WILL: William Buckner, Sr.
Will Book 3, Page 47

Green County Court, Greensburg, Ky.


     I William Buckner, Sr., of sound mind and disposing memory,
do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, hereby
revoking every will hitherto made by me.

     The tract of land on which I now live, and on a part of
which Mary J. Buckner (widow of Gabriel M. Buckner) also resides,
I hereby dispose of in the following manner.  To William F.
Buckner, Robert W. Buckner, Elizabeth G. Buckner, Ann M. Buckner
and Mary M. Buckner (children of said Gabriel) and their heirs
forever, I hereby divise that part of said tract which is
embraced within the following boundries beginning at Thornton
Buckner upper corner on the bank of the south fork of Pitman's
Creek, now called Big Creek, thence up the same, bounding on the
Southeastward side thereof to a honey locust and some other tree
marked as a corner near to and a little way below a ford over
said creek, where a path crossed to a meaddue (meadow?) which was
on the north side of said creek, thence southeastwardly with a
marked line to some dogwoods, marked as a corner on the hillside
westwardly of an old mill house, thence southwardly to the top of
the siage (?) which divides the waters of falling timber now,
from those of the Buck lick now, said line to be straight and to
be run to the top of said ridge in such manner as to leave a
corner of Thornton Buckner's land (which is a beech and
sugartree) fifty yards to the right hand of said line thence a
straight line to the line of Henry P. Hosine striking the sowl
(soil?) at a point thirty feet to the right at the mouth of the
Lane between my land and that of said Hosine thence with said
harcuos line, and the line of a tract of land formerly owned by
Bailey and now by Durret, to the line of the tract once owned by
John M. Colgan and a line of the heirs of Benjamin Gaddy,
deceased, northwestwardly to a corner of a tract of land once
(balonging I believe to the heirs of Francis Gaddie, dec.),
thence northwestwardly with Gaddie's line to the corner of said
tract of Gaddy, thence northwestwardly with another line of
Gaddy's tract so far as to leave for Thornton Buckner three acres
of my tract to be laid off by a straight line from Gaddy's line
to Thornton's East corner (a beech and a sugar tree) which will
be the line between the land of said Thornton Buckner and the
tract hereby devised to the heirs of Gabriel M. Buckner; thence
with the line of said Thornton Buckner to the beginning.  The
above mentioned three acres I hereby devise to Thornton Buckner
and his heirs.

     The above named heirs of Gabriel M. Buckner are not to take
possession of now to enjoy the land above devised to them until
after the death or marriage of their Mother, to whom I hereby
devise the same, for and during her widowhood, nor shall the
above devise to said widow, nor that to said heirs be effectual
unless a bond which I executed to said Gabriel binding myself to
convey to him a part of said land be given up to use on my
executors hereafter to be named, as satisfied, because I executed
said bond gratuilously, and now devise the land embraced thereby
and more to his heirs and widow as above stated in discharge of
said Bond.  Should either of said heirs die before arriving at
the age of twenty-one years, and leaving no issue, such issue
taking the portions of the father or mother of such issue.

     The remaining portion of my said tract of land, I hereby
devise to my son Robert R. Buckner in trust for his seven
children now living, and such other children as he may hereafter
have, and should any of said children die, before arriving at the
age of 21 years, having no issue, then the part of said child so
dying should go to his or her surviving brothers and sisters, and
to the child or children of such as may die leaving issue, such
issue taking the position of the Father or Mother of such issue.

     The tract or parcel of land hereby devise to said Robert, in
trust, is bounded by the tract above devised to the heirs of Gabe
M. Buckner, by that of Hosiore, that of James Durham and the
lands formerly owned by Joseph and Jesse Crouch, Robert Willock
and James McFarland, and by those of William McColgan, and
William and George Sympson.

     Should my said son Robert R. Buckner at any time be of
opinion that it will be of advantage to his children to sell said
land, and to invest the proceeds of the sale in other land for
them in this or any other of the United States, it is my will and
desire and I hereby direct that he shall do so hereby confering
on him authority to make said sale and to convey the same as
trusted to the purchaser or purchasers, and that with the money
arising from said sale he shall purchase other land, taking the
conveyance therto to his said children or to himself expressly in
trust for them.

     As to all other property real and personal which I may own
at my death, my will is and I hereby direct, that my executors as
such of them as may act as such as the survivors or survivor of
such, shall sell the same on such credit as may be considered
most indicious as my slaves, in relation to whom I shall in this
will hereafter make disposition.

     My said executors or such of them as may be then acting
shall have power to convey to the purchasers such of my lands as
they may sell after paying my just debts all the money arising
from the sale of said property real and personal shall be divided
into nine equal parts, one of which I bequeath and direct them to
deliver to Thornton Buckner, another to Richard A. Buckner,
Senr., another to Colby Cowherd, another to Lewis C. Patteson,
another to the children of my deceased son Gabl. M. Buckner,
another to my son, Robert R. Buckner, in trust for his children
now living and for such as may hereafter be born and another to
Dr. Richard A. Taylor and Colby Cowherd and Lewis C. Patteson in
trust for my daughter Jane L. McCorkle, and her children,
Elizabeth R. McCorkle, John S. McCorkle and Aylett B. McCorkle,
and such other children as the said Jane may hereafter have, to
be applied to their use and benefit exclusively, and not in
anywise to be subject to the control of her husband, John
McCorkle, nor to be applied to the payment of his debts.

     But said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them or
such of them as may accept said trust are hereby empowered to pay
said money or such part of it as they may think proper to said
Jane for the support of herself and children and for their
education; or they may in their discretion purchase other
property with it or any part of it taking the title thereof to
himself or theirselves in trust for said Jane's receipt for money
so delivered to her for herself and children shall be good and
binding on said Jane and children and shall be full authority to
the said trustees for the same but the above bequest to sd.
trustees for said Jane and children is upon a condition herein
and hereafter to be mentioned.  The two surviving shares I
bequest to my granddaughters, Elizabeth M. Winlock, Louisa A.
Winlock and Matilda A. Winlock, daughters of George Winlock and
my deceased daughter, Mary M. Winlock, and their brother, Robert
S. Winlock, and to Sarah E. Buckner. daughter of Stanton Buckner
and my deceased daughter, Nancy Buckner, each of said legaties
taking an equal part of said two shares.  Should said Thornton
Buckner, Richard A. Buckner, Colby Cowherd or Lewis C. Patteson
die before I do, the aforesaid legacy of the money aforesaid left
to the person so dying shall be paid to the representation of the
decedent.  Should my said daughter Jane or any of her children
die before I do, this interest of the one so dying shall be held
in trust as afore directed for the survivors, and so in relation
to the children of my said son, Robert R. Buckner, should anyone
of the children of said Gabriel M. Buckner die before I do, his
or her part shall go to his or her surviving brothers and
sisters, and should said Elizabeth M. Winlock, Louisa A. Winlock,
Matilda J. Winlock, Robert S. Winlock or Sarah E. Buckner die
before I do, the interest in the said two shares of the one so
dying shall go to the survivors.

     Before the sale, however, of my personal property, my will
is that my executors deliver to my said granddaughter, Louisa A.
Winlock, one bed and furniture and a gelding or more worth in
their opinion 80 dollars to be selected from any of my stock, or
if those be no one of that value, the said Louisa is to have one
as near that as may be, if the nag delivered to her be of less
value than 80 dollars, my executors shall pay her the difference,
or if it be over that value she must pay to them such excess, the
above bequest of one ninth share of the money aforesaid to Robert
R. Buckner in trust for his children if also like that to
trustees for Jane McCorkle and children upon a conditions therin
and hereafter to be mentioned.

     To my daughter, Elizabeth L. Buckner, wife of Richard A.
Buckner, and to said Richard A. Buckner, I give and bequeath my
negro man named Spencer, about twenty-one years.  If said Spencer
die before they get him, then they or the survivor or the
representative of the survivor shall have in his stead some other
of my slaves of value equal to said Spencer's present value.  I
make the last mentioned bequest because I have not hitherto given
to my said daughter Elizabeth as much as I have given to each of
my other children except Jane McCorkle.

     I hereby further bequest to the aforesaid Richard A. Taylor,
Colby Cowherd and in trust for my daughters, Jane L. McCorkle,
and above three children and such other children as she may
hereafter have, the following slaves, towit, a negro man named
John, a negro woman named Sueky and her eight children, Nancy,
Dick, Bob, Martha, George, Stephen, William and Sarah, also, a
negro woman named Milly and her four children, Ann, Delphy, Mary,
and Ellen, and the further increase of all said slaves, the
aforesaid slaves I bequest to said Taylor, Cowherd and Lewis C. 
Patteson in trust as aforesaid, without any condition because
they are the slaves which I intended to secure to my said
daughter, Jane, and her children without the consent of said
Jane, nor be liable in any even to the payment of any debt of sd.
John M. S. McCorkle, but with her consent sd. trustees as such or
act by accepting the trust, may sell them as any part of them
which may be in their opinion advisable to dispose of, and apply
the proceeds of the sale by purchasing other property, taking the
title therefore to themselves, as trustees as aforesaid, or to
himself as trustee; if the sale be made by only one, or such
portion of the money as they or he may think proper may be handed
to my said daughter Jane for her support and that of her children
and for their education and the receipt of sd. Jane to sd.
trustee or trustees therefore shall be good and obligatory on her
and her interest in said slaves or other property purchased with
money arising from their sale shall be held by said trustees for
her children, and if either of said children die before arriving
at twenty-one years of age and leaving no children, the interest
of said decedent shall be held in like manner for the surviving
brothers and sisters _________.  Should I sell any of said
slaves, the aforesaid bequest to trustees for said Jane and
children shall be void as to the above slaves so sold by me as I
shall in that event invest the proceeds of the sale for the
benefit of my said daughter and her children.

     It is further my will and I hereby direct that my executors
shall cause all the slaves I may own at my death except the one
bequeathed to my daughter, Elizabeth L. and her husband Richard
A. Buckner, and except Hannah, Dikey and Esther to be divided
into nine equal parts as near as may be, one of which I bequeath
to Thornton Buckner, one to Richard A. Buckner, one to Coleby
Cowherd, one to Lewis C. Patterson, one to the children of my son
Gabriel M. Buckner, and to Robert R.  Buckner in trust for his
children now living and such other children as he may hereafter
have; but said bequest to said Robert R. Buckner in trust is on a
condition hereafter to be named; another of said nine parts or
shares I bequeath to said Richard A. Taylor, Colby Cowherd and
Lewis C. Paterson in trust for my daughter Jane L. McCorkle and
her aforesaid three children and such other children as she may
have but said last bequest is also on a condition hereafter to be
mentioned.  The two remaining shares I hereby bequeath to my
granddaughters, Elizabeth M. Winlock, Louisa A. Winlock, Matilda
Winlock, Sarah E.  Buckner, daughter of Stanton Buckner, and my
grandson, Robert S. Winlock, each one taking one fifth part of
said two shares.  Should either of said Winlocks or Sarah E.
Buckner die before my death, the share of such decedent shall go
to the survivors.  Should said Jane McCorkle die before I do,
said ninth share devised to trustees for her and her children
shall be held by said trustees for her children and the survivors
of them, and should either of said children die before arriving
at twenty-one years of age and without leaving a child, the
interest in said decedent therein shall be held for the benefit
of the survivor.

     If Thornton Buckner, Richard A. Buckner, Coleby Cowherd or
Lewis C. Pattison should die before I do, the share bequeathed to
the person so dying shall go to representative of said decedent. 
Should said Robert R. Buckner die before I do, the property in
this will devised to him in trust for his children shall vest in
them without the intervention of any trustee and in such other
children as he may hereafter have.  If any of said children die
arriving at full age and without leaving a child, the interest of
such decedent shall go to his or her surviving brothers and
sisters.  Whatever money I may have on hand at my death and all
that then may be due to me shall also be divided into nine parts,
one of which I bequest to Thornton Buckner, another to Richard A.
Buckner, another to Coleby Cowherd, another to Lewis C. Pattison,
another to the children of Gabriel M. Buckner, another to Robert
R. Buckner in trust for his children and such other children as
he may hereafter have, another to Richard A. Taylor, Coleby
Cowherd in trust for my daughter Jane L. McCorkle and her
children and such other children as she may hereafter have.  The
two remaining between my granddaughters, Elizabeth M. Winlock,
Louisa A. Winlock, Matilda J. Winlock, Sarah E. Buckner and my
grandson, Robert S. Winlock in the same way as above directive. 
In respect to the money arising from the sale of my personal
property and land, the trustees having the same powers in
relation thereto, as those stated in the above clause.  But these
last bequests to Robert R. Buckner in trust and to said Taylor,
Cowherd and (blank) in trust is also on the like condition as
those above pointed out which are as follows.  Said Robert R. 
Buckner and said John M. S. McCorkle are each endebted to me and
I hereby direct that the aforesaid bequest to said Robert R.
Buckner in trust for his said children so far as said bequests
relate to the proceeds of the sales of my personal property and
land and of the money on hand, and that which may be due to me at
my death, and as to the slaves which may be left by me at my
death shall be void unless he pays or secures to be paid to my
executors the money so due to me by him or which may be then so
due __________ and I also hereby declare and direct that unless
said John M. S. McCorkle shall in the like manner pay or secure
to be paid to my executors the money so due by him to me, the
said parts devised as above stated to Robert R. Buckner in trust
for his children and the parts devised as above stated to Richard
A. Taylor, Coleby Cowherd and Lewis C. Patteson in trust and for
my said daughter Jane L. McCorkle and her children shall be
divided between Thornton Buckner, Richard A. Buckner, Coleby
Cowherd, Lewis C. Pattison, the children of Gabriel M. Buckner
and said Elizabeth M. Winlock, Matilda J. Winlock, Robert S.
Winlock and Sarah E. Buckner; said Thornton Buckner, Richard A.
Buckner, Coleby Cowherd and Lewis Pattison, each taking one-
seventh part thereof; the children of Gabriel M. Buckner taking
another seventh part thereof and the said Elizabeth M. Winlock,
Louisa A. Winlock, Matilda J. Winlock, Robert S. Winlock, and
Sarah E. Buckner taking one-fifth part of the two remaining
seventh parts.  Should said Thornton Buckner, Richard A. Buckner,
Coleby Cowherd, or Lewis Pattison die before I do, said last part
contingently be bequeathed to the person so dying shall go to the
representative of such decedent.  Hannah, Dily and Easter are old
and of no value.  Either of my children may take them, but if
none will take them, my executors shall cause them to be taken
care of, and for that purpose may retain in their hands money
sufficient to answer the purpose out of any money arising from
the sale of my property.  I do hereby further direct that in the
division of the slaves I may own at my death, the allotments
shall be so made that my negro man John shall be in the share
alloted to Thornton Buckner.  I hereby nominate and appoint
Richard A. Buckner, Coleby Cowherd, Robert R. Buckner and Lewis
C. Patteson executors of this my last will and testament written
on this and the foregoing eleven pages _______ on the fourth page
the words "the same" are enterlined near the middle of the page. 
In testamony of all which I hereunto subscribe my name and affix
my seal this first day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
     In presence of
Durham Sanders                  Will Buckner, Senr.   <Seal>
Samuel Syrupson
H. R. Horine

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