Probate Record of King Freeman
Submitted by Mike Rastatter

State of Indiana, Owen County

Be it Remembered, That on the 12th day of August, 1880, William M Hicks, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last will 
and testament of King Freeman, late of said county, deceased, personally appeared before me Noah (?) W Williams Clerk of the Circuit Court 
of Owen county, in the State of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court upon his oath declared and testified as follows, that is 
to say: that on the 8th day of June 1880, he saw the said King Freeman sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last will and testament, 
and that this deponent at the same time heard the said King Freeman declare the said instrument in writing to be his last and testament, and that the said 
instrument in writing was at the same time, at the request of the said King Freeman and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said William 
Hicks and Samuel Stawlley, in the presence of said Testator, and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said King 
Freeman was at the time of the signing and subscribing of the said instrument in writing as aforesaid, of full age, (that is, more than twenty-one years 
of age,) and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not under any coercion or restraint, as the said deponent verily believes; and further 
deponent says not.

Sworn to and subscribed by the said William M Hicks X (his mark) before me, Noal M Williams , Clerk of Court, at Spencer , the 12th day of 
August 1880

Seal – In attestation whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court.  N. M. Williams, Clerk

The State of Indiana, Owen County, ss.  I Noal M Williams, Clerk of Courts of the Circuit Court of Owen county, Indiana, do hereby certify that the 
within annexed last Will and Testament of King Freeman, has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of William M Hicks, 
one of the subscribing witnesses thereto; that a complete record of said Will, and the testimony of the said Will M Hicks in proof thereof, has been 
by me duly made and recorded in book number three, at pages _____ of the Record of Wills of said County.

In attestation Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Spencer this 12th day of August 1880.  N. M. 
Williams, Clerk of Circuit Court of Owen county.