- Role: Heir
"Know all men by these presents That I Seneca McCrackin of Franklin County and State of Kentucky Being of sound mind and memory do constitute this my last will & Testament in way and manneras follows, to wit:
"Item 1st. To William McCrackin I have given one hundred acres of land on Drennons lick creek as my deed to him will [shew].
"Item 2nd. I have Conveyed to my daughter Sarah Shipp one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed will shew.
"Item 3rd. I have Conveyed to my daughter Betsy Hamilton one hundred acres of land on Drennons lick creek as my deed to her will shew.
"Item 4th. I do will and bequeath, to my son Otho McCrackin, all that tract or parcel of land, Beginning on the South side of main Elkhorn [creek] near the forks at a Stake on Stevens line, thence north Twenty three degrees East, Crossing the creek to the point of a clift of rocks at the mouth of a branch, passing a black oak and white oak at the head of a small spring, same course passing two boxelder trees and a walnut each Standing in the pasture, all marked, passing on the same course to Ovid McCrackin's preemption line, thence Seventy east with said line to North Elkhorn and crossing the same, thence down the creek and bending thereon to the forks to include the mill seat together with the saw mill, thence to the Beginning, and also I do will to him all the right I may have in an entry of land in the name of Rachel McCrackin for which I have a patent. I also will to him my clock & cupboard together with the Big farm waggon, and also that he shall hold possession of my farm houses and all the farming utensils and everything appertaining to the farm as though I were living for at least one year, or until he shall raise one crop, from my decease, and my wish is that he should keep all my negroes with him, during the Term of one year also, and everything as tho I was living.
"Item 5th. I do will and bequeath unto my son Osborn McCrackin all that tract or parcel of land It being a part of the tract where I now live on, Beginning at a marked white oak Standing in a gap in the clift on Ovid McCrackin's north preemption line on the road leading from my house to John Olivers, thence South westwardly along and on the top of the cliff to a marked white oak at the point of said cliff, thence from said white oak South fourteen degrees west one hundred and twenty poles to three marked sugartrees on the bank of main Elkhorn, thence same course to Steven's line, thence with Steven's line down the creek to the Beginning.
"Item 6th. I do will & bequeath to my daughter Mary Stewart one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed will shew.
"Item 7th. I do will and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Scott one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed to her will shew.
"Item 8th. It is my wish that my mansion house where I now live together with about eighty acres of land which will lay between the land of my two sons Otho & Osborn as designated in the will, shall remain in possession of my son Otho McCrackin as named above one year after my decease, and that then and not until then, it shall be sold and the money equally divided amongst all my children.
"Item 9th. I wish that my silver cups may be divided equally, that is each child to have one in rememberance of their father.
"Item 10th. My desire is that my executors shall at any time after my decease as they may think best, sell off all my perishable stock, household & kitchen furniture except what is named above, and all my bonds, notes and money if there should be any, make an Equal divide amongst all my children, and now after disposing of all my estate real and personal, I proceed to name my executors. I wish John Hamilton, Richard Shipp, Ortho McCrackin my executors to this my last will and testament Revoking all others, Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of August 1828.
"Seneca McCrackin Seal
"Witness: Richard Allen, Willis Oliver, Rice W. Oliver
"Franklin County Act, September Court 1829
A writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Seneca McCrackin decd. was produced in court & proven by the oaths of Richardson Allen, Willis Oliver & Rice W. Oliver the subscribing witnesses thereto, and the same is ordered to be recorded, and thereupon the same hath been duly admitted to record in my office.
Test R. H. Rennick, Clk"
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- Yes, date unknown Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1757 - 1829 (72 years)
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