Affidavit of Murray T. Colgan

STATE OF MISSOURI) ) SS COUNTY OF JackSON) Murray T. Colgan, being first duly sworn, states that he knew James J. Robinson during his lifetime, and states that the said James J. Robinson died testate during the year 1895, leaving surviving him his widow, Sarah A. Robinson, and that the said James J. Robinson left surviving him no children nor any descendants of any deceased child. Affiant states that the J. J. Robinson, whose will was admitted to probate on the 27th day of September, 1895, and is recorded in the Office of the Probate Court of Jackson County, Missouri, at Independence, is the same person as James J. Robinson named as Grantee in a certain deed from William B. Carmichael and wife, recorded in Book 50, at Page 452. Affiant further states that he is a son of Rochester Colgan, to whom was devised by the will of James J. Robinson, the West Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 9, Township 48, Range 32, in Jackson County, Missouri. Affiant states that Sarah A. Robinson, the widow of James J. Robinson, died on the 0:Feb 1924 and that affiant's father, Rochester Colgan died intestate on the 27th day of March, 1902; that his father left surviving him his widow, Emily R. Colgan, who is still living, and four children, Murray Colgan, this affiant, Myrae E. Colgan,a daughter, Fred R. Colgan, a son, and Mary V. Colgan, a daughter, and further states that his father left surviving him no other child or children and no d escendants of any deceased child. Affiant states that he is the same person named as Murray Colgan in the application for Letters of Administration upon the Estate of his father, and states that Mary V. Colgan named in said application for Letters, is the same person as Mary Colgan Romine named as Grantor in the quit-claim deed recorded in Book, 480