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In the name of God, Amen. I William Chapman of Davies County, State of Indiana, being weak in body, but of perfect in memory, Thanks be given unto God; calling unto mind the mortality of my body, & knowing that it is appropriate for all men to Die, do make and ordain this my last will & testament; that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it, and my body commend(?) to the earth to be buried in decent Chr
(***) burial, at the discretion of my Executors (***douting) but at the general resurrection, I shall *** the same again, by the power of God. (ung***) as touching such worldly Estate
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life. I give, demise, and dispose of the same, in the following manner & form.

First. I give and bequeath to Hannah, my dearly beloved wife, the Place we now live on her life***** to be wholly & solely at her will and pleasure and at her Death and decent burial, to fall
to Enoch Chapman my youngest son. I also give and bequeath to Hannah my beloved wife, Two beds and bedding besides her wearing apparel and also as much of the household Furniture as she thinks fit to keep for her own use as long as she lives and as much of the stock as she thinks fit for her own use and as much of the Farming Utensils as she will need. The above Premises is, that I give and bequeath to my son Enoch as above is a part of the south East Quarter and all the south West Quarter of section Thirty-five in Township Two, North of Range of (section thirty-five in ********* Two north of (?) seven West and also as Much as will secure to Enoch the Sugar
camp which is to come out of my other part of the Estate. I also give and bequeath to my son William Chapman the two half Quarters he has improved with forty acres of that I go(t) of
Tolover Colbert - the rest of that half quarter I give & bequeath to my son Thomas Chapman with the quarter south of it as his Legacy with what he has already and William; So be it also and as for Charles Chapman, my son I do hereby give and bequeath unto him one hundred Cents as his full Legacy out of all my real and Personal Estate and as for my oldest son Elijah Chapman, My ernest request is that his land ****** paid out, if there is enough left of my estate ****** the rest of the land is cleared out of the officc***** **** Jesse Chapman, my son is to hold the said land which he has in possession provided he Redeems or pays two bonds my Estate has in custody. Westly Wallace my son in law is to keep the land he now is in possession of provided he pays a bond my Estate has in Custody, I bequeath unto Rachel Wallace my daughter one hundred Dollars to be raised & levied out of my personal Estate. Edward McKinley who Married my daughter Elizabeth Chapman I bequeath unto her ************ that McKinley has now in possession. Sarah my beloved Daughter who Married Coleman Wallace I give unto her eighty accres of Land that she has in possession provided he pays off a bond my Estate has in custody. Synthea Chapman my beloved Daughter who married Solomon Cox I bequeath unto her the Eighty acres of Land which the said Cox has made an improvement on. Nancy Weaver & Mary Brawdis my two Daughter has had their portion which(?) the writings in Custody will show the Two hundred(?) and fifty acres of Land lying on the East fork White River my Earnets wish is if there is not Enough of my Personal Estate to pay out for the Lands, I wish for that land to be sold tpo pay it out. I likewise constitute, make & ordain my beloved wife & William Chapman my son My sole administrators of this my last will and testament in Witness whereof ---I do hereunto set my hand and Seal this 3rd day of September in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eighteen Hundred and Twenty three -
Signed, sealed, published
pronounced, & declared by the S?d
William Chapman as his last
will & Testament in the presence
of us, who in his presence & in the
presence of each other, have here
unto Subscribed our names
John Aikman Jr.
Joseph Prodarmel(?)

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In a letter dated January 14, 2002 from John M. McKinley, 4010 Granda Drive SE, Huntsville, AL
35802-1210, a descendant of William Chapman, was received a photocopy of the original
handwritten Will of William Chapman. The document is an attempt by another descendant, Larry
Weaver (Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. 1209 Astor Commons Place, Apt 101, Brandon FL 33511-3718,
813/643-1377, lweaverj@tampabay.rr.com ) to make a copy
easier to read.

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Name

Hannah - on father's listing in Roster of Rev. War Soldiers Buried in Indiana

Birth

That Nancy was born in New Jersey is attested to by informa- on her grave in the WEAVER Mausoleum in Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, County, Ohio.

Note-shared

17 Oct 1805 McKinley, Edward/Chapman, Elizabeth by Sale, John Rev.
20 Sep 1807 Weaver, Henry/Chapman, Mary by Thomas, John MG
24 Jan 1808 Chapman, Elijah/Miller, Elizabeth by Jones, Justus
3 Sep 1808 Broads, James/Chapman, Mary by Thomas, John MG
2 Sep 1809 McKinley, Samuel/Chapman, Rachel by Renick, Robert JP
28 Nov 1814 Colbert,Tolwin/Chapman, Hannah by Vickers, Elias

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