ANDERSON COUNTY, WILL ABSTRACTS

ALLEN, MEMUCM - Will - Page 17
Names, wife, Polly and sons, Joseph and Charles; Grandson, Washington Dale, son of my daughter, Sally Allen, late Sally Dale, deceased. Daus., Susannah Stotts, Elizabeth Hank and Polly Stott.
Executors: Sons, Joseph and Charles Allen.
Written: Sept. 28, 1832.
Witnesses: Jordan H. Walker and Eli Penney.
Recorded: Aug. Court 1833.

BOND, JAMES S. - Will Book A, page 10
Written: Jan. 11, 1831.
Names: wife and son, David, Brother, Anthony Bond, Robert McMichael.
Witnesses: Joshua McMichael and Joseph McMichael.
Probated: Oct. 1831.

BRUIN, SUSANNAH - Will Book A, page 35
Written: Dec. 24, 1835.
Names: 2 daughters, Martha & Jane Bruin.
Also names: Prior Bruin, Martha Bruin, Jane Bruin, James & William Bruin.
Witnesses: Samuel P. Mayell & Henry W. Norton.
Recorded: March 16, 1836.

BURRIS, SAMUEL - Will - Page 172
Date: May 7, 1846.
Names: son, James R. Burris, Dau., Jane Morgan.
Children of my son Thomas Burris, deceased. Children of my dau., Elizabeth Petty. Son, John Buris, Dau., Mary Travis. Dau., Catherine Shouse. Children of dau., Nancy Richey. Son, Samuel Burris. Children of my son, Monroe Burris, deceased. Son, Alfred Burris. Sons-in-law, Moses Travis and Henry Richey. Exec's., son John Burris, Alvin Herndon and Robert Elliott.
Witnesses: Presley F. Herndon, Wm. H. Thomas and Ronsey P. Herndon.
Probated: Nov. 13, 1855.

CARR, PETER - Will Book A, page 36
Dated: Oct. 29, 1835.
Names: my daughters, Rachell Watts, wife of Thurman Watts, and her heirs. My dau., Sally Watts, wife of Felix Watts, dau., Polly Elliott, wife of Robert Elliott.
Exec.: Felix Watts.
Probated: Sept. 19, 1836.
Testators: Jordan H. Walker and Randolph Walker.

CARTER, JOHN, SR. - Will Book A, page 34
Dated: June 1, 1835.
"My dau., Mary Waterfield, sole legatee and executor."
Atteste: Jordan H. Walker, Turner Hanks and Henry N. Thompson.
Probated: Sep. 19, 1835.
County Clerk: Jordan H. Walker

CARTER, JOSHUA - Will - Page 15
Dated: June 28, 1833
Names: Wife, Molly. Children, Providence Smith, his dau., and her heirs Dau's. Sarah Boggess, and Katherine Parker. Sons, Isaah G. and William Carter.
Atteste: Chichester Hanks & Johua (Joshua?) McMichael.
Probated: July 8, 1833.

CATLETT, FRANCES - Will - Page 35
Names: wife, Elizabeth.
Written: Aug. 30, 1832
Witnesses: Anthony Lang, Henry Lang & Peyton Spears.
Recorded: March 16, 1836

CORBAN, JOHN - Will - Page 4
Names: Wife, Mary. 4 daughters. Son John.
Written: Dec. 3, 1836.
Witnesses: F. S. Carmar & Jeremiah Ford.
Probated: Sep. 20, 1838.

CRUTCHFIELD, JOHN - Spottsylvania Co., Va. - Will Book A, Page 2 - Anderson Co., Ky.
Names: wife. Son, William. Daus. Mildred Crutchfield & Mary Burk. Brother, Robert Crutchfield, executor.
Written: Jan. 8, 1819
Witnesses: Stephen J. Bayles, Rawling Pulliam & Oscar M. Crutchfield.
Probated Feb. Court 1819.

DOWNEY, JAMES, of Mercer County, Ky. - Will - Page 1
Names: Sons, Joseph A., John, James, Jr., and my dau., Martha Morris. Wife, Martha Downey. Dau. Nancy Oate. Son, James as trustee for my dau; Nancy and her heirs, free from control of her husband. Son, Joel and his heirs.
Exec., Son, James.
Witnesses, Robert B. McAfee, Susan J. Boyce & Sally C. McAfee.
Will of James Downey, deceased proved on oaths of Robert B. McAfee & Sally C. McAfee. Sept. 3, 1827.
Written: Jan. 8, 1819

DRISKELL, DENNIS - Will - Page 32
Names: Wife, Barbara. Sons, Jesse Driskell, John, Wm., David, Thomas P., James H., and Dennis C. Driskell. Daus. Frances Brack & Sally Bowman.
Atteste, Richard Paxton, James Paxton & Wm. D. Sale.
Written: Apr. 12, 1834
Probated: July 17, 1835.

FINCH, JEREMIAH - Will - Page 9
Names: wife, Lydia Ann Finch.
Witnesses, Dedman & J. B. Bush.
Written: May 2, 1831
Probated: June Court 1831.

FISHER, WILLIAM - Will - Pae - Noncupative
"Merit Fisher must pay debts that Jacob Fisher owes in Versailles. Provides for Mother; sell effects and use for own benefit."
Atteste: Joel Medley & John Witherspoon.
Dated: July 14, 1833
Probated: Aug. Court 1833

FORTUNE, ZACHARIAH - Will - Page 23
Names: Wife, Elizabeth. Sons, Thomas, John B., Zachariah, Richard F. Fortune. Dau., Patty T. Alexander, wife of James Alexander. Dau. Jinetty Willis S. Penney. Son, Elisha Fortune, son, Benjamin Fortune, son, Edmund Fortune.
Atteste: Jesse Guess & John Lynn.
Dated Oct. 9, 1833
Probated: Nov. 12, 1833.

GILL, JAMES L. - Will - Page 39
Names: wife, Martha Gill. 3 children, William, George and James.
Executors, Wife, Martha, Samuel W. Chambers & Gideon Mitchell.
Written: Nov. 18, 1836.
Witnesses, J. H. Waler & James D. Hardin.
Probated: Dec. Court 1836.

GREEN, ZACHARIA - Will - Page 1
Names: wife, Eleanor Harris Green.
Dated: Oct. 10, 1826
Probated March, 1827

HALEY, BENJAMIN - Will - Page 42
Names: wife, Judith Haley.
To be equally divided between James, the son of my wife, and John Haley, my son.
Atteste: John Dycke, Wm. Dycke & Peggy Dycke.
Dated July 27, 1835
Probate: Apr. 26, 1837

HUTTON, JAMES - Will - Page 14
Names: wife, Hannah Hutton. Dau., Elizabeth Reed, formerly Elizabeth Miller, at present a resident of Ohio, and her children, Jane Miller & James H. Miller. Dau. Sarah Mastin, son, Henry Hutton, at present a resident of Ohio. Dau. Mary Swingle. Dau. Nancy Brown, at present a resident of Missouri.
Executors: sons-in-law, John G. Mastin, John Swingle & Jeremiah Buckley.
Written: Jan. 3, 1832
Will Probated: July Court 1833

JACKSON, ANN - Will - Page 7
Names: eldest dau. Ellander Jackson. Son, William Jackson. Son-in-law, Charles Rice. Grandson, John Hathaway & Harriett, infant children of John Hathaway. My dau. Tabitha Hathaway, now Tabitha Rice,
Executors: son, Wm. Jackson and dau., Ellander.
Written: Feb. 2, 1831.
Probated: Apr. 11, 1831.

LANE, EDWARD - Will - Page 6
Names: Grandchildren, heirs of son, Garland Lane, deceased, viz., Lucinda, Permelia, Louisa, Rhod & Betsy. Garland's wife, Betsy Lane; son, Felix Lane; son, Hayston Lane; dau. Nancy Stansberry; dau. Alpha Watts; grand-dau. Julia Lane, late Julia Thurman.
Executors: Son, Felix Lane & Elijah Thurman.
Witnesses, Jordan H. Walker, Eliljah Thurman & Hayston Lane.
Written: May 23, 1830
Probated: March 14, 1831.

LEATHERS, NICHOLAS - Will - Page 44
Names: wife, Fanny Leathers & son, Alfred.
"The rest of my children."
Executor: John Leathers
Atteste, John Bunny & Jeremiah Anderson.
Dated: __ 1838
Probated: June 13, 1838.

McBRAYER, HIRAM - Will - Page 33
Names: Mother, Jane McBrayer; William C. Twyman, heir of sister, Nancy Twyman; Rachel Hanberry, to have lot of land agiven me by Commissioners appointed; Brother, James' two daughters; C. McBrayer; Susan & Alexander McBrayer's children.
Executor: Alvin Herndon
Witnesses: James McBrayer & Alvin Herndon.
Recorded: July Court 1835.

McBRAYER, MARTHA - Will - Page 11
Names: Sister, Nancy S. Twyman; Two children, Wm. Clark Twyman & Martha Jane Twyman; Brother, Hiram McBrayer.
Written: March 8, 1831.
Teste: Alvin Herndon, James Hawthorn & Wm. McBrayer.
Proved: Dec. Court 1831.

McGINNIS, JAMES - Will - Page 47
Names: daus, Polly Slayton, Nancy Stout, and Elizabeth Haynes and her husband, John Haynes.
To the Children of my late dau., Jane, which she had by William Haynes; Dau. Ann Haynes; Son, Samuel McGinnis; Dau., Frances Gilpin; Dau., Sally Stout.
Executors: Son, Samuel & friend, Jordan H. Walker.
Written: June 12, 1833.
Witnesses: David White & Henrietta M. White.
Recorded: Sep. Court 1838

MADISON, JAMES - Will - Page 5 - of Hanover County, Va.
Names: Brother, Lewis Madison
Executor: Brother, Lewis Madison
Witnesses: Robert W. Tompkins & Archibald Mathews.
Written: Jan. 21, 1820
Recorded in Carolina Co., Jan. 11, 1830
Recorded in Anderson Co., Ky., Apr. 20, 1830

MARSHALL, WILLIAM - Will - Page 29 -
Names: son, George Wm. Jordan Marshall; Nephew, Wm. Marshall, son of Charles Marshall; Samuel Ayers & Ephraim A. Smith, Trustees.
Names: friend, James Harland, Exec. Witnesses, James Harland, Merit Fisher, Powhatan B. Darr.
Will written: March 17, 1834.
Codicil, Apr. 28, 1834. Niece, Ann Maria Wallace. Brother Charles Marshall.
Codicil, Oct. 15, 1834. Jeremiah P. Lancaster
Signed: Joel Medley & Merit Fisher
Will with 2 Codicils, recorded March 13, 1835.
Written March 17, 1834

MILLS, JOHN J. T. - Will - Page 28 - Dated Dec. 8, 1834. Names wife, Maria Mills. "My children."
Executors: Wife, Maria Mills & friend, Allen Rowlands.
"I was 43 years old on the ?th of Feb. last."
Atteste, Allen Rowland & B. W. Rhoton & D. G. Dedman.
Probated: Jan. 12, 1835.

MOSBY, THOMAS - Will - Page 23
Names: Elizabeth, Devenport, of County of Woodford, Ky. Richard Dawson, Anderson Co., Ky., whom I esteem my best friend.
Executor: Richard Dawson.
Written: 1833
Witnesses: Wm. Rece, Jeremiah Hanks.
Proved Nov. Court 1833.

MOTHERSHEAD, JOHN - Will - Page 26
Names: Wife, Susannah Motherhead. Children all equal, Son John; Daus., Polly Vance; Elizabeth Dawson; William Mothershead, Nathaniel Mothershead; Elijah Mothershead; Susannah Cornell (Or Comell) and John Mothershead.
Executors: Hankerson Reed and Henry Story.
Written Oct. 5, 1833.
Witnesses, Hankerson Reed and Henry Story, and J. H. Walker.
Probated Jan. 13, 1834.

OLIVER, PLEASANT - Will - Page 21
Names: wife, Sarah; Dau., Polina, who married h. H. Buntain; Son, John.
Written Aug. 15, 1833
Codicil, Names wife, Sarah; Son, James B. Oliver.
Executors: John Busey & John Olive.
Witnesses: Thomas H. White & T. B. Petty.
Recorded: Oct. 14, 1833

PENNY, JOHN - Will - Pages 18 & 19
Date: Feb. 9, 1829.
Names: Wife, Fanny, Grand-dau., Sally Penny, dau. of Phillip Penny, deceased; Grand-children, Fanny, Clement & Elizabeth, of John Lillard, deceased; Dau., Elizabeth, wife of Will James, formerly Elizabeth Lillard, wife of John Lillard, deceased; Dau., Polly Freeman, wife of Charles Y. Freeman; Sons, Eli, James & Wm. W. Penny.
Witnesses: David White, James McBrayer, J. H. Walker & Randall Walker.
Probated: Aug. Court 1833.

POSEY, JEREMIAH B. - Will - Page 51
Names two Children, Mary Walker Posey, Jaes Monroe Posey, under age.
Executor: Brother, Thomas B. Posey, of Henry Co.
Witnesses: Jeremiah Buckley, John Mothershead & Elijah Mothershead.
Probated: Dec. 1, 1838

RANDLE, WALKER - Will - Page 42
Names: Wife, Polly Walker. Children, Marier, Moses, Randol, Artemisia, Sally, Porter & Monroe Walker. Grandson & Grandau., children of my dau., Lucretia, deceased.
Executors: Sons, Moses and Randol.
Written: June 27,(?) 1837.
Witnesses, Jordan H. Waler, Allen Rowland & John Dawson.
Recorded: Oct. Court 1837.

RILEY, EDWARD, of Mercer Co., Ky - Will - Page 49
Names: wife, Polly, Sons, Sanders & Daniel Riley. Son, William, deceased. Dau., Polly Riley; daus., Sally McGinnis, Elizabeth Settles, Nancy Nichols.
Executors: John McGinnis & James Downey, Jr.
Written: March 10, 1828
Witnesses: Robert Breckinridge, Arthur Edbert & D. L. Slaughter.
Recorded: Nov. 19, 1838

ROUTE, JOSHUA K. - Will - Page 38
Names: wife, Dau., Willialmona, my brother, John Route, Jr.
Teste: D. G. Dedman, A. R. Hann & John Route
Probated: Nov. 16, 1836.

SEARCY, DUDLEY - Will - Page 9
Names: wife, Sally Searcy. Dau., Lucy Searcy. "My brother and sister."
Executors: Wife, Sally & Reuben Morton.
Witnesses: Elijah Morton & William J. Burford.
Proved: Aug. Court 1831.

SCOTT, JOHN - Will - page 20
Dated: June 17, 1833.
Names: children, in North Carolina, Lucy Scott, Jesse Scott, John Scott, Milly Scott, Betsy Scott, Sarah Scott & Mary Scott.
Teste: Andrew McBrayer.
Probated: Aug. Court 1833.

SEARCY, HENRY - Will - Page 20
Dated: June 17, 1833.
Names: wife, Elizabeth. Son, Edmund Searcy's heirs, and his widow, Winny Searcy. Deceased son, Dudley's widow, Sally Searcy & her dau., Lucy Ann Searcy. Son, James Searcy & his heirs. Dau., Patsy Green & her heirs.
Attest: Allen Rowlands, Argyle Boggess & Wade Wall.
Probated: Aug. Court 1833

SLAUGHTER, DANIEL S. - Will - Page 31
No natural heirs. Leaves all to slaves, to be emancipated as they reach the age of 21.
Witnesses: Jordan H. Walker & John O'Dell.
Recorded: July Court 1835.

SLAUGHTER, FRANCES L. - Will - Page 12
Names: Wife Dolly Slaughter. Son, Lewis, son, Elias Slaughter. Heirs of dau. Jemima Harris, late wife of Webb Harris Viz; Thomas Slaughter Harris & Zerelda Engleton Harris (under age).
Written: Dec. 26, 1831.
Witnesses: L. J. Witherspoon, & Leroy D. Stephens.
Probated March, 1832.

SLAYTON, ARTHUR - Will - Page 45
Names wife, Lucy, Niece, Mahala Clark. Brother, Joseph Slayton. Nephew, James Watts, by Marnago & Mahala Clark my niece.
Executors: Joseph Slayton & James Watts.
Written: May 8, 1838
Recorded: Jul. Court 1838
Witnesses: Robert McMichael & Joseph Biles.

STOTT, GEORGE - Will - Page 37
Names wife, Polly. Children, Jane, Elizabeth, John, America, Mary & George Stott.
Written: Nov. 6, 1833
Witnesses: R. Walker & Lewis S. Walker.
Recorded: Sept. Court 1836.

TASH, KATHERINE - Will - Page 40
Dated: March 25, 1831
Names Polly Watts, infant dau. of Thurman Watts. Katherine Watts, dau. of Thurman Watts. Jane Watts, infant dau. of Felix Watts. Rhoda Watts, dau. of Felix Watts. Lucy Ann, infant Dau. of Thurman Watts. My living sisters.
Executor: J. H. Walker
Teste: Wm. T. Stone, Elija Thurman & James Hunter.
Probated: March 16, 1837.

WALKER, JOHN SENIOR - Will - Page 22
Dated: Oct. 1833
Names wife, Elizabeth. Sons, Jordan H. Walker, Randolph Walker, James S. Walker, John Walker, Jr., Lewis S. Walker, Lucinda Walker ( late Lucinda Haynes), Arameans Walker, Katherine Walker (late Katherine Mozner), Elizabeth Walker, Harriett Walker (late Harriett Mozner).
Atteste: Randolph Walker.

WALLACE, WILLIAM B. - Will - Page 12
Names son, Wm. B. Wallace, James B. Wallace, daus., Fanny Hudgins, Eliza Deman, & Ann Daviess. Mentions land part of Patent granted Dr. James Wallace, on Ohio River, opposite Hurricane Island, in County of Levington. Fielding L. Cannon, and Jordan H. Walker, Trustees of my dau., Eliza Dedman and her 3 sons by Dickson G. Dedman.
Writte: May 31, 1833.
Names brother, Gustavius. Mentions deed Partition between Mary Bede? and Lucinda Wallace.
Recorded in Court of Levington.
Will Recorded Anderson Co., June, 1833, on oath of Dickson D. Dedman, Administrator.
Teste: J. H. Walker, Clerk.

WATSON, JOHN - Will - Page 52
Names sons, Westley & Richard Watson
"Ballance of my sons and daughters not here mentioned."
Executors: Sons, Wm. P. & Westley Watson.
Written: March 20, 1838
Witnesses: Jordan H. Walker, & John Dawson
Proved: July 8, 1839

WATTS, JEREMIAH - Will - Page 53
Names dau., Elisa Watts.
Written June 3, 1837.
Witnesses: B. F. Major, John Droffin, R. C. McBrayer, Lucinda Watts.
Proved: July Court 1839.