WILL: Nancy Clark, 1849/1850, Mason Co., Ky ************************************************************************************* 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 Compiled and submitted by "Joy Coyan" (jemco@zoomnet.net) Date: Feb 1999 ************************************************************************************* The Will of Nancy Clarke can be found in Book O Pages 443 and 444 at the Office of the Mason County Clerk, Maysville, Kentucky, 41056. Said will reads as follows: I, Nancy Clarke of the county of Mason and State of Kentucky being infirm of body but of sound mind and memory do make and order and establish my last will and testament in the manner and following to wit I desire that my daughter Sophia shale have one negro child named Lethia and that my daughter Nancy Hughs is to have one negro child named Susan and that my son Johns daughter, Nancy Clarke shale have the sum of fifty dollars in cash and the land where I now live is to be owned by my three sons, George and Levi and James Clark and that my son Joshua have the sum of one dollar cash and that my daughter, Mariah have the large brass kettle, that my personal property be sold to pay my debts and the residue to be equally divided between my legal airs and that my Husband George Clarke is to have a support out of my cash and personal property and have a bed and one set of bed furnature and that my three sons, George, Levi and James have the three negroes named Bob, Dursila and Charles they to have the said negroes jointly. I desire my son James to act as my executor and I do here by appoint him to act in this behalf. In testimony I do hereby affix my hands and seal this 11th day of July 1849 Witness Her John Pelham Nancy X Clark Joseph Brawner Mark I Nancy Clarke of the County of Mason and State of Kentucky do hereby make and publish this codicil to be added to my last will and testament heretofore made by me in manner following to wit. Whereas in my said last Will and Testament I have given and bequeathed unto my daughter Nancy Hughs little negro girl Sooky (sometimes called Susan.) I do hereby declare that my will is that my daughter Maria Johns at my death shale have said negro girl Sooky, sometimes called Susan and I do hereby will and bequesth said negro girl to my daughter Mariah Johns to her and her heirs forever instead of to my daughter Nancy Hughs, and that portion and only that portion of my said last will and testament which gives said Nancy Hughs the aforesaid negro girl at my death is hereby revoked And lastly it is my will and desire that this my present codicil be anexed to and made a part of said last will and testament aforesaid. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal 3d. Day of September, 1850. Attest Her Eli Vaughn Nancy X Clark Joseph Ruke Mark Mason County Set November Court 1850 The last will and Testament of Nancy Clarke deceased was produced in Court and proved by the oath of John Pelham one of the witnesses thereto who also proved that Joseph Brawner the other witness thereto subscribed the same as a witness, his presence and in the presence of the said deceased and that said Brawner is a nonresident. Also a codicil to said will was produced in court and proved by the oath of Eli Vaughn and Joseph Ruke witness thereto and the said will and codicil are ordered to be recorded. Attest John James Key Clerk M.C. Court Mason County Set December Court 1850 James A. Clarke the executor of the last will and testament of Nancy Clarke deceased came into Court and qualified as executor to said will whereupon he took the oath required by law and executed bond with John Pelham and Benjamin Willet as ? ? in the penalty of $2000 conditioned as (two words marked out) the law required And it is ordered that a probate be granted in due form. Attest John James Key Clerk M.C. Court Will Book O - Pages 443-444 Mason County, Kentucky, Probate Court Records