THOMAS LAWSON, WILL
Date: Dec.27,1852

State of Ohio: Hamilton County} SS.

I, Thomas Lawson, late of Hamilton county, Ohio, died leaving a last Will & Testament
( a true copy whereof is hereto attached), which said.
Will and Testament has been duly proven and admitted and recorded by our Probate Court, within and for the County aforesaid on the 27th of December, 1852.
Know ye therefore, that the said Probate Court has granted unto Fenton Lawson, the Executor in said Will & Testament, named Letters Testimony therein, hereby granting to said Executor all and singularly the power necessary and by law required to enable him, to take inventory of, collect, sue for and recover all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased. And out of the same or such part thereof as shall come to his hands, the debts of the said deceased and the legacies in said Will named to pay and discharge according to law, and to the Will of the said Testator. And the same fully to administer in all things, as required by law.
And the Court have appointed Benjamin Bruce, J. J. Barlow and W. G. Coffin as appraisers on oath or affirmation, all and singularly the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court at Cincinnati, this 27th of December, 1852 . N.B. Warren Probate Judge.

Copy of the last Will & Testament of Thomas Lawson, Deceased.
I, Thomas Lawson of Cincinnati, Ohio of lawful age and of sound mind and memory in view of the uncertainty of life and of the certainty of death.
Do hereby make publish and ordain this my last Will & Testament.

1st. It is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my Executor hereinafter named.

2nd.I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved sister Hannah Sargent, the use during her natural life of the following described Real Estate, viz:
All that certain lot of land situated lying and being in Cincinnati, and numbered !, on the plat of subdivision of part of original entire Lot # 89, on the plat of the said city of Cincinnati. Said subdivision made by H.G. Phillips & David Gwynne and John G. Washington. The said lot #1 beginning at a point on the last side of Main street, 31 feet from the North West corner of said entire lot. Number 89, Southward running thence along said Main Street southwardly 16 feet, thence Eastward on a line parallel with 4th Street, 60 feet to a span of 8 feet, designated on said part of subdivision thence Northward 16 feet along said space, then Westward on a line parallel with 4th Street, 160 feet to the place of beginning, with the appurtenances , and all the rents, issues, and profits thereof, to have and hold the same to her own separate use and maintenance as long as she shall live.

3rd, At the death of the said Hannah Sargeant , I do hereby give devise and bequeath the Real Estate described in Item 2nd, above, unto the children of the said Hannah Sargeant, who shall be living at her decease, and if any of the children of the said Hannah shall die before the said Hannah died, and leaving children living at the decease of the said Hannah, then such Grandchildren of the said Hannah shall take the shares to which their parents would have been entitled under this clause had the survived the said Hannah, to have and to hold the same to them, their heirs and assigns forever.

4th, I do hereby give and devise and bequeath all the other Estate of which I may die seized, either real or personal of mixed, not embraced above unto my beloved mother Fenton Lawson and to my beloved sister Emma Rogers, them, their heirs and assigns forever. The same to be equally divided between them, except as reserved and directed in item 5th. Following. And for the purpose of making such division equal between the said Fenton and Emma. I do hereby direct my Executor hereinafter named to convert all my said estate not embraced in Items 2nd and 3rd above into money, as soon as the same can be done advantageously for the said devisees, and for that purpose. I do hereby authorize and empower my said Executor to sell such Real Estate as is embraced in this article at private sale to such person for person and upon such terms, as to him shall seem proper, and to give contacts or deed of quit claim or generally warranty therefore as shall be proper and right in the premises and also to sell and dispose of at public or private sale to such person or persons and upon such terms as to him shall seem proper, any part or all of my said personal estate.

5th The above bequest and devise to the said Fenton Lawson and Emma Rogers in Item 4th is made and this exception. viz:
I do hereby direct the said Fenton Lawson and Emma Rogers each of them to pay or cause to be paid out of the proceeds of my estate thus above devised to them the sum of $50 each, per annum unto my aged Aunt Elizabeth Miller during the natural live of her the said Elizabeth Miller, said sums of $50 each to be paid in equal sums of $25 each on the 1st days of January and July of each year she shall continue to live.

6th, I do hereby constitute and appoint Fenton Lawson my Executor of this my last Will & Testament and do hereby specially ex---pt him from giving the Bond as such Executor as is required by the ____.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 15th December, 1852
Thomas Lawson (seal)

Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the testator in our presence to be is last Will & Testament and signed by us as witnesses and in his presence and at his request.
William H. Hopkins & Timothy O’Connell

State of Ohio, Hamilton County} SS.
Probate Court:
Be it remembered that at a session of the probate Court held within and for said Hamilton County, at Cincinnati, on the 27th of Dec. 1852, The following proceedings were then and there held to wit:
In the matter of the last Will and Testament of Thomas Lawson, deceased.