The People of the State of New York, By the Grace of
God, Free and Independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, or may
concern, send Greeting: Know ye, that at the village of Morrisville, in
the town of Eaton and County of Madison, on the 18th day of January
1864**, before Joseph Mason, Esquire, our Surrogate of our
County of Madison aforesaid, the last Will and Testament of Samuel Coe,
late of the town of Madison in said County, (a copy whereof is hereunto
annexed,) was approved, and is now approved and allowed by us; and the said
deceased, having whilst living and at the time of his death, goods, chattels
and credits within this State, by reason whereof the proving and registering
the said Will, and the granting of Administration of a and singular, the said
goods, chattels and credits, and also the auditing, allowing and final
discharging the accounts thereof doth belong unto us: And whereas, the said deceased did, in and by his last Will and
Testament, constitute and appoint John S. Lucas sole executor
thereof: And he having taken and
subscribed an oath before said Surrogate faithfully and honestly to
discharge the duties of such Executor.
Now, therefore,
we do hereby grant unto you, the said John S. Lucas full power, by these
presents, to administer and faithfully dispose of said goods, chattels and
credits, according to the provisions and directions of said Will, and to ask,
demand, recover and receive the debts, which, unto the deceased whilst living,
and at the time of his death, did belong; and to pay the debts which the
deceased did owe, so far as such goods, chattels and credits will thereunto
extend, and the law requires. Hereby
requiring you to make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all
and singular, the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have
or shall come into your hands, possession or knowledge. Also, to make, or cause to be made,
duplicates of such Inventory, and cause the same to be signed by the appraisers,
and the same so made and signed, that you make return thereof the same to be
signed by the appraiser, and the same so made and signed, that you make return
thereof the same to be signed by the appraisers, and the same so made and
signed, that you make return thereof to the Surrogate of the County of
Madison, within three months from the date hereof, and further to render a just
and true account of your Administration, when thereunto required.
In Testimony
Whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto
affixed. Witness Joseph Mason, Esquire,
Surrogate of said County, at Morrisville in said County, the 18th
day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty* four.
J Mason
* This uniform document was outdated, in that
it contained the word fifty, regarding the decade. The fifty is crossed out and replaced, in hand, with sixty.
** This uniform document
contained the number 5, it was crossed out and a 6 was put in its place, by
hand.