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<br />WILL AND CERTIFICATE OF FINAL DECREE
<br />I,Francis Corkins,of Grand Island,Hall County,Nebraska,being of sound and disposing mind and
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<br />memory,do make and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament:
<br />FIRST: I direct that all my just debts and the expenses of of my last sickness and funeral be
<br />paid out of my estate.
<br />SECOND: I give and bequeath unto my adopted daughter,Annie Bliss (or Corkins) the sum of Two
<br />hundred (200) Dollars.
<br />THIRD: I give,devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife,Harriet E.Corkins,all the rest and residue
<br />of my estate,real,personal,or mixed,of which I shall be seized or possessed or entitled to at the
<br />time of my decease;to have and to hold the same to her and her executors and administrators and
<br />assigns forever.
<br />FOURTH: I nominate and appoint my said wife Harriet E.Corkins,sole executrix of this my labt.
<br />Will and testament,and it
<br />such executrix.
<br />In testimony whereof I
<br />Signed,published and decli
<br />in the presence of us and
<br />is my desire thSt she be not required to give surety on her bond as
<br />have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of June A.D.1900
<br />Francis Corkins
<br />.red by the said Francis Corkins,as and for his Last Will and Testament
<br />of each,af4, -ds,who,at his request and in his presence,and in the pre-
<br />sence of each other,have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
<br />John Allan.,residing at Grand Island,Nebraska
<br />Fannie L. Al lan
<br />Will R. King
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL
<br />State of Nebraska,
<br />Ss.
<br />Hall County, At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand
<br />I sland, in said County, on the 30" day of July A. D. ,1923.
<br />Present J. H. Mullin, County Judge,,
<br />In the Matter of the Estate
<br />of
<br />Francis Corkins,deceased.
<br />I,J.H.Mullin,Judge of the County Court in and for said County,do hereby
<br />certify that on the 3" day of July 1923,the instrument purporting to be the last will and testa-.
<br />ment of Francis Corkins,deceased,was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 30" day of July
<br />1923,said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved,probated and allowed
<br />as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Francis Corkins,deceased
<br />and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court tl is
<br />30" day of July 1923.
<br />( SEAL) J. H. Mullin
<br />County Judge.
<br />IN THE MJNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the estate of
<br />Francis Corkins, FINAL DECREE.
<br />Deceased.
<br />Now,6n.,this 11th day of February,1924,this cause came on
<br />for hearing upon the final report of Harriett E. Corkins,executrix of the last will and testament
<br />of Francis Corkins,deceased,and upon her petition for the settlement of said estate and her dis-
<br />charge herein,and the Court,having examined the records and files and being fully advised in the
<br />premises,finds that due and legal notice has been given to all persons of the time and place fixed
<br />for a hearing upon said report and petition.
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