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- Charles Skaggs will was written on 4 February 1815 and probated on 22 January 1816. Named in will, wife Lucy, sons, Moses, Archibald, Frederick, Thomas, daughters Rachel, Nancy, Polly, Sally, and Sempy.
CHARLES SKAGGS WILL 9 FEBRUARY 1815 GREEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Will Book 1 pp. 137-139
In the Name of god amen, I CHARLES SKAGGS Citizen of Green County, Kentucky considering the Mortality of human Nature and that it was appointed for all men once to die and after committing my body to the ground and my soul to god who gave it, I make and constitute this instrument of writing whereunto my name is subscribed to be my lastwill and testament, revoking all others. In primis, all my debts ofwhichthere is but few, and none of Magnitude, are to be paid, and thenwhatever there remains I will and bequeath in the following manner that is tosay first my wish and desire is that my beloved wife LUCY SKAGGS shallhavethe use and profit of my whole estate Real and personal during herNaturallife except such parts as I shall hereafter mention, that is to say thepartof the land and plantation whereon I now live, and whereon my son MOSES SKAGGS Now lives, on the South side of the branch for him to have theuse and benefit of that previous to the decease of his Mother, and at her decease to have the hold of the land the reason of my doing thisisbecause he paid a greater part of the price that we gave for the land, thoughthe deed was made to me. And at the decease of my wife; my desire is tohave the whole of the land. Item first I will and bequeath to my belovedson ARCHIBALD SKAGGS a negro girl called SuSanna. Item I will andbequeathto my beloved daughter RACHEL BLEVEN'S heirs one dollar. Item tomybeloved daughter NANCY MEREDITH an equal part part of my estate exceptsuchparts as I have before mentioned and shall hereafter mention. Item I willand bequeath, to my beloved son FREDERICK SKAGGS I will and bequeath tohim his equal part, among the other Children except such parts as isbeforeand hereafter shall be mentioned. Item to my beloved daughter POLLYGRAY I will and bequeath to her heirs one dollar. Item to my beloveddaughter SALLY ROBERTSON, I will and bequeath an equal part with the othersexcept the parts before and hereafter will be mentioned. Item to mybelovedson THOMAS SKAGGS I will and bequeath my Negro boy called Bob and anequalpart with the other Children of the property before mentioned and my saidson THOMAS SKAGGS I will to be the executor to my whole estate. Item tomy beloved son MOSES SKAGGS I will bequeath my Negro man called Sepio anda rifle gun called Sepios gun together with a equal part of thepropertynot mentioned. Item to TEMPY BELCHER, wife to BERRY BELCHER I will and bequeath to her a filly called the reggie muffin to be hersimmediately after my death. Item to NATHAN BLEVIN I will and bequeath two [word crossed out] colts, one called Jolly and the other Tody. In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand this ninth dayofFebruary in the year of Christ one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
CHARLES SKAGGS
Tetes JAMES AKIN CHARLES BLEVINS CHARETY HOWEL WM. G. OWENS ZACHERIAH NANCE
At a County Court, held for Green County at the Courthouse inGreensburgh on the 22nd day of January 1816. The within will of CHARLES SKAGGSDec'd was produced in Court and proven by the oath of WILLIAM G. OWENS, ZACHERIAH NANCE and NATHANIEL OWENSsubscribingwitnesses to said will, and that they believed him at the time of executingthesame to be in his perfect mind and memory and the same was ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly. Given under my hand this 28th dayof March 1816. JOHN BARRET, cfc
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1737 - 1815 (78 years)
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