WILL: Christopher Harris of Madison County, KY
taken from Will Book A - page 54, 55.

 Transcribed by Eileen Niederkorn.
 
 CHRISTOPHER HARRISS WILL - Will Book A-pg 54, 55
 
 In the name of God Amen.  I Christopher Harris being through the abundant
 mercy and goodness of God tho weak in body yet of perfect understanding and
 memory do constitute this my last will & Testament and desire it should be
 reviewed by all as such.  Imprimis that I will & Desire that my first 
 Children (Viz)  Dabney Harris, Sarah Martin, Robert Harriss, Mourning Jones,
 Christopher Harrifs, & Mary Jones should have the following negroes 
 (excepting thirty pounds out of my son Dabneys Legacy which is to be paid by
 the Executors of this Part of my Will for the use & Benefit of my wife and
 Other Children) (Viz)  Ritter and her Children, Pomp, Moses, Allice, George,
 Betty, Lucy and Delphy the above Negores to be Divided Agreeable to 
 Cornelias Dabneys Seniors Will and I do appoint Foster Jones, and Christoph
 Harrifs as Executors of the above part of this will and as to the Ballance
 of my Estate I Direct that first my Debts shall be paid out of what money 
 I have by or is owing to me the house where I live I Direct should be 
 finished which together with the tract of land whereon I live, I leave to
 my Dear & loving wife during her life and at ther death to son Overton
 Harrifs as to the Ballance of my Negroes (David, Cate, Fanny, Stephen, and
 Eddy together with my House hold furniture Stock of every kind and 
 Plantation utensels I desire that my wife may have the whole Benefit of them
 during her life or widowhood and if she should Marry the  whole to be sold
 and Equally Divided amongst her & her children as to my Lands on Muddy Creek
 I will and Bequeath them as follows, the Drowning Creek Tract of land I will
 and Bequeath to my son John Harrifs the Sycamore Spring Tract to my son
 Benjamin Harris the tract on which my son Wm. has Built to my son Harris
 and the Tract Clalled the Holly Tract to my son Barnabas Harrifs and my land
 in Albemarle County together with the Stock that is thereon I direct shall
 be sold and that my sons James and Samuel Harris shall Receive of the money
 as much as Col John Miller & Robert Rodes shall Judge the land to be worth
 that I will’d to my Other sons Viz  to be made Equal to them, as to my three
 Daughters Viz Jane Gentry-Margret Harris, and Isabel Harris my will and
 Desire is that Jean Gentry should Receive ten pounds and Margret and Isbel
 Harris to have fifty pounds apeice out of the Ballance of what my Albermarld
 land and the Proffits arising from that place and if that should not be 
 Sufficient that It shall be made up to htem out of any of Personal Estate 
 that my wife and Executors after nemtioned shall think best as to my lands
 on Sinking Waters my will is that if they are obtained it should be sold
 and Wqually divided amongst my last Set of Children and I do appoint my dear
 & loveing wife with John Sappington and John Harris to execute that part of
 my will that respects my wife and her Children as witnefs my hand & seal
 this twentyeth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety four.
 Witnefs-Hartly Sappington				Christopher Harrifs
 Rich’d Sappington  Joseph Wells
 At a Court held for Madison County on Tuesday the 15th day of March 1794
 This Will was proved to be the last will & testament of Christopher Harris
 by the oath of Joseph Wells, Hartly & Richard Sappington witnefses thereto
 and ordered to be recorded.  			    Teste  Will Irvine  CMC
 Typed as spelled in will.

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