First Recorded Will
in
Letcher County, KY

TabThe following is from the Spring 1991 issue of the Letcher Heritage News (Page 8), exactly as it appeared in that issue:

(Used by permission of the LCHGS .) 


June Term of the Letcher County Court 1871 June 12, 1871.  The Will 
if Henry Back being presented to Court for Probate and the Court 
having heard sufficient proof the same is ordered to probate.

State of Kentucky Letcher County  This I Henry Back of the State 
and County aforesaid do make this my last will and testament in 
the first place my will is that after my death that all my just 
debts shall be paid out of the proceeds of my personal property 
in the second place my will is that ______ Caudill and Henry 
Back Junior be vested will all the rights to settle my business 
and to be reasonable paid for their services in the next place 
my will is that my son David Back have all the land I own on the 
side of the creek where I now live from the mouth of the Spring 
Branch up the creek to Stephen Adams line to be his land at the 
death of my self and my beloved wife in the next place my will is 
that my son James Back have all the land I own on the Spring 
Branch from the mouth up the said Branch to Heney Back's line to 
have and to hold from this date in the next place my will is that 
my son Samuel Back have all the land I own on the left hand fork 
of daughty from the first hollow below the Dick hollow on said 
fork in the next place my will is that Savanah Caudill have fifty 
dollars to be paid in ______ _____ property to be paid equally 
by my five sons, Henry Back, John Back, James Back Lewis Back 
and David Back to be paid at my death in the next place my will 
is that John Back, Henry Back Lewis Back Isom H. Caudill and 
Jehu Caudill have all the land I own on the opposite side of 
the creek from my house where I now live from to Isom H. Caudills 
______ up the creek to the mouth of doughty and up said daughty 
to the first hollow below the Dick hollow on the left hand fork 
of so daughty including what I own a cross the creek opposite 
the Big field it to be divided as follows to Isom H. Caudill and 
Jehu Caudill, one hundred and fifty dollars worth of said land 
in piece the ballance to be divided between John Back, Henry 
Back and Lewis Back as ______ theirs to have and to hold from 
this date in the next place my will is ______ my dauthter Sarah 
Sunsler have on dollar of my personal estate at my death in the 
next place my will is that my daughter Rebeca Day one dollar to 
be paid out of my personal estate at my death in the next place 
my will is Henry Back and David Back be my guardians to attend 
to my business as I am wnable to get about in the next place my 
will is that my son John Back have the twenty five acres of land 
where he now lives and that he the said John Back pay no more 
for it than what he has paid in witness I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this 7 day of March 1871.

                                            Henry Back

                           In obedience to the order of
                           Court at the _____ foregoing
                           will being duly _____ is
                           entered for Probate this 10
                           day of June 1871
                           Ezekiel Brashear

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