Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Wills: H
Joseph Hendricks, 1864
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In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Hendricks, of Muhlenberg County and state of Kentucky, being in good bodily health and of sound and dispoing mind and memory, calling to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs and directing how the estate with which it has pleased God to bless me, shall be disposed of after my decease while I have strength and capacity so to do, make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and testaments by me heretofore made, and first I commend my immortal being to him who gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried with as little expense as possible and as to my worldly estate and all the property which I possess of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled to at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following towit:
Item. I give to my oldest daughter Catharine Whitmer one dollar and to my second daughter Elizabeth Miller one dollar, and to my third daughter Eliza Hendricks one dollar and to my fourth daughter Martha Miller one dollar and to my fifth daughter Elvira Gish one dollar, and to my sixth daughter Emmaline Whitmer one dollar and to my seventh daughter Sarah Stobaugh one dollar and to my eight child, a son, Jacob Hendricks and his heirs one dollar.
And the remaining portion of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Hendricks to have and to hold and to life off of during her natural [life] or widowhood, this being my whole entire estate.
In testimony whereof, I, the said Joseph Hendricks, have to this my last will and testament, contained on one sheet of paper, and to this sheet thereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal, this February the 1. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & sixty two.
Joseph Hendricks
Witnesses.
John Whitmer
John Phillips
Joseph P. Hendricks
all of the county of Muhlenberg and state of Kentucky.
State of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County Court } Sct.
February Term 1864
The foregoing last will and testament of Joseph Hendricks decd. was produced to court and proven to be the act and deed of said decedent by the oaths of John Whitmer, John Phillips and J.P. Hendricks, the three subscribing witnesses thereo, and ordered to be recorded.
Att: Tho. J. Jones clk.
Source: Muhlenberg County Kentucky Will Book 3, p. 211.
Updated August 28, 2022