Martha Smith Crawford, wife of Nelson G. Crawford survived her husband by seven years. Her will was published on pages 184-186 in Warren County Indiana will book 3. The will can also be found on Ancestry in their database, Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1789-1999.
State of Indiana
Warren CountyBe it remembered that on the 16 day of August 1871 there was filed in the office of the clerk of the court of Common Please the last will and testament of Martha Crawford late of said county deceased and duly proved & admitted to probate and said last will and testament and reads as follows to wit:
In the name of God, Amen
I Martha Crawford of Williamsport Warren County Indiana of sound mind and disposing memory knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death to make and publish this my last will and testament as follows to wit:
First, I direct that after my deceased be buried beside my husband the late Nelson G. Crawford and that my burial and tombstone be according to my circumstances in life.
Second, I direct that after my decease al my just debts and funeral expenses including tombstones be first paid
Third. I give and bequeath to my daughter Celia C. Crawford the sum of three hundred dollars over and above the bequest contained in the following items
Fourth After the payment of the last mentioned bequest of three hundred dollars to my daughter Celia C Crawford I give and bequeath the remainder of my property of whatsoever kind to my children James H Crawford Washing M Crawford Mary E Crawford Briggs Sarah A Woodard and Celia C Crawford they so share equally and alike in the same
Fifth I appoint my son James H Crawford my executor of this my last will and testament and request that he will carry out the same
Witness my hand & seal this 13 day of September AD 1869
Martha Crawford (seal)
Witnesses
Jas H [Bouebrake]
H P Downing
State of Indiana
Warren CountyBe it remembered that on the 19th day of August 1871 [Himas] P Downing one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last will and testament of Martha Crawford late of said county deceased personally appeared before Thomas F Bryant Clerk of the Court of Common Please of Warren County in the state of Indiana and being duly sworn by the clerk of said court upon his oath declared and testified as follows that is to say: That on the 13 day of September 1869 he saw the said Martha Crawford sign her name to said instrument in writing as and for her last will and testament and that this deponent at the same time heard the said Martha Crawford declare the said instrument to be her last will and testament and that said instrument in writing was as the same time at the request of the said Martha Crawford and with her consent attested and subscribed by the said James H [Bouebrake] & [Hemas] P Downing in the presence of said testator and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto and that the said Martha Crawford was at the time of the signing and subscribing of the said instrument in writing as aforesaid of full age (that is more than twenty one years of age) and of sound and disposing mind and memory and not under any coercion or restraining as the said deponent verily believes and further deponent says not.
H P Downing
