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Peter Foard

Will dated 4 March 1798 · Madison County, Kentucky

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Will

Will dated

4 March 1798

Event location

Madison, Kentucky, United States

The will

Abstract & transcription

1798 Will Bequeathing Land To A Daughter Captured By The Indians. Manuscript Will of Peter Foard, Madison County, Kentucky, March 4, 1798, 2 pp folio. After bequeathing land on Muddy Creek and in Buckingham County, Virginia to his sons and daughters, he leaves the land and plantation on which he lives to his wife, "Except fifty acres of land to be laid off at the North Corner of my land which...I give to my Daughter Polly, if She is ever recoverd from the Indians, together with one half of my household and Kitchen furniture, Stock of every kind and plantation utencials...." A touching commentary on the difficulties facing the early Kentucky settlers and the father who died still hoping that his daughter would be recovered.

Abstract from the Ancestors at Rest archive. The testator's wife, sons and other daughters are mentioned in the will but not named in the abstract.

People named in this record

  • Peter FoardTestator
  • Polly FoardBeneficiary

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Source & citation

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Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — scan of the original will and an abstract on this page

Citation: "Manuscript will of Peter Foard, Madison County, Kentucky, dated 4 March 1798," abstracted and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/wills-and-probate/foard-peter/ : accessed [your access date]).

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