Will of Warren
Clay
Submitted by
Darrell Warner,
7/19/2007
Will of Warren Clayton
Kentucky
Bath County
July 22, 1820
To all whom these
presents may come greeting that I, Warren Clayton
being sick and like unto death, have made this as my
Last Will and Testament, revoking all others that
may be made before, And do distribute by real &
personal property to my beloved wife and children as
follows. And my soul to him who made it, in the
name of God Amen, after all my just debts being paid
I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, 40 acres of
land where she now lives which I give unto my
beloved wife for her proper use and benefit, to have
and to hold the same as her own, during her life,
All other personal property to the same. I also
desire Benjamin my negro boy to serve till the
youngest child comes of age, and then to obtain his
freedom. I find myself in my proper mind; being
reconciled to the above distribution, in witness
where of I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my
hand and seal, the day and date above mentioned.
Signed
Warren Clayton with
seal
Witness
George Boyd
William Bailey
George B. Jamison
Bath County February
Court 1821
This instrument of
writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament
of Warren Clayton Deceased, was produced and proven
in open Court by the Oaths of William Bailey and
George B. Jamison witnessed thereto subscribed and
ordered to be recorded, as and for the last Will and
Testament of Said Decedent whereupon the same is
truly recorded in my office as the law directs.
Wiliam M. Sudduth
Clerk Bath County