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	Fourthly:	I give 1;o my daughter, Helen Jones, a negro girl of the same of Sarah, and a boy of the name of John, and a girl of the naine of mmanda, and two of the c~oic‘~ of r~y cows, and one bed ~ furniture.

	I~‘i?th1y:	My will and desire is that the house and løt I now live on b~ sold on a 12 months credit with my personal property not heretofore disposed of by my ~x~cutor hereafter named or such of them as may qualify. and such as qualify are hereby authorized to convey said house and lot when~ over the purchase money is paid to the prciiaser of said house and lot.

	Sixthly:	~‘iy will and desire is that all my just dobts be paid and then the balance of the money arising from tho sale to be equally divided between my three children and my 2 grandsons, Fielding and ‘aaac, they taking one fourth of the money between them.

~	Seventhly: My will and desire is that my faithful servants, Manda, be free at my death and if she should not be able to support herself then out of tie hire or services of the negroes I havo given to them. Lastly, I appoint S~j~uel Casey, Gibson B. Taylor and Jilli~ Grundy executors of this my last will and Testament as witness my hand this 26th day of may, 1837.

Nancy Austin

Vlitness:	Nathaniel Ashby, C.C. Jones, Tabitha Wilson.

(vaii Book B., F, 9, at Morganfield, Kentucky.) RockoastleCo. (Robert Mullins)

	The years 1843 to 1845 worked the development of the systematic enticing away, or stealing of slaves from Kentucky slave owners, and the passing them to Canada by a cordon of posts, or relays, whi9h came to be known as the “Under...

ground Railroad“. A number were stolen and carried away on horses. The abduc-. tors traveled with the slaves at night and concealed them during the day. The old MoForron house in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky was used as a relay post to hide slair6~ enroute to Ohio, Michigan and Canada. The slaves in these parts were locked