It  is  further,  to  be  understood,  that  the  balance  of  my  estate,  real  ami
personal,  at  the  decease  of  my  wife,  shall  t>e  sold,  and  the  proceeds  thereof
equally  divided  among  all  my  children  or  their  legal  representatives;  and  it
is  further  my  will  that  lVnnelia  Jones  Richardson  is  to  have  £40.00  out  of
that  part  descending  to  my  daughter,  Jane  Jordou.
Morever,  I  do  by  these  presents,  constitute  and  ordain  my  three  oldest
sons,  Mosias  Nance,  William  Nance,  and  Clement  Nance,  executors  of  this
my  last  will  and  testament.
[Signed]  Clement  Nance.
jE£ Sm~IT'  }  Witnesses,  July  ,8,  ,8,,.
5SS2&S5?  I Sureties- Bond  *•*»•

This  will  was  probated  August  14,  1828.
In  September,  1903,  the  author  returned  to  New  Albany  for
the  second  time  for  a  further  examination  of  deed,  marriage,  and
tombstone  records,  looking  for  matters  of  interest  to  the  family.
In  the  matter  of  marriages,  he  gained  many  dates  that  will  make
the  work  more  nearly  perfect.  These  dates  will  appear  through-
out the  work  but  they  will  not  show  to  the  reader  the  time,
patience,  and  labor  they  have  cost.
Knowing  that  every  item  referring  to  our  ancestral  head  would
be  hailed  with  delight  by  the  family,  when  so  little  is  known,  he
was  careful  not  to  let  anything  slip  him.  In  looking  over  the
papers  filed  in  settlement  of  the  estate,  he  found  a  sale  notice,
which  follows :

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executors'  sale.
Notice  is  hereby  Riven,  that  on  the  second  Thursday  of  February  next,
the  tract  of  land,  with  the  appcrtenancei,  containing  a  horse-mill,  etc.,  late
the  property  of  Clement  Nance,  deceased,  lying  about  eight  miles  from  New
Albany  1  on  the  road  leading  to  Corydon,  will  l>e  sold  at  public  auction  to  the
highest  bidder,  on  the  premises.
