Elias Lovelace
Will Book A
McCracken County, KentuckyPage 67
In the name of God Amen
I, Elias Lovelace, of the County of McCracken, and State of Kentucky being
sickly and weak in the body but of sound mind and memory thanks be to God,
calling to mind the nonstability ? of the body and knowing that it is once
appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and
testament. Viz;Principally and first of all,I give my soul into the hands of the Almighty
God that gave it and my body, I recommend to the earth to be buried in a
decent Christian like manner, at the descretion of my Executors, nothing
doubting but at the general resurrection, I shall receive the same again
by the Almighty presence of God and as touching such worldly estates
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise, and
dispose of the same in the manner and form;First, I give unto my beloved wife, Nancy Lovelace all my real and personal
estate to be fully possessed by her during her natural lifetime, before
signed and to have full power to sell any property.And after her decease
to be distributed in the following manner viz;I want Isaac Pnathin ? son of Eli and Cassandra Pnathin ? to have one
feather bed and furniture and all my farming tools at the appraisement
and be deducted out of his Fathers' estate.I also want Malinda Ann Pnathin ? daughter of Eli and Cassandra Pnathin,
deceased, to have my last feather bed and furniture. Also my cupboard
and the furniture that is in it (? nchantisle ?) to be taken at the
appraisement to be sold and to be deducted out of her Fathers' estate.
And as I have the estate of, Eli Pnathin, deceased, in my hands and
have had his children, Isaac and Malinda Ann Pnathin to bring up and
educate from their infancy, I shall charge the said Isaac and Malinda
Ann Pnathin, the interest of their fathers estate for said Semisseces?After the above negistations? I want all my real and personal estate
to be equally divided amongst all my lawful heirs and I do make and ordain
Nancy Lovelace, my beloved wife my Executrix and Andrew Neiman, Andrew
Lovelace, and Isaac Lovelace the sole Executors of this my last will and
testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and every other former
testament or wills or bequeaths and Executors by me in any wills before
named. Willed and bequeaths notifiying and confirming this and no other
to be my last will and testament.In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of
March 23, 1833
Elias Lovelace (seal)
Attest;
Henry Davis
Andrew Lovelace
A---- Lovelace Jr.McCracken County Court
I, Branton Small, Clerk of the Court of said County, do certify that at a
Court held for the County aforesaid on the 12th day of January 1835, the
within last will and testament of Elias Lovelace dec'd, was produced to the
Court by Isaac Lovelace, one of the subscribing witness thereto who also
certified that Henry Davis, and Andrew Lovelace, the other subscribing
witness intered the same in his presence and in the presence of the
deceased and said will and ordered to be recorded and that the same
together with this certificate stands truly recorded in my office.B. Small Clk
Submitted by Vera Burnham
