Grant Blackwell Will Transcription

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Union, Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Blackwell

In the name of God Amen. Be it remembered that I Grant Blackwell of the County of Union and Commonwealth of Kentucky being on the bad of affliction, but possessing a sane mind and ??posing memory do make the following as my as my last will & Testament, hereby revoking all other former wills & codicils heretofore declared.
First It is my desire that my debts due me be collected, and the proceeds thereof be applied by my Executors hereafter named to the payment of the debts I owe believing there will be sufficiency to accomplish that end.
Secondly I devise to my beloved wife Lucy Blackwell all of my real, personal, or mixed estate that I may die possessed of during her natural life to be managed and controlled by her for the comfort & support of herself and the family, desiring her to keep the property on the farm, and all together, subject however to contingencies & conditions hereafter named.
Thirdly after the death of my beloved wife I devise to my son and only child Thomas C. Blackwell all of my estate, both real personal and mixed of every description to him and his heirs in fee simple forever.
Fourthly my negro man James is now hired out on board of a steam boat, as I consider him somewhat refractory & hard to manage, I desire that my Executors keep him hired out on the river or elsewhere, until it is apparent that it would be prudent to take him home and in case any other of the slaves should prove refractory and difficult to manage or control it is my will that they be hired out at the direction of my Executor my wife to decide upon the necessity thereof.
Fifthly In case my debts due me should not be collected sufficiently to meet my liabilities, any of my personal property may be sold to meet and cover the deficiency the property to be sold to be selected by my beloved wife.
Sixthly I entrust the future raising and education of my son Thomas C. Blackwell in the hands and control of his mother having full confidence that she will execute the trust with fidelity & and Judgement with a request from me that he will cherish & obey her admonitions and advise.
Seventhly I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Lucy Blackwell Executrix & Hiram McElroy Executor to execute this my last will & testament.
Witness my hand & seal this 4th of January 1847. Grant Blackwell
Witness Henry Gale, Churchill B. Bohannon
At a count court holden for Union County at the Court House in Morganfield on the 18th day of January 1847, this Last will and Testament of Grant Blackwell deceased, was produced in Court by the Executors and in open Court proven by the oaths of Henry Gale and Churchill B. Bohanon as the subscribing witnesses thereto and was by the Court ordered to be recorded.

Sources

• 1847 Grant Blackwell Will. Kentucky, Union County, County Court, Wills, Vol. D, p. 3-4, 4 January 1847, digital image 6-7 of 462, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 09 March 2023)