1742 - 1822 (82 years)
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| Name |
Robert Elkin |
| Birth |
Between 1740 and 1742 |
Brunswick County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1822 |
| Person ID |
I15328 |
Ingram-Related |
| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Robert Elkin Will In the name of God Amen I Robert Elkin of clark County and StateofKentucky being in perfect health Sound mine and memory & calling tomindthe uncertainty of life do make this my last will and testament revoking all other will or wills heretofore by made and this to bemylast will and testament In the first place my will is that all of myjustdebts be paid, Secondly I leave to my beloved wife Sarah theplantationwhereon I now live and everything pertaining thereunto myhorses cattleSheep and Hogs, with all of my farming utintials for heruse and supportduring her natural life time or Widow Hood and nolonger. Thirdly, I willto my son Zachriah Elkin One Hundred and twentyfive acres of land on thewaters of four mile creek beginning at asugartree John Bledsoes cornerthence N 72 W. 203 poles to a sugar-treenear a red oak marked R. E.thence N 18 E 99 poles to a stake thencesouth 72 E 202 to a stake inJohn Bledsoes line & with the same south18 W. 100 poles to theBeginning, Forthly I will to my son EzekielElkin. One Hundred and TwentyFive Acres of land on the waters of fourmile creek Beginning in JohnBledsoes line and corner Zachriah Elkinlot & running N 18 E. 100 polesto a walnut Hickory and sugar-treecorner to the said Bledsoe thence N 72W. 199 poles to a beach. To aBeach and sugar-tree corner to John StevensSurvey thence S 18 W 99poles to a stake corner to said Zachriah Elkinand with his line S 72 E202 poles to the Beginning Fifthly my will isthat the plantationwhereon I now live shall be the property of my sonEnoch Elkin at thedeath of my beloved wife Sarah my cubbord with thecubbord furniture.Sixthly I will to my Daughter Nancy Elkin now NancyNeil Three HundredDollars. Seventhly I will to my Daughter Polly Elkinnow polly MartinThree Hundred Dollars. Eightly I will to my DaughterMilly Elkin NowMilley Haggard three hundred Dollars. Ninthly I will tomy daughterLovey Elkin now Lovey Bundrum three Hundred Dollars TenthlyI will tomy daughter Duley Elkin now Duley Fletcher three HundredDollars I asowill to my Daughter Sarah Elkin Three Hundred Dollars andin case thereshould not be a suffiency of my personal estate to giveeach one of mydaughters above named Three Hundred Dollars to each onethey are toreceive an equal propotion of which there is and if thereshould be anyballance remaining over and above three Hundred Dollars toeachDaughter the ballance to be equally divided between all my sonsandDaughters my will also is that in case there should be any of mypersonalestate over and above what will suffeciently support mybeloved wifeSarah that my Executors here after named shall sell thesame or to divideit without sale that each one of my Daughters mayreceive an equalproportion of the same and to charge the same againsttheir Legacies ofthree hundred Dollars above named and I also will tomy beloved wife theuse of my Negros during her natural life orwidow-hood and at her deathto be sold by my Executors here after namedand the money ariseing fromthe sales to be paid to my daughters or somuch thereof or to make up toeach of my Daughters above named thereLegacys of Three Hundred Dollarseach and the Overplus if any to beequally divided between all of my sonsand Daughters and lastly Iconstitute and appoint my beloved wife Sarahmy son Zachariah Ezekieland Enoch Elkins my Executors of this my lastwill & Testament InWitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealthis 19th, day ofJune 1809.
Teste. his D. Hampton. ROBERT X ELKIN (Seal) Mary, Hampton. mark her Elizabeth x Hampton. mark
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