William Oglesby will

will located in Oldham County Kentucky Will Book , transcribed by Kathy Reeves

 I William Oglesby do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say ,

1st I give and bequeath unto my two daughters to wit, Nancy Oglesby and Eliza Oglesby two hundred and thirty acres of land lying in the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky it being the tract of land whereon I now live, beginning in Eakins old line and running northward so as to include my mansion house with other necessary buildings. Also I give each of them one bed and furniture, one horse, saddle and bridle and one cow and calf such as I have given my daughters who have left me, all of said property I give to them and their heirs forever.

2nd I give and bequeath unto my three sons to wit, Ellis Oglesby, Joshua Oglesby and Joseph Oglesby my three negro men namely Daniel, Aaron, and James to be equally divided between them, the said negro's to be appraised by appraisers appointed by the county court and to my son Ellis I give one bed and furniture such as my other children have received from me.

3rd, I desire that my negro man Jacob be free after he pays to my executors the sum of four hundred dollars in current bank paper of Kentucky, also I desire that my negro woman Alsey be free that is to be at liberty to live with any of my children that she may choose, and if at any time she should be dissatisfied, she is at liberty to remove to any other of my children but I do not wish her to leave my family.

4th, I give and bequeath unto my three daughters namely Lucy Wilcox, Elizabeth Ellis and Patsey Carter and the children of my daughter Edy Ashby deceased to wit, Lucy Ashby, William Ashby, Joshua Ashby, Hannah Ashby and Benjamin Ashby, all of my tract of land whereon I now live not before willed or given to be equally divided in the following manner, to be divided in four equal parts giving to my daughter Lucy Wilcox one fourth to my daughter Elizabeth Ellis one fourth to my daughter Patsey Carter one fourth and to my grand children, the children of my daughter Edy Ashley dec. one fourth, and should either of the children of my daughter Edy Ashley dec. die and have no child then that part of that child shall be equally divided between the surviving children of my daughter Edy Ashby dec. and I do direct my executors, here after named to retain all of the property or money that my grand children may inherit from me in their hands until they shall become of age or marry, and it is my desire that Landon Ashby shall have nothing to do with any part of my estate which I will to his children.

5th, I desire my executors to make sale of all the balance of my estate not before given, giving a reasonable credit and money arising from such sale, with all money due me shall be divided in the following manner to wit, the land given to my three daughters to wit, Lucy Wilcox, Elizabeth Oglesby and Patsey Carter and the children of my daughter Edy Ashby, should not be appraised to as such as each of my three sons gets, then in that case they are to have as much of said money as will make them equal to one of my sons allowing the children of daughter Edy only what she would have been entitled to had she of lived, and the balance of the money, should there be any in the hands of my executors, I wish it to be equally divided between all my children considering the children of my daughter Edy entitled to one share only, that is what their mother would have been entitled to had she lived. I wish it expressly understood that if there should not be money in the hands of my executors to make my daughters and the children of my daughter Edy equal with my three sons without specific legacies contained in this will in that case my three daughters to wit Lucy Wilcox, Elizabeth Ellis and Patsey Carter and the children of my daughter Edy Ashby shall not interfere with what I have given to any other of my children, and as for the wagon that is now on my farm it is not my property but the property of my son Ellis Oglesby.

6th, If any of my sons before named should die before the division of my estate and should not particularly dispose of the negro which may fall to them in the division, then in that case either of my sons that may be living may pay for the children or heirs of that deceased the amount of what the negro may be appraised to and take the said negro.

7th, All the legacies given in this will is given to the persons named to them and theirs forever. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Ellis Oglesby and my brother Jesse Oglesby executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.

signed in presence of :                                                     Wm Oglesby {seal}

Stephen H Maddox

Michael Smyser

P.S. If I should die of my present illness my property is to be kept together until the first day of November next.

attest: Stephen H Maddox, Michael Smyser                         William (X) Oglesby  {seal}

                                                                                                       his mark