Posted on: Jackson Co. WV Wills Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/JacksonWill/67 Surname: STAATS, BONNETT, SCOTT, KING, POLING, JASLING ------------------------- Elijah Staats, dec'd last will I Elijah Staats of Jackson County, State of West Virginia, being of sound mind, do make this my last will. I give, devise and bequeath my property and estate as follows, that is to say I give to my dear wife Mary Staats the sum of four hundred dollars, which sum shall be paid to her out of the first money received by my executor. I also give and bequeath to my dear wife all of the property she owned and possessed at the time of my intermarriage with her. I give to my son Calvin Staats four hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my daughter Matilda Flowers one hundred dollars. I give to my son Wilson Staats fifty dollars. I give to my son Mark Staats three hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my son Lewis Staats one hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my son J.D.R. Staats four hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my daughter Sarah Scott one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Caroline King one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Harriet Poling one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Adeline Stutter five dollars. I give to my daughter Laverna Poling one hundred dollars. I give to my son Elias Staats fifty dollars. I give to my son W.Y. Staats five hundred dollars. I give to my son Benjamin Staats five dollars. I give to my son G. W.? Staats five dollars. I give to my granddaughter Etna Jasling seventy five dollars. I give to my granddaughter S.A. Scott fifty dollars. If after my death my estate shall not be sufficient to pay to each of those provided for in this my last will, the full amounts bequeath to each of them, then my dear wife Mary shall be paid as herin before provided the said sum of four hundred dollars and the other heirs provided for shall each receive a proportionable amount of the sums herein bequeathed to them. I hereby appoint my two sons Calvin Staats and George W. Staats executors of this my last will, in witness whereof I have signed and sealed and publicly declared this instrument as my will at my residence in Jackson Co., West Virginia the 16th day of May 1872. Elijah Staats (his seal here) Said Elijah Staats at his residence in the County of Jackson and State of West Virginia on the 16th day of May 1872, signed and sealed the foregoing instrument and published and declared the same as and for his last will, and we at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto written our names as subscribing witnessed. Witnesses names: R. E. Starchure? Charles N. Davis