Alexander Hodges Est.
State of Florida}    In County Court
Alachua County  }        Alachua County Fla
   To the Hon. J.C. Gardner County Judge in and for said
County.
   Your petitioner respectfully showeth unto your Honor
that Alexander Hodges departed this life on the
day of 1884, leaving a last will and testament in
which your Petitioner was duly appointed as executor
of the same.
   Your Petitioner herewith presents the said Last Will and
Testament and prays the Court that the same may be probated
and your Petitioner will ever pray &c
                                (signed)  E.D. Hodges
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State of Florida}     In County Court
Alachua County  }         Alachua County Fla
                  Upon reading and considering the foregoing
petition, and upon an examination of the
Will of Alexander Hodges decd. It is ordered that the
said will be and is hereby allowed and admitted to
probate, and that Letters Testamentary do issue to the
said E.D. Hodges
   Done and ordered this May 26th 1884
                                        J.C. Gardner
                                           County Judge
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State of Florida}     In County Court
Alachua County  }         Alachua County Fla
                  The last Will and Testament of
Alexander Hodges having been duly proved by the
affidavit of E.D. Hodges the Executor named
therein:  It is therefore ordered that the same
be and is hereby admitted to record
     Done and ordered this May 26th 1884
                             J.C. Gardner
                               Co Judge

State of Flordia}   I Alexander Hodges of the County of
Alachua County  }   Alachua State of Florida make
this my last Will and testament
Imprimis;  All of my debts are to be punctually paid