Garrard County KyArchives Photo Document.....Mershon, Andrew Sr. Will 1822 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Angie Preston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002275 April 26, 2007, 8:02 am Source: Garrard County Courthouse, Will Book E, Page 240 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/garrard/photos/documents/mershona50ph.jpg Image file size: 194.6 Kb The undersigned being called upon by Andrew Mershon Senr in his last days at his place of residence in the County of Garrard in the State of Kentucky to take notice of his will in relation to a legacy of certain negroes devised to his two children Clementine D. P. Mershon and Benjamin Mershon do state that the said Andrew Mershon some few days previous to his death in the month of Nov last called upon them to take notice he devised his afs daughter Clementine after his death to have as her portion of his slaves a certain lott of negroes (___) Pate and three of her children ____-Hanna Margaret & Tom and his son Benjamin to have Jincy Jim and Jenny as his part of the slaves which sd declaration and desire afsd was made in the last _____ of sd Andrew Mershon as witness our hands and seals this 15th December 1822. John Mershon (Seal) Furnace Mershon (Seal) Garrard County ____I hereby certify that the foregoing non____will of Andrew Mershon decd was proven in court at this December county court 1822 and ordered to be recorded and the same is truly admitted to record. attest Benjamin Letcher CGCC Additional Comments: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photo has been resized/compressed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Project ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/garrard/photos/documents/mershona50ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/