Ana[sic] afterwards to-wit; on the 3rd day of June A. D. 1902 the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
The State of Ohio, Licking county, SS Probate Court.
Personally appeared in open court M. E. Mead and B. F. Southerland the subscribing witnesses to the last will and testament of George R. Green deceased, who being duly sworn according to law to speak the truth, and nothing but the truth, in relation to the execution of said will, deposes and say, that the paper before them purporting to be the last will and testament of George R. Green now deceased is the will of said deceased, George R. Green that they were present at the execution of said will, at the request of the testator, subscribed their names to the same as witnesses, in his presence and that they saw the said George R. Green deceased, sign and seal said will, and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last will and testament; that the said George R. Green at the time of making, signing, and sealing said will, was of legal age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and under no undue or unlawful restraint whatsoever.
M. E. Mead
B. F. Southerland.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, this 3rd day of June A. D. 1902.
O. C. Martin Deputy Clerk.
And afterwards to-wit; on the 3rd day of June A. D. 1902, the findings and orders of this court relative to the last will and testament of George R. Green deceased, were entered on the journal in the words and figures following to-wit:-
In the matter of the will of George R. Green, deceased.
Be it remembered that heretofore to-wit on the 6th day of May A. D. 1902 an instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of George R. Green late of Harrison township in this county, deceased, was produced in open court for probate, and was then filed. And, it now being shown to the satisfaction of the court, that due notice of the filing of said will, and of the application to admit the same to probate and record in this court, has been given Harry Langle and Cora Langle and next of kin of the testatrix pursuant to a former order of this court and therefore on this day came M. E. Mead and B. F. Southerland the subscribing witnesses to said will, who being duly sworn, testified to the due execution and attestation of said will, which testimony was reduced to writing, by them respectively subscribed and filed with said will, whereupon the court finds that said instrument of writing is the last will and testament of said George R. Green deceased,. That the same was duely[sic] executed and attested, and that said testator at the time of signing the same was of lawful age, of sound and disposing mind and memory, and under no undue or unlawful restraint whatsoever.
It is therefore by the court ordered, that the will be admitted to probate, and that the same together with the testimony of the witnesses above named, as well as the proceedings had thereon, be entered of record in this court.
And afterwards to-wit; on the 3rd day of June A. D. 1902 the following Election of Sarah C. Green, widow of George R. Green deceased was filed in the words and figures followint[sic] to-wit:-
Probate Court Licking county, Ohio. In the matter of the Will of George R. Green deceased.
I, Sarah C. Green widow of George R. Green late of Harrison township, Licking County?[sic] Ohio, deceased, hereby elect to take the provisions made for me in the last will and testament of said George R. Green deceased, in lieu of being endowed of the lands of my deceased consort, and taking the distributive share of his personal estate.
Sarah C. Green widow of George R. Green deceased.
Signed in open court this 3rd day of June A. D. 1902.
O. C. Martin Deputy Clerk
Transcribed by Julia Langel, November 3, 2002