Robert Marshall Jr

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  •     WILL OF ROBERT MARSHALL, JR.
    
        Contributed by Rhoda Fone
    
        from the research files of Mrs. Edna Bushnell of Birmingham, Alabama
    
        Fayette County, KY, Will Book C, page 299
    
        Dated July 1814, Proven October 1814.
    
        In the name of God Amen.� I ROBERT MARSHALL of Fayette County & State of Kentucky do make ordain and declare this instrument to be my last Will and Testament revoking all others.� In ________ all my debts of which there are but few and none of my ______ are to be punctually paid.�
    
        Item, to my dearly beloved WIFE MARY ANN MARSHALL, I give and bequeath the tract of land I now live on during her widowhood, but in case she should remarry she is then to hold one third of the said land during her natural life the other two thirds to be rented out until my youngest child shall arrive to the age of twelve years old which rents are to be applied to schooling and supporting my five youngest children viz: ROBERT, CYNTHIA, AMERICA, DORINDA, AND CALISTA shall arrive as above stated to the age of twelve years old then the above mentioned two thirds of said land to be given up to my said SON ROBERT which I give and bequeath in fee simple unto him and his heirs forever, and the other third in case it should be returned by his mother by her marrying again, as above state, I give and bequeath also to my son Robert and his forever at the decease of MARY ANN MARSHALL HIS MOTHER.� It being my will he should hold all of the land.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath to my wife during her natural life the following negroes viz: Daniel, Rose and Vina and at her death them and their increase if any to be equally divided among all my children.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath to my wife during her natural life my Waggon team and gun and at her death to be equally divided amongst all my children.
    
        Item, I also give to my wife four cows and calfs, 25 sheep and twenty-five hogs, the cows, sheep and hog to be taken out of my stock of her own choice.�
    
        Item, I also give to my wife the one half of the crop that is now growing the other half to be sold and then money applied to the support and schooling the five children as above mentioned.� I also give her two ploughs and 3 hoes.�
    
        Item, I also leave in the possession of my wife all my household and kitchen furniture to be given out to my seven children that are not with us when they marry or shall come of age and require it to each as nearly equal to what those children have had that have left us as she can possibly. . . of at it.�
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER ELIZABETH HILL one negro boy named Martin to her and her heirs forever which said boy she has already received.�
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER SUSANN BURTON one negro boy named Darius to her and her heirs forever to which said boy she hath already received.� I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER NANCY OLDHAM one negro girl named Kezza to her and her heirs forever which said girl she hath already received.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER POLLY SYMPSON one negro girl named Hannah to her and her heirs forever which said girl she hath already received.�
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER MALINDA MARSHALL one� negro girl name Lucy to her and her heirs forever also a rone filly, saddle and bridle.�
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER PEGGA MARSHALL one negro boy named Bill to her and her heirs forever, also a bay mare with a bald face, also one saddle and bridle.�
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY SON ROBERT MARSHALL one negro boy named Peter, to him and his heirs forever and one bay horse colt saddle and bridle.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER CYNTHIA one negro girl named Amy to her and her heirs forever also to be furnished with a horse, bridle and saddle worth sixty dollars when she shall arrive at fourteen years of age.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER AMERICA one negro boy named Dennis, to her and her heirs forever, also to be furnished with a bridle, saddle worth sixty dollars when she shall arrive at fourteen years of age.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER DORINDA one negro boy named Ned to her and her heirs forever, also to be furnished with a horse saddle worth sixty dollars when she shall arrive at 14 years of age.
    
        Item, I also give and bequeath unto MY DAUGHTER CALISTA one negro girl named Eliza to her and her heirs forever also to be furnished with a horse, bridle saddle worth sixty dollars when she shall arrive at 14 years of age.
    
        It is my will and desire that my two negro men viz:� Jacob and Jack shall be hired out annually for eight years and that my executors have full power to select good prices for them and hire them at private bargain for the best prices they can get at such places which said hire is to be applied to the furnishing the horses saddles and bridles and also for schooling and supporting the five youngest children as far as is necessary and the balance of the money thrown into stock, and at the expiration of the above mentioned eight years these two negroes are to be sold by my executors in the same manner in that I have directed them to be hired, that is they are to select good masters for them and sell them at public bargain for the best price they can get of such men and the money arriving from the sale of them thrown into the common stock.� It is also my wish and desire that one negro man named Harry shall be sold at the death of my mother, under the same rules I �. as is mentioned for Jacob and Jack and my interest I have in him which is five eights which may be seen by reference to my papers, thrown into the common stock, disposed of as I shall hereafter direct.� It is also my will and desire that all the property that I may die in possession of not heretofore mentioned shall be sold at public sale by my executors and the money arising therefrom to be thrown into common stock as before mentioned and every amount of every kind not before bequeathed shall be equally divided among all my children, as soon as the eight years as before mentioned expires the negroes are sold and the money collected for them and that time the division shall then take place I wish those children parts that are not of age to be retained until either they marry or come of age.� Lastly I constitute and appoint my dearly beloved WIFE MARY ANN MARSHALL executrix and William Collins and William Davenport executors of this Will and Testament.� In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of July 1814.
    
        ����������������������������������������������������������� ROBERT MARSHALL (Seal)
    
        In the presence of:
    
        Thomas Ferguson
    
        Christy Epperson
    
        Henry (his X mark) Walker
    
        Fayette Co., KY Court Order Book 3, page 180.� October 1814
    
        The last Will and Testament of Robert Marshall dec�d was this day returned to Court and proved by the Oaths of Thomas Ferguson and Henry Walker Subscribing Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.�
    
        Fayette Co., KY Court Order Bk. 3, page 181, October 1814
    
        Mary Ann Marshall and William Davenport the Executrix and Executor named in said Will came into Court and took the Oath required by law and executed bond October 1814, the penal sum of $15,000 each, with John Winn the Security of William Davenport and Eli Cleveland* the security of Mary Ann Marshall, and George Stapleton, Eli Cleveland and Joseph Bentley and George Muir or any three of them are appointed to appraise in current money the Slaves (if any) and personal estate of Robert Marshall dec�d and make report thereon to this Court.� July 1815.�
    
        (*Note from Rhoda:� Eli Cleveland was married to Mary (Simpson) Canterbury Cleveland, aunt of Mary Ann (Simpson) Marshall.)
    
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    Husband      Robert Marshall Jr.  Will
    Birth     c.1760 VA
    Death     c.1814 Fayette Co. KY
    Father     Robert Marshall Sr. (-c.1801)
    Mother     
    Marriage
        Fairfax Co. VA
    Wife     
    Mary Ann Simpson
    Birth     1767 Fairfax VA
    Death     1825 Fayette KY
    Father     George Simpson (1729-11/18/1782)
    Mother     Susannah Wheeler (1725->1783)
    Children
        
    1 F     Elizabeth Hill (1785-1814)
    2 F     Nancy Oldham
    3 F     Malinda Hill (-1820) married her brother-in-law, John P. Hill after the death of her sister
    4 F     Margaret Muir married Esley Muir
    5 F     America Anderson married Joseph Anderson
    6 F     Dorinda Muir married Horatio Muir
    7 F     Cynthia King married John W. King
    8 F     Susannah Burton (1790-) married Williamson Burton
    9 F     Mary Ann Simpson (1792-)
    10 M     Robert Marshall (1800-) married Elizabeth Evans
    11 F     Calista Finnell LeForce (1808-) married Benjamin Quinn Finnell, William R. LeForce