Description Will of William Cameron of Saltsprings, Pictou Co., NS

(Handwritten)

Estate of William Cameron late of Saltsprings, Farmer, deceased, Testate

Copy of Will for the Registrar of Deeds

In the name of God Amen.

Know all men by these presents that I William Cameron of Saltsprings, County of Pictou, Farmer, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, and 1st. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife the homestead on which I reside containing one Hundred and Thirty acres more or less, to have and to hold the same with the appurtenances thereof to her the said wife and to her heirs and assigns for ever together with all the stock, farming implements, and household furniture, for her use and behoof. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved wife a lot of wood land situated on Mount Thom containing Fifty acres more or less, to have and to hold the same for her use and behoof. 2nd I appoint and ordain Mefsrs. Hugh Fraser and William McDonald my executors of this my said last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Sign and Seal and publish and declare this my said last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below this the 21st. day of April One thousand Eight hundred and eighty four years.

Signed William Cameron L.S. .

Signed -

   " William Benvie

    " Ebenezer Benvie

County of Pictou Sf

In the Court of Probate of Wills

I do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument consisting of one page, is an exact and literal copy of the last Will and Testament of William Cameron late of Saltsprings in the County of Pictou, Farmer, deceased, Testate, which has been duly filed and admitted to Probate in accordance with the practice of the Court.

Given under my hand at Pictou this 28th day of January A.D. 1886. John H. Lane Registrar

To the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Pictou

Province of Nova Scotia Registrars Office Pictou 28th July 1886 I certify that the within instrument was duly registered at 4 PM of the above day in the registry of Wills Book No 1 pages 344 & 345 on the certificate of John H. Lane Rgr. of Probate John Ferguson Regr.

File Location

Vault - Registry of Deeds Shelf

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File number: 15W - 1129C
Contributor:    Judy Cormier | View all submissions
Tags: William Cameron of Saltsprings, 1884, Mount Thom, Hugh Fraser, William McDonald, William Benvie, Ebenezer Benvie, 1886
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Uploaded on: March 13, 2015
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