WILL; William Whitledge, Bullitt Co., KY, 1818

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Transcribed by: Anne Livingston Livings1@aol.com
Date: 2 July 1999 
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I have put off transcribing this will because it was very  difficult to read 
and I was filled with anxiety that I would make some serious mistake. I have 
done my best .  There were a couple of words I could not make out and some of 
the slave's names were pretty impossible to read... I also had trouble with 
the last daughter and hope I guessed right. If you see a mistake, please contact 
me or the archivist so that we can get this corrected.

Bullitt Co. Will Book 1 p. 307  In the name of God Amen I William WHITLEDGE 
of the County of Bullitt, State of Kentucky knowing that it is appointed for 
all men to die and the uncertainty  life and certainty of death and I being 
of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to god for his mercies bestowing upon me 
have made constituted and appointed this to be my last will and testament.  
Last of all I recommend my soul into the hands of the almighty god that made 
it and my body to this earth to be buried in a deasant christian like manner 
and as to my worldly goods that It has pleased god to bless me with I give 
and bequeath in the following manner and _____.

First of all I give and bequeath to my son Overall WHITLEDGE two hundred and 
twenty acres of land, the place Where he now lives on, also one negro man 
named Henry (or possibly Henny) and a negro woman name L----  (Livie? Lidia?)

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas WHITLEDGE the place he 
now lives on Consisting of one hundred and eighty acres of Land also one 
negro man named Bob and a negro girl named ____  (Jeni? Seri? Sena?)

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved son John WHITLEDGE the plantation 
where he now lives consisting of two hundred and four acres of land also two 
negro men, one named Spencer and the other Jess(e?).

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Nancy WHITLEDGE a negro 
woman named Prew  and all her ____ (Mai--- or Mar---) except her oldest 
child, Sim.  I also give her three hundred dollars in Cash.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Jane BROWN one hundred and 
twenty seven acres of land Whereby half of this land that I intended for my 
son William WHITLEDGE divided by a State line from the poplar Corner marked 
I.E. from thence to two birches (or bushes) on _____ Fork.  (it looked like 
Plowed Fork), also one negro girl named Charlotte to her and all her heirs of 
her body.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Jeriah WHITLEDGE one negro 
woman named Benjamin (?) also one negro woman named Milly during her 
remaining my Widow, also I give her Chois of two of my Horses which shall be 
on hand when I die, also our (or one)  woman’s saddle and bridle which she 
now has in possession, also waggon and gir (gear) that belongs to me, two 
plows, two axes, two Broad axes, also one hundred Barrells of Corn and 
fifteen hundred Weight of Pork, also my loom and girs belonging to two lining 
(or linen) wheels and pair of cards.  Also two cows and calfs, all the geese 
that shall be on the place when I die and hogs to this amount per pound and 
she is to take all the bedding, pots and pans and all the furniture that she 
brought with her when I married her which was the estate of Richard BAUGHN, 
also the plantation and twenty seven acres, the one half of this land that I 
kept for William WHITLEDGE, during her remaining my Widow and that 
appurtenances thereto.

Item:  I also give and bequeath to my beloved daughter  _____  (Moriah?) Ann 
WHITLEDGE the tract of land above given to my wife during her widowhood if 
she should marry then the land should go to Ann.  I also give her one negro 
Boy named Antony, one girl named Charlotte, one small boy named Henry, these 
being all Milly’s children and also I give her the next child that Milly 
shall bear after the date of my will.  Also our cow and our ewe and our lamb.

Item:  And it is my desire that after the death of my wife that the two 
Negros that I gave her shall be sold and equally divided among my six 
children viz: Overall, Thomas, John, said sons and Nancy, Janey and (Mariah?) 
Ann and also the remainder of my estate that is not mentioned in the above 
after my death shall be sold and divided among my six children and after my 
just debt is paid and my body desent buried and all expenses paid.

and last of all I do make and appoint my beloved son Overall my whole and 
sole executor.  In testimony whereof I herunto set my hand and fix my seal in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eigh hundred and fifteen, March 3rd.

Signed William WHITLEDGE
Delivered in the presence of 
Clifton HALL
Garland (or Gallant?) WHEELER
Robert WHEELER

and below their signatures is a sort of postscript:

B.  The Negroes that is mentioned to be sold shall not be sold out of the 
family.  They shall be sold among the children at twelve months credit and 
the children shall become the purchasers and no other.

Recorded by the Bullitt Co. Court 9 Jul 1818

The 2nd witness looked like Garland WHEELER but I noticed in the KY marriage 
CD they have him as Gallant:
Gallant WHEELER m. Elizabeth WHITLEDGE 12 Jan 1815 Bullitt Co.  
Robert WHEELER m. Sally GENTRY 9 Jul 1818 Bullitt Co.