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David Doom's Will and Probate

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I David DOOM of the County of Lyon & State of Kentucky hereby make and publish my last will and testament I wish my wife Charlotte DOOM to have the use during her life time of such of my negroes as she may select not exceeding one third in value of all my slaves. Naples and her children excepted. I also wish my said wife to have the use during her lifetime of two hundred acres of land where I now reside to be so laid off in convenient form as to include all the buildings belonging to the house farm including not less than fifty acres of cleared land and not less than twenty five acres of woodland. I also wish my wife to retain for her use during her life time as much of the household and kitchen furniture live stock farming utensils and provisions on hand as she may desire to keep. The residue of my lands personal property and negroes Naples & her children excepted. I wish my executors as whoever may have charge of my estate to sell at public sale to the highest bidder immediately after my death and the property that I hereby set apart for the use of my said wife during her life. I also wish sold in the same manner by my executors or whoever may have charge of my estate immediately after her death and in the event of said wife dying dying before I do all my property to be sold in the way and manner here in before directed. A suit has been instituted against me in the Lyon Circuit Court by John B. EADS and others or the recovery of my Negroes Naples and her children & in the event of that suit being ultimately determined in my favor I wish her & her children also sold in the same way and manner as I have herein directed in relation to my other property. I hereby authorized my executors or whoever may be appointed to execute this will or take charge of my estate to execute such needs as may be necessary to convey my land to the purchaser. I wish my executors to collect all money that may be due. I wish all my debts and all charges against my estate paid. I wish my daughter Barbara to have ten dollars and no more & in the event of her death her children to have that sum & no more And the residue of my estate I wish equally divided between my children Jacob DOOM, Nancy BOUGHTER, John DOOM, Benjamin DOOM, Hannah WALKER, Alfred DOOM, Henry DOOM, Harriet WILLIAMS, David DOOM, Columbus DOOM and the children of my deceased son Nathaniel DOOM one eleventh of said residue to be equally divided between the said children of Nathaniel DOOM, deceased. Should any of my said last mentioned children die leaving children, I wish the portion given to such as may so die to be equally divided among their children or if any should die without children I wish the portion of any who may so die to be equally divided among my surviving children. My daughter Barbara excepted. It being my desire to make all my children Barbara excepted equal and in the event of the death of any of them leaving children that the children of any who may so die shall have the portion that their parent would have taken if living. I hereby nominate and appoint my sons John DOOM and Benjamin DOOM executors of this my last will and testament. Given under my hand this 19th of January 1858. David DOOM. Witness: S. MARBLE, Robt. L. COBB, W. C. NOEL, P. D. GEISER, G. O. GEISER, J. B. EVANS State of Kentucky Lyon County: I A. H. DUDLEY clerk of the county court for the County aforesaid do certify that a County court being held for the said county on Monday the 27 day of June 1859 the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of David DOOM decd was produced in open court and proved by the oaths of Robt L. COBB, P. D. GEISER, & Geo O. GEISER three of the subscribing witnesses thereto. It is ordered that the said be recorded as the last will & testament of David DOOM Decd whereupon I have truly recorded the same with this certificate in my office. Given under my hand this 6 day of August 1859. A. H. DUDLEY clerk.
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