WILLS:  TICHENOR, Daniel, 1803, Nelson Co.

Submitted by: byram@concentric.net   (DeAnna Fisher)                        

                   Will of Daniel Tichenor

In the name of God amen; I Daniel Tichenor Senr. of the County of Nelson and
State of Kentucky being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory
do make and ordain this my last will and testament (that is to say)
principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty
God that gave it and my body. I recommend to be buried in a decent manner ~
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 & form towit, and first I desire that my funeral charges be paid and
all my lawfull debts discharged ~ I give and bequeath unto my well beloved
wife Anna Tichenor all my estate both real and personal that I possess in
the aforesaid County of Nelson and also to collect what debts may be due to
me in this state and grant receipts for the same for her use and behold
during her widowhood ~  for her use and the schooling and bringing up the
children I have by her ~  and I also empower her to sell any of my estate
personal or real or all of it if need be: to discharge the following
legacies and if my wife Anna sees it fit to marry it is my desire that She
be entitled to seventy pounds Current money to be paid in such property as
she may choose at the real value to have and to enjoy forever. And also I
give and bequeath unto my beloved so Peter Tichenor the sum of five pounds
Current money; I give and bequeath unto my son Jared Tichenor the sum of
five pounds like money; I give and bequeath unto my son Jonas Tichenor the
sum of five pounds like money ~ I give and bequeath unto my son Silas
Tichenor the sum of five pounds like money ~ I give and bequeath unto my son
James the sum of five pounds like money

Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Phebe Sutton the sum of thirty
pounds in property ~ I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Mash the sum
of fifteen pounds in property ~ I give and bequeath unto Sarah Langsford my
daughter the sum of five pounds ~ I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anna
Tichenor the sum of five pounds ~ It is my desire that my wife Anna Tichenor
after paying my debt dues and the above mentioned legacies and taking out
the sum of seventy pounds as aforesaid do divide the overplus among the
above mentioned children at her own discretion ~ I give and bequeath unto my
sons Joseph, Daniel, Jacob and Timothy Tichenor the quantity of two thousand
four hundred acres of land being in a tract of two thousand and five hundred
acres that I purchased from John Howell lying on the waters of Green River
and bounding on Rough Creek in Ohio County to be equally divided among them
in quantity and quality with their paying a legacy to my daughter Elizabeth
of thirteen pounds each and the interest to be ~ paid her annually after my
decease and the principal to be paid at the discretion of my Executors as
they see she has need ~ I give and bequeath unto my son James the remaining
hundred acres of the two thousand five hundred acres as above mentioned
lying on the Green River ~

Beginning at the lower corner on Rough Creek and extending through the
bottom to the hill laid off in a long square; I also give to the said James,
one hundred & fifty acres adjoining the aforesaid tract which I purchased
from the aforesaid John Howell and after the above mentioned land is divided
to ~ every one as aforesaid it is my desire that should any older claim
interfere with any part of it that they shall all bear an equal proportion
of the loss. And lastly should anything be recovered from Debts due me in
the Jerseys the vouchers for which is in the hands of Lewis Condict who has
a power of attorney from me to act for me, it is my desire that what is
recovered may be equally divided among my Children ~ I also constitute and
appoint executor of this my last will and testament My trusty friend Anna
Tichenor my wife ~ also Jacob Tichenor and Peter Tichenor my sons to be the
sole executors of this my last will and testament ~ and I do hereby utterly
revoke and disannul all & every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies,
Bequeasts, and Executors, by me in any wise mentioned Willed and Bequeathed,
ratifying and confirming This and no other to be my last will and testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second
day of April one thousand eight hundred & three.

Signed Sealed & delivered   Daniel Tichenor   seal

In the presence of
John Bruner
Jacob Fulkerson
Phip. Fulkerson
                 his
    Thomas    X  Bolden
               mark

At a County Court held for Nelson County on Monday the 14th day of May 1804
This last will and testament of Daniel Tichenor decd was proved by the oaths
of John Bruner and Jacob Fulkerson two of the subscribing witnesses thereto
and sworn to by Anna Tichenor the Executrix and Jacob Tichenor and Peter
Tichenor the Executors therein named & was ordered to be recorded.
                                    Teste
                                       Ben Grayson
                                                 C.C.
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