Henry F Delany Will Transcription

Date: 26 Nov 1830 to 18 Apr 1831
Location: Union Co., Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Delany

I Henry F. Delany of the County of Union and State of Kentucky do constitute and ordain this my last will and Testament namely I hereby appoint my wife Rhoda Delany, my brother Willis F. Delany, & Peter C. Holt my Executors of whom security shall not be required and do authorise [sic] them to dispose of the perishable part of my estate for the benefit of my family as to them may seem best always having the hearby concurrence of the executrix tho I wish her to remain in the possession of it or so much of it as to keep the family together, and I further authorise them as above to dispose of my estate real and personal or my part of it publickly [sic] or privately and to purchase of her property as to them may appear best always with the concurrence of the executrix, I give and bequeath the whole of my estate to my nine children viz Alfred, Ann Elizabeth, Henry, Samuel Davis, Susan, Mary Jane, Maria, William Shelby & Eme??ly Delany to be equally divided among them when they come of full age or settle, or when it may otherwise appear proper and necessary, taking care always that my wife may be left in a comefortable [sic] situation, retaining such part of the property as she may think proper, which at her death is to be disposed of as above. It is my will and wish, that if my family wish it, lands should be purchased in some state where slavery is not tolerated where they may settle. & I hereby authorize my Executors to do & my wife to remove with the estate or any part of it she may deem proper to such State, always regarding the interest of my children generally and individually. Also that my sons should have a classical education and it is particularly enjoined on my executors to see that this part of my will is strictly attended to I hereby revoke all other wills and testaments made by me In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal Nov 23rd 1830
H. F. Delany
Test B S Mody, H D Edwards

I add the following by wey [sic] of codcil [sic] to this my last Will and Testament viz, That my younger children shall be raised and educated out of the common stock (my estate) and the remainder divided among them all with the deduction from the part of the males equal to the expence of their education over and above that of the females AK Witness my hand and seal the 26 Nov’r 1830
H F Delany
Test B S Moody, H D Edwards

At a county court holden for Union County at the courthouse in Morganfield on the 18th day of April 1831 this last will and testament of Henry F. Delany deceased with the codicil thereto annexed was produced in court and prove as such by the oaths of Burgess S Moody and Hezekiah D Edwards the subscribing witnesses thereto and the said Will and codicil were by the court ordered to be recorded And on the motion and oath of Rhoda Delany, Willis F Delany and Peter C Holt the Executrix and Executors therein named who executed bond in the penalty of Twenty thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs without security a certificate was granted them for obtaining a probat [sic] thereof in due form of law. Att James R Hughes CUCC

Source

1830 Henry F. Delany Will. Kentucky, Union County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. A, p. 315-316, 26 November 1830, digital image 246-247 of 363, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 20 October 2023)