Will of Elizabeth Gaines of Scott Co., Kentucky, dated 1 January 1878 — Will Book Vol. R–S (1874–1896), pp. 54–55. The same document as [A.106], catalogued twice.

What this document records

It is a duplicate of a106

THIS ENTRY AND [A.106] ARE THE SAME DOCUMENT, FROM THE SAME IMAGE FILE. A.106 was created 2026-07-07 and this one 2026-07-12, five days apart, from (archive file) — same Will Book, same pages 54-55, same margin note 113, same unrelated Rachel Cole division on the facing columns. Neither is deleted (IDs never reuse). Each carries something the other lacks: this one gives the volume designation (R-S, 1874-1896) and the [K.58]/[K.59] deed link; A.106 gives the witness relationships. Both now cross-link.

And the duplication goes deeper

THE TWO ENTRIES POINT AT TWO DIFFERENT PERSON FILES FOR ONE WOMAN. [A.106] assigns the testatrix to Elizabeth (Cooper) Gaines Elizabeth Cooper Gaines (b. Mar 1813 - d. 1878); this entry assigns her to RETIRED Elizabeth (Cooper) Gaines (d. 1878, Scott Co., KY). They are the same person — both are the wife of William Gaines, both daughters of Daniel Cooper Daniel Cooper III, both died 1878 in Scott Co., both without issue. The catalog has done this before (John Cooper→John J. Cooper, RETIRED→George Cooper); the merge is recorded as a todo rather than performed here, because two substantial files need reconciling clause by clause.

A will date became a death date

AND THE DUPLICATE CARRIED A FACTUAL ERROR THE ORIGINAL DID NOT. RETIRED recorded death: 1 JAN 1878 — which is the date of this will, not of her death. She was demonstrably alive on 1 January 1878, writing it. [L.4] gives her death as July 1878, and Elizabeth (Cooper) Gaines has it as simply 1878. Corrected on RETIRED 2026-09-01. This is the classic shape of the error: a document's own date is the most conspicuous date on it, and an entry that records a will without recording a death invites the two to be conflated.

What the will actually says

"All the land which I inherited from my father" goes to husband William Gaines for life, then "to such heirs as may be living, of my own relatives" — collaterals, so no issue. The father is not named. That he is Daniel Cooper III is argued from the [K.58] and [K.59] deeds, on the person file.