Will Book 3

1855 - 1880

Page 62 In the name of God Amen, I, Catharine McKee of the County of Franklin & State of Kentucky being weak in body, but of sound mind & disposing memory Blessed be the Almighty for the same and being desirous to dispose of such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with, Do make & ordain this as my last will & testament to wit: 1st  I desire to be interred near where my father and two brothers rest, in a Christian like manner 2nd  I desire & will after my debts & funeral expense are paid that my Executor will cause to have built a stone wall around the graves of my father, my two brothers & my own and cause to have a monument placed near the center with the names of my father, brothers and my own inscribed thereon. 3rd  I give & bequeath to my mother fifty ($50.00) dollars out of my estate. 4th  It is my will & desire that the residue of my estate be retained by my Executor and loaned at interest unto my nephews Robert M. and Samuel Joseph and my niece Frances Zelda, children of my brother Robt. C. McKee arrive at the age of twenty one; then to divide the principal & interest equally among them on such of them as shall arrive at the age of twenty one Lastly, I do hereby constitute & appoint my friend, James M. Lancaster, Executor to this my last will & testament.  Signed and witnessed in the presence of the Testator this 25 day of September 1860. Catharine McKee Witness: W. C. Sneed D. Merriwether Ben Luck