Lexington Observer. p. 3 col. 7
24 May 1832
Died on 19th, Jacob Sodowsky, aged 79 years, a Revolutionary War soldier.
From the obituary of his grandson, Ephraim Voss Sandusky
"Ephraim V. Sandusky was the eldest child of William V. and Ann. E. (George) Sandusky. He was born in Jessamine county, Ky., July 6, 1841, but had lived in Clay county, Mo., since he was a small boy. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather are buried in Jessamine county, Ky. near the Woodford line, on a trek of 1,000 acres granted to his great-grandfather, Jacob, by the Governor of Virginia in 1785, a portion of which still remains in the family.
"Jacob Sandusky first came to Kentucky, then known as Fincastle county, Virginia, in 1773, as a member of a surveying party, he kept full notes of the settlement of the country, and is described by Collins in his history of Kentucky as "a great and methodical adventurer." He and his brother, James, built Sandusky's Station about 1776.
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book D, pages 330-331
June 28, 1830
In the name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Sodowsky being advanced in age and my
health being much impaired but perfectly sound both in mind and memory do
make and establish this my last will and testament.
Item.
First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural
life the following property (to wit) one hundred and fifty acres of land so
as to secure all the improvements where I now live and to commence at the
corner of my son James Sodowsky's lot and to bind in this will hereafter to
be mentioned and to be laid off in the most suitable form so as to include
the 150 acres and if anything should happen my daughter McFarland and
children are to have seventy-five acres of the land willed to my wife
immediately. I also give to my wife two negro men namely Paris & Isaac,
Jenny and her five children, Mary, Milly, Malinda, Dilley, and Henry all
during her natural life. I give also to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, my
carriage and such horses of her choice as she may want, and as much of the
household and kitchen furniture as she may think she wants together with
those farming utensils and cattle that she may need to be selected by
herself or some friend whom she may choose.
Item.
I give to my daughter Rebecca McFarland's children one hundred and fifty
acres of land, the same that I have willed to my wife during her natural
life, to my daughter Rebecca and her children after my wife's death to her
and her children that she now has or may hereafter have for their own use
and benefit and not to be under the control of her husband, but she, my
daughter, to have the whole control of the land during her life and at her
death to be equally divided between all her children to each and equal
share.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sally Kelly's children, one hundred
acres of land on the south end of my present tract to (be) laid off by my
executor's in a suitable form, to her, my daughter and her children and not
to be controlled by her husband by she is to have the use or rent of the
above hundred acres to manage as she see best and at her death, I bequeath
the above hundred acres to her children to each one equal share.
Item. I give to my son James Sodowsky's children, one hundred acres of land
to commence adjoining the place where Asa Cartmel now lives and to be laid
off in a suitable form so as to include one hundred acres for him to occupy
during his life and at his death to be equally divided between all his
children alive at his death to each an equal share. I also give to my son
James my negro man, Abraham, to be for the benefit of raising his children,
but not to be answerable for the payment of his debts, the land is not to be
taken from the children in any case to pay his debts but he is to occupy the
land if he chooses to maintain his children. But in case he does not occupy
the land, the land and negro man to be rented and hired out to go to maintain
the children by my executors or if he should wish to move to a new country
then my executors shall have power to sell and convey the land above named
and to make a good and sufficient title by deed, and to lay the money out in
a new country for land for the his children and make the title of the land
so purchased to all his children with liberty for him to occupy during his
life on so much of the land as he may need for his own use to occupy.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Megee twenty-three hundred dollars,
four hundred of which I have paid for a negro woman I bought for her, the
balance is nineteen hundred dollars, I give in the following manner, to wit,
first it is my wish knowing that there is now several suits pending between
Seth Megee, John Megee, and James Megee against Jacob Sodowsky Jr. and James
Sodowsky, it is my will that out of the nineteen hundred dollars, I now
propose to give my daughter, all the costs, judgments, and all the loss or
damage that the Megees may recover of Jacob and James shall come out of my
daughter Susan's part and this will shall be sufficient voucher for my
executor for paying the same and charging against my daughter's legacy.
Finally my sons Jacob and James are not to lose one cent by those suits but
whatever amount they have to pay is to be refunded as above either in
damages or costs, the balance of the nineteen hundred dollars that I design
for my daughter to make her equal with my other children. I give the
interest as soon as it shall or can be put to interest, but if any
unforeseen accident shall happen that she may be necessitated for money to
support upon during her life, then this money may at the discretion of my
executors to be laid out or fixed in such a way as they may think best
during the life of the said Susan Megee and at her death she is to dispose
of the balance that may be in the hands of the executors as she pleases.
Item.
I have already given to my daughter Peggy Dedman dec'd four hundred dollars
as it is my wish that her children shall receive what I intended for her,
agreeable to my estimate there is yet nineteen hundred dollars to be given
them, which I want to divide equal with them after deducting the money that
may be spent in educating the small children by executors, the money to pay
those legacies is to be raised by selling all my stock and perishable
property and the hire of all my negroes not willed till my wife's death and
then the sale of a small piece of land that I have not willed, and if this
should not be sufficient to pay off the legacies then it is to be made up
from the sale of my negroes after my wife's death to make those two legacies
equal to twenty-three hundred dollars each in the way above described.
Item.
It is my wish that my son Jacob Sodowsky Jr. shall receive out of my estate
the value of a small portion of land so as to make his quantity, I give him
one hundred and fifty acres at the real value of the land per acre for what
may be deficient.
Last it is my will and desire after all my just debts are paid and all the
legacies are discharged and after my wife's death that every piece of
property that is mine shall be sold and the amount equally divided between
by five children's children, that is each child's children to receive one
part, and lastly, as this is my will I make and say and ordain that if any
person claiming under this will or as my heir shall not stand to this will
but shall go to law about my estate, then it is my will that they shall
forfeit all their right and their share or shares shall be divided amongst
the rest. And last of all, I set my hand and seal this 28th June 1830. It
is my wish and desire that my wife and my sons Ephraim Sodowsky and Jacob
Sodowsky may be my acting executors. Given under my hand.
Jacob Sodowsky (seal)
Test Wm Stanhope, James Gooch,
Thomas Gatewood, Hugh Allen
Jessamine County Sct May Court, 1832
The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Jacob
Sodowsky dec'd was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of
James Gooch, William Stanhope and Hugh Allen.∼War of 1812
S/O Jacob Andrew Sandusky 1705-1768 & Catherine Innskeep 1710 - ?
W/O 1) Jemima Voss 1750-1781
children: Ephraim Sandusky 1779-1854
Elizabeth Sandusky 1780-1810
Susan 1781-1783
2) Elizabeth Evans 1763-1833
children: James 1785 , Rebecca J 1786, Sally 1788, Margaret 1789
24 May 1832
Died on 19th, Jacob Sodowsky, aged 79 years, a Revolutionary War soldier.
From the obituary of his grandson, Ephraim Voss Sandusky
"Ephraim V. Sandusky was the eldest child of William V. and Ann. E. (George) Sandusky. He was born in Jessamine county, Ky., July 6, 1841, but had lived in Clay county, Mo., since he was a small boy. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather are buried in Jessamine county, Ky. near the Woodford line, on a trek of 1,000 acres granted to his great-grandfather, Jacob, by the Governor of Virginia in 1785, a portion of which still remains in the family.
"Jacob Sandusky first came to Kentucky, then known as Fincastle county, Virginia, in 1773, as a member of a surveying party, he kept full notes of the settlement of the country, and is described by Collins in his history of Kentucky as "a great and methodical adventurer." He and his brother, James, built Sandusky's Station about 1776.
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book D, pages 330-331
June 28, 1830
In the name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Sodowsky being advanced in age and my
health being much impaired but perfectly sound both in mind and memory do
make and establish this my last will and testament.
Item.
First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural
life the following property (to wit) one hundred and fifty acres of land so
as to secure all the improvements where I now live and to commence at the
corner of my son James Sodowsky's lot and to bind in this will hereafter to
be mentioned and to be laid off in the most suitable form so as to include
the 150 acres and if anything should happen my daughter McFarland and
children are to have seventy-five acres of the land willed to my wife
immediately. I also give to my wife two negro men namely Paris & Isaac,
Jenny and her five children, Mary, Milly, Malinda, Dilley, and Henry all
during her natural life. I give also to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, my
carriage and such horses of her choice as she may want, and as much of the
household and kitchen furniture as she may think she wants together with
those farming utensils and cattle that she may need to be selected by
herself or some friend whom she may choose.
Item.
I give to my daughter Rebecca McFarland's children one hundred and fifty
acres of land, the same that I have willed to my wife during her natural
life, to my daughter Rebecca and her children after my wife's death to her
and her children that she now has or may hereafter have for their own use
and benefit and not to be under the control of her husband, but she, my
daughter, to have the whole control of the land during her life and at her
death to be equally divided between all her children to each and equal
share.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sally Kelly's children, one hundred
acres of land on the south end of my present tract to (be) laid off by my
executor's in a suitable form, to her, my daughter and her children and not
to be controlled by her husband by she is to have the use or rent of the
above hundred acres to manage as she see best and at her death, I bequeath
the above hundred acres to her children to each one equal share.
Item. I give to my son James Sodowsky's children, one hundred acres of land
to commence adjoining the place where Asa Cartmel now lives and to be laid
off in a suitable form so as to include one hundred acres for him to occupy
during his life and at his death to be equally divided between all his
children alive at his death to each an equal share. I also give to my son
James my negro man, Abraham, to be for the benefit of raising his children,
but not to be answerable for the payment of his debts, the land is not to be
taken from the children in any case to pay his debts but he is to occupy the
land if he chooses to maintain his children. But in case he does not occupy
the land, the land and negro man to be rented and hired out to go to maintain
the children by my executors or if he should wish to move to a new country
then my executors shall have power to sell and convey the land above named
and to make a good and sufficient title by deed, and to lay the money out in
a new country for land for the his children and make the title of the land
so purchased to all his children with liberty for him to occupy during his
life on so much of the land as he may need for his own use to occupy.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Megee twenty-three hundred dollars,
four hundred of which I have paid for a negro woman I bought for her, the
balance is nineteen hundred dollars, I give in the following manner, to wit,
first it is my wish knowing that there is now several suits pending between
Seth Megee, John Megee, and James Megee against Jacob Sodowsky Jr. and James
Sodowsky, it is my will that out of the nineteen hundred dollars, I now
propose to give my daughter, all the costs, judgments, and all the loss or
damage that the Megees may recover of Jacob and James shall come out of my
daughter Susan's part and this will shall be sufficient voucher for my
executor for paying the same and charging against my daughter's legacy.
Finally my sons Jacob and James are not to lose one cent by those suits but
whatever amount they have to pay is to be refunded as above either in
damages or costs, the balance of the nineteen hundred dollars that I design
for my daughter to make her equal with my other children. I give the
interest as soon as it shall or can be put to interest, but if any
unforeseen accident shall happen that she may be necessitated for money to
support upon during her life, then this money may at the discretion of my
executors to be laid out or fixed in such a way as they may think best
during the life of the said Susan Megee and at her death she is to dispose
of the balance that may be in the hands of the executors as she pleases.
Item.
I have already given to my daughter Peggy Dedman dec'd four hundred dollars
as it is my wish that her children shall receive what I intended for her,
agreeable to my estimate there is yet nineteen hundred dollars to be given
them, which I want to divide equal with them after deducting the money that
may be spent in educating the small children by executors, the money to pay
those legacies is to be raised by selling all my stock and perishable
property and the hire of all my negroes not willed till my wife's death and
then the sale of a small piece of land that I have not willed, and if this
should not be sufficient to pay off the legacies then it is to be made up
from the sale of my negroes after my wife's death to make those two legacies
equal to twenty-three hundred dollars each in the way above described.
Item.
It is my wish that my son Jacob Sodowsky Jr. shall receive out of my estate
the value of a small portion of land so as to make his quantity, I give him
one hundred and fifty acres at the real value of the land per acre for what
may be deficient.
Last it is my will and desire after all my just debts are paid and all the
legacies are discharged and after my wife's death that every piece of
property that is mine shall be sold and the amount equally divided between
by five children's children, that is each child's children to receive one
part, and lastly, as this is my will I make and say and ordain that if any
person claiming under this will or as my heir shall not stand to this will
but shall go to law about my estate, then it is my will that they shall
forfeit all their right and their share or shares shall be divided amongst
the rest. And last of all, I set my hand and seal this 28th June 1830. It
is my wish and desire that my wife and my sons Ephraim Sodowsky and Jacob
Sodowsky may be my acting executors. Given under my hand.
Jacob Sodowsky (seal)
Test Wm Stanhope, James Gooch,
Thomas Gatewood, Hugh Allen
Jessamine County Sct May Court, 1832
The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Jacob
Sodowsky dec'd was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of
James Gooch, William Stanhope and Hugh Allen.∼War of 1812
S/O Jacob Andrew Sandusky 1705-1768 & Catherine Innskeep 1710 - ?
W/O 1) Jemima Voss 1750-1781
children: Ephraim Sandusky 1779-1854
Elizabeth Sandusky 1780-1810
Susan 1781-1783
2) Elizabeth Evans 1763-1833
children: James 1785 , Rebecca J 1786, Sally 1788, Margaret 1789
Lexington Observer. p. 3 col. 7
24 May 1832
Died on 19th, Jacob Sodowsky, aged 79 years, a Revolutionary War soldier.
From the obituary of his grandson, Ephraim Voss Sandusky
"Ephraim V. Sandusky was the eldest child of William V. and Ann. E. (George) Sandusky. He was born in Jessamine county, Ky., July 6, 1841, but had lived in Clay county, Mo., since he was a small boy. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather are buried in Jessamine county, Ky. near the Woodford line, on a trek of 1,000 acres granted to his great-grandfather, Jacob, by the Governor of Virginia in 1785, a portion of which still remains in the family.
"Jacob Sandusky first came to Kentucky, then known as Fincastle county, Virginia, in 1773, as a member of a surveying party, he kept full notes of the settlement of the country, and is described by Collins in his history of Kentucky as "a great and methodical adventurer." He and his brother, James, built Sandusky's Station about 1776.
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book D, pages 330-331
June 28, 1830
In the name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Sodowsky being advanced in age and my
health being much impaired but perfectly sound both in mind and memory do
make and establish this my last will and testament.
Item.
First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural
life the following property (to wit) one hundred and fifty acres of land so
as to secure all the improvements where I now live and to commence at the
corner of my son James Sodowsky's lot and to bind in this will hereafter to
be mentioned and to be laid off in the most suitable form so as to include
the 150 acres and if anything should happen my daughter McFarland and
children are to have seventy-five acres of the land willed to my wife
immediately. I also give to my wife two negro men namely Paris & Isaac,
Jenny and her five children, Mary, Milly, Malinda, Dilley, and Henry all
during her natural life. I give also to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, my
carriage and such horses of her choice as she may want, and as much of the
household and kitchen furniture as she may think she wants together with
those farming utensils and cattle that she may need to be selected by
herself or some friend whom she may choose.
Item.
I give to my daughter Rebecca McFarland's children one hundred and fifty
acres of land, the same that I have willed to my wife during her natural
life, to my daughter Rebecca and her children after my wife's death to her
and her children that she now has or may hereafter have for their own use
and benefit and not to be under the control of her husband, but she, my
daughter, to have the whole control of the land during her life and at her
death to be equally divided between all her children to each and equal
share.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sally Kelly's children, one hundred
acres of land on the south end of my present tract to (be) laid off by my
executor's in a suitable form, to her, my daughter and her children and not
to be controlled by her husband by she is to have the use or rent of the
above hundred acres to manage as she see best and at her death, I bequeath
the above hundred acres to her children to each one equal share.
Item. I give to my son James Sodowsky's children, one hundred acres of land
to commence adjoining the place where Asa Cartmel now lives and to be laid
off in a suitable form so as to include one hundred acres for him to occupy
during his life and at his death to be equally divided between all his
children alive at his death to each an equal share. I also give to my son
James my negro man, Abraham, to be for the benefit of raising his children,
but not to be answerable for the payment of his debts, the land is not to be
taken from the children in any case to pay his debts but he is to occupy the
land if he chooses to maintain his children. But in case he does not occupy
the land, the land and negro man to be rented and hired out to go to maintain
the children by my executors or if he should wish to move to a new country
then my executors shall have power to sell and convey the land above named
and to make a good and sufficient title by deed, and to lay the money out in
a new country for land for the his children and make the title of the land
so purchased to all his children with liberty for him to occupy during his
life on so much of the land as he may need for his own use to occupy.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Megee twenty-three hundred dollars,
four hundred of which I have paid for a negro woman I bought for her, the
balance is nineteen hundred dollars, I give in the following manner, to wit,
first it is my wish knowing that there is now several suits pending between
Seth Megee, John Megee, and James Megee against Jacob Sodowsky Jr. and James
Sodowsky, it is my will that out of the nineteen hundred dollars, I now
propose to give my daughter, all the costs, judgments, and all the loss or
damage that the Megees may recover of Jacob and James shall come out of my
daughter Susan's part and this will shall be sufficient voucher for my
executor for paying the same and charging against my daughter's legacy.
Finally my sons Jacob and James are not to lose one cent by those suits but
whatever amount they have to pay is to be refunded as above either in
damages or costs, the balance of the nineteen hundred dollars that I design
for my daughter to make her equal with my other children. I give the
interest as soon as it shall or can be put to interest, but if any
unforeseen accident shall happen that she may be necessitated for money to
support upon during her life, then this money may at the discretion of my
executors to be laid out or fixed in such a way as they may think best
during the life of the said Susan Megee and at her death she is to dispose
of the balance that may be in the hands of the executors as she pleases.
Item.
I have already given to my daughter Peggy Dedman dec'd four hundred dollars
as it is my wish that her children shall receive what I intended for her,
agreeable to my estimate there is yet nineteen hundred dollars to be given
them, which I want to divide equal with them after deducting the money that
may be spent in educating the small children by executors, the money to pay
those legacies is to be raised by selling all my stock and perishable
property and the hire of all my negroes not willed till my wife's death and
then the sale of a small piece of land that I have not willed, and if this
should not be sufficient to pay off the legacies then it is to be made up
from the sale of my negroes after my wife's death to make those two legacies
equal to twenty-three hundred dollars each in the way above described.
Item.
It is my wish that my son Jacob Sodowsky Jr. shall receive out of my estate
the value of a small portion of land so as to make his quantity, I give him
one hundred and fifty acres at the real value of the land per acre for what
may be deficient.
Last it is my will and desire after all my just debts are paid and all the
legacies are discharged and after my wife's death that every piece of
property that is mine shall be sold and the amount equally divided between
by five children's children, that is each child's children to receive one
part, and lastly, as this is my will I make and say and ordain that if any
person claiming under this will or as my heir shall not stand to this will
but shall go to law about my estate, then it is my will that they shall
forfeit all their right and their share or shares shall be divided amongst
the rest. And last of all, I set my hand and seal this 28th June 1830. It
is my wish and desire that my wife and my sons Ephraim Sodowsky and Jacob
Sodowsky may be my acting executors. Given under my hand.
Jacob Sodowsky (seal)
Test Wm Stanhope, James Gooch,
Thomas Gatewood, Hugh Allen
Jessamine County Sct May Court, 1832
The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Jacob
Sodowsky dec'd was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of
James Gooch, William Stanhope and Hugh Allen.∼War of 1812
S/O Jacob Andrew Sandusky 1705-1768 & Catherine Innskeep 1710 - ?
W/O 1) Jemima Voss 1750-1781
children: Ephraim Sandusky 1779-1854
Elizabeth Sandusky 1780-1810
Susan 1781-1783
2) Elizabeth Evans 1763-1833
children: James 1785 , Rebecca J 1786, Sally 1788, Margaret 1789
24 May 1832
Died on 19th, Jacob Sodowsky, aged 79 years, a Revolutionary War soldier.
From the obituary of his grandson, Ephraim Voss Sandusky
"Ephraim V. Sandusky was the eldest child of William V. and Ann. E. (George) Sandusky. He was born in Jessamine county, Ky., July 6, 1841, but had lived in Clay county, Mo., since he was a small boy. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather are buried in Jessamine county, Ky. near the Woodford line, on a trek of 1,000 acres granted to his great-grandfather, Jacob, by the Governor of Virginia in 1785, a portion of which still remains in the family.
"Jacob Sandusky first came to Kentucky, then known as Fincastle county, Virginia, in 1773, as a member of a surveying party, he kept full notes of the settlement of the country, and is described by Collins in his history of Kentucky as "a great and methodical adventurer." He and his brother, James, built Sandusky's Station about 1776.
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book D, pages 330-331
June 28, 1830
In the name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Sodowsky being advanced in age and my
health being much impaired but perfectly sound both in mind and memory do
make and establish this my last will and testament.
Item.
First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural
life the following property (to wit) one hundred and fifty acres of land so
as to secure all the improvements where I now live and to commence at the
corner of my son James Sodowsky's lot and to bind in this will hereafter to
be mentioned and to be laid off in the most suitable form so as to include
the 150 acres and if anything should happen my daughter McFarland and
children are to have seventy-five acres of the land willed to my wife
immediately. I also give to my wife two negro men namely Paris & Isaac,
Jenny and her five children, Mary, Milly, Malinda, Dilley, and Henry all
during her natural life. I give also to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, my
carriage and such horses of her choice as she may want, and as much of the
household and kitchen furniture as she may think she wants together with
those farming utensils and cattle that she may need to be selected by
herself or some friend whom she may choose.
Item.
I give to my daughter Rebecca McFarland's children one hundred and fifty
acres of land, the same that I have willed to my wife during her natural
life, to my daughter Rebecca and her children after my wife's death to her
and her children that she now has or may hereafter have for their own use
and benefit and not to be under the control of her husband, but she, my
daughter, to have the whole control of the land during her life and at her
death to be equally divided between all her children to each and equal
share.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sally Kelly's children, one hundred
acres of land on the south end of my present tract to (be) laid off by my
executor's in a suitable form, to her, my daughter and her children and not
to be controlled by her husband by she is to have the use or rent of the
above hundred acres to manage as she see best and at her death, I bequeath
the above hundred acres to her children to each one equal share.
Item. I give to my son James Sodowsky's children, one hundred acres of land
to commence adjoining the place where Asa Cartmel now lives and to be laid
off in a suitable form so as to include one hundred acres for him to occupy
during his life and at his death to be equally divided between all his
children alive at his death to each an equal share. I also give to my son
James my negro man, Abraham, to be for the benefit of raising his children,
but not to be answerable for the payment of his debts, the land is not to be
taken from the children in any case to pay his debts but he is to occupy the
land if he chooses to maintain his children. But in case he does not occupy
the land, the land and negro man to be rented and hired out to go to maintain
the children by my executors or if he should wish to move to a new country
then my executors shall have power to sell and convey the land above named
and to make a good and sufficient title by deed, and to lay the money out in
a new country for land for the his children and make the title of the land
so purchased to all his children with liberty for him to occupy during his
life on so much of the land as he may need for his own use to occupy.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Megee twenty-three hundred dollars,
four hundred of which I have paid for a negro woman I bought for her, the
balance is nineteen hundred dollars, I give in the following manner, to wit,
first it is my wish knowing that there is now several suits pending between
Seth Megee, John Megee, and James Megee against Jacob Sodowsky Jr. and James
Sodowsky, it is my will that out of the nineteen hundred dollars, I now
propose to give my daughter, all the costs, judgments, and all the loss or
damage that the Megees may recover of Jacob and James shall come out of my
daughter Susan's part and this will shall be sufficient voucher for my
executor for paying the same and charging against my daughter's legacy.
Finally my sons Jacob and James are not to lose one cent by those suits but
whatever amount they have to pay is to be refunded as above either in
damages or costs, the balance of the nineteen hundred dollars that I design
for my daughter to make her equal with my other children. I give the
interest as soon as it shall or can be put to interest, but if any
unforeseen accident shall happen that she may be necessitated for money to
support upon during her life, then this money may at the discretion of my
executors to be laid out or fixed in such a way as they may think best
during the life of the said Susan Megee and at her death she is to dispose
of the balance that may be in the hands of the executors as she pleases.
Item.
I have already given to my daughter Peggy Dedman dec'd four hundred dollars
as it is my wish that her children shall receive what I intended for her,
agreeable to my estimate there is yet nineteen hundred dollars to be given
them, which I want to divide equal with them after deducting the money that
may be spent in educating the small children by executors, the money to pay
those legacies is to be raised by selling all my stock and perishable
property and the hire of all my negroes not willed till my wife's death and
then the sale of a small piece of land that I have not willed, and if this
should not be sufficient to pay off the legacies then it is to be made up
from the sale of my negroes after my wife's death to make those two legacies
equal to twenty-three hundred dollars each in the way above described.
Item.
It is my wish that my son Jacob Sodowsky Jr. shall receive out of my estate
the value of a small portion of land so as to make his quantity, I give him
one hundred and fifty acres at the real value of the land per acre for what
may be deficient.
Last it is my will and desire after all my just debts are paid and all the
legacies are discharged and after my wife's death that every piece of
property that is mine shall be sold and the amount equally divided between
by five children's children, that is each child's children to receive one
part, and lastly, as this is my will I make and say and ordain that if any
person claiming under this will or as my heir shall not stand to this will
but shall go to law about my estate, then it is my will that they shall
forfeit all their right and their share or shares shall be divided amongst
the rest. And last of all, I set my hand and seal this 28th June 1830. It
is my wish and desire that my wife and my sons Ephraim Sodowsky and Jacob
Sodowsky may be my acting executors. Given under my hand.
Jacob Sodowsky (seal)
Test Wm Stanhope, James Gooch,
Thomas Gatewood, Hugh Allen
Jessamine County Sct May Court, 1832
The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Jacob
Sodowsky dec'd was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of
James Gooch, William Stanhope and Hugh Allen.∼War of 1812
S/O Jacob Andrew Sandusky 1705-1768 & Catherine Innskeep 1710 - ?
W/O 1) Jemima Voss 1750-1781
children: Ephraim Sandusky 1779-1854
Elizabeth Sandusky 1780-1810
Susan 1781-1783
2) Elizabeth Evans 1763-1833
children: James 1785 , Rebecca J 1786, Sally 1788, Margaret 1789
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