Will record for John McClure, 1813

Description:	The following text is found on pages 61-62 in Will Book A, a record of wills filed in Knox County, Indiana from 1806-1852. The book is held at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House.“It is my desire that my beloved wife Jane McClure have my Negro man Aaron and my Negro woman Sarah…It is my desire that Elizabeth McClure my third daughter have one Negro girl named Ester, and one Negro boy named Harry…It is my desire that my youngest son John McClure have my farm I now live on known by the No. three in the Old donation, two Negro boys known by names Edmon and Will, and at the death of my wife, that part of my estate that falls back from her to be equally divided between my three children John McClure, Mary Emerson, and Elizabeth McClure. It is my desire that my Negro man Frank be sold immediately after my decease and the money arriving therefrom to be applied to the payment of my debts.”
Origin:	1813
Contributor(s):	McClure, John; McClure, Elizabeth; Emerson, Mary; mcClure, Daniel; McClure, Jane; Ester; Esther; Harry; Aaron; Sarah; Frank;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43348
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Black people -- America -- History African Americans -- History Black people -- History Slave records Slave labor Slavery Slaveholders Enslaved women Enslaved men Slavery -- Law and legislation Indentured servants Indiana -- Northwest Indiana -- History Vincennes (Ind.) Knox County (Ind.)

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