The petition to the will made by Martha McNeill and others to Judge Farquhar Bethune, filed November 30, 1844.
(From: Papers concerning the will of Zephaniah
Kingsley, 1844, 1846,
Series M87-
20)
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writing so called by the said Zephaniah Kingsley) his
Last will and Testament (so far as by the said instrument
of writing he could confer such appointionment) and that he
(the said Zephaniah Kingsley) also by the same instrument of
writing appointed the said Benjamin A Putnam to act
as legal attorney and advisor in all matters and things
relating to the interests of his (the said Zephaniah Kingsley’s)
Estate. (so far as he thereby could confer such authority or
make such appointments) with a fee to be paid to him,
the said Benjamin A Putnam [by is?]of one thousand dollars.
And your Petitioners further show unto your Honor
what the said Zephaniah Kingsley did by the same instrument
of writing (so by him called his Last will and Testament) revoke
(so far as he thereby could) all other wills by his (the said
Zephaniah Kingsley) theretofore made. All of which will
more fully and [at large?] appear by the same instrument
of writing now on file in this Honorable Court reference
thereto being had.
And your Petitioner further shew unto your Honor that
on or about the twenty-fifth day of September in the same
year one thousand eight hundred and forty three
William S Donaldson and David McLoven two of the
[subscribing?] witnesses to the said instrument of writing
appeared before Isaiah Oshart Esquire Clerk of this
Honourable Court of Jacksonville in the County aforesaid
and made oath that they (the said Will S Donaldson
and David MCuwen) saw the said Zephaniah
Kingsley sign seal and deliver the same as his
Last Will and Testament, and that they verily believed
the writing exhibited to be the Last will and testament
of the deceased Zephaniah Kingsley: but who presented
or exhibited the said instrument of writing to the said
Isaiah D Hart Esq: Clerk as aforesaid for such proof
on who produced or caused the said witnesses to attend
then to make such proof your petitioners are not
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