WILL: J. C. Holsclaw, 1923, Bullitt Co., KY

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Will Book "K", page 53
I, J.C. Holsclaw, of Bullitt County, Kentucky, hereby make, publish and declare this 
instrument of writing as and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking all 
former wills at any time by me made.

I direct tht all my just debts be paid.

I will and devise all my estate to my beloved wife, Estella Holsclaw, as long as she 
shall remain my widow and in case she should remarry, one-half of said estate 
remaining at the date of her marriage shall go to my brothers and sisters, or their 
legal heirs under the laws of descent and distribution.

I hereby direct that all my lands and personal property be sold, (except such articles 
of personalty as my wife desires to keep) and the proceeds turned over to my wife with 
the remainder of my estate.

Out of my estate I direct that the sum of One Thousand Dollars be set aside and 
invested for the purpose of taking care of Charles Shoptaw during his last illness and 
defraying his funeral expenses when he dies and that portion of the will which states 
that all my estate shall go to my wife, means that all of said estate except enough to 
pay my just debts and the OneThousand Dollars bequest to said Shoptaw.

I hereby nominate J. W. Hardaway and J. L. Williams, as my executors to carry out the 
provisions of this will and sk the Court probating this will to appoint them as such 
executers and I hereby empower them to sell my real estate and to perform and do all 
other acts necessary to carrying out this wil..

							J.C. Holsclaw

Signed by J.C. Holsclaw in our presence and signed by us at his request in his 
presence and in the presence of each other - this January 25th, 1923.

						J.V. Ashby
						J.R. Zimmerman

State of Kentucky
County of Bullitt .....Sct.

I, Lindsay Ridgway Clerk of the Bullitt County Court in the State of Kentucky, certif 
that the foregoing last will and testament of J.C. Holsclaw, deceased, was on the 14th 
day of May 1923, produced in open Court and proved by the oaths of J.V. Ashby and J.R. 
Zimmerman, subscribing witnesses thereto, to have been signed and acknowledged by
J.C. Holsclaw, to be his last will and testament in their presence and in the presence 
of each other, -that they attested same at his request, -in his presence and in the 
presence of each other,- full capacity of the mind of the 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 J.C.
Holsclaw, deceased, -which with this certificate I have truly recorded in my office - 
this the 15th day of May 1923. 

Lindsay Ridgway Clerk.
By E. E. McCummins, D.C.