Logan County KyArchives Wills.....West, Anne B. September 15, 1824 ************************************************ 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: Kay Haden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007413 December 21, 2011, 7:16 am Source: Lds Microfilm #0364609; Logan Co Ky Will Book C Written: September 15, 1824 Recorded: January 3, 1825 Abstract of Will of Anne B. West from Logan Co KY Will Book C, p. 147 p.147 15 Sep 1824 Will of Ane B. West of Logan Co. Land whereon I now live to my uncle John Peak, my Aunt Sally and Aunt Mary Peak to be equally divided between them. Aunt Sally & Mary to have the house. Land I bought of Arthur Slaughter on which he now lives to Annie B. Slaughter, daughter of Arthur Slaughter but Arthur Slaughter to have liberty of renting sd land from year to year. His present wife is Sally Slaughter, my cousin to have same liberty if he dies. The Negro woman bought of Arthur Slaughter and her increase to be equally divided between the lawful heirs of my cousin Sally Slaughter but Arthur & Sally are to have the liberty of hiring them. Aunt Sally & Aunt Mary to have use of slave Charlot during their lives. Charlot and her increase to be freed at deaths of Sally, Mary, and John. All my estate in Bullet Co KY to be divided One-fifth to Anne B. Slaughter, dau of Arthur Slaughter 1/5 to John Peak, Mary Peak & Sally Peak 1/5 to William Fooks 1/5 to uncle Thomas Peak 1/5 to Henry Ellen Short, dau of Wm Short All my Estate in the State of Ohio in land or money from land that has been sold: 1/4 to benefit of daughter of William Fooks 1/4 to benefit of Anne B. Slaughter, William Slaughter & James Slaughter, children of Arthur Slaughter 1/4 to Uncle John Peak, Aunt Sally & Mary Peak 1/4 to Uncle Thos. Peak but first $300 for finishing the house I live in to be taken out before any division. All my Estate in Washington Co KY to Wm Fooks Stock, utensils, household & kitchen furniture to Uncle John, Aunt Sally & Aunt Mary Peak. Executors: Uncle John Peak & William Fooks Signed: Anne B. West Wit: Archd. Felts, William Sublet 3 Jan 1825 proved in open court by oaths of Archibald Felts & William Sublett. Rec. 7 Feb 1825. p.200 20 May 1825 Inventory of Anna b. West. Commr: Gabriel J. Morton, Peter Morton. Execr: William L. Fowke. Recorded 4 Jul 1825. From "Abstracts of wills and Settlements, Logan Co, KY 1795-1838," Logan Co Genealogical Society, p.121 Will Book E, p.79 3 Mar 1832 Report of committee for settlement of the estate of Anne B. West. Commissioners: Marmaduke B. Morton, Spencer curd. Administrator: John Peake Notes: Amos West noted wife Anne in his will in 1819. There is a marriage record in Logan Co - Amos West to Ane Thompson, 18 Apr 1808. This appears to be the will of that Anne/Anna. At the time of his death, Amos had grown children to include married daughters - none of whom are mentioned by Anne B. West in her will - likely the couple was middle-aged when they married and Anne may have also had a previous marriage. She must have never had children of her own. I have found Anne B. West's executor's William L.'s name spelled many ways to include Foulks, Folks, Fowke, Fowkes, Fooks. Any connection to the Slaughter family appears to be through Arthur Slaughter's wife, who Anne calls "my cousin Sally". Arthur Slaughter, son of James Slaughter & Elizabeth Hampton, is said to have married Sally Dinwiddie Harrison Fowkes, 16 May 1813, in Warren Co, KY - a record I have not found. Arthur and Sally named a daughter "Ann Brown West Slaughter", born July 1815; their son William's full name said to be William Lawrence Fawkes Slaughter. I would very much like to hear from anyone who has been able to sort out the relationships suggeted in Anne B. West's will and identify her maiden name. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/logan/wills/west513gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/