Will of Reuben Ohler 1842

Submitted by Vera Burnham December 2, 2001
Source: Laurel County Will Book 1, Page 233

In the name of God Amen I Reuben Ohler of the County of Laurel and State of Kentucky being now of sound mind and memory amd disposing mind do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills heretofore made by me.

First my will is that my beloved wife Elizabeth is to have and control the plantation on which I now live, during her natural life together with all my personal estate whatever it may be to manage and control as she may think proper during her life, and at her death my will is that all my estate both real and personal be sold. That is to say my land on a credit of one and two years taking from the purchaser ----? with good and sufficent security and my personal property on a credit of twelve months with like security. And I will to my son Solomon? thirty dollars to be paid out of my estate by my excutor to be hereafter named and after the payment of all my just debts, my will is that all my estate after the death of my said wife shall be equally divided between, Reuben Ohler Jr., James Ohler, Benjamin Ohler, Lucinda Oatman, wife of George Oatman, and Marriah Miller, wife of Joseph Miller, and upon their death to go to their heirs and I futher will to my grandson Alexander Ohler Jr. the son of Alexander Ohler, dec'd the sum of fifty dollars to be paid by said excutors out of my estate and I do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Ohler Jr. and William McHargue my excutors of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of April 1842.

Test;
J.S. Henderson                                        Reuben (X) Ohler  (seal)
William Smith                                               his mark
Benjamin Ohler

Laurel County Court
July Term 1842
A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Reuben Ohler dec'd was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of James S. Henderson and William Smith, subscribing witness there to be the act and desire of the said Reuben Ohler. It was further proven by the said witness that the testator at the time of acknowledge the same was of sound mind and disposing memory and that the testator in the presence and hearing of the said witness. it is therefore ordered that the said will be admitted to record in the Court as the law ----?
And the same to be recorded accordingly
                                                          W.H. Randall Clk