WILL: Trower, 1845, Mercer Co Martha (Anderson) Trower, Will, 1845, Pike Co, MO & Mercer Co, KY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted to the USGW Archives Project, 5-11-98 by Polly Askew Menendez, ggg granddaughter, (bobpolly@zapcom.net) Surnames in parentheses are included by myself. Martha Anderson was born 11 Feb 1777, Louisa Co, VA, daughter of Bartlett Anderson and Frances Dickerson. She married Henry Thomas Trower 9 Jul 1798 in Louisa Co, VA. Henry was the son of Solomon Trower and Sarah Givens. Solomon and many of his children moved to Mercer Co, Kentucky circa 1809/12. Henry and Martha and probably their first seven children were among the families that moved to Kentucky. They had another four children once in Mercer County. Only one of the eleven children died before the age of marriage. Martha's husband, Henry T. Trower, died in Mercer County, 1826/27, and had been born in Virginia c1776. All of the children's marriages took place in Mercer Co, KY, except for son, Henry Anderson Trower and daughter Lucy Trower, who had moved to Pike Co, MO along with widow Martha Trower in the 1830's. At the time of Martha's passing, in 1845, she was residing in the home of her youngest child, Lucy Trower, who had married George Alexander Riggs, 1842, Ashley, Pike Co, MO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pike Co, MO Book C341 Martha Trower, Last Will & Testament I Martha Trower being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but of feeble health, do make and constitute this my last Will and Testament utterly revoking all others. In the first place it is my will and desire that when it please God to take me home that my Executors hereinafter named see that I am buried in a decent Christian like manner and that all of my Just debts if any be paid. In the second place I give and bequeath unto my children, Sarah Long(Lung), Wesley Trower, Louisa Askew, Jenetta Duncan, Pamelia Hogue, Martha Keneday(Canada), Henry Trower, Maria Bradley, Lucy Trower, and the children of my deceased daughter, Mary A. Coffman, all of the estate which I may have at the time of my death, after the payment of my debts -- equally to be divided among them, my grand children afore said to represent their mother Mary Ann Coffman and take one equal share. But with the view of ? what is hereby given to my daughters, Louisa, Martha, Pamelia and Maria beyond all casualty, it is my will and desire and do I ? direct that what comes to the shares of my four last daughters go to and be held by Doctor John Slavens as their trustee but for their use and benefit free and excempt from all liability on the part of their said Husbands respectively & with the privilege on the part of the said Trustee of paying over to them respectively in person all or any portion of their said shares and if the ? is not paid over during the lives of my said daughters whatever of their shares respectively is left is to go to and belong to the children of my said daughters respectively that may be living at the time of the death of any one of my said daughters and it is my wish that said Trustee keep at interest whatever of money may fall to their shares of my said four daughters and pay over to them in person the interest until he may think proper to pay to them or some of them the principal as before mentioned. I hereby constitute my friend Doctor John Slavens, Esc. and Trustee of this my last Will and Testament. In witnessed where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of May 1841. Test. J? Taylor her Jacob Keller Martha Trower (seal) mark Mercer County Sct: September County Court, 1845 The foregoing Last Will and Testament of Martha Trower decd was this day produced into Court and proved by the oaths of J? Taylor and Jacob Keller two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Attest: Tho Allen, C.C. State of Kentucky Mercer County Sct I Thomas Allen Clerk of the Court for this county afore do certify this foregoing is a true copy of the last Will and Testament of Martha Trower decd, as this same stands on record in my office. (seal) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of September 1845. Tho. Allen State of Kentucky Mercer County Sct. I Elias Tompkins presiding Justice of the Mercer County Court do certify that Thomas Allen whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of the Court for the county afs. and that his said certificate is in due form of Law. Given under my hand this 19 day of September 1845. Elias Tompkins J.P.M.C. Recorded this 17th day of October 1845 A.K. Buckner Clerk per G.K. ??? From: "Polly A. Menendez" Date: Tue, 12 May 1998