Location: Harlan, Kentucky, United States

Surname/tag: Kentucky
Text of will probated 1873 Will of George W. Hensley
Harlan County Will Book 1, Pages 4-6
I, George W. Hensley, of the County of Harlan and State of Kentucky, being feeble in health and viewing the uncertainty of life and certainty of death, and being of sound mind and disposing memory, do wish to make the following distribution of all my worldly estate to wit.
First. I wish that all my just debts be paid.
Second. I give to my son James all the land I hold from Solomon Pope’s line and Leonard Scott’s line, up to a dividing line between him and Josephus.
Third. I give to my son Josephus all the land that I hold from the line between him and James, up to the dividing between him and Henry.
Fourth. I give to my son, Henry, all the land that I hold, from a dividing linebetween him and Josephus, up to a dividing line between him and my son George W. Hensley.
Fifth. I give to my son George W. Hensley, all the land that I hold beginning on Solomon Pope’s line and running with the dividing line between him and Henry, up to the line between him and Burton.
Sixth. I give to my son Burton Hensley all the lands I hold beginning on Solomon Pope’s line and to run with the dividing line between him and George W. Hensley, up to the dividing line between him and Wilson Hensley.
Seventh. I give to my son Wilson Hensley all the land I hold from a dividing line between him and Burton Hensley, up to my upper lines.
Eighth. I give to my daughter, Johannah, all the land I hold on the Sal Branch during her life, and then to go to her heirs.
Ninth. I wish Leonard Scott to pay Polly Osborn seventy-five dollars in property at trade rates.
Tenth. I wish Wilson Hensley to pay to Burton Hensley, out of the price of his land, in property at trade rates, fifty dollars. Also, George W. Hensley to pay Burton Hensley twenty-five dollars in property at trade rates.
Eleventh. I wish Henry Hensley to pay Nicey Ball, when she becomes twenty-one years old, out of the price of his land, seventy-five dollars in property at trade rates.
Twelfth. I wish my son James to pay to my daughter Martha, when she becomes of age, out of the price of his land, seventy-five dollars in property at trade rates.
Thirteenth. I give to my wife Ruth all the balance of my property (except Henry’s horse), both in the house and out of doors.
Fourteenth. I wish Nehamiah Osborn’s wife and Burton to have the land I bought of Smith Skidmore, to be divided by three dis-interested men, between them.
J. K. Bailey, C. H. C. C.
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