LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
R. B. BUCHANAN
Deceased
Together with Testimony and Certificate of Property.
Filed July 2d A.D. 1855
W. W. Dobbins, Clerk
Probate Court, Yuba County
Pr. M. D. Dobbins, Dept’y.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, Robert B. Buchanan of the City of Marysville, Yuba County, State of California, of the age of thirty-three years, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this, my last will and testament in manner following that is to say:
First: -- I give and bequeath to my wife, Minerva Buchanan the Sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to my Father, Henry Buchanan the Sum of Two Thousand Dollars, and to my niece, Agnes Ellen Wilts, the sum of One Thousand Dollars; which said several legacies or sums of money I direct and order to be paid to the said respective legatees, within one year after my decease.
Second: -- I give and bequeath to my wife Minerva Buchanan all the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate, good and chattels, of what nature or kind soever, after the payment of all my just debts.
Third: -- I give, devise and bequeath the one third of all my Real Estate of what nature or kind soever to my wife, Manerva Buchanan, in lieu of dower or right of dower in said estate.
Fourth: -- I give, bequeath and devise all of the balance of my real estate of what nature or kind soever to Manerva Buchanan, Executrix and Schuyler C. Tompkins, executor of this my last will and testament hereinafter nominated and appointed, in trust for the payment of the legacies and charges upon the said estate herein after specified, to be held and possessed by them for the purposes aforesaid, for and during the natural life of my father, Henry Buchanan, and from and after his decease, I give, bequeath and devise said estate to my brother, James Buchanan and to my sisters, Elizabeth Sullivan, Margaretta Eastman, Sarah Hendershott and Mary __________ late widow of Alexander Campbell, decd., and my nieces, Agnes Ellen Wilts, to be divided equally between them, share and share alike. And I do hereby order and direct that during the continuance of the said trust estate, as aforesaid, there shall be annually paid out of the net income and profits thereof, the Sum of Two Thousand Dollars to my father, Henry Buchanan, and if said income be insufficient to make such payments, then said amount or sufficient thereof shall be taken from said estate for said payment. And I do hereby direct that all my said real estate shall be sold within one year after my decease, either at public or private Sale and the net proceeds thereof to be put at interest as soon as the same can be done reasonably, for the use and benefit of the afore mentioned legatees.
And lastly, -- I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife, Manerva Buchanan, Executrix and my friend, Schuyler C. Tompkins, executor of this my last will and testament, Hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five.
R.B. Buchanan (Seal)
The above instrument consisting of one sheet, was a the date thereof, declared to us by Robert B. Buchanan, the testator therein mentioned, to be his Last Will and Testament; and he at the same time acknowledged to us and each of us, that he had signed and sealed the same; and we thereupon at his request, , and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, signed our names, thereto as attesting witnesses.
R. H. McDaniel, Residence – City of Marysville
Yuba County, Calif.
John Tucker, Residence – City of Marysville
Yuba County, Calif.
PROBATE COURT
Estate of R. B. Buchanan, Dec’d.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Rec’d for proof on this thirteenth day of June, 1855
S. M. Bliss, Probate Judge
Filed June 1, A.D. 1855
W. W. Dobbins
County Clerk Yuba County
Pr. M. D. Dobbins, Dep’ty.
Note: Probate papers not included.
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