LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of
P. M. DUKE
To all whom these presents shall come greeting know
ye that I P.M. Duke of Knott County Ky. being of sound mind and
disposing memory do herby for my last will and testament will and
bequeath unto my son Richard W. Duke and my daughter Arminta Duke to
take humbly at my death subject to the life estate of my wife Nancy
Duke all and singular all my real property which is to include and
embrace my home farm upon which I now live reserving the possessions
of some to myself and wife during our lives. In testimony whereof.
Witness my hand This 27th June 1894. Attest W.W. Baker Knott County Court January Term January 24, 1895 On motion of R. W. Duke the last will and testament of P.M. Duke deceased proven to be genuine by J.M. Baker one of the attesting witness thereunto and the same now admitted to probate and ordered to be spread at large the Record of this Court prepared for that purpose hereby attest. R. H. Amburgey C. K. C. C. State of Kentucky I R. H. Amburgey Clerk of the Knott County Court
for the County Knott and State aforesaid do certify that the
foregoing Will of P.M. Duke deceased to Nancy Duke and Richard Duke
and Arminta Duke was this day produced to me in my office for record
and that I have truly recorded it together with the foregoing and
this my certificate in my said office given under my hand this Knott County Will Book
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