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Will of David Bowels
Will Book C, Page 195
I David Bowles of the
County of Bourbon & State of Kentucky being in sound
mind and memory Considering the uncertainty of life and
the certainty of Death do make my will and first
surrender my soul to god who gave it and into the arms
of Jesus Christ; trusting thro' his merrits the pardon
of my sins. by whoes righteousness I hope for salvation;
and hope to stand justify'd before god at the last day;
my body I leave to be buried in the earth in a decent
manner by my surviving friends at the discretion of my
executor whom I shall hereafter appoint in hopes of a
joyfull resurrection
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rection thro' my lord
and savior Jesus Christ and as for my temporal estate or
worldly good, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
me. I give devise and bequeath in manner and form
following. dmprimis; First I desire that all my just
debts should be paid. Item. I lent to my beloved wife
Winney Bowles during her natural life the houses and
plantation whereon I now live with two hundred and
twenty seven and three quarter acres of land being part
of a tract of land & purchased of Chapman Auston as his
deed to me will more fully show. Beginning on a
buckeye, ash, and elm, my beginning corner standing in
Auston's pattant line on his west boundary thense
______ _____ eight and a half to a ______ ______ and
forty seven poles to a corner thence north along a line
of marked trees to a corner in Abraham Cofman's line two
hundred and forty eight & a half pole to thence west
one hundred and forty-seven poles to the Beginning
Except so much as I may hereafter allot to her mother
Molley Rice. Item: I lend, to widow Molley Rice one
negroe boy named James
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assigns forever. Item:
I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Elizabeth
Thomas a negroe girl named Milley (daughter of Janes) to
her her heirs and assigns, forever. And that she take
possession of her immediately. Item I give and bequeath
to my great grand son David Thomas negroe girl named
Sarah (Daughter of Hagers) to him his heirs and assigns
forever and that his father take possession of her for
him immediately after my decease Item. it is my will
that if my wife should fly to her thirds and choose the
place where my son Jess Bowles now lives which I have
made over to him by Deed of gift in such case that my
son Jess Bowles should possess the place I lent to her
where I now live during her life and longer. It is my
will & desire that the rest of my estate that I have not
____ be kept together under the care & direction of my
executor & that he sell that part of my horses sheep & c
that is not immediately necessary for cultivation and
the necessitys of my family for the support of my
lawsuits family and education of my children till
October eighteen hundred and nine at which time I give
to my wife Winney Bowles one negroe woman named Lucy
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during her natural
life or widdowhood; also so much cleared land in the
plantation I now live on as will be sufficient for James
to work; and timber sufficient for repairing the fences,
firewood, building and other uses. But not to waste,
also I give to her, her heirs and assigns forever one
cow & calf, two ewes and lambs, one sow & piggs and
provision for herself. James and the stock given; till
she can raise a crop. Item I give bequeath & devise to
my son Nelson Bowles one hundred and sixty-two acres of
land joining the east Boundary of my land & between the
north and south Boundary to adjoin William Hall's and
Jesse Bowleses in parallel lines together with one
negroe boy named Joe, one feather bed one cow and calf
two ewes & lambs and my oldest sorrel filley (which I
have already given him) to him his heirs and assigns
forever. Item. I give bequeath, and devise unto my son
Thomas Bowles & Daughter Elizabeth Bowles at the decease
of my wife Winney Bowles the two hundred and
twenty-seven and three quarter acres I lent her during
life likewise the ninety-seven acres lying between said
land and my son Nelson Bowles
land; to be equally
divided between them, likewise to my son Thomas Bowles I
give a negroe girl named Mima and one feather bed, also
to my daughter Elizabeth Bowles I give one negroe girl
named Judd and one feather bed to them their heirs and
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one negroe girl named
Peggy and one negroe man named Peter. One feather bed
and its furniture the fourth part of myhousehold and
kitchen furniture stock of horses, horned cattle hogs &
sheep. To her her heirs and assigns forever. Item It
is my will and desire that the rest of my estate not
given to my wife Winney Bowles or lent to her during
life be equally divided October eighteen hundred and
nine between my three children, Nelson Bowles, Thomas
Bowles and Elizabeth Bowles to them their heirs and
assigns forever. And likewise James a negroe man I lent
to widdow Molley Rice during her life or widdowhood, at
her decease or marriage to return into the estate. If
she dies or marries before october eighteen hundred &
nine if after that time to be sold and equally divided
at her death or marriage between my three children
Nelson, Thomas & Elizabeth Bowles to them their heirs &
assigns forever. And now I constitute and appoint my
dear friend Richard Thomas guardian to my children and
executor of this my last will and testament and desire
it may be received by all as such. In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the 20th
day of February 1800
signed and
acknowledged in the presense of us(marked through)
his
DavidXBowles (marked through)
mark
Interlined before
signed the
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words one negroe girl
named Peggy _d_ son_ his
Signed & acknowledged
in presence of us David X Bowles {Seal}
mark
Michael Hornback Jur
Abraham Cofman
John Parker
Bourbon County January
Court 1807
This last Will &
Testament of David Bowles Senr deceased was produced in
Court and proved by the oaths of Michael Hornback Jr
Abraham Coffman and John Parker witnesses thereto and
ordered ordered to be recorded Whereupon Richard Thomas
who was named as executor of said will made oath thereto
& together with Ja___ ___helps his security entered into
and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $6,000
conditioned as the law directs Certificate is granted
him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form
Teste
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