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Daviess Co., IN, Will Record Book 1, pages 73 & 74

Will of Garrett Voorhes
Signed by X mark and seal on 18 Feb 1864
Filed on 01 March 1864
Proven on 01 March 1864
Witnesses Esop Johnson and William D Shields

1. To my four daughters, Sarah Voorhes, Phereby Voorhes, Levina Voorhes, and Malissa Jane Voorhes, the farm on which we reside in Daviess County, IN containing about 50 acres and all other goods.

2. To my daughter Nancy Richey, $1.00 (Nicholas Ritchey)
3. To my daughter Hannah Fortner, $1.00 (Elisha Fortner)
4. To my daughter Mary Clinton, $1.00 (We believed she died by 1860. Her husband Samuel Clinton remarried in 1862 before this will was written.)

Solomon Inman appointed guardian of Phereby, Lavina and Malissa Jane Voorhes until age 18 or intermarriage.

William Johnson, Executor