Adair County KY Wills: Robert Page, Sr. 29-Sept-1803

Submitted By: Carol Windydaysrbest@aol.com
Submission Date: 22-May-2001
Source:as posted on, http://cgi.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ky/AdairWill

The following, while written in Albemarle VA, is on file in the courthouse at
Adair County KY because Adair County is where the author of the will, Robert
Page, Sr., died.

I Robert Page Sen.r of the County of Albemarle do make this my last will &
testament in following manner & form to wit:
1st Item I give my son William Page one negroe man by the name of Peter.
2nd Item I give unto my son Robert Page Jr. one negroe man by the name of Wilson.
3rd Item I give unto my son George Washington Page one negroe man by the name
of John.
4th Item I give unto my son Nicholas Page one negroe man by the name of Harry.
5th Item I give unto my son Samuel Page one negroe girl by the name of
(indecipherable but could be "star") & a boy by the name of Tancy.
6th Item I give unto my son James Page one negroe boy by the name of Anderson.
7th Item I lend unto my Daughter Betsy Davies one negroe girl by the name of
Tamer. During her natural life & at her decease the said Tamer together with all
her increase if any to be equally divided between the surviving chldren of my
my said daughter.
8th Item I give unto my Daughter Jenny Griffin one negroe girl by the name of Rose.
9th Item I give unto my Daughter Polly Griffin one yallow negroe girl by the name
of Hankey.
10th My son James Page & my Daughter Polly Griffin Each to be furnished with a 
horse from my Estate valued at twenty five pounds, my son James to have a young 
mare from my Daughter Polly Griffin. Paul Pilgrim Bay foalded (sic)1804 has had
herbeast Paul Pilgrim which I valued to 25 pounds in the year (indecipherable but 
could be 1810).
11th Item I lend unto my wife Mary Page all the rest of my negroes together with
all my personal estate & lands during her natural life to be held by her in
plausible possession and at her decease my lands to be sold and equally divided
between my sons William Page, Robert Page, George Washington Page, Nicholas Page,
Samuel Page, and James Page and the whole of the personal Estate that may remain
to be Equally divided between my sons aforementioned & my three daughters Betsy
Davies, Jenny Griffin, & Polly Griffin, that part falling to my daughter Betsy
Davis be a lone (sic) during her life & at her death to descend to her children
in the same manner as directed in the foregoing legasy (sic) by and for her use.
12th Lastly, I do constitute and appoint my sons William Page, Robert Page,
George W. Page & Nicholas Page my Exrs and I hereby revoak all former wills by 
me made at any time heretofore. Ratifying and confirming this to be my last will
and testament, in witness of and whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
my seal this twenty ninth day of September 1803.
Robert Page Sen.r

In Presents of us: Saml Murrel, Augustin Shepherd, John Bethel, Alexander Roberts

Surnames: Bethel, Davies, Griffin, Murrel, Page, Roberts, Shepherd