WILLS: Lewis, Lilburne, 1812 - Livingston Co Submitted by: braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov (Happy Greer) Will of LILBURNE LEWIS,4-10-1812, Livingston Co.,KY.proved and recorded May 1812. (Livingston County, Kentucky, Will Book A, p.34): "In the name of God Amen This my last Will &c 1st Its my desire that all my Just debts be paid and then my property both real & personal be equally divided between my children JANE W. LEWIS, LUCY J. LEWIS, LILBURNE L. LEWIS, ELIZABETH LEWIS, ROBERT LEWIS & JAMES R. LEWIS reserving to my beloved but cruel wife LETITIA G. LEWIS her Lawful part of said property during her natural life 2nd It's my desire that my beloved father CHARLES L. LEWIS be possessed of the riding horse which I purchased of HURLY, my rifle & shot bag during his natural life also my walking cane and that my be- loved sisters MARTHA C. LEWIS, LUCY B. LEWIS & NANCY M. LEWIS may be comforted from the perquisites of sd estate by my executor as prudence may require or in other words so as to do my children and themselves entire Justice. 3rd I do hereby constitute my be- loved father CHARLES L. LEWIS the revd. WM. WOODS near Salem, SAML. C. HARKINS, JAMES McCAWLEY & RICHD FERGUSON my executors whoom I must remind that HENRY F. DELANY has receved a fee from me for the prosecu- tion in a Trespass against JAMES RUTTER senr., JAMES RUTTER Jnr., JAMES YOUNG & THOMAS TERRY given under my hand this & revoking all and every other will heretofore made/ ninth day of Apl. Eighteen hundred and Twelve. LILBURNE LEWIS --? NB. my dog nero I do hereby bequeath to my beloved father. L.L. Rocky Hill Apl. 9th 1812 Mr. JAMES McCAWLEY I have fallen a victim to my beloved but cruel LETITIA. I die in the hope of being united to my other wife in heaven. take care of this will & come here that we may be decently buried. Adieu. L LEWIS NB. within this enclosure myself and brother requests be entered (sic) in the same coffin and in the same grave. Rocky Hill Apl. 10th 1812 my beloved but cruel LETITIA receive this as a pledge of my forgiveness to your connections the day of Judgement is to come. I owe you no malice but die on account of your absence and my dear little son JAMES Adieu my love LILBURNE LEWIS Livingston county Sct. May county court 1812 The within will was proved to be the hand writing of LILBURNE LEWIS by WILLIAM RICE, JAMES McCAWLEY and LILBURNE LEWIS senr. and ordered to be recorded. Test. Enoch Prince CLC" I copied the above will in my notes--even though I am aware of no connection to my lines--simply because it is intriguing. I made other notes on the Lewis children in court records following the death of their father and will try to submit them at a later time. Happy Greer braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov ------------------------------ I received this note from Barbara: nt Anyone interested in the Lewis families in Livingston County, Ky. should read "Jefferson's Nephews" by Boynton Merrill. Incidently, my great-grandfather was a neighbor to Lilburn Lewis and as I recall from my notes, helped with the settlement of the estate. Barbara Knox knox2616@msn.com ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.