WILLS:  HERRON, William, 1793  -  Nelson Co.

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

Nelson County, Kentucky Wills
Book A, p. 130
Will of William Herron
 In the Name of God Amen.  I William Herron of   of Nelson State of Kentucky
being very    and weak of body but of perfect mind a   Thanks be given and
God be willing to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed for all Men once to die do make and ordain my last will and
Testament  That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend
my Soul unto the Hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend 
to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of
my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall
receive the same again by the Power of God and as touching such worldly
Estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this Life I give devise
and dispose of the same in the following manner and form_______
 To my dear and well beloved Wife Agnes I will and bequeath the maintenance
of the place whereon I now live as long as she remains in her widowhood
and my black Mare and Colt and her bed and bedding of clothes and I do
hereby appoint her Executor with my son Samuel
 To my daughter Elizabeth I will and bequeath that if she for the future
behave herself without committing any further Tresspass against her own
credit and that of the family that she shall receive equal to the rest of
my daughters as will be hereafter mentioned.  To my son John I will to him
ten bushels of wheat this year and five bushels the year ensuing the Date
hereof   To my daughter Ann I will my gray mare and what other thing my 
Executors see cause to spare her of household furniture when she is about
to leave them and her boarding and lodging of the place where I now live
as long as she remains single  To my son Samuel whom I appoint Executor
along with his Mother I wish the plantation whereon I now live with all
the hereditaments appurtenances and profits thereunto belonging  Except
the house where in I now live which shall be free for Agness my wife and
my other children as long as she remain Single  I also will to him my whole
personal Estate with all the Profits thereof Except such things as are
mentioned in this my Will to my other Heirs he the said Samuel paying to 
each of my other Heirs the property bequeathed by me to them and providing
boarding and lodging for them as long as they shall remain with him and to
school such of them as I shall hereafter decide  I will my daughters
Abigail and Isabel and Rachel to each of them fifteen pounds to be paid in
parity as a horse to the value of cows and calves to the amount and their
lodging and Boarding free on the Plantation whereon I now live as long as
they continue Single and I will and bequeath to my daughters Mary and
Margaret and Agnes the sum of fifteen pounds apiece to be paid in Property
that is to say one horse to the amount or cow and Calfs to the value their
lodging and boarding to be found them on the place whereon I now live as
long as they continue Single and to be learned at school at least to read
the Scriptures distinctly.  I Will and bequeath to my son William my Tract
of Land fifty acres on the loading Road from Bairdstown to Bashears Creek
whereon Wm Huston now lives and at the end of said Houstons lease that said
Place be rented out and said Rent be applied to ye purpose of schooling
or other necessaries as my Executors shall think proper for the use of
said Wm and that he shall have his Lodging and boarding on the place 
whereon I now live until he comes of age.  I do hereby oblige my son
Samuel to pay to my other Heirs the different property which I have 
bequeathed to them in this my Will with all my lawful Debts the property
to be paid to each of them as they come of age or any time after when 
demanded and I do hereby revoke renounce and dis... all other will or
Testament and declare this to be my last in witness whereof I do hereunto
set my Hand and Seal this first Day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety three.             his
Signed, sealed and                            William x Herron
________ in presence                                 mark
of us who in the presence of each other do
witness the same
Jno Huston
Samuel Greer
James Allen
John Herron
At a court held for Nelson County on Tuesday the eighth day of October
1793 This last Will and Testament of William Herron deceased was proved
by the oaths of John Huston Samuel Greer and John Herron subscribing
Witnesses thereto and sworn to by Agness Herron Executrix and Samuel
Herron Executor therein ____ and ordered to be recorded
                                              Teste
                                           Ben Brayson  Cl Court
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