WILL: William A. Buckner Will Book 3, Page 165 Green County Court, Greensburg, Ky. I, William A. Buckner, of the county of Green and state of Ky., being of feeble health, but of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, ordain and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made. First, I will that all my just debts and liabilities be first paid out of my estate and for the purpose of doing so I hereby devise to my executors hereinafter named; the survivor of them or to the one qualifying as such if one of them only should qualify all the personal estate of my own at my death desiring them first to apply so much of my personal estate as may be necessary to the payment of said debts but if the personal estate I may leave and the lands mentioned in the fifth clause of this will be not sufficient to discharge my debts, then it is my will and desire that so many of my slaves as may be necessary for that purpose be sold by my said executors the survivor of them or the one qualifying as such if any of them only shall qualify, and the money arising in liquidation thereof. Second, after the payment of my just debts my will and desire is that all my children be made up equal in the residue of my estate as nearly as may be with the exception of my son, Horace, to whom I have already made advancements equal to what I shall be liable to leave my other children and therefore devise him nothing by this will and with the further exception of my son, John C. Buckner, to whom I give nothing more than he has heretofore received from me, and for that purpose said residue shall be divided into nine equal shares or portions. Third, I desire to each of my following named children, towit, Louisa J. Edwards, wife of George W. Edwards, William S. Buckner, Richard A. Buckner, George W. Buckner, Eleanor E. F. Edwards, wife of John Edwards, Catharine L. Cobb, wife of Thomas W. Cobb, Lindsey D. Buckner, Ulysses L. Buckner, and Charles M. Buckner, one of said equal portions of the residue of my estate subject however to the deductions hereinafter named. As I have heretofore made advancements to my elder children according to my ability as they married or as their necessities required I desire that from the share coming under this devise from my estate to my daughter, Louisa J. Edwards, wife of George W. Edwards, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars from the share devised to my son William S. Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred and fifty-five dollars from the share devised to my son, Richard A. Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred and sixty and from the share devised to my son, George W. Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred dollars and from the share devised to my daughter, Eleanor E. F. Edwards, wife of John Edwards, then shall be deducted the sum of seventy dollars, said deductions making in all the sum of six hundred and forty-five dollars. Fourth, I devise said sum of six hundred and forty-five dollars, reserved in the last clause of this will as deductions from the devises to my elder children, to my three youngest children, to wit, Lindsey D. Buckner, Ulysses L. Buckner and Charles M. Buckner, in addition to the shares devised them in my estate, to be divided between them as follows, to Lindsey D. Buckner one hundred dollars, to Ulysses L. Buckner, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, and to Charles M. Buckner three hundred and twenty dollars for purpose of educating, maintaining and clothing them until they severally arrive at the age of twenty- one years. Fifth, I am interested in conjunction with my brother, John T. Buckner, in certain lands in Taylor, formerly Green County, and in Breckenridge County, which descended to us from our late father, Horace Buckner, and said John T. Buckner and myself as his kins of said Horace hold a claim on the heirs of our Uncle, Thomas Buckner to have certain lands in said counties set apart to us under a contract entered into by our said Father and said Thomas Buckner respecting all which lands suits in Chancery are now pending in the Green Circuit court now I devise to my said executors, the survivor of them, or the one qualifying if only one shall qualify as such, all my right, either interest and claim in, and to said lands so sold (?) (unreadable) in conjunction with my brother, John T. Buckner, and to those claimed from the heirs of said Thomas Buckner, to be disposed to by them in payment of my debts, if necessary, and if not necessary, then the proceeds to go into the residue of my estate to be divided as set out in the third clause of this will, after first discharging my propositionable part of 100 (pounds) owing by my deceased father, Horace Buckner, to my deceased uncle, William Buckner Snr., which was payable in land hereby authorizing my said Executors, the survivor of them or the one qualifying if only one should qualify as such in cases when my said brother, John T. Buckner, and myself have sold portions of said lands and given our bonds to make deeds therefor, so soon as they are enabled so to do to make deeds to the same to the persons entitled thereto on the payment to them of the purchase money that may be due thereof. Sixth, if any one or more of my children to whom by this will I have made bequests to, should die before me, I will and devise the share of such child or children in my estate above devised in that event to the children of said child if any, and if none, then to be equally divided among the surviving children of mine to whom I have herein made bequests, and the children of such of them as may have deceased. Lastly, I appoint my son, William S. Buckner, and my son-in- law George W. Edwards, as executors of this my last will and testament. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of June, 1857 William A. Buckner Signed, sealed and acknowledged and published in presence of D. R. Crabb J. M. S. McCorkle At a county court held for Green County at the court house in Greensburg on the 15th day of September, 1857, the foregoing true last will and testament of William A. Buckner was produced into court by William S. Buckner and George W. Edwards the Executors therein named and the same was proven by the oath of D. R. Crabb one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and the hand writing of John M. S. McCorkle the other subcribing witness thereto was fully proven by the oath of D. R. Crabb to have been signed, sealed, acknowledged and published by the said William A. Buckner as his last will and testament and at the time of publishing the same they believed him to be of sound mind and perfect memory and the same was ordered to be recorded whereupon I have truly recorded the same in my office. Given under my hand this 19th day of September, 1857. Robert Marshall, Clerk ============================================================================= 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. 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