This, very evidently, is the will of Rueben Hunt Sr., son of Col. John Tipton Hunt. I have his wife as Sarah Denton, but she must have died and he remarried a "Nancy". I do not have his children, so it behooves anyone researching this family to keep this important document (thanks to you, Courtney!) and delve into it further. Felicia -----Original Message----- From: Courtney Tompkins <tompkin@c2i2.com> To: HUNT-L@rootsweb.com <HUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 6:45 AM Subject: [HUNT-L] Will of Reuben Hunt, Sr. Bath County, KY, 1822 >I found this online at: >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9263/hunt.html >contributed to GenWeb by >Smith, Elizabeth" <ESmith@Montgomery.k12.ky.us> >Bath Co., KY >Will Book B >Page 70 >Will of Reuben Hunt, Sr. >Written: 10 July 1822 >Probated: January Court, 1826 >In the name of God, Amen > I Reuben Hunt Sr. being frail in body and much afflicted yet in my >perfect senses do make this my last will and testament. And first it is my > >will and desire and I do will the tract of land on which I now live >together >with singular and all its appertinances to my wife Nancy Hunt and also all >the goods and chattels live stock and all the property on estate of any >kind >what so ever to me in any wise belonging to her my said wife to have and to > >hold and exercise full ownership over without rent or other charge during >her natural life except so much of the aforesaid tract of land as lies >within the following bounds to wit: Beginning where buck creek now runs >against the hill above where Thatcher Hiet now lives there south course to >my line thence with said line to the beginning of my tract of land thence >with my line to buck creek thence with said creek to the upper end of the >little bottom in which he (Thatcher Hiet) has cleared some ground to the >beginning which boundary I will to the said Thatcher Hiet at the death of >my >aforesaid wife I wish the said Hiet to have the bend of the aforesaid >parcel >of ground from the present time so long as he thinks fit to live there on >but to have no power to sell rent lease or other way dis of said ground >until the death of my said wife except to her and at the death of my wife >Nancy Hunt I wish and do here by will the residue of my land to my two >youngest sons to wit: Joseph D. Hunt and william S. Hunt to be equally >divided between them the said Joseph D. Hunt and William S. Hunt and the >personal estate goes to my wife to be divided at the discretion of my said >wife between my three daughters to wit: Pheba Nancy and Elizabeth and if >my >said wife dies before distributing said personal estate between the >aforesaid three daughters then in that case it is my wish that the >aforesaid personal estate be equally divided among my aforesaid three >daughters >and where as I formerly gave to my son Jeremiah Hunt fifty acres of land >worth at least fifty dollars also to Reuben Hunt my son I gave the >occupancy >of one house and seven acres of cleared land for seven years at fifty >dollars also I gave one year of his time and paid him for his crop and gave > >him hogs into the amount of fifty dollars also I gave to Samuel Hunt my son > >one mare one cow and calf one bed and furniture to the value of fifty >dollars also I have Hester Hiet one horse worth twenty five dollars also I >gave to my daughter Rebecca Rice one bed and furniture and other things to >the amount of what I had gave to aforesaid distributees and to my daughter >Polly now married to Anthony Matthews I will the use and benefit of the >ground lying above my upper string of fence on buck creek to til for the >term of seven years after the first day of next January 1823 to gether with > >other things to the amount of fifty dollars and in consideration of the >above distribution among my children already married and left me and >wishing >to make an equal distribution to all of my children and being convinced >that >them to whome I have already given will have their equal share with them to > >whome I have willed the residue of my estate it is therefore my wish that >the above distributees have no more then that they have already received >and >I also by these present leave and appoint my wife Nancy Hunt and Bazel Hunt > >son of John Hunt administratrix and administrator to this my last will and >testament Signed and sealed this 10th day of July and in the year of our >lord 1822 in presence of Reuben Hunt, Joseph G. Williams, Bazel Hunt Jr. > > >==== HUNT Mailing List ==== >The HUNTList Support Staff >Doug Hunt <doughunt@writeme.com>, Sandy Hunt <sbh3@juno.com> and Courtney Tompkins <tompkin@c2i2.com> >