WILL - MARTHA TRIBBLE WHITE - 1868 - Madison Co., KY

Submitted by: Katie Haensel
http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00004.html#0000773

*******************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, and 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

*******************

Madison County Will Book I (not one) pp. 47-49

I Martha White being mindful of the uncertainty of life do by these
presents {sic} make and publish this my last will and testimony.

1st I will and bequeath my daughter Sallie White my bay mare and her colts,
and if the said mare dies and leaves no colts then I wish her to have one
hundred dollars instead of the mare and her colts also my set of China ware
the gilt set together with twelve teaspoons and Six table Spoons all Silver
the new set of table spoons also two cows and the family Bible my bed the
one I use myself and  beding {sic} for the same and Stead.

2nd I will and bequeath to my grandson Jacob Samuel White one bed the same
the one allotted to me now standing up stairs.

3rd I will and bequeath to my three daughters Amanda Caldwell Sally White
and Elizabeth H. Cole all the spun yarn and thread carpet yarn and
carpeting belonging to me to be divided equally between them.

4th I will and bequeath to my grandson Robert Caldwell the family Clock
because it was his grandfather Caldwells  In addition to those things given
to my daughter Sally White in Art. 1st I wish her to have the cooking Stove
and vessells {sic}

June 22, 1868                                      Martha White

Teste.

E.B. Crockett
S. W. Crutcher


                                                (Codicil)

I Martha White being old and infirm in body but of Sound and disposing mind
and memory and having a full knowledge of my property and a fixed purpose
of disposing of the same and having heretofore Made and published my last
will is now in the hands of my friends Samuel Crutcher and out of my
Control I wish to add the following Codicil to the said will.  I will and
wish that any and all of my children or grand children that have disposed
of or that may dispose of or sell their interest or interests in the dower
estate of my late husband Jacob S. White Sr. during my life time may be
excluded from inheriting any part of my property and I do by this presents
will and wish that my property Whatever it may be shall be divided amongst
those of my children and grand children that have not so sold or disposed
of their interest in said dower estate according to their legal rights.  I
further will and wish and do hereby appoint John G. Cole the executor of my
last will and testament and this codicil having full faith that he will
faithfully carry out the provisions of my will & speedily Settle up and
distribute my estate amongst my heirs except those hereby excluded.

I also give him full power to act as my executor without requiring bond or
Security as such and do not wish him to be required to give either bond or
Security as my executor given under my hand this the tenth day of September
1870 and made and published this day and date above as stated.

                                    Signed by the testator,

                                    Martha White

Witnessed by her
request and in her presents {sic}
James M. Nunnely
Dudley Tribble Jr.

State of Kentucky
Madison County

At a County court held for said County on the 4th day of december (sic)1876
the foregoing instrument of writing and codicil thereto (Typist note:last
line of this page is missing from my copy)

(Continued on page 49)        ....   Decd. and the will was proven by the
oath of E. B. Crockett Subscribing Witness thereto who also proved the
attestation of S.W. Crutcher the other witness thereto and the Codicil was
proved by the oath of Dudley Tribble Jr. who proved the attestation of the
other subscribing witness thereto.  Whereupon the same was allowed and
established as the last true will and testament of the said Martha White
dec & ordered to be recorded as such & the same has been done accordingly.

Attest James Tevis CMCC

By WB Wilkerson DC

(Typist note: I have tried to faithfully copy the spellings, punctuation
and capitalization or lack thereof. )