Will of Mary McKinley

 

FamilySearch. Spencer County, KY Will Books.

After a bit of digging on FamilySearch through the Spencer County, Kentucky will books, I located the will of Mary McKinley, daughter of my 6th-great-grandfather Michael McKinley. This document, dated 13 July 1850, was referenced in Monday's post on the emancipation of Oliver. Mary had no children of her own, and left her estate to her nieces Elizabeth and Margaret. She died in late November 1850, as the will was proven on 2 December 1850.

The will names three slaves, Oliver, Frederick, and Emmet. She bequeathed the boys to Elizabeth and stated that the boys be emancipated upon turning twenty-one years old. Oliver was granted his emancipation in 1855.