= Abigail M. Freeman =

State of Michigan }
County of Clinton } ss
                    At a session of the Probate Court, for the
County of Clinton, holden at the Probate Office, in the Village
of St Johns on Thursday the 18" day February in the year, One
thousand nine hundred and four, Present Charles M.
Merrill, Judge of Probate, In the matter of the Estate
of Abigail M. Freeman, deceased, This day having been
assigned by order of this Court, for hearing the Petition of
David Scott Pike, praying among other things, for the
Probate of the instrument heretofore filed in this Court
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said deceased
Now Comes the said Petitioner, David Scott Pike, And
it appearing to the Court by due proof on file that a Copy
of the Order of this Court, touching the hearing of said Petition
made on the 23 day of January, last past has been
duly published as therein directed, whereby all parties
interested in the premises were duly notified of said hearing
And no person appearing to contest the Probate of said
Will, Whereupon, J. Gulick, one of the subscribing witnesses
to said instrument appeared in Court and made oath that
he saw said Abigail M. Freeman at DeWitt in said County
of Clinton, sign, seal and heard her publish and declare the said
instrument to be her Last Will and Testament, and that he, the
said J. Gulick and J.A. Sweet the subscribing witnesses at the
same time, attested the same, and subscribed their names as
witnesses thereto in the presence of each other and of the said
Testatrix and at her request, and that she was then accor-
ding to the decreement of said J. Gulic, of sane mind
     And further appearing that said Abigail M. Freeman
last dwelt and had his residence in and was an inhabitant
Riley in said County and there died.
     And the evidence touching the premises being maturely con-
sidered, and it satisfactorily appearing to this Court that said
instrument is duly proved, and ought to be allowed as the
Last Will and Testament of said deceased.
     It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by this Court
that the said instrument be proved, allowed, established and have
full force and effect, as the Last Will and Testament of said
deceased, And that the same be recorded as required by law,
     It is further ordered, that Execution of said Will be
committed, and the Administration of the estate of said