Henry Floyd Will Transcription

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Union Co., Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Floyd

In the name of God Amen I Henry Floyd of the County of Henderson and State of Kentucky being in a low scale of health but of sound mind & memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say 1st I give and bequeath to my Daughter Fanny Alvey one mare nown [sic] by the name of the Blue or one Equal to her 2nd I give & bequeath to my Daughter Polly Reed one mare of the same value of the bove [sic] mentioned mare 3rd I give & desire to my sone Henry Floyd three Negroes towit Quandi and his wife Abil [sic] and her Child Prosy--
4th I give and desire to my son John Floyd two negroes towt [sic] Will and Jack and all my Joiners Tools and two shells & caps & wound
5th I give and desire to my son Nathaniel Floyd two negroes towit Tom and Lewis and the Plantation I now live on containing one hundred & fifty acres I purchased in partnership with my son John when he purchased of Rook and paid the amount down if I do not hold the place I now live on under that purchase he is to have it whenever it is paid to me also my stock of Hogs
6th all the rest of my property Horses Cattle & House hold furniture & farming utensils I now have & may have hereafter is to be Equally divided between my three sons Henry & John & Nathaniel my son Henry is to pay my son John Floyd twenty pounds in property which is considered to make Will & Jack Equal in value to either of their part. I do hereby appoint my son Henry Floyd and John Floyd and Nathaniel Floyd Executors to this my last will and testament, Henry Floyd
Signed sealed Acknowledged & delivered in the presence of us, Wm Pool, Peter Peters, John Peters, John Peters, Aug 14th 1808.

Union County towit February County Court 1816
This Instrument of writing was this day exhibited into Court and proved to be the last will & testament of Henry Floyd deceased by the oaths of William B Pool Peter Peters and John Peters subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Att Sam Casey clk

Sources

1808 Henry Floyd Will. Kentucky, Union County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. A, p. 36, 14 August 1808, digital image 103 of 363, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 06 December 2023)