Isaac White

• General Notes
  •    "In the name of God, Amen! I, Isaac White, of the United States Saline, do make, ordain, and declare this instrument, which is signed with my own hand, to be my last will and testament, declaring at the same time that it is the first and only one that I have made.
        "All my debts, of which these are but few and none of magnitude, are to be punctually paid, and the legacies bequeathed are to be discharged as soon as circumstances will permit, and in the manner directed hereinafter.
        "To my dearly beloved wife, Sarah White, I give and bequeath all my household and kitchen furniture, all my stock and farming utensils, and all my Negroes, except as it hereafter excepted, to her and her heirs forever. I also give to her during her natural life the tract of land which I purchased of Daniel Smith and George Leech, containing two hundred acres; but if she, my wife, accedes to this my will, it is also my will that she shall raise my three children, George Washington White, Harriet G. White, and Juliet G. White, without any expense to my estate, except so much as will pay for their schooling.
        "It is my will that my son George have a classical education; that he may be taught fencing and dancing; and that he may be sent one year to a Military School; and that after he be sot aught he be allowed to follow the profession or occupation that he himself may choose. It is further my will that my daughters Harriet and Juliet have a good English education.
        "I give and bequeath to my son, George Washington White, all my estate, real and personal (except that part which I have given to my wife and hereafter excepted) he paying to his sister Harriet, at the time she becomes of age or gets married fifteen hundred dollars, and unto his sister one thousand dollars at the time she becomes of age or gets married, after paying for their schooling.
        "I give and bequeath to my nephews, Charles White and John Justice, a tract of land containing four hundred and sixty-four acres and seventy poles, one moiety to each of them, to be so divided according to quality and quantity, providing that after John Justice goes to school this year, he goes home and continues to live with his aunt, Sarah White, until he is twenty-one years of age; if now, the moiety that was intended for him to revert back to George Washington White.
        "I give and bequeath to my niece, Betsy White, one mare, saddle and bridle, to be worth one hundred dollars in cash, to be paid when she becomes of age or gets married.
        "Should it happen that any o the legatees except George W. White should die before they are by this my last will to receive their legacies, that then and in that case the whole of the said legacies are to revert to the said George W. White. But should it please God that he should die before he comes of age, or after he becomes of age without issue, I will that then and in that case the whole of the estate, both real and personal, is to be divided equally between his sisters, Harriet G. and Juliet White.
        "I give and bequeath to Francis Leech all my books, maps, and backgammon table.
        "It is further my will that my executors collect all the debts that are due me, together with what may hereafter become due, and after paying my debts, &c., to vest the balance in bank stock.
        "Should Thom White wish to improve the tract of land which I have given to his son Charles, I hereby request that my executors devise it in the manner before mention.
        "I give and bequeath to George Leech, junior, my two-year-old cold called the Phaeton.
        "I constitute George Leech, John Marshall and Francis Leech, or any two of them, executors of this my last will and testament.
        "In witness of all and each of the things herein contained, I have set my hand and seal this 23d day of May, 1811.
        "The tract of land which I have bequeathed my nephews Charles White and John Justice, lies on the south side of White River, and is the one I purchased of Toussaint Dubuois.
         "Isaac White.
        "In presence of -
        "G. C. Harlt,
        "Francis Leech."