Be it remembered that I, General Conrad
Sherman, of York County in the State of Pennsylvania being at this present
time weak in body, but of sound disposing, mind, memory and understanding,
considering the certainly of death and the uncertainly of the time it may
take place, and being desirous t settle my worldly affairs and thereby be
the better prepared to leave this Transitory world when it shall please Almighty
God, to call me hence, do therefore make publish and declare this to be my
last Will and Testament.
First and principally I recommend my soul to Almighty God the
giver there of and my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion
of my Executors here appointed and named and after my funeral expenses and
just debts are paid I give devise and bequeath in manner and form following
to wit:
I Give devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife,
Helena Sherman, her first choice of anyone of my milk cows, one table,
one bureau, one featherbed, bedstead, and the bed cloths there unto belonging
and the two chests that she brought to me.
Provided my said wife, Helena Sherman, doth not agree or be
willing to live with any of her children then and in such case I will order
and direct my said Executors that they do and shall put in compleat repair
or cause to be put in compleat repair my house and lot situate lying and
being in Petersburg or Littlestown in Adams County and state aforesaid which
house and lot is now occupied by a Mr. McKinsey, a schoolmaster, at any time
when my said wife, Helena, shall request them so to do and when so compleated
I give devise and bequeath the said house and lot unto my said wife, Helena
Sherman for and during her natural lifetime.
I Give devise and bequest unto my son,
Henry Sherman
and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, all that piece or parcel of
Land now occupied by him and in his possession, contained within the following
notes and bounds courses and distances to wit:
Beginning for the same at the Spanish Oak south eighty five
degrees East seven and one-tenth perches to a maple south thirty-six and
a half degrees west one hundred and sixty two and one-tenth perched to a
post, south thirty-five and a quarter degrees west sixty-five perches to
a post south forty-two and a half degrees west fifty-six perches to a post,
south thirty-six and a half degrees east twenty-three and nine-tenths perches
to a post, south eight and three quarter degrees, east six and five-tenths
perched to a willow, south forty-one and a quarter degrees east thirty-two
and eight-tenths perches to a post, north twenty-five degrees east forty
right perches to a post, north thirty-nine degrees, east eighty-two and two-tenths
perches to a post south, eighty-two and two-tenths perches to a post south,
eighty and a half degrees, east forty-two and a half degrees, east thirty-three
perches to a post north sixty-two degrees west seventy-five and five-tenths
perches to a post and Hickory, north seventy-eight and three quarters degrees,
west fifty-two and two-tenths perches to a post, north thirty-six and a half
degrees, east one hundred and sixty-three and one-tenth perches to the Beginning,
containing and laid out for ninety-two acres and eighty-four perches of land
neat, Together with all the buildings, tan yard and improvements thereon
made and erected without any charge made or brought against him for rent,
Provided that he do not and shall not charge or bring any account against
one or my Estate hereafter, which said land and improvements hereby devised
to him the said Henry Sherman I value to be worth Eight hundred and twenty
seven pounds, fifteen shillings current money which sum of money I charge
him with and to be deducted out and from such sum of money which I shall
herein give and devise to him hereafter.
I will devise and direct that all the rest of my real Estate
or Lands and Tenements situate lying and being in the state of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, Together with all the rest residue and remainder of
my goods chattels and personal Estate which is not heretofore devised shall
be sold to the best advantage at public sale or sales after sufficient notice
by advertisement being given of the time place and terms of sale by my said
Executors, whom I do hereby authorize and empower to sell Transfer and convey
by good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance to such persons that may
purchase the same or any part or parcel thereof.
And the money or monies arising from the above mentioned sale
or sales, the legal interest arising on the one-third part of the whole amount
thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said wife, Helena Sherman for
and during her natural life to be paid unto her in two half yearly payments,
the first payment of which the one-half thereof to be paid unto her in six
months from the time of my death and the one-half there of every six
months thereafter for and during her lifetime.
Then all the rest residue and remainder of the money or monies
arising from the aforesaid sale or sales which are not herein before devised,
I will devise and direct shall be divided into five equal parts or shares,
and the first one-fifth or share after deducting there from the sum of eight
hundred and twenty seven pounds fifteen shillings current money the balances
thereof I will devise and bequeath unto my said son, Henry Sherman to be
first paid to him or his Lawfull heirs; The second one-fifth part or share
of the said money or monies I will devise and bequeath unto my son,
George
S. Sherman, to be paid unto him or his Lawfull heirs next in course;
The thirds one-fifth part or share of the aforesaid money or monies I give
devise and bequeath unto my daughter
Susannah Zacharias now wife to
George Zacharias; five hundred pounds of which one-fifth part or share to
be paid unto her or her lawfull heirs and the remainder or balance of the
said one-fifth part or share hereby devised to her to be safely put out on
Interest for her use and benefit for and during her natural life and after
her death the said Balance with all the interest thereon due to be paid unto
the children of the said Susannah Zacharias share and share alike.
The fourth one-fifth part or share of the said money or monies
I give devise and bequeath unto my son
Johannes Sherman to be paid
unto him or his lawfull heirs after the aforesaid legacies are paid.
The legal Interest arising on the last one-fifth part or share
of the aforesaid money or monies I give and devise and bequeath unto my son
Jacob Sherman to be paid unto him yearly and every year for and during
his natural lifetime; and after he departs this life the said last mentioned
one-fifth part or share I will give devise and bequeath unto my four remaining
children or those lawfull heirs to be equally divided between them share
and share alike.
And lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my
said son, Henry Sherman and my worthy friend Michael Slagle to be sole Executors
of this my last will and Testament, revoking and annulling all former will
or wills by me heretofore in any wise made, ratifying and confirming this
and only this and only this to be last will and Testament and none other.
In Testimony whereof I the said Conrad Sherman have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed my seal on this twenty ninth day of March in the Year of
our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty-three.
Conrad Sherman
Signed, sealed, published and declared by Conrad Sherman the above named
Testator as and for his last will and Testament, in the presence of us who
at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our names as witnessed hereunto as hereby appear:
Henry Trapnale
D. Shultz
C. Barnitz
H.C. Wampler
York County, SS, Before me, Jacob Barnitz, Register for the probate of Wills
and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of York in the
state of Pennsylvania personally came David Shultz, Esq., Charles Barnitz
and Dr. Henry C. Wampler (Three of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
instrument of writing,) and on their Solemn oaths on the Holy Evangelists
of Almighty God to severally say that they were personally present and saw
and heard the foregoing named General Conrad Sherman sign his name unto and
seal and publish the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last
will and Testament and that at the time of the doing thereof he the said
General Conrad Sherman was of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
to the best of their knowledge and belief and that they subscribed their
names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and
at his request and father that they also did se Henry Trapnale sign his thereto
as a witness at the same time. Sworn and subscribed before me at York
the 21st day of April A.D. 1823.
J. Barnitz, Reg.
July 31, 1839
York County, SS
I, John Stahle, Register for the probate of Wills and granting
Letters of Administration in and for said County, do hereby Certify that
the forgoing and within is a true copy taken from and compared with the original
remaining on file in the Register’s office in and for said County.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Office this Thirty first day of July A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine.
John Stahle, Reg.
NOTE:
The above was typed from a copy of the
handwritten Will of Conrad Sherman and kept in true form (wording) as I was
able to figure out the script writing. April 2001