WILL, Wendle Miller, Rowan Co., KY 1804

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Transcribed by: psettle@yahoo.com
Date: 14 Oct 2000
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Contributed by Brenda Woods, transcribed by Pat Settle

WENDLE MILLER'S WILL

In the name of God, Amen.
I, Wendle Miller, of Rowan County and State of N. Carolina, being in sound mind and memory, 
but weak in body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, have thought 
proper to dispose of my worldly property, with which it has pleased God to bless me, in the
following manner, Viz:

1.  I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Christina, one negro girl named Polly, to 
be her own property as long as my wife shall remain widow, further I give to my wife, 
Christina, one bed and furniture, one spinning wheel, one iron pot, one pewter dish, six 
plates and six spoons, the choice of one horse, saddle and bridle, the choice of one
cow.  It is also my will that my wife shall have one room in the house wherein I now live, 
for her own use.  The above mentioned articles are to be delivered to my wife whenever my 
youngest son, David, becomes of age.  It is further my will that from the time when my son 
David comes of age, my son George and Henry shall give unto my wife, Christina, yearly each 
of them, three bushels of wheat, five bushels of corn, fifty pounds of beef and twenty five 
pounds of pork.

2.  I give and bequeath to my son Peter, three hundred and sixty Spanish Milled Dollars.

3.  I give and bequeath to my son David, the sum of three hundred and fifty Spanish Milled 
Dollars.

4.  I give and bequeath to my son George and Henry, my plantation whereon I now live, to be 
divided amongst them into equal shares, so as my son George shall have the lower part, and 
my son Henry the upper part with the improvements.

5.  I give and bequeath to my daughters, Catharina, Anna Maria, Susana, Philippina, 
Elizabeth, Sarah, Rachel, and Christina, to each and every one of them, the sum of one 
hundred Spanish Milled Dollars.  But as my son-in-law, John Brown, has received from me 
sixty dollars, for which I have a receipt from under his hand, it is my will that these 
sixty dollars shall be deducted from the above mentioned sum willed to his wife, Catharina 
and she is only to get forty dollars more. 

6.  I give and bequeath unto my son, Frederick, the sum of twenty five Spanish Milled 
Dollars.

7.  I give and bequeath unto my son, John, twenty Spanish Milled Dollars.

8.  I give and bequeath to the Second Creek Congregation, the sum of fifty dollars.  It is 
further my will, that the negro woman, Patt, shall be hired out yearly for the benefit of my 
estate; and it is also my will that there shall be no vendue made until my son, David, 
becomes of age, all my property shall be sold, and the money arising from that sale shall be 
divided into equal shares amongst all my children, my step-daughter Elizabeth excepted, 
provided that before this distribution takes place the above mentioned sums are paid and 
also one hundred dollars to my wife, Christina.

It is my will also, that my wife, Christina, shall have the power to furnish out of my 
estate those of my children which are yet unmarried at the time of their marriage with the 
same articles with which my married children have been furnished; and if at the time when 
the above distributions take place any of my children are single yet, they shall be provided 
for and furnished in the same manner. 

It is further my will that if any building or repairs of buildings is necessary it shall be 
paid out of my estate.

I make, ordain and constitute my friend George Henry Berger, my wife, Christina, and my son 
Philip, Executors of this will, and empower them to make deeds to my son George and Henry 
for the land herein willed.  Then I declare this to be my last will and testament and 
pronounce all others null and void.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of November, 1804.

				Wendle Miller (Seal)
Signed in the presence of:
Charles Stork
Daniel Berger