Lewis.Lilburne.1812.Livingston.WILL

Will of LILBURNE LEWIS,4-10-1812,Livingston Co.,KY.
proved and recorded May 1812.
(Livingston County, Kentucky, Will Book A, p.34):

"In the name of God Amen  This my last Will &c
1st Its my desire that all my Just debts be paid and
then my property both real & personal be equally
divided between my children JANE W. LEWIS, LUCY J.
LEWIS, LILBURNE L. LEWIS, ELIZABETH LEWIS, ROBERT
LEWIS & JAMES R. LEWIS reserving to my beloved but
cruel wife LETITIA G. LEWIS her Lawful part of said
property during her natural life
2nd  It's my desire that my beloved father CHARLES
L. LEWIS be possessed of the riding horse which I
purchased of HURLY, my rifle & shot bag during his
natural life  also my walking cane and that my be-
loved sisters MARTHA C. LEWIS, LUCY B. LEWIS & NANCY
M. LEWIS may be comforted from the perquisites of sd
estate by my executor as prudence may require or in
other words so as to do my children and themselves
entire Justice.  3rd I do hereby constitute my be-
loved father CHARLES L. LEWIS the revd. WM. WOODS
near Salem, SAML. C. HARKINS, JAMES McCAWLEY & RICHD
FERGUSON my executors whoom I must remind that HENRY
F. DELANY has receved a fee from me for the prosecu-
tion in a Trespass against JAMES RUTTER senr., JAMES
RUTTER Jnr., JAMES YOUNG & THOMAS TERRY given under
my hand this & revoking all and every other will
heretofore made/ ninth day of Apl. Eighteen hundred
and Twelve.  LILBURNE LEWIS --?
NB. my dog nero I do hereby bequeath to my beloved
father. L.L.

Rocky Hill  Apl. 9th 1812  Mr. JAMES McCAWLEY I have
fallen a victim to my beloved but cruel LETITIA. I
die in the hope of being united to my other wife in
heaven.  take care of this will & come here that we
may be decently buried. Adieu.  L  LEWIS

NB. within this enclosure myself and brother requests
be entered (sic) in the same coffin and in the same
grave.

     Rocky Hill Apl. 10th 1812  my beloved but cruel
LETITIA receive this as a pledge of my forgiveness to
your connections the day of Judgement is to come.  I
owe you no malice but die on account of your absence
and my dear little son JAMES Adieu my
love                    LILBURNE LEWIS

    Livingston county Sct.  May county court 1812
 The within will was proved to be the hand writing of
LILBURNE LEWIS by WILLIAM RICE, JAMES McCAWLEY and
LILBURNE LEWIS senr. and ordered to be recorded.
   Test.  Enoch Prince CLC"


I copied the above will in my notes--even though I am
aware of no connection to my lines--simply because it
is intriguing.  I made other notes on the Lewis children
in court records following the death of their father and
will try to submit them at a later time.




Submitted by braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov (Happy Greer) 
Date: 29 Apr 1997


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I received this note from Barbara: nt

Anyone interested in the Lewis families in Livingston County, Ky. 
should read "Jefferson's Nephews" by Boynton Merrill.  Incidently, 
my great-grandfather was a neighbor to Lilburn Lewis and as I recall 
from my notes, helped with the settlement of the estate.
Barbara Knox
knox2616@msn.com