Briscoe's Devisees v. Wickliffe

Judge Marshall

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In the year 1822, Samuel Briscoe died, after having first made his will, which was duly admitted to record in the Bullitt County Court, and is as .follows:

“ Item 1st. I do will and bequeath unto my wife, Nan- “ cy Briscoe, all my real estate, during her widowhood, “ or until one of my children marries, which consists of “ eleven negroes named as follows, Nelson, &c. (to the “ number of eleven names,) also, all my personal and “perishable estate after my just debts are paid: to have “ and tq hold for her own particular usé and benefit, in “…