Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Wills H
Wallace Hopkins, 1835
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I, Wallace Hopkins, of Muhlenberg County & State of Kentucky, being sick & weak in body but of sound mind & calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, do hereby make my last will & testament as follows (viz.)
1st I desire that all my perishable property be immediately sold after my deceased and out of the money arising therefrom all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid.
2dly after the payment of my debts & funeral expenses, I give to my wife Sally Hopkins all my real & personal estate during her widowhood except what is hereafter disposed of & desire her to give my children a liberal education. After the death or marriage of my wife, I desire all my estate both real & personal to the equally divided among my children which I give to them, their heirs, executors, administrators & assigns forever.
3rdly I give to my sister-in-law Mrs. Fanny McDaniel a certain field supposed to be seven or eight acres lying on the west side of my plantation binding on a small branch also five acres of wood land adjoining the filed all of which I give her during her widowhood or until my children all become to mature age.
And lastly I do hereby appoint my friend & neighbor John W.I. Godman, executor of this my last will & testament hereby revoking all others or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 30th day of September 1835.
Wallace Hopkins
Teste J.W.I. Godman
William McDaniel, Reuben Stroud
Martha A. Harrison
Muhlenberg County Sct.
October County Court 1835
The foregoing last will & testmanet of Wallace Hopkins deceased was exhibited in to court & proven to be the act & deed of the said Hopkins by the oaths of John W.I. Godman & Reuben Stroud, subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.
Att Chs. F. Wing Clk.
Source: Muhlenberg County Kentucky Will Book 3, p. 15.
Updated August 4, 2022