WILL/DEATH CERT: William T. Fox, d. 1913, Bullitt/Jefferson Co., KY

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Excerpt from article written by Stuyler M. Harris, 28 April 1977, reprinted in "Wilderness 
Road" the quarterly of the B.C.G.S., Vol. II, No. 4, June, 1999 (copy at Ridgway Library 
vertical file: Bullitt Co.: Mt. Washington.......  "Seventy-five years ago (ca 1902?)  Mount 
Washington extended its borders, to include the following:      At the junction of Flatlick 
(or Manslick) Road and Bardstown Road, now Hwy 31E, W. T. Fox operated a woodwork shop with 
Zachary Taylor King as blacksmith.  Mr. Fox made and/or repaired single trees, double
trees and such other items used by farmers.  Mr. King shod horses principally."

Death Certificate Information:
File No. 31442
County:  Bullitt
Voting Precinct:  Mt. Washington
William Thomas Fox 
Male / White / Widower 
B: Oct. 14, 1840 Jeffn Co. 
D: Dec. 30,1913 Mt. Washington 
Occupation: wagon maker 
father: William Fox born; South Carolina 
mother; Mariah Parrish born; Virginia 
Informant:  P. N. Fox, Mt. Washington, KY
Place of Burial:  Mt. Washington
Date of Burial:  12/31/1913
McFarland Bros., Mt. Washington

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM THOMAS FOX. 

1st- I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid in full.

2nd- I request that my casket shall be like the one furnished for my wife and that I be laid 
by her side in my lot in the new addition to the Mt. Washington Cemetery and that the date 
of my death be recorded on our double tombstone. 

3rd- I desire that any cash that I may have on hand and in banks,  either on open accounts 
or on time deposits, together with my stock in the Peoples Bank of Mt. Washington Ky. and 
any individual notes and accounts be equally divided between my brother P. N. Fox, and my 
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Barns, of Kissimee Florida, my nephew, William J. Fox and the children  
of my niece, Tina Welch, deceased.

4th- Should my sister, Mrs. Lizzie Barnes die before I do, Then I desire that the portion 
alloted to her shall revert to the surviving heirs as named in clause #3.

5th- I request that the contents of my shop consisting of a stock of goods, and tools, 
together with the contents of the warehouse on the north side of turnpike, shall become the 
absolute property of my brother, P. N. Fox, but the shop, warehouse and real estate 
connected therewith, shall be his during his natural life, and after his death to revert to 
the surviving heirs as named in clause #3.

6th- The one-half interest in a piece of land purchased of W. T. Swearingen, deceased, I 
desire shall go to my brother, P. N. Fox,  during his natural life, with the request (that 
he keep) up the repairs and pay the tax on same, and at his death to revert to the surviving 
heirs as named in clause #3. 

7th- I bequeath to my nephew, William J. Fox, my watch and chain with the masonic charm 
attached. 

8th- I hereby name and appoint my brother, P.N. Fox, and my nephew, William J. Fox, 
administrators of my estate without bond.

    In testimony of which I hereby ascribe my name this the 13th day of June, 1912
Witness: W.L. Barnes
Witness: J.W. Long

State of Kentucky
County of Bullitt
           I Lindsay Ridgway, Clerk of the Bullitt County Court, in the State of Kentucky, 
certify that on the 9th day of February, 1914, the foregoing last will and testament of 
William T. Fox, deceased, was produced in open court and proved by the oath of J.W.
Long a  subscribing witness thereto, to have been signed and acknowledged by WIlliiam T. 
Fox, to be his last will and testament in his presence and in the presence of W. L. Barnes 
the other subscribing witness that they attested same at his request, in his presence and in 
the presence of each other- the signature of W. L. Barnes one of the witness was
proved to be his genuine signature- full capacity of mind of said testator at the time of 
making said will was also proved-and same being fully proved as required by law was admitted 
to probate and ordered to be recorded as the last will and testament of William Thomas Fox, 
deceased, which with this certificate I have truly recorded in my office - this the 10th day 
of February, 1914.
                             Lindsay Ridgway, clerk