Here is a transcription of William Badger's last Will:
Franklin County OhArchives Wills.....Badger, William August 7, 1822
In the name of God amen, I William Badger of Franklin County, Jackson Township
& state of Ohio, being sick and weak in the body but of sound and disposing
mind & (unreadable)considering the certainy of death & (unreadable)being
decision to settle my wordly affairs & thereby be the better prepared to leave
this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and
publish this my last will and testament in manner and form, following, that is
say,first I commit my soul into the Almighty hands of God and my body to the
earth to lie decently buried at the discretion of my executors herein after
named & after my debts and funeral charges are paid. First I do leave and
bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Martha Badger (unreadable) one sheet one
bed one blanket two coverlets one umbrella and all her wearing apparel and a
quantity of linen and woolen yarn now in the house, one (unreadable) one
single washing (unreadable) one half dozen silver tea spoons one set of cups
and saucers one white cow and calf half a dozen knives and forks one falling
leaf table and tablecloth one stweing kettle and one coffee pot and her saddle
and fifteen dollars a year. I leave and bequeath unto my daughter Martha to be
paid yearly and every year out of any estate so long as she remain a widow
delivered to her out of the produce of the place. My freehold estate I wish to
be sold after my decease and to be equally divided amongst my children accept
my son (unreadable) Badger I do leave and bequeath unto him thrity dollars and
I do leave and bqueath unto my daughter Ann Badger wife of Jospeh Badger
Taylor of Franklinton fifty dollars each to be levied out of my estate and
likewise except my son Jospeh Badger by reason of an account that I am
informed he holds against me and if he presents the account after my decease I
deny owing him any of the said account after my deceaseand it is to be
deducted out of his part of the legacy and unto my son Sterrat Badger I do
leave and bequeath my Hannah mare and the sorrel colt and my watch besides his
equal share of the freehold estate and personal property after it is sold. The
mare and colt is to be kept in the property of my son Archibald J. Badger
until (unreadable) Sterrat Badger arrives to the age of twenty one years and
lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my dearyl beloved sons Wm. Badger JR
and Archibald J Badger to be my executors of this my last will and testament
revoking and anulling all former wills by me heretofore made satisfying and
confirming then and none other to be my last will and testament. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the bottom of this seventh day
of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Signed William Badger
Proved by Samuel Clark and William C. Duff and ordered to be recorded
Additional Comments:
Names in will: William Badger, Martha Badger, daughters Martha Badger, Ann
Badger, Archibald Badger, Wm. Badger JR, Joseph Taylor, Sterrat Badger, Jospeh
Badger
Source: Wills, Franklin County Ohio Volume A-103
Written: August 7, 1822
Recorded: August 15, 1822
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/oh/franklin/wills/badger74wl.txt
Here is a transcription of William Badger's last Will:
Franklin County OhArchives Wills.....Badger, William August 7, 1822
In the name of God amen, I William Badger of Franklin County, Jackson Township
& state of Ohio, being sick and weak in the body but of sound and disposing
mind & (unreadable)considering the certainy of death & (unreadable)being
decision to settle my wordly affairs & thereby be the better prepared to leave
this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and
publish this my last will and testament in manner and form, following, that is
say,first I commit my soul into the Almighty hands of God and my body to the
earth to lie decently buried at the discretion of my executors herein after
named & after my debts and funeral charges are paid. First I do leave and
bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Martha Badger (unreadable) one sheet one
bed one blanket two coverlets one umbrella and all her wearing apparel and a
quantity of linen and woolen yarn now in the house, one (unreadable) one
single washing (unreadable) one half dozen silver tea spoons one set of cups
and saucers one white cow and calf half a dozen knives and forks one falling
leaf table and tablecloth one stweing kettle and one coffee pot and her saddle
and fifteen dollars a year. I leave and bequeath unto my daughter Martha to be
paid yearly and every year out of any estate so long as she remain a widow
delivered to her out of the produce of the place. My freehold estate I wish to
be sold after my decease and to be equally divided amongst my children accept
my son (unreadable) Badger I do leave and bequeath unto him thrity dollars and
I do leave and bqueath unto my daughter Ann Badger wife of Jospeh Badger
Taylor of Franklinton fifty dollars each to be levied out of my estate and
likewise except my son Jospeh Badger by reason of an account that I am
informed he holds against me and if he presents the account after my decease I
deny owing him any of the said account after my deceaseand it is to be
deducted out of his part of the legacy and unto my son Sterrat Badger I do
leave and bequeath my Hannah mare and the sorrel colt and my watch besides his
equal share of the freehold estate and personal property after it is sold. The
mare and colt is to be kept in the property of my son Archibald J. Badger
until (unreadable) Sterrat Badger arrives to the age of twenty one years and
lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my dearyl beloved sons Wm. Badger JR
and Archibald J Badger to be my executors of this my last will and testament
revoking and anulling all former wills by me heretofore made satisfying and
confirming then and none other to be my last will and testament. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the bottom of this seventh day
of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Signed William Badger
Proved by Samuel Clark and William C. Duff and ordered to be recorded
Additional Comments:
Names in will: William Badger, Martha Badger, daughters Martha Badger, Ann
Badger, Archibald Badger, Wm. Badger JR, Joseph Taylor, Sterrat Badger, Jospeh
Badger
Source: Wills, Franklin County Ohio Volume A-103
Written: August 7, 1822
Recorded: August 15, 1822
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/oh/franklin/wills/badger74wl.txt
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From Cemetery Records: Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM BADGER a native of Ireland He died Jan 19, 1822 aged 69 years and 7 months
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