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Will Book 1
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38 Be it known to all whom it may concern that Hezekiah Brown of the County of Franklin and State of Kentucky do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking, annulling, setting aside and rendering void all and every such or parts thereof hereto for made by me. 1st. I direct that immediate provision be made for the discharge of all my just debts. 2nd. I loan to my wife Sarah Brown for and during her natural life the house yard and garden where I now live, also such part of the household and kitchen furniture as she may want, also my negro woman Milly and her two children; Ben and Dennis, also boy Jerry and girl Juliana [?] At her death to be disposed of as herein after directed. 3rd. I give to my daughter Milly Clarke and my daughter Betsey Thompson twenty five dollars in cash each having formerly given them as much or more than I can now give the rest of my children. 4th. I give to my daughter Frances Preast one negro boy named Harry and three hundred ($300) dollars in cash to her and her heirs forever. 5th. I give to my daughter Anna Templeman one negro girl named Charlotte and one boy named Ned to her and her heirs forever also three hundred dollars in cash. 6th. I give to my daughter Lucy Richardson one negro woman named Nancy (the younger) and her child Washington, one woman named Nancy (the elder) and her child Cyrus, negro man Ben Boy Edward and girl Marie to her and her heirs forever upon condition that she shall pay to my estate the sum of five hundred & fifty dollars (being that would more than her proportion) and also that she is not to consider Nancy (the elder) as a slave and that should said Nancy survive my said daughter, Lucy, than she shall have the privilege of selecting a house among my children, who when thus chosen shall take care of her as long as she lives and my Executors shall see that she is properly treated and if necessary shall reserve a small portion of my estate to be appropriated to her support in consideration of her faithful services. 7th. I give to my son Hezekiah Brown one negro man named Jack and woman Fanny to him and his heirs forever. 8th. I give to my son Harry Brown negro man Bob, woman Rachel and child Fountain, also negro boy Alfred, also at the death of my wife I give to my said son Harry those negroes now loaned to my said wife to wit Milly, Ben and Dennis to him and his heirs forever upon condition that he shall pay to my estate the sum of four hundred & fifty dollars it being that much more than he is entitled to. 9th. I give to the children of my deceased daughter Molly Waters, the sum of five hundred dollars in cash to be equally divided among them or the survivors of them when they shall marry or arrive at the age of twenty one years. 10th. I give to the children of my decd..... daughter Sally Halls [?] five hundred dollars in cash to be equally divided among them or the survivors of them when they shall marry or arrive at the age of twenty one years. 11th. It is my will that my faithful old negro man Murphary [?] shall be permitted to select a house among my children and the one selected shall take care of and support him as long as he may live. And that my Executors shall have all say to his treatment and if Murphary [?] shall survive a small portion of my estate for his comfortable support maintenance during his life for and on account of his truly faithful services to me & my family. 12th. It is my will that my friend Peptkak [?] Dudley shall have the farm whereon I now live (supposed to contain one hundred acres ) with my assurances [?] to him and his heirs forever upon condition that he shall pay to my estate such sum therefore as may be fixed by three _____ men mutually chosen and as a reasonable compensation for the services received to me at different times and favors received at his hands he shall be allowed two years to make the payments therefore from and after the price shall or may have been fixed as aforesaid and I do hereby appoint my son Harry Brown and son -in -law John D. Richardson to execute a deed therefore in fee simple to said Dudley reserving the life estate to my wife of such part whereof as is now loaned to her. 13th. At the death of my wife, I wish my Executors to dispose of the balance of my estate whether personal or mixed and divide the ______ proceeds thereof into seven equal parts; one of which they shall pay to my daughter Frances Preast, one to Anna Templeman, one to Lucy Richardson ,one to Hezekiah Brown, one to Harry Brown, one to the children of my decd... daughter. Molly Waters, and the other to the children of my decd... daughter Sally Halls [?] to them and their heirs respectively forever. 14th. And, lastly I hereby _______ appoint my son Harry Brown, my son -in -law John D. Richardson, and my friend Jepthak [?] Dudley, Executors to this my last will & testament. In writing whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal at my own house this 25th day of December 1819. Hezekiah Brown [seal]
Attest:
In as
much as my wife Sarah Brown may not be reconciled to the will and may thereby
create some difficulties with my Executors. I have concluded to attach
this as a
Attest:
I, Hezekiah
Brown of Franklin County having survived more than one year since the making
and signing my last will which bears date on the 25th day of December 1819
and the
The
following codicil to the will of Hezekiah Brown was read over to him in our
presence when he signed and acknowledged the said to be his act and did register
our signatures
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