WILL: William Remym 1816, Floyd County, KY USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submittor before downloading. ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 From: Lew Jenkins Subject: William Remy of Floyd Co. Will I recently made a trip to Paintsville to look at the will of my gggggg-grandfather William Remy husband of Elenor McCarty. Thanks to Mary K. Goodyear, I found this will is in the Paintsville Court House in the Probate Recorders office folded and stuffed in a business size letter envelop in a drawer in a small room to the left as you enter the Recorders Office. To find the will you have to look in Will Book A, page 8. It will tell the location of the will as described above. I have transcribed the will to the best of my ability and written it exactly as it appears on each page of the will. Each line I have written is the line length on the will. The dashed lines are where dashed lines appear on the original will. The space between some paragraphs is the ending of one page and the starting of the next. If anyone can help me fill in the blanks or has a copy of the words please let me know, or if anyone in Paintsville would be willing to go to the court house and look at the original and see if they can read to fill in the blanks, I would really appreciate it. Also I need to know the name of the CFCC (Clerk of Floyd County. I'm Not sure I am reading it right. Sinserely, Lew from Cleveland, Oh - Searching CRESS/CRACE, BUTTERBAUGH, JENKINS, MONTGOMERY, PRICE, RAMEY, RISNER, SKAGGS, WHEELER **************************************************************** The Last Will and Testament of William Remy of Floyd Co KY (now Johnson) This will is dated 28 Apr 1816, and was proved Dec 1816: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN; WHEREAS I, WILLIAM REMY, of the County of Floyd, State of Kentucky. Being weak in body but retain- ing my common senses reason and judgment and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and know- ing that it is appointed once for all men to die and after death I believe there will be a judgement. and appoint Do make my constitute ^ this my last Will and Testa- ment and first of all I recommend my Soul to God who giveth it to me and my body to the dust to be buried at the discretion of my friends. Nothing doubting burial I shall receive the same at the resurection of the just and as to the temporal estate which it pleased God to bless me with to dispose of in manner and form as followeth viz. -- First is to say first of all I lend to my wife - Elenor Remy the plantation and premises with every profit and benefit there unto belonging. And all my house hold furniture with one milk cow induering or her life; and if any thing remains after death I leave it to be divided amongst my children as the other part of my estate.- - - I Also give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Underwood and my Daughter Elenor Roland ten Dollars to each of them in cash. I Also give and bequeath to my seven children now living in Floyd County State of Kentucky viz, John Remy James Remy William Remy and Daniel Remy. Dorcus Jayne Catherine Wheeler and Jamima Auxier I Also give and bequeath the hole of my personal estate goods and chatles also all my debts dues and demands that is due to me which may be collected to be equally divided amongst my seven sons and daughters whose names are inscribed above. I Also will that my land be rented or leased for the term of seven years and the profits arising from the rents be dis- posed of as followeth vis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First of all one fourth part to the care of Stephen Wheeler to be disposed of for school- his son ing schooling of ^ William Remy Wheeler for the term of two years and the overpluss for the schooling of either of his younger Brothers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Also one fourth to the care of John Remy for the schooling of his son William Remy two years and the overpluss for the schooling of his grand- son Thaddeus Remy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Also one fourth part to the care of William Remy for the schooling of his son William Remy two years and the overpluss for the schooling of one of John Auxer,s Sons - - - - - - - - Also one fourth to the care of Daniel Remy for the schooling of his son William Remy Pelfrer two years and the overpluss for the schooling of either of his younger brothers. I Also Appoint My beloved friends John Remy William Remy and John Auxer____ ____________________________________________ revokeing _________ all former wills writings or assignments acknowledging this alone to be my last will and testament. In witness where of I here unto set my hand and seal this 28th, Day of April in the year of our Lord 1816. Signed sealed and acknowledged by Wm Remy (seal) in presence of us. Thomas Lewis John Remy Jr. Floyd County Court December Term 1816 ____________________________________________________ The last will and testament of William Remy was proved in open court by the oaths of the subscribing witnesses hereto and ordered to be received. A Copy Teste Wm Jellaigo CFCC Appointed the Executors of William Remy attest that should the above instrument of writing his continue to be ^ last will and testament at his de- cease and be committed to our trust that we will injustice truth and equity excepting providentialy execute disapointed ^ the same. witness where we set our names the 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1816 Test John Remy Thomas Lewis Wm Remy Sr. John Remy Jr. John Auxer Codicil to WilliamRemy last Will and Testament A Codicil to William Remy ____________________________ is to say the land that is to be rented for sixteen years at the end of said term willeth to be sold and the profit there of to be divided amongst the poorer part of his generation particularly the maim the lost or the blind or any other impediment where by they are disable from bodily exercises to be divided amongst them in pro- portion to their several abilities at discression of his executors to execute as a part of his last will and testament In witness where of I set my name and seal this 28th, Day of April in the year of our Lord 1816. Wm Remy (seal) in presence of us. Thomas Lewis John Remy Jr. Floyd County Court December Term 1816 This codicil or schedule to William Remeys in open court last will and testament was provided ^ by the oaths of Thomas Lewis & John Remey Jr subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded A Copy Teste Wm Jellaigo CFCC The following is the Cover page when the will is properly folded. Reading from the top in very large writting. William Remy last Will and Testament Turn the cover up-side-down the following is written. Wm Remey last Will & Testament Proved at Deer C. 1816 Recorded in Book A page 8 and examined Wm Jellaigo CFC Wm Remey