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I John Henry
of Harrison County and State of Kentucky being of sound Disposing mind &
memory and being Desirous to settle my worldly affairs do hereby make this
my last will as follows,
First at
my death I direct that so soon as my Executors herein afternamed are qualified
to act that out of my personal Estate they pay all my just Debts and Funeral
charges. Then I give and
devise to
my wife, if she survives me the posession of the place on which I now live
and all the personal property that I have after paying my debts as aforesaid
to have and to hold during her
natural
life and at her death the personal property to be equally Divided among all
my children and the land that remains after the two hundred acres herein
after devised and taken off to be
equally
divided between my son William Henry, my Daughters Nancy Northcutt, Betsy
Dunn, Polly Dunn & Peggy Henry, then I give devise and bequeath to my
son Thomas Henry one Hundred
acres of
Land to include that where he now lives on the middle fork of raven creek
and being the upper part of the tract I bought of Cary L. Clarke to have
and to hold to him his heirs and assigns
power.
Then I give devise and bequeath unto my son James Henry one hundred acres
of land on the said middle fork of raven Creek being the lower part of the
same tract which I purchased from
the said
Cary L. Clark to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever. But
it is to be understood that I have already given to my son William Henry
that part of the two hundred acres
which I
formally purchased of Andrew Hampton which lays on the West Side of the middle
fork of said raven creek and East of the Branch which runs up by Thomas Henrys
and has or is to be
conveyed
to him by the said Clarke. I have also paid for one hundred acres of land
for my son John Henry which lays adjoining to the land of William Henry &
for which he holds said Clarks Bond.
Lastly
I do hereby Nominate and appoint my sons William Henry and James Henry as
Executors to this my last will authorizing & requesting them to act as
such -- In witness whereof I have
hereunto
set my hand & seal this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and, It is also my will that all property heretofore given to either
of my children is to remain theirs &
not to be
included in any Redivision.
John Henry
L.S.
Signed and
acknowledged
In the presence of
Will E. Boswell
Wilson Puckett
Harrison
County January Court 1816
This last will and testament of John Henry decd was proved in open court
by the oath of William E. Boswell a subscribing witness hereto who also made
oath that Wilson Puckett now decd the
other
subscribing witness thereto subscribed his name as a witness thereto at the
Same time and Place with himself and ordered to be recorded
Att. W. Moore C.H.C. |