Person:John Skaggs (16)

John 'Blackhawk' Skaggs

• From Green Co. KY Will Records, Book 3, 1840-1875, by Barbara Wright

p. 66: Page 254-255, not dated; will of John Skaggs: my daughter, Malinda, gets $300, placed in the hands of my brother, William Skaggs for the benefit of Malinda, to be laid out in public lands. The land is to be divided betwee Ottaway and Willis, my sons. Ottawa is to have the upper portion, to be divided as follows: A straight line from the sugar tree to the big road, Moses Atherton's survey ..... up the road to the lane ..... doen the lane to the fort of the creek ..... to Edmund Dezarn's ..... to Wm. Salsman ..... to the Atherton line. Willlis is to have the part from M. Atherton to Skaggs corner near the branch ..... to Moses Atherton, strait with the Skaggs survey .... to the ford in the creek at Matt Skaggs ..... to the beginning. The land on the lower side of the road is to be equally divided between Willis and Ottawa. Signed: John Skaggs; test: D. Terrill and Friend Carter; Produced 5/7/1861 by Dr. J. Terrill; proven by David Ferrill and Friend Carter, who stated that the original will was left in the hands of David Terrill for safekeeping, but was lost. They stated this was the contents of the Will. Recorded 7/25/1861. :