1790 = Will: In the name of God, Amen, I, William Fletcher of Madison County, being very sick and Weak, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God. Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body, I recommend, to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor, not doubting, but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with. I give demise and dispose of the Same in the following manner & form: first I give + bequeath to Winifred, my beloved wife, the lot of land in Boonsborough on which we now live with the Improvements and all Emolument arising therefrom. Also, I give to my beloved sons John, James, Robert, & William all my Lands on Lulbegrud Waters entered in my Own name on Tract of two hundred acres, Warrant No. 40 and another Tract of two hundred and nineteen acres, part of a Warrant No. 11702, Said lands to be equally divided Between the aforesaid John, James, Robert, and William. Also, I give to the aforesaid John one smooth bore Gun. Also, I give to my beloved daughter, Mary, one young Sorrel horse with a blaze face. Also, to my beloved daughters, Betsey and Salley, ten pounds cash apiece and all and everything of my estate not mentioned to be equally divided amongst the Children before named Mary Fletcher, John Fletcher, Betsey Fletcher, Sally Fletcher, James Fletcher, Robert Fletcher, and William Fletcher to have an Equal part. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety.

Signed Sealed & Acknowledged William Fletcher. In presence of Will Orear, Wm. Calk,& James French At a court held for Madison County on Tuesday the 7th day of August 1792. This will was proved to be the last Will & Testament of William Fletcher Dec.d by the Oath of

William Orear, William Calk & James French Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be recorded Teste Will Irvine CMC

1773 = Married Winifred Garrett in VA.

1775-1783 = Revolutionary War. Military Service: Served under Gen. George Rogers Clark in the war.

Father of seven known children:

1. Mary Fletcher Elkin (c.1774-____)

2. John Fletcher (1776-1852)

3. Betsy Fletcher Bartlett (c.1778-____)

4. Sarah "Sally" Fletcher Moberly (c. 1780-____)

5. James Fletcher (c.1780s-c.1841)

6. Robert Fletcher (b. 1780s-____)

7. William Fletcher, Jr. (b. 1780s) Married Nancy Garrett (1788-1856).

(Note: Please prove by other records that Joseph is a son of my 5th great grandparents, William and Winnie Fletcher, for he is not named in William's will. Thank you.)

Church Affiliation: Charter member of the Providence Baptist Church, Clark Co, KY., constituted by Eld. Lewis Craig on 28 Sep 1781 in Holston, KY. It was under the guidance of Rev. Robert Elkin . William would have worshipped in their first log meeting house as the stone meeting house on Howard's Lower Creek wasn't built until 1800.

Sources:

1. 1789 Census for Madison Co, KY.

2. 1829 Land Deeds.

3. Capt. Billy Bush, Bush Settlement & Providence Church

4. Helen Sills (DAR) & Find-A-Grave Member #47361886, Wm. DAR No.: Nat'l #:749117; DAR#:A209074

5. History of the Churches of Boone's Creek Baptist Association of Kentucky. By S. J. Conkwright, 1923

6. Index to the George Rogers Clark Papers. By Richard E. Willson & Donald E. Gradeless, PhD. Society of Colonial Wars, Chicago, IL, 1998. Microfilm #12, Frame # 30, Date: 6/21/1780.

7. Madison County, Kentucky. Court Order Book B, 1791-1801. Jackie Couture. Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000. Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo.

8. "Providence Church Minutes" Captain Billy Bush and the Bush Settlement, Clark County, Kentucky, A Family ... By Harry G. Enoch, p. 70-71, 305.

9. Terry Heaps, Find-a-Grave Member #47562315

10. Will: Bk. A, Pages 101-102; Signed May 12, 1790; Proved 7 August 1792, by William Orear, William Calk and James French

11. White Family & Their Kin. By Mrs. Gladys Esther White O'Neal & Elma Leota White Stoops. Paper Graphics, Garden City, Ks, 1983. Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO.

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