Wills

Will of James T. Applegate
Pendleton County Kentucky Will Book 2, pp. 262-264

In the name of God Amen, I James T. Applegate of Pendleton county KY being of sound mind and disposing memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life do therefore make this my last will and testament, that is to say after all my lawful debts are paid I give bequeath and dispose of the residue of my property as follows to wit

1st. To my beloved wife I give all the property she is allowed by the laws of decent [sic] and distribution of Ky and also all of my house hold furniture including beds and bedding.

2nd. I give to my daughter Mary M. Wiggins the farm on which she now resides being composed of the tracts of land purchased of George T Keith the Keith heirs, Calvin S. Keith and William Lea containing in all one hundred and fifteen acres which is valued at three thousand dollars said land is give to her for and during her natural life and to her children after her death and is to be her separate estate but may be disposed of as hereinafter stated.

3rd. I leave to my daughter Judith E. Kavanaugh the farm upon which she now resides composed of the tracts of land I bought of Malinda W. Best and Levi and A.R. Colvin containing in all about eighty four acres valued at Sixteen hundred dollars. Said land is give to said daughter as her separate estate for and during her natural life and to her children after her death. I also give to her two hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate.

4th. I give to my son James B. Applegate four hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate. And to my son Leslie T. Applegate I give two hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate the the [sic] said two hundred dollars given to my daughter Judith and the four hundred given to son James B and the two hundred given to my son Leslie T. is to equalize them with my other children who have heretofore received money.

5th. I direct that the remainder of my estate be divided among my children and the children of my son John B. Applegate as follows: the children of John B. Applegate dec’d are charged with five hundred dollars being the amount said John B. Applegate owed me at the time of his death but they are not to be charged with any interest upon the same. After charging said children with said amount, they will take only the share of thir said father in my estate. All of my said estate will be dived [sic] equally among my children and said grand children jointly said grand children taking jointly the part of one of my children. But Mary N Wiggins will get nothing untill [sic] the others get an amount equal to three thousand dollars. My daughter Judith will get nothing untill [sic] the other children get an amount equal to Sixteen hundred dollars and the children of John B. Applegate will get nothing untill [sic] the other children get an amount equal to five hundred dollars. My daughter Judith will be charged with said Sixteen hundred dollars in estimating when she has received three thousand dollars and my said grand children will be charged with said five hundred dollars on [sic] estimating when they have received three thousand dollars. My daughter Judith and my sons James B. and Leslie T. will not be charged with the money given to them in estimating when they have received three thousand dollars.

6th. My Daughters shall not be charged rent for the lands they have occupied nor shall any of my children or grand children be charged for any of the advancement or any interest except as charged herein and in no event shall any of them pay back to my estate anything for such advancement.

7th. The lands I have given my daughters or either of them may be sold and reinvested in other real estate whenever they and their husbands, with the consent of my youngest son then living thinks it expedient to do so, but the money is to be reinvested in real estate for said daughter for her lifetime as her separate estate and for her children after her death. The money my said daughters receive out of my estate is to be invested in land in the name of said daughter for her natural life as her separate estate and to her children after her death.

8th. I give my executors full power to sell and convey any real estate I own at my death except that which is specifically devised to my daughters.

9th. I constitute and appoint my sons Wm. M. and Leslie T. Applegate as my executors of this my last will and testament this the 27th day of July 1886

s/ James T. Applegate

State of Kentucky
Pendleton County Court
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July Term
July 5 1892

The foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of James T. Appelgate deceased was this day filed and proven to be wholly in the handwriting of the testator by the oath of E.F. Bradford, whereupon it is ordered that said instrument be and the same is hereby allowed and established as and for the true last will and testament of said decedent and as such it be admitted to record which is accordingly done as above.

Attest: W.B. Hoth Clerk