Robert Hopkins

GEDCOM Note

Robert Hopkins 1779 Will Dated Dec. 31, 1807 Adair Co Will Book A.

Married Dec. 27, 1798 Green Co. Ky to Elizabeth Stone
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Will

In the name of God Amen Dec. The 31 One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven : I Robert Hopkins of the County of Adair and State of Kentucky being sick and weak in body and of Sound mind and (?) memory thankful to God and calling to mind the mortaility of my body and that it is appointed for all men to die do make ordain constitute and appoint this my last will and testament as follows viz:

I give unto my loving wife Elizabeth all my horses and cows and one half my hogs and all my sheep with all other living stock whatever, also all my household furniture whatever, also one (?) saddle also grain (? And (?) that is on my premisas also to leave all my houses lands and tenaments and all the profit arriving from them until my son William comes to the age of Twenty One years also having all my farming utensils as long as she remains a widow also have a third of the profits of S. Land during her natural life if she remains a widow. I give unto my son William my land where on I now live and if my wife has a male child within 9 months of this day said child to be equal herein the foresaid land I do hereby confirm this to be my last will and testament signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of others 31st day of December 1807: Robert Hopkins Seal

Joh Hugart, John Fotts- Adair County

At a County Court begun and held for Adair County on Monday the 4th day of July 1808:

This last will and Testament of Robert Hopkins decd. Is executed in Court and proven by the oath of John Fotts and John Hugart (?) (?) and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Elizabeth Hopkins and granted them they having taken the oath (?) by loaw and executed and acknowledged Bond with William (?) and William Hopkins in the penalty of $500 Conditioned as the Law directs.