I, David Doom of the County of Lyon and state of Kentucky hereby make and publish my last will and testament. I wish my wife Charlotte Doom to have the use during her life time of such of my negros as she may select not exceeding one third value of all my slaves. Naples and her children excepted. I also wish my said wife to have the use during her lifetime of 200 acres of land where I now reside to be so laid off in convenient form as to include all the buildings belonging to the house farm including not less than fifty acres of cleared land and not less than twenty five acres of wool land. I also wish my wife to retain for her use during her lifetime as much of the household and kitchen furniture livestock farming utensils and provisions on hand as she may desire to keep. The residue of my lands personal property and negros Naple and her children excepted. I wish my exeutors as whoever may have charge of my estate to sell at public sale to the highest bidder immediately after my death and the property that I hereby set apart for the use of my said wife dying before I do all my property to be sold in the way and manner here in before directed. A suit has been instituted against me in the Lyon Circuit court by John B. Eads and others for recovery of my negros Naples and her children and in the event of that suit being ultinately determined in my favor I wish her and her children also sold in the same way and manner as I have herein directed in relation to my other property. I hereby authorized my executors or who ever may appointed to execute this will or take charge of my estate such needs as may be necessary to convey my land to the purchaser. I wish my executor to collect all money that maybe due. I wish all my debts and all charges against my estate paid. I wish my daughter Barbara to have ten dollars and no more and in the event of her death her children to have that sum and no more. And the residue of my estate I wish equally divided between my children Jacob Doom, Nancy Boughter, John Doom, Benjamin Doom, Hannah Walker, Alfred Doom, Henry Doom, Harriet Williams, David Doom, Columbus Doom and the children of my deceased son Nathaniel Doom one eleventh of said residue to be equally divided between the said children Nathaniel Doom, deceased. Should any of my said last mentioned children die leaving children, I wish the portion of any who may so die to be equally divided among my surviving children. My daughter Barbara excepted. It being my desire to make all my children who may die so shall have the portion that their parent would have taken if living. I hereby nominate and appoint my sons, Jacob Doom and Benjamin Doom executors of this my last will and testament. Given under my hand this 19th day of January 1858 David <X> Doom. Witness: S. Marble, Robt. L. Cobb, W.C. Noel, P.D. Geiser, G.O. Geiser, J.B. Evens.
State of Kentucky Lyon County: I A.H. Dudley, clerk of the county court for the county afore said do certify that a county court being held for the said County on Monday 27th day of June 1859 the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be provided by oaths of Robt L. Cobb, P.D. Geiser, and Geo. O. Geiser three of the subscribing witnesses there to. It is ordered that the said be recorded as the last will and testament of David Doom decd whereupon I have truely recorded the same with this certificate in my office. Given under my hand this 6th day of August 1859. A.H. Dudley, clerk.
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