet, ? Clerk ) Examined approved nnd ordered to be recorded (Signed) J V 'Vinninghnra Judge Probate Ci - -C .
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