County of Washington

This my last will and testament in the name of God...

First of all, I bequest to my children all shear and shear alike 
and alike of all my estate sales and possessions to be divided 
amonth them all peasable.

And I give to my wife the thirds of all my estate and she is to have 
her seat on the land or to take chise of any of the ________ during 
her lifetime and she is to have all the grain in the barn and the corn 
in the grown and that is to be sode ____  this faul and she is to  have 
the perl colt and she is to have her chise to take two cous and she is 
to have her chise to take two sheap and to have her sadel and she is 
to have her chise of the stoves to take one and hickhere fornature to 
have as much as she wants and she is to have her chist and one of the 
tabels and she is to have fore hogs and to take chise and she is to 
have two chears and she is to have her spinning wheel.

And SUSANY and MARY is to have thare lard each of them and each 
of them is to have there cow and tha are to have thare spinningweals.  
And the remaner part of the personable estate is to be sold and the land 
is to be sold ten years after the date hearof and the land is to be sold by 
the excuton and by the best advantage tha can and tha may selet won 
tha think pay and this are not to be first to sell by some of the are.

And lastly, I put my wife ELISBETH and Jacob KERSHNER for as 
Exucters of all my estate  this thirteenth day of September in the year 
of Our Lord One Thousand eate hundird and ten as witness my hand 
and seal.  John WATCHTEL (by mark)

Witnesses
Matthis STINE (in German)
Jonathan JONES, 
and Andrew F_____ (not legible)  (in German)

Washington County to wit - On the 22nd day of September 1810, came 
Elizabeth WACHTEL and Jacob KERSHNER and made oath that this 
is the true and whole will of John WACHTEL, late of said county, 
deceased, that hath come to thier hand and possession and that they do 
not know of any other.  At the same time came Jonathan JONES and 
Mathias STINE and made oath that they did see the Testator therein 
names sign and seal this will that they heard him publish from once and 
declare the same to be his last will and testament that at the time of his 
so doing he made the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing 
mind memory and understanding and that they subscribed their names to 
this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and they saw 
the other subscribing witness do the same.
Certified by George E. Smith, esq