William M. RATCLIFFE

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Greenup County, Kentucy Will Abstracts 1822-1860 Patricia Porter Phillips, Heritage Books, Inc. P 183 RATCLIFF, Mary: Inventory filed Nov. 1, 1841; spouse, William (deceased); Adm'r., Samuel Ratcliff, value $142.181/2; 1 book (Life of Rev. John Westley), 1 bedstead, 1 kitchen table, 1 dining table (falling leaf), 13 chairs, 1 loom, 1 grind stone, 3 tubs, 2 churs, 1 cheese hoop, 2 flour barrels, 2 meat axes, 1 set candle molds and brass candlestick, horses, cows, 14 sheep; signed by Comm., Thomas T. G. Waring, Eli Cooper and Marshall Baker; Sale Bill dated Oct 2, 1841; filed Jan. 3, 1842; purchasers were Jeremiah Ratcliff, Malinda Ratcliff, Samuel Ratcliff, Harvey miller, George Smith, Mary Miller and Erastus Miller.

p 184 RATCLIFF, William; Will filed Will Book 3, page 105; dated Dec. 29, 1835; probated May 2, 1836; witnesses, John Waring, Thomas Stone; spouse, Mary; Exec., Samuel Ratcliff; proven by oath of John Waring; children, Jeremiah, John Sarah Gibbs (w/o John), Samuel, Mary Ann Smith, Malinda, Malvina and Letitia Marns (w/o John); Will gave personal property to spouse, Mary, for her lifetime; property sold Oct. 2, 1841; Settlement of Administrator of Mary Ratcliff's estate, Samuel Ratacliff, dated Oct. 22, 1859, sets heirs out as (1) John Ratcliff, (2) James B. and Mary A. Mearnes (children of John and Letitita), (3) Melvina and Will H. Miller, (4) Mary Ann and Charles M. Smith, (5) Jeremiah Ratcliff, (6) Sarah and John H. Gibbs, (7) Malinda and James Vandergriff, and (8) Samuel Ratcliff. note: Letitia Ratcliff md. John Marns (Mearns) Jun.27 1836 (Samuel Ratcliff bondsman); Melvina Ratcliff md. William H. Miller Feb. 26, 1838 (Erastus Miller bondsman, consent of Robert Miller); Mary Ann Ratcliff md. Charles M. Smithe Dec. 23, 1835 (A.W.G. Nicholls bondsman); Malinda Ratcliff md. James Vandergrift Feb. 1, 1850 (William Corum bondsman).

William married Mary Fenton SMITH in Baltimore, MD. (Mary Fenton SMITH died about 1842.)