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Abstract made by an unknown abstractor about 1890 from original records of
Pike County, Arkansas and recorded in Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890
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Will Book 1 page 2. Last Will and Testament of Isaac A. Hutson deceased.
Dated March 23, 1857. Recorded June 1, 1857. Directs that "after paying all
my just and honest debts and funeral expenses, I hereby give, devise and
bequeath all the rest of my estate, both personal and real, to my wife
Martha Lucinda Hutson and the heirs of her body during her widowhood. And I
hereby appoint my wife, Martha Lucinda Hutson, Executrix of" &c. "and desire
that she execute the same without giving bond or security." Signed in the
presence of William A. Bussell and Joab M. Hutson, subscribing witnesses
"who sign the same in my presence and in the presence of each other.
William J. Kelley certifies that he signed his (Isaac A. Hutson's) name at
his own request. June 1, 1857. In Vacation before William J. Kelley clerk,
came William A. Bussell and Joab Hutson, and they being duly sworn state
that "William J. Kelley on March 23, 1857 in the presence of said affiants
did sign the name of Isaac A. Hutson at the end of the foregoing Will for
the said Hutson at his request and in his presence and that he, the said
Isaac A. Hutson, then acknowledged and declared the same to be his Last Will
and that they, the said William A. Bussell and Joab Hutson subscribed the
same as attesting witnesses" &c. "in the presence of said Isaac A. Hutson
and at his request and in the presence of each other, and that said Isaac A.
Hutson when he signed said paper or Will was of sound and disposing mind and
memory." Signed by said Clerk and the seal of Pike County, Arkansas Circuit
Court affixed.
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Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 310.
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