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WILL: William A. Buckner Will Book 3, Page 165 Green County
Court, Greensburg, Ky. I, William A. Buckner, of the county of
Green and state of Ky., being of feeble health, but of sound mind
and disposing memory, do make, ordain and publish this as my last
will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any
time heretofore made. First, I will that all my just debts and
liabilities be first paid out of my estate and for the purpose of
doing so I hereby devise to my executors hereinafter named; the
survivor of them or to the one qualifying as such if one of them
only should qualify all the personal estate of my own at my death
desiring them first to apply so much of my personal estate as may
be necessary to the payment of said debts but if the personal
estate I may leave and the lands mentioned in the fifth clause of
this will be not sufficient to discharge my debts, then it is my
will and desire that so many of my slaves as may be necessary for
that purpose be sold by my said executors the survivor of them or
the one qualifying as such if any of them only shall qualify, and
the money arising in liquidation thereof. Second, after the
payment of my just debts my will and desire is that all my
children be made up equal in the residue of my estate as nearly
as may be with the exception of my son, Horace, to whom I have
already made advancements equal to what I shall be liable to
leave my other children and therefore devise him nothing by this
will and with the further exception of my son, John C. Buckner,
to whom I give nothing more than he has heretofore received from
me, and for that purpose said residue shall be divided into nine
equal shares or portions. Third, I desire to each of my following
named children, towit, Louisa J. Edwards, wife of George W.
Edwards, William S. Buckner, Richard A. Buckner, George W.
Buckner, Eleanor E. F. Edwards, wife of John Edwards, Catharine L.
Cobb, wife of Thomas W. Cobb, Lindsey D. Buckner, Ulysses L.
Buckner, and Charles M. Buckner, one of said equal portions of
the residue of my estate subject however to the deductions
hereinafter named. As I have heretofore made advancements to my
elder children according to my ability as they married or as
their necessities required I desire that from the share coming
under this devise from my estate to my daughter, Louisa J.
Edwards, wife of George W. Edwards, then shall be deducted the
sum of one hundred and sixty dollars from the share devised to my
son William S. Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one
hundred and fifty-five dollars from the share devised to my son,
Richard A. Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred
and sixty and from the share devised to my son, George W.
Buckner, then shall be deducted the sum of one hundred dollars
and from the share devised to my daughter, Eleanor E. F. Edwards,
wife of John Edwards, then shall be deducted the sum of seventy
dollars, said deductions making in all the sum of six hundred and
forty-five dollars. Fourth, I devise said sum of six hundred and
forty-five dollars, reserved in the last clause of this will as
deductions from the devises to my elder children, to my three
youngest children, to wit, Lindsey D. Buckner, Ulysses L. Buckner
and Charles M. Buckner, in addition to the shares devised them in
my estate, to be divided between them as follows, to Lindsey D.
Buckner one hundred dollars, to Ulysses L. Buckner, two hundred
and twenty-five dollars, and to Charles M. Buckner three hundred
and twenty dollars for purpose of educating, maintaining and
clothing them until they severally arrive at the age of twenty-
one years. Fifth, I am interested in conjunction with my brother,
John T. Buckner, in certain lands in Taylor, formerly Green
County, and in Breckenridge County, which descended to us from
our late father, Horace Buckner, and said John T. Buckner and
myself as his kins of said Horace hold a claim on the heirs of
our Uncle, Thomas Buckner to have certain lands in said counties
set apart to us under a contract entered into by our said Father
and said Thomas Buckner respecting all which lands suits in
Chancery are now pending in the Green Circuit court now I devise
to my said executors, the survivor of them, or the one qualifying
if only one shall qualify as such, all my right, either interest
and claim in, and to said lands so sold (?) (unreadable) in
conjunction with my brother, John T. Buckner, and to those
claimed from the heirs of said Thomas Buckner, to be disposed to
by them in payment of my debts, if necessary, and if not
necessary, then the proceeds to go into the residue of my estate
to be divided as set out in the third clause of this will, after
first discharging my propositionable part of 100 (pounds) owing
by my deceased father, Horace Buckner, to my deceased uncle,
William Buckner Snr., which was payable in land hereby
authorizing my said Executors, the survivor of them or the one
qualifying if only one should qualify as such in cases when my
said brother, John T. Buckner, and myself have sold portions of
said lands and given our bonds to make deeds therefor, so soon as
they are enabled so to do to make deeds to the same to the
persons entitled thereto on the payment to them of the purchase
money that may be due thereof. Sixth, if any one or more of my
children to whom by this will I have made bequests to, should die
before me, I will and devise the share of such child or children
in my estate above devised in that event to the children of said
child if any, and if none, then to be equally divided among the
surviving children of mine to whom I have herein made bequests,
and the children of such of them as may have deceased. Lastly, I
appoint my son, William S. Buckner, and my son-in- law George W.
Edwards, as executors of this my last will and testament. I
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th
day of June, 1857 William A. Buckner Signed, sealed and
acknowledged and published in presence of D. R. Crabb J. M. S.
McCorkle At a county court held for Green County at the court
house in Greensburg on the 15th day of September, 1857, the
foregoing true last will and testament of William A. Buckner was
produced into court by William S. Buckner and George W. Edwards
the Executors therein named and the same was proven by the oath
of D. R. Crabb one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and the
hand writing of John M. S. McCorkle the other subcribing witness
thereto was fully proven by the oath of D. R. Crabb to have been
signed, sealed, acknowledged and published by the said William A.
Buckner as his last will and testament and at the time of
publishing the same they believed him to be of sound mind and
perfect memory and the same was ordered to be recorded whereupon
I have truly recorded the same in my office. Given under my hand
this 19th day of September, 1857. Robert Marshall, Clerk
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