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Thomas Fletcher Will Transcription

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Date: 4 May 1836 to 16 Jul 1838
Location: Union Co., Kentuckymap
Surname/tag: Fletcher
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I Thomas Fletcher of the County of Union and State of Kentucky have thought it incumbent on me to make a will & dispose of my estate in accordance to my ideas of humanity and my feelings and principles as a man and in execution of what I conceive my right and duty do now make this my last will & Testament and dispose of my estate in the following manner to wit.
In the first place it is my will that all my just debts which are few & small be paid.
In the second upon my death it is my will and desire to and I do hereby in this my last will and testament emancipate and set free my slaves Nancy aged about forty four Stephen aged about thirty five Leah aged about twenty five Catharine aged about twenty two Hariet aged about Sixteen Richard about fourteen Williams about thirteen Sally George Eliza Cassy Mary Nancy Susan & John together with every such child or children as all or either of the above named and emancipated Females may hereafter have the whole & each of the above named with such child or children hereafter born as aforesaid to enjoy as full freedom as if born free this devise is made in consideration of the diligent and faithful services of said Negroes and thare [sic] parents and in unison with my principles. Hoping that they and each of them may continue in honest industrious habits and persuits.
In the Third upon my death I will and devise all my land & estate and property of every description and denomination To the above named and emancipated Nancy Stephen Leah & Catharine or to such of them as shall be living at the time this devise can take effect to be equally divided between them or the survivors of them by my Executor by making this divise [sic] I have done and performed an act of Justice as they have been serviceable and instrumental to me in the acquisition and improvement of my estate.
In the fourth I do hereby constitute and appoint John Fletcher my nephew my soul [sic] Executor of this my last Willa and Testament and I do will that this sum of fifty Dollars be raised from my estate to be retained by my said Executor as a remuneration for the services to be performed in addition to such other legal compensation as the Court may think them entitled to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty six. Thomas (his X mark) Fletcher.
Signed Sealed Subscribed and acknowledged in presents [sic] of us and in the presents of each other, witness, John S. Chapman, John A. McKenny, Andrew Bell Chapman

Codicil to the above and foregoing will that it is my further will and desire that my four oldest slaves Nancy Stephen Leah & Catharine shall have all my property as named in my will equally between them and those named marked out in the boddy [sic] of the Will before signed May 24, 1836. Thomas (his X mark) Fletcher
Witness John S. Chapman, John A. McKenny, Andrew Bell Chapman

At a County Court holden for Union County at the Courthouse in Morganfield on the 16th day of July 1838. This last Will & Testament with the Codicil attached thereto of Thomas Fletcher deceased was produced into Court and proven to be the last Will & Testament of the said deceased by the oath of John S Chapman and Andrew Bell Chapman two of the subscribing Witnesses thereto and was by the Court ordered to be recorded And on motion of John Fletcher the Executor therein named who made oath as the law directs and with Francis Clements Martin M Berry Geo W Whitecotton Thomas W Gist Charles C P Gilchrist Allen Anderson James Eddings and Isaac Jones his securities executed and acknowledged bond in the penalty of One Thousand dollars condition as the law directs a Certificate is granted him to obtain a probate thereof in due form of law

Sources

1836 Thomas Fletcher Will. Kentucky, Union County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. B, p. 29-30, 4 May 1836, digital image 20 of 570, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 4 December 2023)





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