The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a digital image of
the handwritten document available on a DVD titled Wills compiled by the
Owen County (Indiana) Historical and Genealogical Society and available from
the Owen County Public Library in Spencer.
John F. Sharp of Washington County, Pennsylvania, made out his will in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, on Jul 21, 1884, a copy of same being
recorded in Owen County, Indiana. Names mentioned in the will include his
wife, Maria, his daughters, Mary, Clara R., Ellen (wife of John Russell),
Hannah Ann (wife of John Walker) and Eliza Jane (wife of Nathaniel Holly),
and sons, Thomas A., Absalom, John Morgan. The will was proven in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, on December 26, 1887.
Nathaniel Holly was identified as a resident of Owen County, Indiana, and
$3,000 was left in trust to him for the use of Absalom Sharp.