Zachariah Bradfield

- 1846

• Name	Zachariah Bradfield
  Gender	Male
  Died	From 17 Dec 1844 to Jun 1846  [1]
  Notes	Last Will and Testament of Zachariah Bradfield In the name of the Benevolent Father of all I Zachariah Bradfield of the Township of Scipio County of Meigs and State of Ohio being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following: 1st After my decease my will is to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner. 2nd I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Mary Bradfield all of my household and kitchen furniture of every description together with all of my personal property of every description whatever to her for her only proper use and benefit so long as she remains my window after which it is my will that the above named property or the avails there of shall be equally divided between seven of my children that is to say, my sons, Jesse and George Bradfield and my daughter Elizabeth Turner, Margaret Dye, Mary Howell, Harriet Staats and Roena Bradfield. 3rd I do also will and bequeath into my wife Mary Bradfield all of the real estate that I now own and occupy being about eighty acres being and lying in Section number thirteen (No. 13) Range number fourteen (No. 14) in Town number seven (No. 7) Ohio Company's purchase. Also about thirty acres of land being and lying in Section number 7 (No. 7) Town (No. 7) Range fourteen (No. 14) Ohio Company's purchase making in all one hundred and ten acres to her and for her use and benefit so long as she remains my widow. 4th I do will and bequeath until my son John Bradfield the above described lots of land being one hundred and ten acres as aforesaid to come into his hands at the death of my widow or when she shall no longer remains my widow to him and his heirs to use and their only proper use benefit and behoof forever when the same shall cease to belong to my widow according to this will by him defraying the expenses of my sickness and funeral charges. 5th It is my will that my personal property and farming utensils should remain on the farm for the use of my widow and John. 6th It is also my will that my daughter Roena Bradfield have a home with my widow and John on the old farm as long as she remains single. 7th I do give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bradfield a certain obligation I hold on John Bradfield payable two years from this date for fifty dollars to be paid with a horse. 8th I do hereby nominate and appoint John Alkire, Jr. as sole Executor this my last Will and Testament. 9th I hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament hereby undoing all former wills, by me made. In Testimony where of I have unto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four AD. 1844 his Zachariah X Bradfield (seal) mark Signed and acknowledge in the presence of us by the said Zachariah Bradfield who declared the same to be his last Will and Testament and signed by us in his presence. A. Dunlap John Bartly In the matter of the Last Will and Testament of Zachariah Bradfield decease is A. Dunlap and John Bartley being duly sworn according to the law depose and say that they saw the Testator sign his name and heard him declare the same to be his last Will and Testament they signed their names hereto is witnesses at his request in his presence and that the Testator was of sane mind and twenty one years of age and not under any strait at the time and is since dead and further this deponent saith not known (or sworn) to subscribed in open court. John Bartley July 2, 1846 M. Bosworth Clerk The State of Ohio Meigs County I do hereby certify the fore going to be a true copy of the last Will and Testament of Zachariah Bradfield late of said County deceased as presented in open Court, their June Term AD 1846 and duly proven and admitted to record and also a true copy of evidence adduced as to the true executive said Will all which will appear by reference to the Time Records of said Court page 1133 (or it also could be 433). Signed M. Bosworth Clerk
  Person ID	I4753	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Family	Mary Wells,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Harriet Ann Bradfield,   b. 1 Apr 1809, Hardy Co, WVa ,   d. 30 Jan 1876, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 66 years)   2. Jesse Bradfield,   b. 1807, Hardy Co, WVa ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Bradfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Bradfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Margaret Bradfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Bradfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Rowena Bradfield,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S126] Probate Records, Meigs Co, OH.