Last Will and Testament of Thomas J Chase, dec. Filed Nov 25nd 1879 Robert Brewster, P j Will I Thomas J. Chase do make and publish this my last Will and Testament first item: I give and devise to my Wife in lieu of her dower the Farm on which we now reside, situate in the county of Meigs and in the State of Ohio and in Scipio Township and bounded and discribed as follows to wit: One Hundred and six acers and a half of an acer, bounded and discribed as follows. Bounded on the South by lands owned by George Romine and on the West by lands owned by David Dye and Abraham Gotschall and on the north by lands owned by Zackeria Dye and on the East by lands owned by Jane Lee. The above discribed farm containing one hundred and six acers and a half acer, during her natural life and all the stock household goods furniture provisions and other goods and chattles which may be thereon at the time of my decease, during her natural life as aforesaid. (She however selling so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay my just debts) at the death of my said wife, the Real Estate aforesaid I give and devise to my son Thomas J Chase all of my Real Estate above mentioned and my son Thomas J Chase is to pay to my two sons Martin Chase and Howard M Chase the sum of five Hundred Dollars each. Said sums of money is to be paid in payments when the said Martin and Howard Chase shall arrive at the age of Twenty one years old. Payments as follows, the said Thomas J Chase is to pay the said Martin and Howard Chase the sum of one Hundred Dollars each per year until paid. Said sums of money to be secured by mortgage on said Real Estate. And at the death of my wife all the Household goods and furniture is to be Devided Equely between my three Daughters Samaria Chase, Jessey Chase & Alvira Chase. I desire that no appraisement and no sale of my Personal Property be made and that the Court of Probate direct the omission of the same in pursuance of the statute, I do hereby revoke all former wills by me made. In Testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and seventy six, T. J. Chase (seal) signed and acknowledged by said Thomas J. Chase as his last will and Testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence. Loren P. Coe James G. Derry Application to Probate Will Meigs County, Ohio Probate Court Thomas J. Chase deceased Application to Probate Will Filed April 30rd 1880 and ordered for hearing on Friday the 14th day of May 1880 at 1 o�clock PM and notices issued. Robt H Brewster, Probate Judge Application to Probate Will In the Probate Court, Meigs County, Ohio Thomas J. Chase, Deceased Application to Probate Will To the Honorable the Judge of Said Court, and now comes Catharine Chase and Produces for admission to Probate in said Court the Last Will and Testament of Thomas J. Chase late a resident of the Township of Scipio in said County, who died on the First day of February, A.D. 1879. Said Will was not deposited during the lifetime of the Testator, in the office of the Judge of the Probate Court of said County, for safe-keeping, as allowed by law. Said Testator died leaving Catharine Chase his widow and the following persons, all of his next of kin resident in the State of Ohio. Name Degree of Kinship P.O. Address 1 George Chase Son Rutland O 2 John Chase � � 3 Moses Chase � Kansas 4 Mariam Dutton dau Pageville O 5 Samaria Chase � Harrisonville O 6 Jesse Chase � � 7 Thomas Chase Son � 8 Elvira Chase dau � 9 Martin Chase son 14 yrs � 10 Howard Chase � under 19 � 11 grandchildren 12 John M Davis grandson Rio Grande O 13 Charles Davis � California 14 Herschel Davis � � 15 Wm Davis � Rio Grande O 16 Lucetta Chase June Grand daughter Kansas 17 Oscar Chase grandson � 18 Salmon Chase � � 19 Arthur Chase � � 20 Lincoln Chase � � Catharine (her mark) Chase The State of Ohio, Meigs County, SS. The above named Catharine Chase having first duly sworn, says the statements of the foregoing application are true as she verily believe. Sworn to before me and suscribed in my presence this 30th day of April A>D> 1880 Robt H Brewster, Probate Judge [Transcribed from copy made at the Meigs Co courthouse by Betty Briggs.]