Rufus Putnam

         Know all men by these presents: That I Rufus
       Putnam of Knapaha, County of Alachua, State of
       Florida, being of sound mind and body do hereby
       of my own free will and desire make this my last
       Will and Testament.
         All of my real and personal property that I am
       now in possession of or may hereafter become possessed
       of I bequeath to my wife Elsie Marie Putnam to be held
       by her irrevocably and forever and to be disposed of in
       any manner she may elect
          Second
       Should my wife Elsie Marie Putnam pass from
       this life before my death, I demand that my estate
       both real and personal that I possess now, or may pos-
       sess after my death, shall be settled as follows
          Third
       That from my estate all debts, obligations and agree-
       ments be settled by my executors, That after my de-
       cease my body shall be laid in my burial lot in
       the Cemetery Mt Leverett, Mass, That a suitable Monument
       be placed in my burial lot in the Cemetery in Mt Leveratt
       Mass, That the residue of my estate, real and personal
       or mixed, of which I shall die siezed and possessed
       or which I shall be entitled at my decease, I give
       and devise and bequeath to Alexander Chalmers, his
       heirs, Executors and Administrators
          That I nominate Alexander Chalmers and
       George Atwood, both of Boston, Mass, to be the Ex-
       ecutors of this my last Will and Testament the
       same to serve without bonds
          In testimony I the said Rufus Putnam sub-
       scribe my name and affix my seal this the twenty-
       third day of January in the year of our Lord,
       One Thousand eight hundred and nine nine
                                     Rufus Putnam
          Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said
       Rufus Putnam as and for his Last Will and Testament in
       in the presence of us who at his request and in his pres-
       ence, and of each other have subscribed our names as
       witnesses hereof                        Rufus Putnam
                           R.Y. Tait, Jame Tait
                              Fred Thompson