Meade County KyArchives Wills.....Barnes, Armstead December 6, 1854
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Source: Meade County, Kentucky Will Book B, P. 110.
Written: December 6, 1854
Recorded: January 8, 1855

I Armstead Barnes of the County of Meade State of Kentucky do hereby make my 
last will and testament in manner and form and following, that is to say   
First, I desire that my wife Elizabeth Barnes to have all my Estate both real 
and personal after all my liabilities and just debts are paid, to have and to 
hold and control as long as she remains my widow, as she also is to receive  
money that may be owing me, and pay debts should there be any, and I also 
desire that ELizabeth my wife portion all my children equal and I also desire 
that the property that my children has or may get of my Estate, both real and 
personal by the hand of Elizabeth my wife, shall belong to them and their heirs 
and shal not be subject to sale by any other person.
I also desire Elizabeth my wife to portion of my children as she can spare, 
when she has a surplus. I also desire that my wife have the priveledge of 
selling any of my negroes that she may not be able to control and I desire that 
at the death of Elizabeth my wife all my children to have an equal portion of 
my property or estate. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 6th 
day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four.
Armstead Barnes (seal)
Signed and Sealed in the Presence of David Smith, E. A. Shacklett   

Additional Comments:
Armstead Barnes died just 3 days following the writing of his Will. 
Meade County Vital Records state that Armstead Barnes was born in Nelson 
County, Kentucky, the son of Elijah and R. Barnes of Nelson County, Kentucky. 
These same Meade County records also state that Armstead Barne died on December 
9, 1854 at the age of 45 and the cause of his death was pnuemonia. 
[The E. A. Shacklett who witnessed the signing of the Will was likely Elijah 
Ashcraft Shacklett, an uncle of Armstead Barnes' wife. Elijah A. Shacklett 
(1813-1875) is buried near Armstead Barnes at Meadville Cemetery.]

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