1816 Will of Martin Webb Sr

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Martin Webb

Last Will and Testament

January 7th 1817 County Court

Recorded Book B page 155

in the name of God Amen

I Martin Webb Snr of the County of Warren and State of Kentucky being sick of body but sound in mind doth make this my Last Will and Testament viz ... all my Debts to be paid .. I do bequeath to my Loving wife Nancy fifty acres of Land whereon I now Live beginning at the upper corner and running down the River so as to Include the plantation. also a cow and calf and two horse creators(?) ... and two sows and pigs and our bed and furniture.

I do bequeath to my negro man Bob a horse and cow and calf and to Hetty my negro woman I bequeath one horse creator (?) and one cow and calf - at my death and I also do bequeath forever to the said negros Bob and Hetty at my death and at my Loving wife Nancys death the fifty acres of Land that I have bequeathed to my Loving wife Nancy at her Death to have and to hold the said Land for ever and I do bequeath to my negro man Bob and Hetty at my Death to be free from all and every person and the said negors Bob and Hetty will live with my Loving wife Nancy untill her Death and then to live peasably and uninterrupted on the said fifty acres of land that I have bequeathed to them ....

and the ballance of my property that I have not bequeathed will be made an equal Division of between my childrens - consisting of horses cattle hogs and sheep and the remainder of the land containing one hundred and fifty acres

Given under my hand and seal in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen .... and the 3rd day of August

Martin (his mark) Webb [seal]

witnesses

A Miller

Robert Davis

Carter (his mark) Harison

January County Court Warren County

This Instrument of writing was this day produced in court & proved by the oath of Archibald Miller and Robert Davis two subscribing witnesses thereto to be the last Will & Testament of the therein named Martin Webb decd & was ordered to be recorded

Jon Hobson

Sources

• Will: "Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989"
  Probate Records; Author: Warren County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court; Probate Place: Warren, Kentucky
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 9066 #151160 (accessed 29 November 2023)
  Will of Martin Webbs of Warren County, Kentucky, granted probate on 7 Jan 1817.