WILL: Mary W. Buckner Recorded in Will Book #4, Page 44, Green County Courthouse, Greensburg In the name of God, Amen. I Mary W. Buckner of the county of Green and State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and of disposing memory, but weak in body, and being desirous of making some disposition of the property with which I have been blessed do make, ordain, and constitute and establish this as my last will and testament. I commend my spirit to the God who gave it, and desire for my body after death a plain decent burial, and as soon thereafter as practical, I desire my beloved husband, W. S. Buckner, to pay off my funeral expenses, and just debts out of my personal estate, which I may leave. I leave all my property, real and personal, to my said husband, W. S. Buckner, in trust, for my children, viz., John A. Buckner, Lucy E. Moody, Ann E. Pendleton, Mary C. Buckner, Villote B. Buckner, Alberta L. D. Buckner, Horace S. Buckner, and Julia L. Buckner, and desire that my said husband hold my real estate, for and during his life, and also my personal estate, except as I may provide in regard to my real and personal estate hereafter in this Will - and it is my further desire that my husband keep house, and keep my unmarried children together with him until they may marry or are twenty-one years of age. I have already given to my married daughters, Lucy E. Moody and Ann E. Pendleton, one good feather bed, and furniture, one good horse and devise to each one of my unmarried children, viz., Mary C., Villotte B., Alberta L. D., Horace S., and Julia L. Buckner, the same amount and kind of property, to be given off to them as they may severaly marry or become of the age of twenty one years, and to my son, John A. Buckner, I devise the same amount of property, except his horse and saddle, which has already been given him, and if there is not personal property enough to give them these amounts, then I desire them to have the value thereof in my real estate, to be valued them by disinterested parties, or should my said husband die before these amounts are paid over to any of said children, then I desire these amounts paid them out of my real or personal estate, as each may be entitled before any division shall be made, to those who shall have received these amounts. It is my will and desire, and intention, that all of any children be equal in my property, and as some of my children have already been raised, clothed, and educated, and others are yet young, and have to be clothed, and educated, now in order to make them as near equal as I can in this respect I will and devise to my daughter, Villotte B. Buckner, in addition to that already devised her, in case her father dies before she marries or is twenty one years of age, a sum of money, bearing the same proportion to two hundred dollars that the time from her father's death to the time she is twenty one years to the time from my death, until she is twenty one years of age, and to Alberta L. D. Buckner under like conditions, a sum proportional to three hundred dollars, and to Horace S. Buckner, my son, under same conditions, a sum proportional to Four Hundred dollars, and to my daughter, Julia L. Buckner under same conditions, a sum proportional to six hundred dollars. I desire, and devise that my farm known as the dower tract, bought by me, belonging to Ann W. Edwards, be given up by my husband to, and equally divided between all my children when my youngest living child shall arrive at twenty one years of age. I give and bequeath as a burial ground, for my family and their descendents, one acre of land, which I do not desire divided, the title to be equal in my husband, W. S. Buckner, and all my children, said acre of land to be in a square around the grave yard, on the Ann W. Edwards' place, as may be laid off, and designated by my husband, W. S. Buckner. Mary W. Buckner Signed, sealed, and acknowledged to be the last will and testament of Mary W. Buckner May 26th 1879 in presence of M. W. Clark B. W. Penick W. S. Buckner, husband of Mary W. Buckner, acquiesces in the above will made by his wife, and will abide, and be bound by the conditions, and devises therein made, this May 26th, 1879. W. S. Buckner Witness: B. W. Penick At a county court held for Green County on the 16th day of June 1879 a writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Mary W. Buckner deceased was produced into court by B. W. Penick, one of the witnesses thereto, and fully proven by the oath of B. W. Penick, one of the subscribing witnesses (the other subscribing witness not being present) who after being duly sworn states that the said Mary W. Buckner signed and acknowledged the said instrument of writing, to be her last will and testament in his presence and in the presence of the other subscribing witness, and that they signed the same in her presence and in the presence of each other, and that he believes her to have been of sound mind and memory at the time of signing the same, and the same is ordered to be recorded as the last will and Testament of Mary W. Buckner, decd., and W. S. Buckner personally appeared in open court and acquiesced in the above Will made by his wife, and acknowledged his acquiescence thereto as trustee under said Will, and the same is truly recorded in my office this (The County Clerk failed to send me the ending of the probation). ============================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.