WILL: Mrs. Eliza J. Hall, 1924, Bullitt Co., KY

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Date:  9 Sept 2000
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Will: Eliza J. HALL/ Feb 14, 1914

Will Book L page 63

    In the name of God, Amen.
    I, Mrs. Eliza J. HALL of Bullitt County,  State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and 
disposing memory and knowing the uncertianty of life and the certianty of death, do make 
this my last will and testament.  

    1st - It is my wish that my body be decently buried and all my just debts and funeral 
expenses be paid. 

    2nd - I give to my daughter Naomi GENTRY the farm on which she now lives consisting of 
about 60 acres and the 40 acres on the Bethel Roadon which Alford GIBSON now lives, so long 
as she lives, at her death they shall be equally divided between my two grandsons, Waldo B. 
GENTRY and Theodore E. GENTRY. 

    3rd - I give to my grandson Waldo B. GENTRY one beadstead, one feather bed, one sheet, 
one blanket, one quilt one comfort, one bolster, and two pillows. 

    4th - I give to my grandson Theodore E. GENTRY one beadstead, one feather bed, one 
sheet, one blanket, one quilt one comfort, one bolster, and two pillows. 

    5th - I give to my niece Hazel D. HALL daughter of Rufus K. HALL the place on which I 
now live containing about 5 acres, and lying across the road from Bethel Church - I  also 
give her one bedsteadone feather bed, one sheet, one blanket, one quilt one comfort, one 
bolster, and two pillows. 

    6th - The balance of my household and kitchen furniture I wsh to be equally divided 
between my two grandsons, Waldo B, GENTRY and Theodore E. GENTRY. 

    7th - It is my wish that the colored woman, Susan HALL who lives with me, be provided 
for out of the money I have, and be decently buried. 

    8th - It is my wish that after all of the foregoing items have been provided for and a 
suitable monument placed at my grave and at the grave of the abovementioned Susan HALL, that 
the rest of my money shall be given to the Trustees of Bethel Church, and shall be used for 
the repair and upkeep of the said Bethel Church. 

    9th - It is my wish that Rufus K. HALL be and he is hereby appointed executer of this 
will to serve without bond. 
                                                          Mrs Eliza J. HALL

Witnesses: WL McGEE
           JO SIMMONS

State of Kentucky..............Set.
        I, Lindsay RIDGWAY, Clerk of the Bullitt County Court, in the State of Kentucky, 
certify that on the tenth day of March, 1924, the foregoing last will and testament of 
.....was admitte dto probate and ordered to be recorded ...I have truly recorded in my 
office this the tenth day of March, 1924.
         Lindsey RIDGEWAY Clerk
          By E. E. MCCORMICK,D. C.