The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-27

Edmonson county called the Woolsey
tract.
Il give and devise to my nephews
and nleces, William. Charles, Lucy
Ann. Mary Blair, Jane and Julia Jes-
sup, lot and house in Louisville on
Main street between fifth and sixth
cross streets.
After the death Of my brother
George, and my nephew, George Gro
CHAN. | direct my trustees to convey
my Locust Grove estate to the Oldest
male child OF my said nephew
George but If he shall have no male
child alive at the time of his death
then | direct them to coSey the said
Locust Grove farm to my nephew
| William Jessup, and If he shall not
be then alive. to convey the same to
my nephew, Charles Jessup.
II dedicate two acres of land where
! my parents are buried to be forever
| kept as Il graveyard for their de-
| scendants. together with a right-of-
way to the same.
Made in 1849.
81 give. devise and bequeath all the
| rest and residue of my estate to
| George c. Gwathney, who ! hereby
| appoint executor of this will, with
! power at his discretion to sell and
! convey the same, and out of the
proceeds of such sales and moneys
due to me ! desire all my just debts
to be paid. and if the funds so to be
raised shall not suffice for that pur-
pose than the proceeds Of sales of the
mere personal estate at Locust Grove
and hires OF the slaves for four years
Except Isaac) shall be used for that
purpose. Whatever money may re-
main in the hands of my executors
after the payment of my debts | d.
rect to be paid over one-half to the
children of my brother, George Gro
CHAN, and the other half to the chill
dren of my sister Jessup. 1t is my
wish and request that no security be
required from my trustees or my
executor, but that they shall act with
out being required to give security.
Il hereby revoke all wills, parts of
wills or codicils ID the same which
may have heretofore made.
JOHN CROGHAN.
Published and signed in our pres
cnce who were called on by the tesla
tor to witness the same this tenth
Nv. BROWNE.
GEO. HANCOCK.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
AT the county court held for JEFF
ferson county at the courthouse inN
the city of Louisville on the fifth day
of February, 1S49 the foregoing in
strument of writing, purporting to be
the last will and testament of John
Croghan, deceased, late of this coun-
ty, was produced in court and proved
by the oaths Of Williams Browne and
George Hancock, the subscribing wit
nesses thereto, whereupon' same
was established by the court to be
the last will and testament of said
John Croghan and ordered to be re-
corded and is recorded in my office
as clerk of said court.
"Attest--CURRAN POPE, Clerk.
"A copy.
"Attest-wM. p. JOHNSON. Clerk.
BY IGNORE DURBECK, D. c."
Note the tender regard of the old
master for the negro clave Isaac,
while not forgetting his provident
provision for his other slaves.
George Croghan married Miss
Ridgley, of a famous Baltimore fam
lily. and was killed at the head of hi6
Confederate regiment at the battle
Of Cedar Keys, leaving four children,
one of them, George, now living in
California, the last of his valiant and
glorious family name. Angelica Gro
CHAN married the Rev. Christopher
Wyatt and resides in California. She
is a widow with five children. all of
them married.
Serena Croghan married Augustus
Rodgers of the United States coast
survey. and is now a widow without
children and a resident of New York.
Lucy Croghan married Thomas S.
Jessup, who was for Al years quar-
termaster general of the United
States army.
Mary Jessup married James Blair,
for AZ years quartermaster of the
United States army, and with one
childless child, the beautiful Violet,
wife of Advert Janin, chief trustee of
the cave estate, resides at Silver
Springs, Md, near Washington city.
Jane Jessup married Augustus
Nicholson of the United States ma
rine corps, who but recently died at
Loudon, Va, leaving no heir to his
and his wife's estates
Both William and Charles Jessup
died unmarried years ago, and Lucy
Jessup is living in Italy unmarried.
So, of the original nine devises, who
came into their life estate in Nam
moth Cave three score and three
years ago. five, all of them nieCes of
DR.. John Croghan, are still living and
drawing their annuities at ages run
ming with apologies to the youngesb
from "A to IS years.
The surface assets Of Mammoth
Cave are 100 or 1900 acres Of high
ridge and deep hollow lands, of which
l 200 acres is virgin soil timbered
with tulip a half dozen varieties of
oak, walnut, birch, hickory and chest
nut; a hotel forming two sides of a
quadrangle of slave hewed log cab
ms, one Of them 300 feet long and two
stories high, the other 200 feet long
and one story high, erected resnec-