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Submitted by: Theresa Rogers Griffiths
Email address: theresagriffiths@iwon.com
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Husband: Wiley ROGERS
Birthdate: Abt. 1812
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: Abt. 1850
Place of death: Russell County, Kentucky
Father: William ROGERS
Mother: Martha Patsy " Patty" CROSS
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Marriage date: November 14, 1834
Marriage place: Russell County, Kentucky
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Wife: Alvira " Elvina " KERNS
Birthdate: Abt. 1812
Birthplace:
Death date: Aft. August 1850
Place of death:
Father: Adam KERNS
Mother: Unknown
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CHILDREN (none)
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Documentation:
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* 1840 Census Russell County, Kentucky
Rogers, Wiley
1 male 20 & under 30
1 female 20 & under 30
* Found this on ancestry.com
Rogers, Wily
State: Kentucky Year: 1850
County: Russell
Township: Unknown Townships Page:  0
Image:
Age: 37 Birth State:  TN
Month: OCT Cause of Death:  CANCER
*  From Wills 1826-1854 Russell County, Kentucky
Will Book 1
Genealogy Heaven Company
Compiled by Irma Shepherd 1999
In the name of God Amen A men I Wiley Rogers of Russell County and State
of Kentucky bring sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing
memory which I thank God and calling to mind the uncertainty of human
life and being desirous of disposing of such worldly estate as it hath
pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath the same in the
following Money First it is my Will and desire that a portion of my
perishable property be sold after my decease and all my just debts and
funeral expences paid out of the money arrising from the sale there of
and after the payments of all my just and funeral expences is paid. It is
my will and desire that my beloved wife
Elvina Rogers have and enjoy all my property both real and personal for
and during her natural life or during her widowhood and after her decease
or if she should marry then all my land to be sold and the money arising
there from to be divided into five parts and my Sister Rebecca Murr(a)y
to have and put my Sister Elizabeth Rogers to have one part my Sister
Mary Andrews to have one part my brother James Rogers to have one part
and my brother's Hiram Franklin and Martha to have the other part. It is
also my will and desire that if Benjamin George son of William George
should with my wife and work and Carry on the ???? until he is 21 years
of age that he shal(l) have a horse and Saddle and Schooling such as she
may think proper to give him and It is my will and desire that (Almia?)
George daughter of the said William George have all the remainder of my
property except my wife's Saddle and bedding that is to say at the death
of my wife or if she should marry. Lastly I do hereby constitute and
appoint Elijah Coffey my executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand Seal this 6th day of Sept
1848 Signed sealed in the presence of us.
Wily Rogers
A M Halms (Helms)
Elijah Coffey
Kentucky Russell County Court November Term 1849 the foregoing Will of
Wiley Rogers was produced in open court and proven by the subscribing
Witness and ordered to be recorded.