Edwin H. Ewell Will Transcription

Date: 13 Aug 1858 to 3 Jan 1859
Location: Union Co., Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Ewell

I Edwin H. Ewell being of sound mind but infirm of body and not knowing when it may please Almighty God to call me hence—do make and constitute this my last will and Testament (towit) I first give my soul to Almighty God from whom I reserved it--
I next constitute and appoint my wife Jane F. as my sole Executrix to have entire charge of my estate and not to be required to give security by the County Court—I wish my Executrix to dispose of all my personal property so soon after my death as she may think advisable reserving what she may think proper to select—my real estate consisting of 250 acres of land I wish her to sell estate privately or publicly as she may think best—in either case one ??? of the amount sold for is to be paid down and the balance on time my negro property I leave entirely with my Executrix to sell a portion of them or hire out what she does not require to wait on her—Out of the first money received from my sales I wish all my just debts to be paid—out of the second payments on my land I wish 500 Dollars to be taken and paid over to a Guardian selected by my nephew E. W. Naylor and to be loaned out by said Guardian until Edwin becomes 21 years of age and then the whole to be paid over to him—The balance of all monies from whatever source it may come belongs to my wife and child to do with as they may think proper I wish my Executrix to keep and educate my nephew Edwin until she may think advisable for him to go into business letting him select whatever occupation he my fancy—In the event of my nephew’s death before his maturity the amount I devised to him reverts back to my wife and child this the 13th August 1858—Edwin H. Ewell
Witnesses Leroy Thomas, Joel D. Sugg
At a County Court began & held for Union County at the Courthouse in Morganfield on the 3rd day of January 1859. This Instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Edwin H. Ewell dec’d was produced in Court & fully proven by the oaths of Leroy Thomas & Joel D. Sugg the subscribing witnesses thereto to be the last will & Testament of said decedent—and thereupon the same was by the Court ordered to be recorded as the last will & Testament of said Edwin H. Ewell dec’d which has been according by done—Att Tho S. Chapman clk

Sources

• 1858 Edwin H Ewell Will. Kentucky, Union County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. E, p. 330, 13 August 1858, digital image 176 of 291, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 25 November 2023)