The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-07-15

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the most hearty good will, hoping
that it may in some way benefit
all the people Of my home town
and in grateful remembrance OF
the kindness and sympathy of my
neighbors and friends of Mt. Ster-
ling who so Loyalty stood by me in
my Affections and troubles in the
courts herein in my long and hard
fight for my just rights of prop
erty.
\ LANDS
Bird. I own about 974 acres of
farming lands in Montgomery
County, KY, and several lots and
parcels of land most of them i'm
proved, which are situated in and
about Mt. Sterling, Ky. Also a
farm of about 215 acres and i'm
provements situated in Bath coun-
ty, KY. And / also own a tract
of about 200 acres in Menefee
county, KY, upon which are some
tenant houses and natural gas
wells, now producing. For the
purpose of dividing and divising
said lands | first take my large
Montgomery County farm con-
tanning about SOC acres, and sit
uated near Towards Mill, and
on the waters of Slate and Harper
Creeks, and collected together by
me into this large body By the
purchase from time to time of va
rious smaller tracts adjoining
mine. / first divide said 806-acre
farm into two sections, the divi-
sion line being a new road that
runs through said farm. The first
section which | call my Home
Place" containing about 80 acres,
upon which is situated the brick
dwelling house, stock barn and
outbuildings, and said Home
Place" is on Slate Greek, and ex-
tends back from Slate Creek to
said new dirt road. The second
section of said farm contains
about 497 acres, all of w hich lies
across and beyond said new dirt
road from said Home Place"
w. T. FITZPATRICK, JR.
MRS. NORA ROBERTSON
4th. / will and bequeath my
said Home Place" containing
about 80 acres, to my natural,
though illegitimate children, a
son and daughter, born of diff
ferent mothers, but both begot-
ten by me, my said son is w. T.
Fitzpatrick, Jr., now a resident of
Redondo Beach, State of Cali
fornia who was born out of we'd
lock, and was begotten by me of
Polly Phillips, his mother, who is
now deceased, my said son has
been married several years and
now has a wife, but no children.
My said daughter is Nora Robert
son, wife of ]. L. Robertson, of
Covington, KY, who was also born
out of wedlock, and was begot-
ten by me of Mamie Hayden, her
mother, who is now living. My
said daughter has been married
several years, and now has four
living children, who are my nat
ural grandchildren. She is a good
virtuous wife and mother, and is
entitled to the greatest credit for
establishing and maintaining her
good character, handicapped, as
she has always been by the I'M
fortunate circumstances of her
birth. 1t is therefore my pleasure
as we'll as my duty to make this
provision in my will to aid and
assist her and her children. Now
in order to clearly define the in
terest and title of each of my said
legatees, direct that a division
of my Home Place" be made by
running, straight line from Slate
Creek, which bounds said farm
on one side to said new dirt road,
and laying off about 155 acres
with said brick dwelling housil
and barn and out-buildings ada
cent to same as the portion | will
and direct shall pass to and be-
long for her sole use and benefit |
during her lifetime, to my afore-
said daughter, Nora Robertson,
and after her death the fee simple |
title shall pass to her children
who may be then surviving her,
share and share alike. The other
half of said farm containing
about 1855 acres with the barn and
other improvements on it, here
by will and bequeath by fee sim
pie title to my said son, w. T.
Fitzpatrick, Jr., of Redondo
Beach, California. who has no
children to inherit from him. In