WILL: Jacob Bowman, 1843, Bullitt County, KY ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Anne Livingston - Livings1@aol.com Date: 9 Dec 1999 *********************************************************************** This was very long and in places the film was awfully dark hopefully I got most every word... Names mentioned: BOSTWICK, BOWMAN, COCHRAN,CRIGLER, DOYLE, FRYE, MORROW, SAMUELS, SPEED, SUMMERS, THOMPSON Bullitt County Will Book C p. 269 In the name of God, amen. I Jacob BOWMAN of Bullitt County and State of Kentucky, being of good health, sound mind and memory, do make and declare this my last will and testament. 1st I desire my body to be buried in decent christian-like manner. 2nd I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Pamela BOWMAN the following described tract of land, towit, To begin at a large Elm at the east end of the land which runs from MORROW's old place, so called, to my house, from thence run due South fifty poles to a stake, from thence run a straight line to the mouth of my spring branch where it empties into Long Lick creek - commence again at the elm (the beginning) and run from thence North about eighty poles to the corner of myself and CRIGLER made in the deed of Thomas SPEED to me as a corner of the tract of about 260 acres I purchased of said SPEED - running thence with the lines of said 260 acres SPEED tract with CRIGLER and my lines northwardly passing BOSTWICK old place, and with the SPEED lines of his deed to me aforesaid until it strikes the old COCKRAN farm, corner made by FRYE, then with COCHRAN's line to a large elm and burch - and to run from thence as far as to include fifty acres of the Nathan COCHRAN tract I purchased of him, passing through the COCHRAN apple orchard so as to leave one third of said orchard to DOYLE and on to Henry S. COCHRAN's line, and to the corner of said Henry S. COCHRAN and myself and DOYLE and then with my lines and said H. S. COCHRAN to the Corner of Long Lick Creek, and down said Creek to the aforesaid mouth of my spring branch including the home house and appurtenances and about 320 or 350 acres which Said tract of land I give to my said wife so long as she remains my widow and unmarried and should she think proper to marry again then the land here named is to pass to and be hereby given and divided in fee to my daughter Permelia B. BOWMAN. I also leave unto my said wife during her life, as long as she remains my widow, the following negroes, slaves, viz. Peter, a man (the Tanner), woman Lot and her two children, Phil and girl child, also Hall called Anderson 18 or 20 years old, Frank a boy 14 or 15 years old, Mary (Moll's daughter) and Jane (Sarah's daughter). The foregoing Land and negroes I bind unto my wife as aforesaid to enable her as my widow to support and maintain herself and finally and particularly to educate and raise my said daughter Permelia B. BOWMAN and I direct she be well educated. The foregoing property land and negroes and their future increase I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said daughter in fee simple subject to the limitation aforesaid: and it is further my will and I hereby expressly direct that if and when y my said daughter shall marry or come of age 21 years, that then my said wife shall have and take for life the one third of said negroes and Land and the other two thirds at the marriage or Coming of age of my said daughter shall be assigned by the order of the Court (unless agreed otherwise by the parties) to my said daughter - and should my said wife at any time hereafter marry again then the aforesaid land and negroes are to pass in fee to my said daughter, and at the death of my said wife all to pass as aforesaid to my said daughter. 4th In addition to the foregoing estate given to my said daughter I do hereby give and devise to said Permelia B. BOWMAN the following lot of Land in the County of Clarke and state of Indiana on the Ohio River. I direct that said Land be divided into five lots of equal length of lines on the back lines - beginning on the division at the south west corner in the back line and along this back line to the north west corner thus numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 beginning for No. 1 on the lower part of the tract, and so on through from the back line to the river by parallel lines the side lines from the back line to the river. In making this division the backline from the river is to be measured and then equally divided in 5 equal parts so as to make the length of each lot on the back line equal and run the parallel lines to the river equall ___ from each other let the quantity of each lot be what it may. This tract is lot No. 5 in Clark Grant and I do hereby give and bequeath desire to my said daughter Permelia B. BOWMAN lot No. 3 in the division so to be made - to have and to hold for her and her heirs forever. The lot in Clarks grant aforesaid contains about 600 acres more or less. The other Lots 2 & 4 in the division here to be made are hereby devised to my two sons Jacob BOWMAN and George BOWMAN and to their heirs forever - the said George to have lot No. 2 and Jacob No. 4 as designated above. To my daughter Mary BOWMAN, wife of Wilson BOWMAN I give and devise the tract of 500 acres of land more or less and said State of Indiana on Silver Creek which land is given her as equal in estimation by me now made with the other lots on the River aforesaid - To have and To hold the same to her and Mary BOWMAN and to her heirs forever - the negroes I have heretofore given to my said daughter Mary viz (there is a blank here as though he meant to add something and never did) also negro Nina or Vina are hereby given her and her heirs forever. And should I die intestate as to the rest of my Estate I direct that each of my children shall account for any and all the Estate reserved of me heretofore and by this will, and after accounting for a fair value of the same in proportion to my other estate when the same was received and is to be received by them, then to come in for a share of the rest of my Estate equally - but Should the part here given my Said daughter Permelia B. BOWMAN exceed her full share in value of my Estate She is not to account or surrender any of the estate here specifically devised to her - nor is Said daughter Mary to do so. I appoint my two sons Jacob BOWMAN, George BOWMAN Executors of this my last will and testament and with authority make them the acting Executors who may qualify in the Division of ---- in Case of the refusal of both to qualify them to my admor. with this will annexed to make deeds to any and all persons to whom I may have sold Lands according to the tenor (?) and effect of my bonds outstanding, if any, with plenary powers to arrange and adjust the same and receive deeds to any lands to all my heirs which I may have purchased and not received deeds for. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this tenth day of April, 1839. Jacob BOWMAN In the presence of N. C. SUMMERS (Noah C.) Wm. R. THOMPSON R. F. SAMUELS (Robert F.) Recorded 20 March 1843 Bullitt County KY Court