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Adoption by Nancy TIPPEN (nee GORMAN) of Rachel Samantha ANDERSON (nee CARROL) children after the death of Nancy's husband, John TIPPEN

Know all men by these presents, that I Nancy Tippen surviving widow of John Tippen deceased, and resident of said county and state, having no children or child of my own and being affectionately attached to Mary Ann, William and Rebecca Anderson and John Anderson, children of Samantha Anderson, also of said county and state, and alsining? to adopt said children of the said Samantha Anderson as my legal heirs, as it was the intention of my said husband John Tippen dead to have done for himself and jointly with myself adopting them as such, do therefore in accordance with the statute of said state in such case made and provided, here by this solemn act of writing for myself deliberately and firmly adopt the said Mary Ann Anderson, William Anderson and Rebecca Anderson and John Anderson as my true and lawful heirs and giving to them the name of myself and said deceased husband, to wit: Mary Ann Tippen, William Tippen, and Rebecca Tippen and John Tippen to have and to enjoy the right to assert all the rights, benefits, and privileges of legal heirs of myself both in love and equity, as fully, truly and perfectly in every respect, as if they were my own children and born unto my said deceased husband and myself during our marriage
In testimony whereof I I have hereunto set my hand and seal using a ? for ? on this the 8th day of May 1880.
Nancy Tippen

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