In the name of God Amen
I Mandley
Winstead of Hopkins County and the State of Kentucky being of sound mind
and disposing memory but calling to mind that it is appointed once for
man to die, do therefore proceed to make this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form as followeth, to wit, My body I resign to its mother
dust when it may please God to remove my spirit and my soul I bequeath
to God who gave it hoping to participate with him in the hapiness of Heaven
where he dwelleth.
As to my property I make the following
disposition,
First I give and bequath to my beloved
wife Amy Winstead all the property of every description which she had in
possession at the time I married her consisting of one tract of land in
Hopkins County on Bull Creek containing one hundred and seventy acres and
one negro man named Bob and one boy named Henry and two feather beds and
furniture and one common work horse and one cow and calf also two breeding
sows and barrows other articles of less value and may be known by the families
as her former property also one full year's provisions for my said wife.
Secondly I give and direct one hundred
dollars to be paid out of my estate to each of my son Mandley Winstead's
two sons whose names are not known to me.
Thirdly I give and bequath my lower
tract of land attached to the tract of which I now live containing two
hundred twenty two and one half acres to my sons Bushard D. Winstead and
Charles T, Winstead to be equally divided by a line running east and west.
Charles T. Winstead to have the part on which he now lives and Bushard
D, Winstead the other part.
Fourthly , I give and bequath to
my two sons William M. Winstead and Pleasant B. Winstead the tract of land
on which I now live containing one hundred ninety five acres to be divided
between them as they may agree.
Fifthly Now in as much as I give
all the land I own to my four sons above named my will and direction is
that each of them pay one hundred dollars to the estate to enable me to
do equal justice to my other children that get no land.
Sixthly I have heretofore given my
son Bushard D. Winstead one negro girl named Parthema worth two hundred
dollars I have also given my son Charles T. Winstead one negro boy named
Beverly worth three hundred dollars I have also given my Daughter Sally
Cox one negro boy named Alfred worth two hundred and fifty dollars I have
also given my daughter Elizabeth Weir one hundred and twenty dollars
I also have given my daughter Anna
Yarbrough one hundred and twenty dollars, I have also given my daughter
Jane Cox one hundred and twenty dollars now my will and direction is the
price or value fixed upon the three negroes above named and the money above
given namd be paid or divided among my first six children, to wit , Elizabeth
Weir, Anna Yarbrough, Bushard D. Winstead, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles
T. Winstead so each may have the same amount of the other.
Seventhly I give and bequath to my
daughter Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death the heirs of her
body, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her life and at her death
the heirs of her body, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles T. Winstead a certain
negro man Jack, a negro Woman named Kesiah, a Negro boy named Daniel, and
a negro girl namd Eliza to be equally divided among my said children as
they may see fit.
Eighthly All my negroes with their
increase not here before namd and disposed of I give and bequath to all
of my children namely Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death to
her children, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her lifetime and
at her death to her children, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, Charles T. Winstead,
William M. Winstead, Pleasant B. Winstead to be equally divided between
them all as they may see fit.
Ninthly I give and bequath all my
personal estate consisting of stock, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, household
furniture, farming utensils and all and every species of property not herein
before named and disposed of to my eight children above named.
Tenthly I nominate and appoint my
son Charles T. Winstead to execute this my last will and Testament acknowledged
and signed this 13th day of July eighteen hundred an thirty-three.
Test
Mandley Winstead
James W. Williams
Jas Metcalf Kentucky
Hopkins County
January County Court 1850
This instrument of writing was this
day produced in Court and proved to be the last will and Testament of Mandley
Winstead deceased by the oath of James W. Williams a subscribing witness
thereto, said witness also deposed that Jas Metcalf the other subscribing
witness thereto resides in the State of Illinois and that the signature
purporting to be his as a witness thereto was genuine.
Whereupon the same was ordered to
be recorded as the last will and Testament of Mandley Winstead Dec'd which
is done accordingly
Att Sam Woodson Clk,