Fleming County Clerk's Office, Flemingsburg, KY. Will Book C, pp. 106-7:
"In the name of God Amen. I Asa Reeves of Fleming County and State of Kentucky being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory considering the uncertainty of this mortal life do make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following that is to say. First it is my will and desire that all my just debts be speedily and punctually paid. Item I give and bequeath to William Reeves one hundred acres of land lying in Fleming County and State aforesaid being part of the tract of land I now live on it being the land that I gave the said William Reeves the privilege of selling which he has done. Item I give to Elias Reeves one hundred acres of land being part of the tract that I now live on which I gave him the privilege to sell and he has sold it. Item I give and bequeath to Jabez Reeves one hundred acres of land being part of the tract of land I now live on which I have made a deed of gift for which will show the boundaries of said land. Item I give and bequeath to Asa Reeves one hundred acres of land being the place that I purchased of my son Wm. Reeves and is part of that I now live on. Item It is my will and desire that the ballance (sic) of my land be equally divided between George Reeves and Isaac Reeves and that Isaac Reeves' part is to be laid off so as to include the buildings and orchard where I now live. Item All the remainder of my Estate it is my will and desire that it be equally divided amongst my six daughters Ann Dogget Crooke, Susannah Reeves, Sally Collinsworth Mahan, Elizabeth Jones, Margaret Burk, Jane Carter, and my adopted son Benjamin Reeves. I appoint my son George Reeves Executor to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventh day of July one thousand and eight hundred and nineteen.Asa X Reeves sealmarkSigned and sealed published and declared by the above named Asa Reeves to be his will and testament in Presence of usJames Blair, Thomas Summers, William W. Blair
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1739 - 1822 (83 years)
