Will of MOORE, John R.

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I John R. Moor of Franklin County State of Kentucky, do make ordain and publish this as my last will and testament.

First, It is my will and desire that after my death all my just debts & funeral expenses be first paid. Second, It is my

will and desire that my son John when he arrives at the age of twenty one years shall have a horse Saddle a decent

dress coat and a gun and also that my daughter Catherine shall have at that age unless she should marry before

then at her marriage one cow and calf, a side saddle bed bedstead & furniture which will make them equal with my

other children. Second, It is my will and desire that my beloved wife Rachel shall have during her life to widowhood

my three slaves Sarah, Miranda Jane and Ann also the tract of land on which she now lives and my stock, farming

utensils and crops provisions household furniture of which I may die possessed for the support of herself and the

support and education of my two youngest children.

Third, It is my will and desire that all my interest in the estate or proceeds of my father, Elnathan Moore, deceased,

if there be a sufficient amount to be approprated by my executor herein named to the purchase a negro boy to aid

and assist my wife during her life or widowhood aforesaid in cultivation the farm and raising and educating my two

youngest children, but should there not be a sufficiency of my interest in said estate for this purpose then by said

wife if she think proper may sell dispose of any of my personal estate to aid in the purchase of said boy. Fourth,

It is my will and desire that at the death or marriage of my said wife as aforesaid all my estate both real and

personal be equally divided among my seven children; viz, Elizabeth M. Witt, James D. Moor, Ellnathan Moor,

Mary Ann Smith, Jackson Moor, John Moor and Catherine Moor or their children or the descendants of the children

of such of them as many may be dead at the marriage or death of my said wife. Lastly, I hereby appoint my

son-in-law Mitchell Smith executor of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this 29th day of

November 1849.

John R. Moore

Witness:

R. C., McKee

William O. Ellis

Franklin County Court March Term 1850

A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John R. Moore, dec'd was produced in Court and was proven

by the oaths of Robert C. McKee and William O. Ellis, subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be record. Whereupon

the same is truly received in my office.

A. H. Rennick, Clk