Will of Reuben Ohler, 1842 Laurel County, Kentucky

****************************************************************************
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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb
Archives to store the file permanently for free access.
http://www.usgwarchives.net.

Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@metrocast.net
Date: May 5, 2002
****************************************************************************

Source: Laurel County Will Book 1, Page 233 

In the name of God Amen I Reuben Ohler of the County of Laurel and State of
Kentucky being now of sound mind and memory amd disposing mind do make this
my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills heretofore made
by me. 

First my will is that my beloved wife Elizabeth is to have and control the
plantation on which I now live, during her natural life together with all my
personal estate whatever it may be to manage and control as she may think
proper during her life, and at her death my will is that all my estate both
real and personal be sold. That is to say my land on a credit of one and
two years taking from the purchaser ----? with good and sufficent security
and my personal property on a credit of twelve months with like security.
And I will to my son Solomon? thirty dollars to be paid out of my estate by
my excutor to be hereafter named and after the payment of all my just debts,
my will is that all my estate after the death of my said wife shall be
equally divided between, Reuben Ohler Jr., James Ohler, Benjamin Ohler,
Lucinda Oatman, wife of George Oatman, and Marriah Miller, wife of Joseph
Miller, and upon their death to go to their heirs and I futher will to my
grandson Alexander Ohler Jr. the son of Alexander Ohler, dec'd the sum
of fifty dollars to be paid by said excutors out of my estate and I do
hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Ohler Jr. and William McHargue my
executors of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of April 1842. 

Test; 
J.S. Henderson                         Reuben (X) Ohler  (seal) 
William Smith                               his mark 
Benjamin Ohler 

Laurel County Court 
July Term 1842

A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Reuben Ohler dec'd
was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of James S. Henderson
and William Smith, subscribing witness there to be the act and desire of the
said Reuben Ohler. It was further proven by the said witness that the
testator at the time of acknowledge the same was of sound mind and disposing
memory and that the testator in the presence and hearing of the said
witness. it is therefore ordered that the said will be admitted to record in
the Court as the law ----? And the same to be recorded accordingly.

                                       W.H. Randall Clk