LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of
WILLIAM TRIPLETT
| Will Book 1 Page 172 Know ye all men by these presents that I William H. Triplett of my own will and mind do hereby bequeath at my death all my property both real and personal to the following persons. I bequeath to Minta Hunter, one white cow, bedstead their blankets and quilts, and mule and saddle. To Troy Hunter the Morgan Baldridge pine ??? of lard and meats I may have and bedstead and their blankets and quilts. To Alice Hunter one red cow ??? and one ??? bedstead and blankets and quilts for same. To Mart Wicker, one note made by said Mart Wicker made payable to me, being of the sum of Three Hundred Fifty and no/100 ($350.00) Dollars and one tract of land described as follows. Beginning on Mart Wicker line in the Coal Bank Hollow thence running a straight line with said hollow to the top of the hill to Martha Allen & S.B. Webbs line, thence with said Webb line to Biddie Triplett ??? line, thence with Triplett ??? Jones Fork Creek, thence with said creek to Mart Wicker line beginning, and Five Hundred Dollars cash if I have that much cash left. To Rose M. Triplett all the land from Mart Wickers in coal bank hollow back to James Collins (?line?) To Sallie Wicker one note made by her ??? of one Hundred Fifty and no/100 ($150.00) Dollars. To Causby Hunter Lawson the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. The residue of my estate to be divided equal among all my heirs. Given under my hand and seal this the (?Fourth?) day of January 1928. William H. (his x mark) Triplett Attest: T.J. Webb Crockett Griffith Troy (?Hunter?) Will Book 1 Page 173 Knott County Court April ??? In the matter of the Probate of the last will and Testament of William H. Triplett This day came in open court T.J. Webb and Crockett Griffith who stated that the forgoing instrument this day filed for probate is the last will and Testament of William H. Triplett, that said will was written by T.J. Webb one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and that Crockett Griffith was one of the subscribing witnesses thereto that the same was signed by the Testator William H. Triplett in their presence and at his request was signed by them as witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other. It is therefore ordered by the court that the said will be filed which is done and the same is probated as the last will and Testament of William H. Triplett, and the clerk of the Knott County Court is ordered and directed to record same as the last will and Testament of said William H. Triplett. E.M. Moore Judge, Knott County Court State of Kentucky County of Knott I John Sturgill Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do certify that the above and forgoing will together with the order probating same was on the 16 day of April 1928 filed in my office for record and that I have duly recorded the same together with this certificate in my said office. Witness my hand this April 28, 1928 John Sturgill, Clerk Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski |