Transcribed Will of Daniel Williams

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Green County, Kentucky, United States

Will of Daniel Williams

In the name of God, amen. I Daniel Williams of the county of Green and state of Kentucky being of sound mind and memory have this day made my last will and testament.

Item 1 Mary Williams shall have the choice room in my dwelling house and one third of the land upon which I now live and one negro man named Abraham and one boy named Bleuford and one girl name Emily, two choice head of horses, one yoke of oxen and cart, 6 head of sheep, and as many choice had of cattle as she may want not exceeding one years provision and as many hogs as will make her pork for another year and as much of the household and kitchen furniture as she may think proper to keep. All of which property she is to have and keep during her life and at her death all said property except the land to be equally divided amongst the children.

Item 2 It is my will and desire that my daughter Partheny Atkinson, formerly Partheny Williams shall have two Negros Mariah and Polly.

Item 3 It is my will and desire that my son Warner Williams shall have ten dollars in cash. He has already received and will when I pay the debts for which I stand bound as his security more than his equal part of all my estate.

Item 4 It is my will and desire that my son William Williams shall have the tract of land upon which he now lives.

Item 5 It is my will and desire that my son John Williams shall have the land which he sold to William Cokely and has received the full amount for the same

Item 6 It is my will and desire that my son, Joseph Williams, shall have the land upon which he now lives and the house and lot in Summersville and one bay ___ filly out of Mary Madison and one yoke of oxen.

Item 7 It is my will and desire that my daughter Narcissa Eastes, formerly Narcissa Williams, shall have two Negros Nancy and Ruth and they shall be for the sole benefit of her and her heirs,

Item 8 It is my will and desire that my son Samuel Williams shall have the land that I purchased of Anderson jeter and ten acres off of the Blevins tract of wood and adjoining the Bardstown road and one bed and furniture and one yoke of oxen.

Item 9 It is my will and desire that my daughter Letitia Smith formerly Letitia Williams shall have two Negros Matilda and Jane

Item 10 It is my will and desire that my son Daniel Williams shall have the tract of land on which I now live and take full possession of the two thirds tract at my death and it is further my will and desire that my son Daniel shall take full possession of the other third of said tract of land at the death of my wife Mary Williams and also that my son Daniel shall have the Rinald and any stud horses and his riding horse Sumpter also one yoke of oxen, all the farming utensils and one year's provision, and one bed and furniture and it is further my will and desire that my son Daneil shall love in a part of the house with my wife and it is further my will and desire that the hands shall all remain on the farm one year after my death and make a crop to pay my debts with and my son Daniel is to superintend and it is further my will and desire that the two old Negros Dave and Jinny shall remain on the place as long as they live and if either of them get unable to work the family is to maintain them. And it is further my will and desire that all of my property which is not herein willed away be equally divided amongst my children except my son Warner who has had his full part of my estate.

All the property that falls to my daughter Narcissa Estes is to be for the sole benefit of her and her children and to be disposed of by her husband Quintin Estes. And it is further my will and desire that my sons William and Daniel be the executors of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of March 1841 Signed by Daniel Williams

Witnesses:

• G W Towles
• Eli O Towles
• William M Towles

20th April 1841

I Daniel Williams of the county of Green and state of Kentucky being sound of mind and memory do adopt this as a codicil to my last will and testament. I have named in my will that my son Warner Williams had received his full part of my estate or would when I paid some security debt which I now stand bound for him, but if my son Warner shall pay those debts for which I now stand bound for him then it is my will and desire that he shall have an equal part with the rest of y children in all the property that belongs to my estate that has not been disposed of in the foregoing part of my will and it is my will and desire that my son Daniel shall have all of the different tracts or parcels of land that I have adjoining the tracts on which my dwelling house now stands with the exception of the ten acres I have given to my son Samuel which is to be laid off of the Blevins tract and the land which I purchased of Anderson that part I have given to my son Samuel in the foregoing part of my will. Given under my hand and seal this day and date above written Daniel Williams

Attest

• G W Towles
• Obediah Chaney

At a county court continued and held for Green County at the courthouse in Greensburg on the 5 day of October 1841 the last will and testament of Daniel Williams, together with the codicil was upon this day aforesaid produced into Court by Daniel M Williams and William P Williams, executors therein named and proven to the satisfaction of the Court by the oaths of given witnesses to have signed, sealed and published by said decedent as his last will and testament and that at the time of creating the same they believed him to be in his perfect mind and memory. Whereupon the said will was ordered and ---- and the same together with this certificate hath been duly ____ thereon. Given under my hand this 19th day of October 1841. John Barnet

Sources

• "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9P3P-PS, accessed 2 May 2023, Will of Daniel Williams, dated 17 March 1841, produced 5 October 1841, Green County, Kentucky, Will records, 1840-1875, Vol. 3 > image 458 of 638; county courthouses, Kentucky.