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Last Will and Testament of John Ramey of Montgomery County, Kentucky, husband of Litty Ramey. Upon his wife's death, "...all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom and whereas among those who will receive freedom according to this device there may be some who from old age or bodily infirmity and others who on account of their infancy that will be unable to support themselves. It is my will and desire that all who come under the first and second descriptions shall become comfortably closed and fed by my heirs and my wife's heirs while they live..."
"...Unto my mulatto man Philip I give him immediate freedom and it is also my words that he should attend honestly and faithfully to his mistress his business so long as she shall live and he shall labor faithfully and act as an overseer in every respect provided she shall approve of his conduct...and pay him for his service at $50 per year and feed, clothe and pay his taxes if any..."
Attested by Clerk of the Court in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on May 7, 1821 and August 5, 1842. "This day John O'Rear and George Buttery(sp) came personally before the subscribed, a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County and made oath that the two boys named George and Philip are the same boys emancipated by the last will and testament of John Ramey deceased, which is appended. September 6, 1842. Filed for record in Platte County August 1, 1846.
(Researcher's note: Paxton's Annals reports "John Ramey was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1791; removed to Montgomery County, Kentucky, with his parents in 1800; taught school in 1819-20. In 1814 he married Juda Gordon, sister of Thomas Gordon, of Clay. She was born in 1797, in Loudoun County, Virginia, and died April 16, 1869, in Platte (County, Missouri). They came to Platte in 1840, and settled on Second Creek, below Linkville, and entered a splendid body of prairie land.")Date(s) of Creation
2/23/1821
