John Smedley
 
               McCracken County, Kentucky
               Will Book A
               Page 78


   In the name of God Amen I John Smedley ? of the County of McCracken and State  of  Kentucky, being
 weak  in body but of sound mind and disposing memory, do make constitute and ordain this my last will

                  and testament, hereby revoking all wills and testaments by me heretofore made;

 Item 1, I wish all my just debts paid, and for that purpose I wish my executor hereafter named to sell so

                    much of my personal property as will ----? to pay the same

        Item 2, I do hereby give and bequeath to my beloved wife Susan and my beloved children, Augusta, Maria,
   Louisa, John C. and Ann Smedly ? all of my property both real and personal after all my debts are paid.
     My wife Susan to hold the property in her possesion with my above named children during her widowhood

                  and until they shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years or marries

                  Item 3, If my wife Susan should marry then I wish my property to be equally  divided amongst my children
                  whether they have arrived at the age of twenty-one or not, And my wife to take so much as one of my
                 children would or an equal ----? intitled to during her natural life and after her death ---? and be equally
                 divided  among all my above named children or their heirs.

                  Item 4, I wish all my children as they arrive at lawful age to receive their equal proportion of my  estate.

                 Item 5, I hereby authorize and empower my executors to --? their interest which Joseph C. Gaystock ?
                 deceased was entitled to --? house in the town of Paducah wherein myself and J. Garstock and I --? parting.

                  Item 6,  I wish my executor to sell at retail or wholesale whichever they shall deem best,  all my goods
                  and chattles now in my possession with the exception hereafter mentioned or which may hereafter come in is   s                this  possession for me, and all the goods and chattles which I am entitled to see, as surviving partner of the
                  late given ? of J. Garstock

                  Item 7, I wish my executor after all my debts are paid if there be any money on hand to vest it in real estate
                  or to loan it out taking good sufficent security by mortgage on real estate to secure the payment of it                          whenever demanded by them.

                   Item 8, I wish my household furniture of every discription & kind not be sold but to remain for the benefit
                   of my wife and my children

                   Item 9, I do hereby constitute and appoint my father Christian Smedly, my brother, Hiram Smedley and
                   my freind Robert Fletcher my sole executors of this my last will and testament resting them with full and
                  ample authority to carry the same into effect,they giving bond and security according to law Sept.25,1835

                                     John Smedley ?

                   (Witness)  Subscribed in our presence
                   James OBannan
                   F.A. Harrison
                   Y.? H. Elwood

                    Kentucky, McCracken County Ct.

                   I Braxton Small, clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that at a Court held and
                   for said County at the Courthouse in Paducah on the 9th day of November 1835 the within last will
                  and testament of John Smedly ? deceased was produced in to the court by the Executors therein named
                  and proven in open court by the oaths of James OBannan & Y.? H. Elwood subscribing witness thereto
                 and ordered to be recorded.
                  In Testomony whereof and that the same together with this certificate stand truly recorded in my office,
                  I hereunto set my hand this 12th day of December 1835

                                            B. Small