WILL: Jacob W. Bowman, 1848, Bullitt Co., KY

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Transcribed by: Jan West awest1@tampabay.rr.com
Date: 13 Jan 2000
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Will of Jacob W. Bowman abt. 1810-1848 Will Book D Page 104

In the name of God, Amen, I Jacob W Bowman of Bullitt Co, Ky- make this my last will and 
Testament. I commend my Soul to God, its auther(sic), and my body to its mother Earth, to be 
decently buried in a christian like manner - I give and divise to my dear wife Mary Jane 
Bowman all my household and kitchen furniture & ware of every description , and the looms & 
wheels- and Poultry of every kind - and also my riding sorrrel Rudolph mare and colt, in
fee forever - and in assigning dower in the slaves to my wife I direct that she have choice 
of the servants to the extent in value of her legal Dower - and also in setting apart her 
part of the stock & researved by law to widows she is to have choice of that part of same 
reserved and set apart to her by law as widow. All the rest of my personal Estate, stock & 
crops of every kind and debts due me, I wish my Exors to dispose of for the purpose of
paying my debts as speedily as practicable - and should this not prove sufficient to pay 
them, I direct the hires of the negroes & rents of the lands be applied for that purpose so 
as to prevent, if possible the sale of any slave or land - Should I die during the growing 
of any crop on the farm - I wish my servants on the farm to be directed by my Exors under 
the control of the overseer to mature the crop fully and have the same prepared and fitted 
for sale for the purpose of paying debts aforesaid - The family grave yard at my home place, 
to the extent of one half acre at least, I direct to be put under good improvement and so 
kept at all times for a Family burial Ground - the title thereof never to pass to any 
stranger and never to be sold out of the family - I purchased a tract of land in Bullitt
County as Smalls property under a decree of Bullitt Circuit Couart- Small mortgaged this 
land afterwards with other Estate to pay me other debts and to pay other persons, now I 
direct that my Exors may, on the payment by Small, of first the purchase money, and then the 
balance named in the mortgage in full - release this land without warranty on my part - but 
this direction is not to hinder or delay me or my representative from using all means in 
law, at any time, to have the possession of the land under my purchase, or the other sum 
secured by mortgage - But is directory to my Exors to release the same if Small shall 
promptly pay me or my Exors the debts - and this money when collected belongs to and will be 
divided to the old firm of Jacob W. Bowman & Co. one third to me - one third to George W.
Bowman - & the other third to the heirs of my Father - I being one - I received some slaves, 
servants - from father in law Abraham Field after our marriage - I direct that in case I die 
leaving a child or children- and then such child shall die, an infant, unmarried and 
withoout issue, that said slaves, which I received from A Field and their issue, and also 
the one I purchased of R P Simmons Estate shall go to my wife Mary Jane Bowman - If any bond 
given by me for lands sold shall be outstanding at the time of my death - I direct that my 
Exors as aforesaid or such them as may qualify or survivor of them shall make a deed to the 
purchaser of such land, on the payment of the purchase money, agreeably to the terms of such 
bond & sale- Lastly I constitute and appoint my friends Abraham Field and Richard H Field
 
Executors of this my last will and Testament - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this 25 day of April 1848 Acknowledged before us - Interlined before signed
J.W. Bowman (seal)
N C Summers
Frederick Travis

State of Kentucky
Bullitt County Court 19 June 1848
The foregoing last will and testament of Jacob W. Bowman decd was this day produced in open 
court by R H Field & Abraham Field Executors for record, and duly proved in open Court by 
the oathes of Noah C Summers and Frederick Travis the two subscribing witnesses theretoto be 
the true last will and Testament of said J W Bowman decd, and as such, fully proved, ordered 
to be recorded, and thereupon the same and this certificate are truly recorded in
my office 
Att Noah C Summers Clk