Be it remembered, that on the day of the date hereof, at a _____ term of said probate court, pursuant to notice duly given, the last will and testament of _____, late of said county of _____, deceased, bearing date the _____ day of_____, 18_____, and being the annexed written instrument, was duly proved before the probate court in and for the county of aforesaid; and was duly allowed and admitted to probate by said court according to law, as and for the last will and testament of said _________, deceased, which said last will and testament is recorded and the examination taken thereon filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, the judge of the probate court of said county hath hereunto set his hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at _____ in said county, this _____ day of _________, A.D. 18_____
Judge of Probate.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
State of _______,}
County of ______}ss
The State of _______, to all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, and especially to _______ of the county of _______ and state of _______, greeting:
Know ye, that whereas, _______ late of the county of _______ and state of _______, lately died testate, and being at the time of his decease a _______ of said county, by means whereof the proving and recording his last will and testament, and granting administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate whereof he died possessed, and also the auditing, allowing and finally discharging the account thereof, is within the jurisdiction of the probate court of said county of _______.
And whereas, on the _____ day of _______, A.D. 18_____, at _______ in said county, before the Hon. _______, probate judge of said county, the last will and testament of the said _______ (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, allowed and admitted to probate: And, whereas, _______, executor named and appointed in and by said last will and testament, has given bond, as required by law, for the faithful execution of said trust, which said bond has been approved by said judge, and filed in the aforesaid probate court; we therefore, reposing full confidence in your integrity and ability, have granted and by these presents do grant the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, and any way concerning his said last will and testament, unto you, the said _______ executor aforesaid: Hereby authorizing and empowering you to take and have possession of all the real and personal estate of said deceased, and to receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, until said estate shall have been settled, or until delivered over by order of said court, to the heirs or devisees of said deceased; and to demand, collect, recover and receive all and singular, the debts, claims, demands, rights, and chooses in action, which to the said deceased while living and at the time of his death did belong; and requiring you to keep in good tenantable repair, all houses, buildings and fences on said real estate, which may and shall be under your control, and in accordance with your bond approved and filed as aforesaid, to make and return into the probate court of said county of _______ within three months, a true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of said deceased, which shall come to your possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person for you; to administer, according to law, and to said last will and testament, all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, which shall at any time come to your possession or to the possession of any other person for you, and out of the same to pay and discharge all debts, legacies and charges chargeable on the same, or such dividends thereon as shall be ordered and decreed by said court; to render a just and true account of your administration to said court within one year, and at any other time when required by said court, and to perform all orders and decrees of said court, by you to be performed in the premises.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our probate court to be hereunto affixed: Witness the Hon. _______, judge of probate, at _______, in said county, this _____ day of _______, A.D. 18_____.
Judge of Probate Court, County of _______, _______.