of writing hereto annexed as and for his Last Will
and Testament, and that said F.J. Rivers did then
and there in the presence of said witnesses, publish
and declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament
That the said three witnesses did then and there at
the special request of the said F.J. Rivers and in
his presence and in the presence of each other
subscribe their names thereto as attesting witnesses
And the said G.M. Weinges further swears
that he verily believes the said instrument of
writing hereto annexed, so subscribed, published
and declared and attested as aforesaid to be the
true Last Will and Testament of the said Testator
the said F.J. Rivers,              }   G.M. Weinges
Sworn to and subscribed            }
before me this 8" day of September }
AD 1898              H.G. Mason    }
   (  )              County Judge  }
 ( Seal )
   (  )
 State of Florida = Alachua County
Be it remembered that on this the 24" day
of Feb AD 1899, I duly recorded the foregoing
oath in the Public Records of said County
                                     H.G. Mason
                                       County Judge

WILL.

    = IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, =

I F.J. Rivers of the County of Alachua and State
of Florida, being of sound mind and memory
and considering the uncertainty of this frail and
transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, pub-
lish and declare this to be my last Will and
Testament, that is to say
First = After all my lawfull debts are paid
and discharged, I give, and bequeath to my be-
loved wife Celia Rivers and to my three chil-
dren, Isola Rivers, Jesse J. Rivers & Barney Rett
Rivers, by her my said wife, my homestead
consisting of eighty acres of land and being the
east half of the NorthEast quarter of section fourteen
(14) Township seven (7) Range eighteen (18) in Alachua