{"id":517,"date":"2022-11-08T20:56:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T01:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=517"},"modified":"2022-11-17T21:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T02:35:35","slug":"koontz-john-p-1887","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/koontz-john-p-1887\/","title":{"rendered":"Koontz, John P (1887)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>The Will of John Peter Koontz<\/strong>, <strong>1887<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staunton, Virginia (City), Will Book 4, p. 617<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is hereby declared, that I, John Peter Koontz, being of sound mind and understanding, and in view of the uncertainty of life, do acknowledge this my last will. I, John Peter Koontz, give and bequeath to my wife,&nbsp;Maria F. Koontz, and children; J. Victor, F. Marie and R. Emilia; the whole of my real and personal property which I may possess at the time of my death. I name my wife sole executrix of this will and release her from the necessity of giving security. So be it devised in Staunton, Augusta Co. Virginia, November 1887. The above declared will is to be carried out according to its provisions unless I should wish to change it, my own signature follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JPKoontz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In handwriting of JP Koontz, witnesses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Lee Knowles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P. Kingley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above will being finished the 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;day of Jun 1885. JP Koontz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-1024x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-1536x751.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Koontz-JP-Will-2048x1002.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Will of John Peter Koontz, 1887 Staunton, Virginia (City), Will Book 4, p. 617 It is hereby declared, that I, John Peter Koontz, being of sound mind and understanding, and in view of the uncertainty of life, do acknowledge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/koontz-john-p-1887\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[48,47,53,52,50],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy","tag-genealogy","tag-history","tag-koontz","tag-staunton-virginia","tag-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}