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WILL: Lawrence Roby, 1817, Bullitt County, KY

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Transcribed by: Anne  Livingston - Livings1@aol.com
Date:  27 Aug  1999 
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The will of Laurence ROBY is found in Bullitt Co. Book A p. 191.  I decided 
not to try to transcribe it word for word.  That section of the film is 
difficult and the handwriting is worse than usual as well but I will post an 
abstracted form - I think I was able to get most of the crucial details and 
read them correctly.  A copy of the original from the courthouse might be 
much more readable than the film version I had should someone want it. In 
parts of this will he looks like Laurence and other parts like Lawrence so I 
can’t give a definative answer on his first name (if there was one).


Bullitt Co. Will Book A p. 259
In the name of god amen, I Laurence ROBY of Bullitt County, Citizen of KY 
being weak in body but possessing fully all the powers of mind...

1. It is my will and desire that all my just debts be punctually paid out of 
my estate by my Executors hereafter named.

2. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine ROBY the house and 
plantation Wheron I now live and various personal property

3.  To son Samuel one hundred dollars  when he arrives at lawful age - also 
my son Otho (I think) ROBY one hundred  dollars when he shall arrive at 
lawful age - also my son Lawrence ROBY seventy five dollars out of my estate.

4. Sons William Owen, Reason and John each to get one hundred dollars which 
they now hold in their own hands

5. daughter Polley GREENWELL to get ninety dollars,  daughters Patsy, 
Catherine, Susanna, and Hannah ROBY each to get ninety five dollars and also 
my daughter Elizabeth WILHOIT to receive ten shillings to be paid out of my 
estate after my decease.

6.  It is my will and desire that after my death all my estate and property 
be distribute both real and personal

7.  I appoint my beloved friend Rodolphus ROBY my executor to this my last 
will and testament.

Set my hand and seal 2 September 1817

Lawrence (X) ROBY

In presence of

------ WEATHERS
Basil GATTON
Joseph R. GATTON

Recorded 3 Nov 1817 Bullitt County KY Court

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Transcribed by: Donna bobndonnaky@alltel.net
Date:  02 Oct 2000
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Transcribed from a certified photoduplication from the Maryland Hall of Records #840867
 
Charles County (239)
William ROBY, son of John, WILL:
    In the Name of God, Amen The twenty second day of January, in the year of 
Our Lord 1775, William ROBY, son of John, of Charles County in the Province of 
Maryland, planter, being very weake in body but f perfect mind and memory 
Thanks be to God. Therefore to mind the mortality of my body and that it is 
appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and 
testament that is to say principally first of all, I give and command my soul 
unto the hands of the Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the 
Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my 
Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection. I shall receive 
the same again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate 
where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give, devise, and 
dispose of the same in the following manner and form.  First, I give and 
bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth during her widowhood all the land 
I now possess. I also give to the said Elizabeth my riding mare known by the 
name of Sall, and the sidesaddle she now has in her possession, over and above 
her things of my estate.

    I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son Arthur John all the land I 
now possess at the decease or marriage of her, my said wife Elizabeth. I 
likewise give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son Lawrence my gun and my 
saddle. 

    I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Ann one cow and yearling, and 
the remaining part of my estate, exclusive of my wife's third.I give and 
bequeath to my dearly beloved children, viz: Ann, Lawrence, Elizabeth, and 
Arthur John to be equally divided among them, the four children aforesaid. 

    I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son Owin one shilling sterling, I 
like wise give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Esther COPHER one 
shilling sterling. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter Mary 
SHAIN one shilling sterling. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son 
William one shilling sterling. I likewise Constitute,make, and Ordain my 
Dearly Beloved wife Elizabeth my sole Executor of this my last will and 
testament and I hereby utterly disallow, ___, and disannull all and every 
other testament, wills, legacies, and bequests by me in any way willed and 
bequeathed. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and 
testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and 
year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the 
said William ROBY as his last will and testament in the presence of us the 
subscribers. 

                                         William ROBY, son of John
James RUPELL 
William ROBY, son of William
James GRIFFIN
Thomas OWIN

Annexed to us foregoing Will was thus written to wit: Charles County the 25th 
day of March 1775, there came Elizabeth ROBY and made oath on the holy angels 
of Almighty God that the within instrument of writing is the True and Whole 
testament of William ROBY late of Charles County deceased that hath come to 
her hands of possession, and that she doth not know of any other.

    Cert'd by Dan'l JENIFER DCourt Charles County the 25th day of March 1775. 
Then came James RUPELL James GRIFFIN and Thomas OWIN three of the subscribing 
witnesses to the within last will aND testament of William ROBY, son of John, 
late of Charles County deceased, and ___made oath on the Holy Angels of 
Almighty God that they heard him publish , pronounce and declare the same to 
be his last will and testament, that at the time of his so doing, he was to 
the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory, and 
understanding, and that they respectfully subscribed their names as witnesses 
to the said will in the presence of the testator and at his request and in the 
presence of each other.

    Certified by Dan'l JENIFER DCourt
I further certifie that Elizabeth the widow, Owin ROBY the heir at law being 
in the backwoods was present at the time the above probate was taken, and that 
she did not object to the taking of the same.