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William Larkin Turner Will
I William Turner of the County of Taylor and state of Kentucky, do hereby make this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz
- Item 1 I will unto my daughter Harriet Lively one thousand dollars.
- Item 2 I will unto my son William L Turner one thousand dollars
- Item 3 I will unto my daughter Martha Turner one thousand dollars and one bed and furniture
- Item 4 I will unto my son John N Turner one thousand dollars and my negro man named Anderson, one bed and furniture and his horse Jim
- Item 5 I will unto my son Robert H Turner one thousand five hundred and forty five dollars and one bed and furniture and his horse Bally.
- Item 6 I will unto my daughter Mary Elizabeth Turner one thousand five hundred dollars my negro woman Nelly and one bed and furniture.
- Item 7 I will unto John N Turner and Robert H Turner a lot of hogs about 60 in number known as the hogs now in my possession.
- Item 8 I will as soon after my death as ?? and necessary that my Executor herein after named shall sell the tract of land whereon I now live and all the rest of my estate not disposed of in this will at public sale. The land to be sold as follows, one third cash in hand, one third on 12 months credit and the other third on a credit of 2 years and when the last payment is paid or the debts secured to the satisfaction of my Executor, then he is hereby empowered to make a deed to the purchaser for said land.
- Item 9 My will is that my daughter Martha Turner select the beds named in this will for each of the devisees and furnish them plentifully with all necessary bed clothes.
- Item 10 My will is that in consideration of the foregoing devises in this will that none of my children is to have any claim on my estate from anything that is in my hands as their guardian or otherwise which may be going to them from me as their guardian aforesaid and upon their accepting of the devises of this will my estate be released from all claims except $30.00 to the three youngest children.
- Item 10 It is my will that no changes or claims be brought up against any of my children prior to the date of this will and that they bring none against me for same time this clause includes Dr James W Lively my son in law as one of my children.
- Item 11 It is my will and desire that my Executor herein mentioned shall first pay my debts and then distribute the funds then on hand of my estate in proportion to the amount given each heir; to the devisees herein named or their guardians.
- Item 12 It is my will that after paying all the devisees named in this will that the overplus and balance of my estate will be equally divided among my children, and if my estate should fall short of paying the sums willed herein, then in that event each heir to be deducted equally and not in proportion.
- Item 13 It is my will that William Cloyd be and he is hereby appointed my Executor to this my last will and and testament hereby revoking any will hereto fore made by me.
- Item 14 My will is that if any of my three youngest children should die before they are 21 years of age his or her part or parts shall fo to the survivor or survivors.
- Item 15 It is my will that eight hundred and forty dollars be taken out and deducted from Harriet Lively's devise of one thousand dollars in this will it being security money paid by me for James W Lively viz to Samuel W Robinson seven hundred and fifty dollars and ninety dollars paid Thomas Casey leaving only one hundred and sixty dollars to be paid by my Executor to said Harriet Lively being all she is to receive from my estate except as follows viz:
- Item 16 My will further is that Harriet Lively take the house and lot in the town of Campbellsville with Martin Hazard gave me. No 21 at six hundred dollars she paying to my Executor four hundred dollars for William L Turner and Martha Turner to be taken our of the devises to them of one thousand dollars each. If Harriet Lively refuses to take said property then my Executor is to sell the same and give her two humdred dollars in addition to what is given her in Item 15 above and William L Turner and Martha Turner to received what is willed to them in Item 2 and 3.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seals this 13th day of February 1856.
- William Turner {seal}
- Signed, sealed and acknowledged in presence of us date above
- A F Gowdy
- J R Robinson
First codicil to the written will:
- I will that the Item 16 of the within will be so changed as to give my daughter Harriet Lively absolutely the house and lot herein named without paying any thing for it and William L Turner and Martha Turner to receive what is willed to them in item 2 and 3
Given under my hand and seal March 4th 1856
- William Turner {seal}
- Attest
- J R Robinson
- A G Gowdy
At a special tern of the Taylor County County commences and held for Taylor County at the courthouse in Campbellsville on the 21 day of July 1856 the foregoing last will and testament of William Turner, deceased together with the codicil hereto attached was produced in court and proved by the oath of A F Gowdy and J R Robinson the subscribing witnesses thereto to be the act and deed of the said William Turner and that they beleive him to be in his perfect mind and memory at the time of signing and executing said will and codicil and the same was established as the true last will and testament of the said William Turner, deceased and ordered to be recorded. Whereupon the same and this certificate have been duly recorded in my office this 15th day of October 1856
- George W Montague, Clerk
- Taylor County Court
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