HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:09:43 GMT
Server: Apache
Last-Modified: Thu, 29 May 2008 21:22:44 GMT
ETag: "10e204d-2461-44e652149f100"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 9313
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/graves_subPageXHTML.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>Will of Nelson Graves</title>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="theDescrip" -->
<meta name="Description" content="The Will of Nelson Graves." />
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="theKeywords" -->
<meta name="Keywords" content="Graves, Nelson, Horatio, executor, Kentucky, Colonization Society, Thomas, Jett" />
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.tsgraves.com" r (SS~~000 1))' />
<meta name="allow-search" content="yes" />
<meta name="audience" content="all" />
<meta name="robots" content="all, index, follow" />
<meta name="revisit-after" content="3 days" />
<meta name="Rating" content="General" />
<meta name="Language" content="en" />
<meta name="distribution" content="Global" />
<meta http-equiv="pics-label" content='(pics-1.1 "http://www.fosi.org/icra/ratingsv02.html" comment "ICRAonline EN v2.0" l gen true for "http://www.tsgraves.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://www.tsgraves.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0))' />
<meta name="author" content="Michael Graves" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
<link rel="meta" href="http://www.tsgraves.com/labels.rdf" type="application/rdf+xml" title="ICRA labels" />
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="theFunctions" -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

//-->
</script>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="theStyles" -->
<link href="../style/styleOld.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../style/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
</head>


<body>

<div id="wrapper">
	<div id="frame">
		<div id="contentheader"><a name="top">&nbsp;</a></div>
		<div id="menuBar"><img class="noBorder" src="../images/graves_nav.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="46" usemap="#map" />
          <map name="map" id="map">
            <area shape="rect" coords="54,11,97,33" href="../main2.php" alt="Home" title="Home" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="100,13,171,34" href="../godsAcre.htm" alt="God's Acre" title="God's Acre" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="175,10,250,36" href="../generations.htm" alt="Generations" title="Generations" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="256,11,343,36" href="../gravesTavern.htm" alt="Graves Tavern" title="Graves Tavern" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="349,10,421,35" href="../genealogies.htm" alt="Genealogies" title="Genealogies" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="429,11,518,36" href="../colesBad.htm" alt="Cole's Bad Inn" title="Cole's Bad Inn" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="524,13,559,34" href="../wills.htm" alt="Wills" title="Wills" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="565,12,606,32" href="../relics/index.htm" alt="Relics" title="Relics" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="613,13,650,34" href="../relatedLinks.htm" alt="Links" title="Links" />
            <area shape="rect" coords="657,11,700,33" href="../allAwards.php" alt="Awards" title="Awards" />
          </map>
		  <div id="hiddenNav">
		  	<a href="../main2.php">home </a> | 
			<a href="../godsAcre.htm">god's acre</a> | 
			<a href="../generations.htm">generations</a> | 
			<a href="../gravesTavern.htm">grave's tavern</a> | 
			<a href="../genealogies.htm">genealogies</a> | 
			<a href="../colesBad.htm">cole's bad inn</a> | 
		  <a href="../wills.htm">wills</a> | <a href="../relics/index.htm">relics</a> | <a href="../relatedLinks.htm">links</a> | <a href="../allAwards.php">awards</a>.		  </div>
		</div>
		<div id="contentMain">
			<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="mainContentArea" -->
		  <div id="titleGraphic"><img src="../images/title_wills.jpg" alt="Wills" width="76" height="34" /></div>
		  <div class="contentBox">
		  		<h1>The Will of Horatio Nelson Graves</h1>
		  		<div id="willsLeft">
					<p class="subText">In the name of God amen. I, Nelson Graves of the County of Woodford and State of Kentucky being sound in mind do hereby 
					make and ordain this my last will and Testament. <br />
					1. I, my executor Thomas Jett of Franklin County whom I appoint as such, is hereby directed to sell all my real and personal estate (the slaves 
					excepted). As soon as possible, say on a credit of one or two years either at public or private sale. As he may deem proper and should the sale 
					not be made in the lifetime of my Executor whoever may succeed him or be appointed to act under this will is vested with the authority hereby 
					conferred on him. 2. I will to The Kentucky State Colonization Society one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 3. To my executor Thomas Jett, I will Five 
					Hundred Dollars ($500.00). 4. I also will that whenever my Executor shall sell the above property and collects the proceeds he is directed to 
					pay over one half of it to my brothers and sisters and the children of Nancy Johnson, my deceased sister. They taking the part that would have 
					belonged to their mother to be equally divided. 5. The other half is to be paid over to my slaves each and every one, to have one equal share. 6. 
					Each and every one of my slaves is to be liberated and placed in the hands of The Kentucky State Colonization Society for the purpose of being 
					colonized to Liberia. 7. I do hereby appoint Thomas Jett of Franklin County my Executor to carry into effect this my last Will and Testament. Given 
					under my hand and Seal this 1st day of July 1853. </p>
                    <p><strong>Nelson Graves (seal)</strong></p>
				</div>
				<div class="mainPageImageBoxRight">
			  		<img src="../images/estateSale.jpg" alt="Nelson Graves Estate Sale" width="267" height="611" />
					<div class="centerIt">
						<span class="winnerBold">Copy of the Nelson Graves Estate Sale, <br />
						taken from</span> <span class="newspaperTitle">The Kentucky Statesman</span><span class="winnerBold"><br />
						</span><span class="subText">(Lexington, KY. Friday September 9, 1853) <br />
						<br /></span>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="clearIt">&nbsp;</div>
		  </div>
          <div class="handBox"><a href="Will%20of%20Nelson%20Graves.htm" target="_blank"><img src="../images/printableVersion.jpg" alt="Click here for printable version of this will" width="204" height="91" /></a></div>
		  <div class="handBox">
			<ul>
			  <li><a href="ThomasSimsGraves_new.htm"><img src="../images/hand_back_UP.jpg" alt="back" name="backhand" width="99" height="39" id="backhand" /></a></li>
			  <li><a href="NelsonGraves_new.htm#top"><img src="../images/hand_top_UP.jpg" alt="top of page" name="topHand" width="78" height="81" id="topHand" /></a></li>
			  <li><a href="WlmGravesGerrard_new.htm"><img src="../images/hand_next_UP.jpg" alt="next page" name="nextHand" width="99" height="39" id="nextHand" /></a></li>
			</ul>
		  </div>
        <!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
	  	</div>
		<div id="footer">
			<div id="footerInner">
			  	<div id="footerInnerLine1"><a href="mailto:michaelgraves@hughes.net">Contact Us</a> | <a href="../siteMap.htm">Site Map</a> 
				| <a href="mailto:?Subject=The Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Sims Graves&amp;Body=Check%20out%20%3A%0D%0Ahttp://www.tsgraves.com/">Suggest this Site</a> | <a href="http://www.tsgraves.com/updates.htm">SiteUpdates</a></div>
			  	<div id="footerInnerLine2">
					Copyright &copy; 1999-2007 Michael Graves, Last modified: 
					<!-- #BeginDate format:Am1 -->March 18, 2007<!-- #EndDate -->
			  	</div>
			  	<div id="footerInnerLine3">
					&nbsp;
			  	</div>
			  	<div id="footerInnerBottom">
					site design: <a href="http://www.danielstout.net" target="_blank">danielstout.net</a><br />
					This site is <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm" target="_blank">C.O.P.P.A.</a> compliant. Please read our <a href="/privacy.htm">Privacy Statement</a>. <br />
This site is under copyright - any images not owned are used with permission. <a href="../copyright.htm">Specific Copyright Information located here.</a>
			  	</div>
		  	</div>
		</div>
	</div>
<div id="compliantArea">
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer" target="_blank"><img src="../images/customXHTML.jpg" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" width="100" height="47" /></a></li>
		<li><a href="../accessibility.htm"><img src="../images/customAccessible.jpg" alt="Accessibility Conformance Info" width="100" height="47" /></a></li>
		<li class="last"><a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer" target="_blank"><img src="../images/customCSS.jpg" alt="Valid CSS!" width="100" height="47" /></a></li>
	</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
<!-- InstanceEnd --></html>
