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In the name of god amen I John Hutcherson Senr .of the County of Harrison & State of Kentucky being weak in body but of perfect mind & memory do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament.
It is my Will and desire that all my just debts shall be paid & all debts due to me to be collected by my executors.

It is my will and desire that my loveing wife Mary Hutcherson shall have possession of all my estate both real & personal during her Widowhood or natural life for the purpose of supporting herself &
such of my children as will live with her (except such exceptions as I shall hereafter make. I give & bequeath to my son Charles Hutcherson a bay filly with a blaze face two years old, & a cow some
time here after (which suits or is convenient for him to receive her & the executors to give her) to make him equal with my other sons at present.

I give and bequeath to my Daughter Pheabe Hutcherson a good bed & furniture & a cow to be give her when she shall call for them, which will be equal to what I give my other daughters when they
left me also a good ewe. It is my will and desire that James White shall live where he now lives without paying any rent until a final divison shall take place because he has a parcel of motherless
children.

It is my Will and desire that my son John Hutcherson shall live where he now lives without paying any rent until a final division takes place because he made the said improvements.

It is my Will and desire that there shall be as much land laid off By my executors as they think sufficient around my Dwelling house for to be Occupied by my wife Mary with the said house to support

her stock & family during her natural life or Widowhood and the ballance of my cleared land to be rented out by my Executors while my sd wife remains a widow or dureing her natural life for the benefit
of all my children at the final division which is to take place at the termination of my said wifes widowhood or natural life. I also request my executors to sell (all my horses but three for the use of
my wife) (and to be her choice) & half my cattle & half my sheep and the money arising therefrom to be applyed toward my just Debts & if deficient the Ballance to be paid out of the rents. And when
my wife Mary shall be no longer a widow or shall have departed this life It is my will that all my estate then remaining Both real & personal shall be equally divided among all my children who are now
alive & my Grand Children who are the issue of my daughter Frances and James White & my Grand Child the issue of my daughter Sally & John Marsh & my Grand Children the issue of Edward
Hutcherson now deceased & Also I give & bequeath to my daughter Jenny Kensler one good ewe she having received no sheep from me before.

Also I allow & request my said executors to sell at .........? the surplus of corn oats & other perishable property not needed by my said Wife (as is customary on such occasions) & now remains on
hand. I hereby nominate Constitute & apppoint Edward Coleman & William Moore Executors of this my last will & Testament & in case they my said Executors shall think fit they shall chuse a third
person to aid them in the Execution of their Executorship Given under my hand & seal this 31st day of May 1805

John Hutcherson, Senr.

Signed sealed pronounced & published in presence of:
H. Coleman
Benj. Coleman
Daniel Broadwell

Harrison County August Court 1805 Sct
The Last Will and Testament of John Hutcherson decd. was proved in Court by the oath of Henry Coleman Benjamin Coleman
& Samuel Broadwell Subscribing Witnesses There to and Ordered to be recorded,
Att W. Moore C.H.C.

Information previously posted by Jo Thiessen


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