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| The will of James Harvey
Whitaker |
James Harvey Whitaker, born about 1806, was married to Mary Arnold, daughter of
James and Elizabeth Baker Arnold. The family lived on the southern section of
Line Creek.
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"In the name of God amen.
"I James H. Whiteaker of the Cty of Pulaski Being not verry well in body
but of sound mind and disposeing memory for which I thank God and calling to
mind the uncertainty of human nature or life and living desirous to dispose of
all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with I give and
bequeath the same as foloweth that is to say I give & be queath after my
funeral expenses and just debts is pd to Dicy mine own daughter the some of one
dollar then the balance of all my personal property & land to be devided
equal amongst the other children after the widows dowry to wit L. M. Whiteaker
& John R. Whiteaker & Alexander Whiteaker & Jas H. Whiteaker Jr.
all mine own sons & Maryann Whiteaker & Mehaly Whiteaker there 4 sons
and 2 daughters to have anhold to their & their heirs equaly and lastly I
do here constitute my friend _________ [long blank, not named] exectator of
this my last will and testament here by remaking all other [striken word]
former wills or testaments by me here to fore made in witness where of I have
here unto set my hand & affixed my seal this the 28th Aprile 1849."
"James H. Whiteaker
"Attest: Alfred Warren, Tillman Duncan, Giles Whiteaker, Charles
Warren"
"State of Kentucky
"Pulaski County Sct
At a County Court held for the County afsd at the courthouse thereof in the
Town of Somerset on Monday the 16th day of July 1849 A writing purporting to be
the last will and Testament of James H. Whitaker Sr Decd was this day produced
to the Court and Proven by the Oath of Charles Warren and Tilman Duncan
Subscribing Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and the same is done
accordingly.
"Att: Will M. Fox Clerk"
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