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Slaves mentioned in Bourbon County Women’s Probate Records 1786-1850 Transcribed and submitted by Nancy O'Malley "This is a work in progress"
Bourbon Will Book K:457 Will
Direct that her land be sold at public auction at one and two years credit and that executor make deed when the money is paid. Other estate consisting of 20 head cattle, and household and kitchen furniture is to be sold at one year=s credit except as is herein devised.
To children of my nephew Samuel Allentharp, $4400; nephew Jeptha Beasley appointed their trustee to spend the money in suitable piece of land for each child and he is to pay balance to such person as may be appointed guardian of children and any expenses said nephew may be at or trouble to pay to be paid to him out of the estate; To my niece Lucy Bashford, $2000, a doz. fancy chairs and a clock, but she is to be charged with the maintenance of my servant Molly after my decease. Molly is to be free at my decease and if the court requires security, Lucy=s legacy is to be charged with such support.
To the children of my nephew Samuel, I give all my silver spoons.
Balance of my estate be evenly divided between the brothers and sisters of my nephew James A. Miller or their descendents.
Nephew Thomas Miller appointed exec. Written Sept 10, 1840 Signed with mark Proved 5 July 1841
Will Book M:4 Inventory
4 toilets; 1.50; old bureau; 1.00 2.50 2 breakfast tables; 1 dining table; 1 small dining table 7.00 Old sideboard; 2.00; 2 old looking glasses 2.25 3 toys; 2 pictures; 4 set window blinds 1.25 5 pair S. Clothes; 3.00; 8 old books; 1.00 4.00 1 small bed, bedding and bedstead 10.00 2 old C. Sticks;.12 1/2; bed, bedding and bedstead; 15.00 15.12 5 old Windsor chairs; teaboard, teacups, etc. 3.50 3 dishes, 6 wine glasses, set teaplates and H. Glass 1.25 Set knives and forks; 10 plates; 3 glass P. Dishes 2.00 Teapot; 4 old cow bottles; pitcher .50 Old fire shovel and tongs .25 3 parcels old rag carpet 2.00 Carpet on setting room 15.00 Old side saddle; 5.00; fancy bed, bedstead etc. 21.00 1 bed, bedding and old bedstead 5.00 Small trunk; 1.00; 36 pins; 2.00 3.00 4 coverlids; 3 blankets and 1 quilt 9.00 2 ovens & lids; 2 pots and 2 skillets 2.50 1 pot tramel and boiling oven 1.50 1 Baker, 1 reflector, bucket and churn 1.00 Reel and big wheel; 1.00; 2 c. Mills; 2 pot hooks 2.00 1 cow and calf; 10.00; old horse; 5.00 15.00 1 year old heifer; 7.00; ewe and lamb; 1.50 8.50 Total 138.12 2 19 Oct 1841
Will Book M:38-39 Sales
Nov. 19, 1841
1 sett plates Allen Bashford 1.00 3 bottles Lucy Porter .50 3 glass plates Isham P. Miller .75 2 salts & 3 bottles same .81 1 sett knives/forks John Miller 1.50 1 sett cups/saucers same .87 1 sugar bowl & cream cup Isham P. Miller .31 1 set cup plates same .31 1 glass dish Washington Miller 2.00 2 dishes John Miller .37 1 dish Same .93 1 dish & cream mug Mary Miller .30 1 coffee mill;6 jelly glasses same 1.12 1 breakfast table James Myers 3.25 1 tea board Isham P. Miller 1.87 3 rag carpets same 6.25 1 bed/bedstead John Miller 31.00 1 tea pot Isham P. Miller .37 1 bible James Myers 6.87 1 lot of old books Lucy Porter .43 5 chairs Isham P. Miller 2.51 1 bureau Mary Miller 5.12 1 side board John Lair 8.50 1 candle stand Lucy Porter 2.00 1 dining table Daniel Isgrig 6.15 1 table linen John W. Turner .75 1 same Tho. I. Miller 1.37 1 table linen Lucy Porter .93 1 same James Myers 1.81 1 same same 2.06 1/4 2 setts window curtains Mary Miller 1.62 1 girting carpet Lucy Porter 28.25 1 bed/bedstead same 13.50 1 toy Mary Miller .68 2 candlesticks John Miller .25 3 pictures Washington Miller .25 Amt. Brought Forward 137.78 1/4 2 looking glasses Isham P. Miller .37 1 bed/bedstead James A. Miller 4.25 1 bed/bedstead James Myers 25.00 1 trunk Washington Miller .87 2 1 coverlet Isham P. Miller 2.12 2 1 quilt Jos. Paxton .37 1 quilt Wash Miller 1.00 1 blanket Jno. Miller .75 1 same same .25 1 same Isham P. Miller 1.00 1 counterpane Wash Miller 1.46 1 coverlid Isham P. Miller 2.56 1 sheet F. Hutchison .37 1 counterpane Wash Miller .56 1 same same .81 1 coverlid same 1.62 1 same same 2.06 2 1 side saddle Lucy Porter 11.25 1 kettle Isham P. Miller 1.06 1 grid iron James A. Miller .25 1 pot ?? Miller .18 1 oven James Myers .18 1 skillet Isham P. Miller .50 1 same James A. Miller .50 1 pot Isham P. Miller .93 1kettle same .56 1 pot trammel James A. Miller .75 1 baker same .81 1 shovel & tongs same .56 1 bucket Isham P. Miller .31 1 wheel Mary Miller 2.25 1 reel Isham P. Miller 1.06 1 horse Allen Bashford 11.31 1 heifer Jno. Lair 9.08 1 cow and calf Parmer 10.81 1 table Ellen 1.50 total 237.44
152 acres of land @ $32.25/acre to Thos. I. Miller Items taken at the appraisement 1 oven James A. Miller .25 1 coffee mill same .25 1 pitcher Thos. I. Miller .25 1 ewe and lamb Isham P. Miller 1.50
4 April 1842 Bourbon Will Book G:373
Boy Harry to be free at 30 years; to serve her brother Ephraim Harriott until emancipation. Ephraim to pay Harry $25/year for his services. [Harry was emancipated in 1838 according to manumission records.]
Signed with mark Written 18 April 1826 Proved May 1826
Isabella was widow of Jacob Blen whose will follows:
Bourbon Will Book G:278
To wife Isabella: slave boy Harry, all personal and real estate for her life except silver watch which goes to Ephraim Harriott.
At wife=s death, slave woman Hillis to be freed; if Hillis to become helpless, executors are at liberty to support her out of proceeds of sale of property. All real and personal estate to be sold at wife=s death and money equally divided among brothers and sisters: Peter, Abraham, David, Benjamin, William, Jessee, Elizabeth Woods, Hannah Harriott, and Peggy Bird.
Written 6 March 1825 Proved May 1825
Bourbon Will Book J:169
To mother Nancy Bridges: her girl Milly; after mother’s death, Milly to go to brother Matthew; personal estate willed in same way
Written 2 July 1823 Signed name Rpoved 2 Sept 1833
Polly Clarkson
Bourbon Will Book G:471
To husband Peter Clarkson: slaves Edward and his son, Alfred; Eady and her two children, Ann and Daviss; Easter’s 3 children, Harriet, Julian and Joseph and their increase. Slaves to be managed by her husband, divided among children after his death.
Written 3 April 1827 Signed name Proved May 1827
Bourbon Will Book F:371 25 Nov 1817
To mother Elizabeth Kimbro: my houses and 2 lots in Millersburg, 1 slave woman named Dolly To Sally Frasure, 1 horse & saddle, a bed with furniture when she reaches 18 Remainder to mother who is to serve as administratix.
Signed with mark Proved Nov 1820
No inventory or sales
Bourbon Will Book B:224
Will
To son Larkin, with whom she now lives, Slaves, Joe, Elleck, Leanner and Rachel; all horses, cattle and household furniture.
To daughter Mary Slaughter, Slaves Jack, Willes and Charlotty (in hands of Larkin on her behalf) to go to Larkin at Mary’s death.
To daughter Anna Roberts, Slaves Clowe, Kitty and Simon and their increase to go to her living heirs at her (Anna’s) death.
To son John Field, Slaves Bridget, Sewes and Easter
signed with mark Written 28 Aug 1799 Proved March 1804
No inventory or sales
Bourbon County Will Book G: 23-24 No will was found.
Pursuant to an order of the Bourbon County Court at their January Term 1822 we the undersigned three of the commissioners appointed by said Court to appraise the Estate of Elizabeth Forman dec’d (late widow of William Forman dec’d) having met at the late residence of said decedant on the eleventh day of the aforesaid month being duly sworn proceeded to appraise said Estate in the following manner to wit.
Charles Lander William Scott Edward Whaley Joseph Forman
Bourbon County court March Term 1822 This Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Elizabeth Forman Deceased being returned into Court is ordered to be recorded. Att. Thos. P. Smith [initials below]
Bourbon Will Book M:49
To son Albert Morris, $50 and forgiveness of all advances, also bay mare called Julia.
To dau. Polly Park, $50
Clothing, bed and bedclothes equally divided between daughters Rachel Morris, Polly Park, Rebecca Parker, and Nancy Turney.
Freed woman slave Mary
Remainder of estate to son John Morris except her claim to land now possessed by Starnes Hibler and Willis Goodman and a red cow with white face that goes to slave Mary.
If land obtained, ½ goes to son John Morris; remainder equally divided between all children. If Julia has a spring foal, it goes to John.
Son John appointed as trustee for Mary who also was given a bureau.
Written 30 November 1839 Signed with mark Proved 2 may 1842
Did not find a deed of manumission for Mary. Bourbon Will Book J:81 Will
Being of perfect sense and mind
Devise and bequeath to my sons William and James as trustees for the use and benefit of my daughter Elizabeth M. Brooks, wife of James A. Brooks, during her life and then for the use and benefit ofh er children or children’s children as the case may be, the following property towit, negro man slave named Bennet? And a negro boy slave named Walter, and and also the sum of $1000 in cash. Devise and bequeath to said sons as trustes for daughter Ann Ellenor Hawkins, wife of Thomas W. Hawkins, during her life and then for children, etc. all following to wit: negro woman slave name Aqila and her two sons William and Edmond, also my carrieage and harness and $800 in cash of which cash I have already advanced $300 leaving a balance of $500. I devise to my daughter Mariah Dudley, wife of Peter Dudley, the follwing towit negro boy named Francis and $1600 in cash I devise to my granddaughter, Elizabeth Garrard, daughter of my son, John, 1 bed and furniture and the miniature likeness of her father now in my possession, and $200 in cash. All of the rest and residue of my estate I devise and direct to be disposed of as follows; After payment of my just debts and the legacies before mentioned, the balance shall be divided into three equal parts; one of which shall be held by my said sons as trustees for my said daughter Elizabeth and one other which shall be held by said son for daughter Ann Ellenor and the other to be held for dau. Mariah and her heirs forever. Executors are to retain in their hands the money devised to my daughter Elizabeth until she comes of age or marries and then to be paid her with interest from the time of my decease. Estate to pass to grandchildren after daughters die. If slave devised to Ann Ellenor should have issue, they should pass with their mother. Signed 23 July 1830; Mem. Whereas I hold a note on Peter Dudley for $330, I direct that no interest be charged thereon. Proved April 12, 1832
Will Book J:106 Appraisement made 9 October 1832 1 black horse @40.00 l grey horse @40.00 80.00 1 sorrel mare and oclt; 60.00; 1 brown horse 40.00 100.00 A bay horse; 70.00; 1 bay horse, one eye; 60.00 130.00 1 young sorrel horse; 70.00; 1 sorrel filly; 35.00 105.00 1 mule; 55.00; 1 bay horse; 30.00; 1 cart & oxen; 60.00; 1still, cap and worm; 12.00 157.00 1 small still about 16 gal. 5.00 2 cross cut saws; 2.00; 1 lot of old tools; 5.00 7.00 2 cradles and scythes; 3.00; 2 mowing scythes; 3.00 6.00 4 old scythes; 1.00; 1 old Dearbourn; 5.00 6.00 6 ploughs; 6.00; 1 Lupton plough; 2.00 8.00 1 large harrow; 5.00; 2 pair stretchers and doubletree???; 3.00 8.00 2 iron tooth rakes;.50; 3 axes and wedge; 2.00 2.50k 1 spade and prooning chisel 1.25 Shoes; 2.00; mattock;1.00 3.00 Old waggon and gear 25.00 Lot of hogs about 60 head 40.00 Lot of old gear;5.00; cutting box; 9/ 6.50 76 head sheep; 76.00; 1 water cart and barrel; 4.00 80.00 1 small grindstone; 9/; 1 bool?; 35.00 36.50 1 heifer; 5.00; 1 apple pairer and tobacco cutter; 1.00 6.00 1 loom and tackle; 12.00; 1 log chain; 6.00 18.00 1 wheat fan;8.00; 1 jackscrews; 3.25 11.25 Total 843.00
The within is the amount of property which have come into our hands as executors except such as have been divided between the legatees themselves.
Additional inventory pp. 106-107
William Garrard’s note, principal and interest to this time 1150.00 Eras. Gill note due 23 Feb 1821 for 15.00 Achilles Edwards note due 30 Jan. 1825 30.00 A.W. Dudley due 18 Dec. 1829 350.00 P. Dudley note without interest 330.00 John Harvies’ note principal and interest 630.00 Cash on hand in secretary 465.00 Cash of V. Bedford for wool 12.00 Addtional cash found in secretary 12.50 Cash of P. Dudley for corn 13.20 Total 3007.70
Will Book K:9
Additional inventory August 1832 corner of page is missing Cash on hand at death 465.?? Wm. Garrard’s note due decedent 1000.?? Interest on same 150.?? Note on Erasmus Gill 1.?? Note on Achilles Edwards 30.00 Interest on same 14.25 Note on Ambrose W. Dudley 350.00 Interest on same 92.16
Note on Peter Dudley 330.00 Note on John Hervey 600.00 Interest on same 30.00 Cash of Ab Bedford for wool 12.00 Cash found in secretary 12.50 Cash of Peter Dudley for corn 13.20 Part of decedent’s dividend from the salt works as per will of James Garrard 564.15 Cash of Boon Ingels for wool 5.87 ½ balance of decedent’s dividend from salt works aforesaid including her interest in Negro Bob and in the hire of Negro Dudley for 1832 329.72 Total 4013.85 Interest on John M. Allen’s note executed at sale 3.00 Total 4016.85 Also for hay left by decedent which was divided between the divisees, and the lot of books sold for $24.34 to Hawkins and Dudley’s being estimated at the same amounts in the whole to 73.02 Total 4089.87
J:102 Sales bill
Stephen L. Garrard plow etc. 1.37 ½ Same Broad axe etc. .50 Peter Dudley 1 drawing knife etc. 4.12 ½ Same 2 cradles and scythes 1.87 ½ Same 2 mowing scythes 2.12 ½ Thomas L. Garrard 4 old scythes/blades 1.00 Benjamin Kinningham 2 X cut saws 5.12 ½ James Koons 1 old still 12.25 James Garrard 1 small herb still 5.00 P. Dudley 2 garden rakes 1.75 James Garrard 1 spade and chisel .50 Same Old axes, etc. 1.50 P. Dudley 5 hoes 1.50 James Garrard 1 Lupton plow .57 ½ P. Dudley 2 pairs steelyards & doubletree 3.00 Same 1 old harrow 2.50 Same 2 old shovel plows 1.50 James Garrard 3 old plows 2.50 Thomas L. Garrard 1 old plow 1.00 Seipio Waller 1 old carriadge & 2 old tea kettles 15.75 P. Dudley 1 lot of stock hogs, about 60 70.00 Erasmus Gill 1 old waggon 17.50 Paris Howard 2 pair breching (?) and hip straps 4.12 ½ P. Dudley 1 lot of gears, haims, chains etc. 7.12 ½ Same 1 pided heifer 8.25 William Parker 1 bull 18.00 P. Dudley 1 pair oxen and oxcart 45.62 ½ Amount Brought Over 238.37 ½ Peter Dudley 1 bay horse 58.50 Richard Dunn 1 sorrel horse 78.50 P. Dudley 1 black horse 68.50 Same 1 black horse 37.50 Same 1 grey horse 36.00 John Mitchell 1 bay horse & colt (?) 42.50 James A. Brooks 1 bay horse 68.00 Isham T. Garrard 1 sorrel mare and colt 72.00 Anne C. Hawkins 1 sorrel filly 38.50 P. Dudley 1 [can’t read] 56.25 Same 1 mutton cart (?) 4.50 Same 1 grindstone 2.87 ½ James Garrard 1 tobacco cutting machine etc. 1.00 David Cline 1 loom & apparatus 12.56 1/4 P. Dudley 1 log chain 3.00 Same 1 wheat fan 9.50 Stephen L. Garrard 1 jack screw 2.00 Anne E. Hawkins 1 pair small steelyards .75 P. Dudley 1 large still 2.12 ½ Total 802.98 3/4 Isham Talbott 150 ac. 1 R. 16 po @20/ac 3007.00 Matthew Current & Brent 61.1.2poles...25.00 1500.50 Peter Dudley 260 ac? Purchased at sale 29 Nov 1832 @ 20.12 ½ 5250.75 Total 6789.25 Bourbon Will Book J:11
widow of Thomas Graffort.
Left $900 out of $1000 left her by her husband to be equally divided between children of her slave woman Cassandra and her slave man Hedgman; future children of Cassandra taken into account. $100 to friend William Stamps, Sr.
Written 2 August 1824 Signed name Proved 7 November 1831
Mary Graffort was married to Thomas Graffort who died in 1823 (Bourbon Will Book G:237) His will included the following: 1. Mary was left all of the estate for the rest of her life and $1000 to be disposed of at her will. 2. Slaves were to be set free after his wife died; slaves included, Daniel, Hedgman, Peter & Cassandra his wife, John, Bill, Hazzard, George, Jesse and Wesley, Hannah, Mary, Tryphena, and Amy & any children born of Cassandra after this will was made or before Mary Graffort died. 3. Thomas was in the process of purchasing two sections of land in Indiana to be divided equally among this slaves; if purchase did not go through, he wanted his executors to purchase property for same purpose. 4. His home farm was to be sold after his wife’s death and $200 given to his nephew, Thomas Graffort. 5. Balance of the estate and personal property was to be divided among the slaves.
William Stamps, William Garrard and David Purviance appointed executors. Will written 21 November 1821 and proved during the July term 1823. Codicil specified that if any of the slaves died before his wife did, their shares were to divided among the surviving slaves.
Manumission records, all dated 1832, were found for Amy (12 yrs), Bill (25 yrs), Cassandra (no age), George (21 yrs), Hannah (no age), Hazzard (23 yrs), Hedgman (no age), Jane (10 yrs; born after Thomas made his will), Jesse (19 yrs), John (no age), Leonard (8 yrs; born after Thomas made his will), Mary (no age), Peter (no age), Tryphena (27 yrs), Wesley (18 yrs); Daniel was missing (may have died).
Possible census evidence was found for Cassandra (Indianapolis), Bill (Vanderburgh, Ind.), Hedgman (Howard County, Missouri), and Tryphena (married a Turner; Indianapolis) in 1850. Evidence not found for others; some may have died in the 1833 cholera epidemic although this has not been verified. Females probably married and so names changed. Bourbon Will Book G:521
To son William: large bible and other books in possession at death Negro woman Rachel to serve William for 1 year then be freed. Rachel=s children, Mary, Hetty, Hannah, John, James and Judith Anne to son William until they reach age of 25; Whilliam to teach or have them taught to read the bible then they are to be freed at age 25
ATo fix their ages@ Mary - to be counted 10 years old next Christmas Hetty - 8 on 4 July last John and James - 4 on 8 Dec. Next Judith Ann - 2 on 8 Dec. Next
If Rachel has another child before her emancipation, it is to be freed with her.
A young horse with a bald face which she owns is to be sold and proceeds devoted to missionary purposes; forwarded to American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Upstairs bed, bedstead and curtains to granddaughter, Margaret Young Hamilton.
Bed in room below which I use with a stand of purple curtains with bedstead and furniture to granddaughter Jane Eliza Hamilton.
Bed with its furniture to granddaughter Nancy Isabella
Table and teaspoons and tea tongs to granddaughter Margaret Young Hamilton.
Silver soup spoon to son William
AChaney@ bowl and coffee cups to Margaret Young Hamilton.
Rest of cupboard furniture to be divided between granddaughters Margaret and Jane . Signed name Written 11 Sept 1827 Proved Nov. 1827
Margaret was widow of John Hamilton who died in 1824; his will as follows Bourbon Will Book G:249-250
To wife Margaret:; 1/3 of plantation, 2 of orchard, the end of the house we now live in; 2 of the big room upstairs; her bads and books and cupboard furniture; and furniture now in the rooms to remain as is until her death, then to go to son William. Her choosing of all my horses and cows enough to support her and who she wants about her of blacks while she lives and kept on the place. Slave Rachel and her children solely to Margaret.
To son William my plantation supposed to contain 200 acres on Houstone, also wagons andhorses and implements on place.
William to pay $100 to brother Andrew, and $100 each to Andrew=s children, Patsey, Lucy, Thomas and Margaret one year after death.
Written 10 Sept 1821 Signed name Proved Nov. 1824
Inventory valued at $676.00
Will Book G:251 Inventory of John Hamilton
1 sorrel horse 50.00 1 black horse 27.50 1 sorrel mare 30.00 1 sorrel colt 8.00 1 red cow 8.00 1red cow with white face 5.50 1 red/white cow 6.00 1 black/white cow 6.00 1 red cow 6.00 3 calves 4.00 2 steers 8.00 1 wheat fan 6.00 3 stacks hay 7.00 5 sets of gears 15.00 1 log chain 1.25 1 plough 2.50 1 gridiron 1.00 1 wagon and streatchers 40.00 1 bar shear plough 1.50 2 sows 2.50 1 side saddle 8.00 6 Windsor chairs 6.50 3 old tubs and stand 5.50 1 bed, bedstead and furniture 50.00 1 bed, bedstead and furniture 30.00 2 Awidow curtains@ 6.50 1 bed, bedstead and furniture 30.00 1 trundle bed, bedstead and furniture 15.00 1 sugar desk 3.00 1 case of drawers 4.00 1 spinning wheel 1.50 1 secretary 25.00 1 clock and case 25.00 1 cupboard and furniture 65.00 1 lot of bedcloths 85.00 5 tablecloths 10.00 14 yards full cloth 14.00 10 old chains 5.00 1 looking glass 1.50 1 tea kettle 2.00 Tongs and shovel, fire irons, etc. 3.25 1 pair flat irons 1.00 1 wire sieve 1.00 2 candlesticks and 3 small waiters 1.50 1 lot of tin ware and 1 pewter dish 2.50 1 knife box, knives and forks 2.00 1 lot of books 20.00 2 tin boxes 1.50 2 pots, 2 ovens, 3 skillets 4.00 3 large kettles, 1 spade, old axe, old mattock 6.00 3 old buckets .75 1 reel, wheel, and churn .75 1 scythe and cradle 2.00 Total 676.00
No inventory or sales for Margaret Hamilton. Need to check on sales for her husband.
Elizabeth Hand, widow Will Book B:20
To Edward Fugate: “my best bed and its furniture, one trunk cullender” To son John Hand: discharged debts owed her To son Robert: 1 negro man named Ned, 1 mare, 1 4-gallon pot, half of meat & corn To son Henry: 1 bed & furniture To Ann Trussel & Milly White: 1 bed & furniture, big Dutch oven, 6 pewter plates, 1 dish, 2 flax wheels
All else equally divided between Mary Fugate & Henry Hand
Capt. Robert Johnson & Edward Fugate, executors. Signed with mark. Proved July, 1797
Bourbon Will Book G:107 Wills Widow of Thomas James
to son John: 1 bed and furniture to son Alexander: 1 bed and furniture, 1 young heifer, 1 sow shoat to dau. Agnes Perkins: 1 bed and furniture, sorrel horse Tom; 1 young heifer; 1 sow shoat to dau. Mildred James: $250, part of land sale due Elizabeth from Samuel Alsop of Va.; 1 bed and furniture; 1 young heifer; 1 young filly known as Penny’s or Poney’s colt; stew kettle; ½ doz. Silver tea spoons; 1 sow pig All livestock, household and kitchen furntirue not heretofore bequeathed to be equally divided among children, including Jane Mitchel, Polly Benjamin, Thomas Williams, and Betsy Marshall. Any other money not already bequeathed to be equally divided among all her children. “Faithful slave” Mary to be emancipated as “she has at a former time paid the amount of her valuation”; if children object, executors are to purchase Mary out of money in estate and deduct price equally from heirs’ portions. Appointed sons Benjamin and Alexander as her executors. Written 11 Feb 1823
Will Book Inventory taken 11 July 1823; designated as estate of Thomas James left for her life to Elizabeth but then reverting to heirs after her deach.
Buyers were not included in the sales bill
Item (Inv./Sales) Inv./Sales Horses 1 black horse 25.00/25.03 1/2 1 white horse blind/1 gray horse 1.00/.37 1/2 1 roan filly/1 roan mare 45.00/67.00 1 brown mare/1 black mare 15.00/11.50 1 sorrel horse 35.00/55.00 1 bay horse colt 20.00/25.56 1/2 1 yearling colt 10.00/8.75 Total 151.00 Cattle 1 broad horn cow and calf/1 cow and calf 8.00/7.50 1 red heifer/1 read heifer 4.00/3.87 1/2 1 white face cow/ 1 white faced heifer 5.00/4.00 1 reddish brindle cow and calf/1 cow and calf 8.00/6.81 1/2 1 white face steer/1 white faced steer 4.00/2.62 1/2 1 red steer with white back/not listed 5.00 1 red/white heifer/1 heifer 4.00/4.00 Total 189.00 22 hogs/sold in lots 22.00/29.12 1/2 Total 211.00 Household furniture 1 bureau 8.00/6.50 1 large dining table/1 table 6.00/3.03 1/2 1 bottle case 1.00/.39 1 trunk/1 large trunk 2.00/1.00 2 pewter bason 2.00 2 dishes and 2 plates 6.00 3 dishes and 4 plates .50 At sale, 1 lot of dishes and plates @ .79 1 dish and 1 bason @ 1.87 ½ 1 dish and 1 bason @2.37 1/2 6 cups & saucers, sugar desk and teapot 2.00 At sale, 1 lot of cups and saucers @.92 1 tea kettle etc. @ 1.12 1/2 2 salt cellars, 5 butter plates, 2 pepper boxes 1.50 At sale, 1 teakettle and 1 pr. Saltcellars @2.90 1 coffee mill 1.00/.75 Half doz. Knives and forks 2.00/3.06 1/2 2 candlesticks .25/.86 1 crock/1 pot .50/1.51 1/2 1 shovel and tongs/1 pr of shovel and tongs 1.00/1.50 2 stone jugs .50 At sale, 1 jug @ .50; 7 common chairs/1 lot of chairs 1.00/1.90 1 pitcher/1 decanter .50/.27 1 small trunk 2.00 1 set of candle moulds .25 4 10-gal. Kettles/4 kettles listed separately 12.00/5.81 1/4 1 dinner pot and 1 little dinner pot 2.50 At sale, 1 pot and pairs of scales etc. @ .62 1/2 1 griddle/1 griddle 2.00/3.56 1/4 1 gridiron, 1 saddle and 1 pr. Pothooks 2.00 At sale, 1 gridiron @.25; 1 sad iron/1 flat iron 1.00/.37 1/2 2 ovens with broken tops/2 ovens listed separately 3.00/1.33 1/4 1 lantern and 1 cullender .25 At sale, 1 coffee pot and lantern, etc. @.26 3 water pails and 2 tubs 1.50 At sale, 6 tubs totalling .84 3/4 1 large tea board/1 water [waiter?] 2.50/2.62 1/2 1 bed, furniture and bedstead/1 bed and furniture 30.00/17.25 1 bed, furniture and bedstead/1 bed and furniture 30.00/15.25 1 bed, furniture and bedstead/1 bed and furniture 20.00/18.00 1 loom swifts and quilting wheel/1 loom and furniture 9.00/6.68 1/4 1 large wheel and 2 small ones and 1 reel 7.00/4.75 3 lbs. Feathers supposed/1 barrel of feathers .50/1.12 1/2 Farming Utensils 1 barshear plough and 1 cary plough 4.50 1 barshear plough 2.50 At sale, 1 pr. Plough irons @.76; 1 plow @ 1.50 and 1 plow @ 4.06 1/4=3.32 1/4 1 lot of old iron/1 lot of old iron .50/1.62 1/2 At sale, tools not in inventory included 2 hoes @.50; 1 pr. Steelyards @ 1.01 1 hackle? @ .62 ½ 1 hoe @.25 1 ads @ .25 1 handsaw @ 1.81 1/4 2 stone pickle jars/1 lot pickling pots etc. .75/2.06 1/4 3 milk crocks 12 ½ 2 hemp hooks, drawing knife and half bushel/1 set hemp hooks, etc. 1.001.25 1 trivvet, 1 pewter spoon, 3 pr. Old cards and pr. Old compasses .50 1 brace? And 2 bits; piece of old square; old bason and bell/1 brace & 2 bits 2.00/.75 1 jackscrew 5.00/2.50 1 iron homney pesel? .75 1 pr. Stretchers and 2 singletrees 2.00 4 pr. Hames and traces/4 prs. Horsegear 6.00/4.18 2 old axes and 2 old singletrees 2.00 At sale, 1 pr. Stretchers @ .87 1/4; 2 axes @ 1.20 1 runlet and 8 old barrels 1.00 At sale, 1 keg @.58 1 side saddle/1 womans saddle 5.00/1.06 1/4 At sale, saddle bags not listed in inventory @ 1.50 1 noggin with toddy?/waggon with boddy?/1 waggon 50.00/32.50 1 scyth and cradle 1.00/1.00 1 pr. Pincers .12 ½ 1 bed wt. 34 lbs tick and all not shown to commissioners/1 bedstead/1 table 12.00/1.00/.25 At sale, items not inventory: 1 blind bridle @.26 1 coverlet @.86 1 counterpin @3.12 ½ 1 quilt @ 1.50 1 coverlet @ 5.31 1 quilt @ 1.00 1 tablecloth and counterpin etc. @ 2.12 ½ 1 table cover @ 1.02 Total 462.25
Total of sales, including livestock but excluding slaves = 305.65 ½ 1 note on John and Henry Bettes for 150 dollars in state currency given to Polly James and dated Jan. 6 1823 to become due before the 25th of Dec. 1823
Sum of the appraisements of the slaves that was left to the widow of Thos. James during her life
1 negro man George, blacksmith, aged about 32 years 800.00/740.00 1 negro woman Ester/Esther 300.00/315 1 negro woman Charlotte and child Beller/Charlotte & 2 children, Belissa and Bella 450.00/656.00 1 negro woman Selina and child Greenville 500.00/653.00 1 negro boy Wallace 450.00/524.00 1 girl about 6 yrs. Velissa/sold with Charlotte and Bella 150.00 total 2650.00/2888.00
Oct. 1823
Amount of all sales: 3328.93 ¾
Will of Margaret Kenney Bourbon Will Book H: 255 May 7, 1829
Written in low state of health but sound mind; pay just debts; balance of property (real and personal) to be given to her five daughters, except for a bed and furniture to Polen? Kenney and the 8 ??? to Victor Kenney; he also is to keep the negroes till Xmas; then have a third of the crop. I give Peggy Kinney $100, and a saddle and Cordee $100 more than the other three girls, Maria L. Robnett and Abby Houston and Heleny Johnson, they are to account for what they have received or give Peggy and Cordee as much property or money as they have received then divide equal. Signed with mark. Proved 6 July 1829
p. 269 Inventory
1 panell door cupboard $8.00, one large waiter, $1.50 9.50 1 bowl of madder, coffee mill and set of knives and forks 2.75 1 lot dishes and plates and large bowl 4.25 6 silver tea spoons, a lot of cuupboard furniture 6.50 1 coffeepot and stand and candlestand 1.25 1 lot smoothing irons, mortar nad pestle, bottles etc. .621/2 1 square table, flax hackle and looking glass 2.75 1 desk and bookcase $10, 1 violin and bow $1.50 11.50 1 large family bible, and 1 lot of books 5.25 12 yards carpeting $3.50; 1 dining table $4.00 7.50 1 candlestand .50; 1 sugar desk and sugar 5.00 5.50 1 fancy secretary $15.00; 1 fancy clock, $20.00 35.00 1 Yankee clock and case $4.00; 15 split bottom chairs 9.00 1 bedstead, bed and furniture 15.00 1 old table, $1.75; 6 window lights, .25 2.00 1 lot rags and loom harness, $3.00 and 1 clothes press, $3.00 6.00 1 lot flax, wheel, reel, fringe machine and applecutter 1.50 1 lot old carpetting and leather 2.00 130 lb wool in the reel? 20.80 1 square table and knife box, .50; 1 handmilled p??ks?, 1.00 1.50 1 1 kettle and tallow, 2.00; 1 kitchen cupboard and iron hoop bucket 1.75 3 large kettles and bails, 4.00; 2 water pails and meat table 5.20 1 lot pot metal, tea kettle, churn, tub and keg 4.00 2 pr. Andirons, 3 old shovels, 2.50; 2 pot trammels, 2.00 4.50 3 pr. Trace chains and hames, 7.50; 1 lot of old iron, 1.75 9.25 1 lot of old bridles, backband etc.; 2 prs of old stretchers 2.75 1 pr. Stretchers and singletrees 1.25 Amt. Brought forward 178.67 ½ 1 small cairy plow, dung fork, mattock, etc. 3.00 3 fallen axes, 1 hand axe, and wedge 2.50 2 shovel plows and clevis, 3.50; 2 big wheels, 1.75 5.25 7 old barrels, half bushel and old saddle 2.50 1 loom and guide? Wheel, 4.00; 1 iron tooth ?loom?, 2.00 6.00 1 old cart and body, 2.25; 1 brass bit, .75 3.00 1 shotgun, barrel, powderhorn and brass mountings 3.00 2 weeding hoes, steelyard, 1.25; 1 cairy plow iron, 1.50 2.75 5 stands of bees, 5.00; 1 cutting box, steel etc. 2.25 7.25 1 yoke and oxens 45.00; hay in the barn 12.50 57.50 Bushels wheat, .50/bu 15.75 1 stack of rye in the barn, 5.50; unbroke flax, 1.75 7.25 1 wheat fan, reddles, pitch fork and 1 barrel 3.50 1 wagon, 35.00; log chain and axe, 2.50; 2 stacks oat, 10.00 47.50 91 shocks wheat in the field, 10.00; 1 sidesaddle, 5.00 15/00 2 black spotted steers, 10.00; 3 yearlings, 10.00 20.00 4 yearling heifers, 10.00; 1 white back cow and calf 23.50 1 red cow and calf, 7.50; 1 black cow and calf, 5.00 12.50 1 speckled cow and calf, 8.00; 1 brindle cow and calf, 9.00 17.00 1 brown cow and calf, 7.50; 1 red whitebacked cow and calf, 10.00 17.50 1 red lame cow and calf, 8.00; 1 red/white spotted cow and calf, 7.00 15.00 1 red bell cow and calf, 11.00; 1 dark brown cow, 8.00 19.00 1 bull, 8.00; 1 black bald face mare, 40.00 48.00 1 3yr old bay mare, 47.50; 1 3yr old brown mare, 45.00 92.50 1 brown mare and colt, 75.00; 1 bay Hasham? Mare, 40.00 115.00 1 2yr old brown horse colt, 35.00; 1 2yr old sorrel horse, 32.50 67.50 1 2yr old brown mare colt, 30.00; 1 yearling colt, 15.00 45.00 45 hogs 74.00 40 sheep, 20.00; 1 biger? Scythe, .75 20.75 Total 957.67 ½
p. 264
Sales
Willis Meier, 2 spades and irons 1.18 3/4 Victor Kenney, 6 crocks .87 ½ Same, 1 churn and tub .50 John Johnson, 1 pot and oven .50 Same, bucket, pot and oven 1.75 V. Kenney, 1 tea kettle .50 Same, 1 pot trammel .75 William Branham, 1 pot trammel 1.37 ½ Moses Robnett, 1 pot and hooks 1.87 ½ V. Kenney, 2 large kettles 1.50 Joseph Kenney, 1 large kettle 1.50 V. Kenney, 1 kettle and tallow 2.25 James Cogswell, 1 pair hames and traces 1.75 Same, one lot of harness 1.50 Samuel Hedge, haims and chains 2.00 ½ John Johnson, haims and chains 2.00 Same, 1 pr. Stretchers and hoe .50 V. Kenney, 1 lot of old iron 1.00 Same, 2 axes 2.12 ½ John Johnson, 1 axe and wedge .50 V. Kenney, 1 hand axe 2.00 Same, 1 short hoe 1.00 John Alexander, 1 grubbing hoe 1.18 3/4 V. Kenney, 1 shovel plough and stretchers 2.00 John Johnson, 1 shovel plough 2.75 V. Kinney, 1 plough 2.50 ½ John Johnson, 1 large wheel 1.17 ½ Joseph Kenney, 1 large wheel 1.75 John Johnson, 1 half bushel 1.62 ½ V. Kenney, 1 lot of barrels 3.50 John Johnson, 1 loom 7.00 W.W. Branham, 1 harrow 3.81 Peter Sharrer, 1 cart 1.00 V. Kenney, 1 plow irons cary 2.12 ½ Joseph Kenney, 1 sidesaddle 4.50 John Johnson, 1 garden hoe .81 1/4 Joseph Kenney, 1 pr. Of steelyards .25 V. Kenney, 6 chairs 4.00 Same, 9 chairs 2.75 Same, 1 dining table 4.87 ½ John Johnson, knives and forks 2.50 V. Kenney, plates and dishes 1.50 John Johnson, 9 breakfast plates .37 ½ V. Kenney, 6 plates .75 Same, 1 large dish 1.37 ½ Smae, waiter and tea ware .87 ½ Same, 1 bowl 1.00 Joseph Kenney, 1 bowl of madder .25 John Johnson, 6 tumblers .68 Joseph Kenney, ??? .25 V. Kenney, large waiter and small one 3.25 John Johnson, coffee pot .37 V. Kenney, coffee mill .62 ½ Same, 6 silver spoons 4.37 ½ Moses Robnett, 1 iron and brass candlestick 1.50 H. Bridges, 1 brass bit 1.75 Moses Robnett, 1 hackle 1.00 Richard Brand, 1 bottles and pestle .25 John Johnson, 1 cupboard 4.00 Moses Robnett, 1 shot gun 3.00 Napoleon Kenney, 1 table 1.06 ½ M. Robnett, 1 bible 2.50 Joseph Kenney, sundry books 1.25 John Johnson, 1 bookcase 8.00 Joseph Kenney, 12 yds carpetting 3.25 John Johnson, 1 secretary 12.62 ½ Henry West, 1 sugar desk 3.25 V. Kenney, candlestand .50 Joseph Kenney, 1 clock 15.00 John Johnson, 2 bee hives 6.43 3/4 James M. Cogswell, 3 bee hives 6.25 V. Kenney, 1 red cow and calf 10.00 Joseph Kenney, 1 bull 6.75 Samuel Muir, 1 red whiteback cow 9.95 V. Kenney, 1 bell cow and calf 13.00 Stephen Hall, 1 black cow 7.50 John Johnson, 1 brown cow 9.25 Joseph Kenney, 1 red cow 8.00 Napoleon Kenney, 1 white back calf 8.75 W. G. Dayton?, 1 brindle cow 12.57 ½ Stephen Hall, 1 red spotted cow 7.50 Silas Hedge,1 spotted cow and calf 9.00 Joseph Kenney, brown cow and calf 8.00 Same, 2 heifers 9.00 John L. Hickman, 5 young steers 27.00 Same, 2 heifers 10.75 Stephen Hall, 10 1st choice hogs 32.87 ½ Same, 10 2nd choice hogs 25.00 Same, 10 3rd choice hogs 20.00 Same 15 last choice hogs 15.00 John Harriett, 26 sheep in a lump 17.50 John Johnson, 1 brown mare and colt 80.00 Thomas Brand, 1 black mare 37.00 V. Kenney, bay mare 40.00? Jas. Davis, 1 bay mare 34.00 Levy Merdy, 1 brown filley 41.00 Jacob Smith, 1 sorrel colt 37.58 ½ Joseph Kenney, 1 brown horse colt 38.50 Napoleon Kenney, 1 brown filley 30.00 Jno. Bran?, 1 brown horse and colt 15.12 ½ John Dykes, 45 shocks of wheat 8.00 John Johnson, 46 shocks 6.25 Napoleon Kenney, 1 cutting box 4.00 John Mitchell, 1 lot of hay 61.27 ½ Same, 1 lot of hay 5.25 V. Kenney, wheat fan 1.25 Same, 1 pitch fork 1.00 Joseph Mitchell, 20 bu wheat @.60/bu 12.00 Same, 11 bu of wheat and half 6.90 John Johnson, 1 lot of rye 4.12 ½ V. Kenney, 1 lot of flax 2.87 ½ M. Robnett, 1 table .62 ½ Granville Allen, 1 lot of wool 6.06 1/4 Same, 2 lot of wool 5.56 Turner Wyatt, 1 lot of leather 2.56 V. Kenney, 1 press 2.00 M. Robnett, harness and reddles 5.00 Arch?? Kenney, 1 carpet .62 ½ Doctor Talliaferro, 1 apple peeler .20 N. Kenney, 6 doz? Things?, reels, wheels 1.75 John Johnson, 2 stacks of oats 11.43 Silas Hedge, 1 filed of corn 45.00 N. Kenney, 1 field of corn 40.00 John Clinkenbeard, 1 field of corn 81.00? John Alexander, 1 waggon 26.00 Hubbard Taylor, 1 log chain 2.50 Joseph Kenney, 1 yoke of steers 65.00 Granville Allen, 1 hand mill .50 N. Kenney, 1 table, 2 plates and pitcher 2.00 M. Robnett, 1 fiddle 1.62 ½ N. Kenney, 1 looking glass .25 Eli Kenney, 1 clock 1.50 Same, 1 kitchen cupboard 1.39 N. Kenney, 1 meal tub .12 ½ Moses Robnett, 1 bryce? Scythe .75 V. Kenney, 4 sheep 9.10
Bourbon County Will Book C:93 Written 1806
To son Charles Lair: clock for ₤12 stove for ₤2 iron tooth harrow for ₤1 4s windmill for ₤7 10s
To son John Lair: a last spring’s colt which is all the colt I have His choice of 1 cow & colt 4 sheep 1 breeding sow
To son William: colt (2 years old this spring) Colt out of black mare (unborn) ₤5: provisions for more equitable share by charging rent on plantation
To daughter Sarah: young bald mare New saddle/bridle 2 cows & calves 4 sheep small wash kettle boiling pot another small pot a small oven one skillet one pair flat irons my potrack two pewter dishes six pewter basons twelve pewter plates six earthen plates six spoons six tin cups six knives and forks a set of tea ware six silver teaspoons one big bowl two small bowls two glasses two canisters a small chest one large chest a new spinning wheel six towels six table cloaths six sheats two setts of curtains, the one calico and the other striped ones one calico quilt one double coverlid one other coverlid a blank et two bedspreads a feather bed underbed bolster pillows one brass candlestick
Which property is to remain in the hands of son Charles until Sarah reaches 21 years of age or gets married and “then gives sufficient security to indemnify her mother’s estate for any rents which she has received of her part of the plantation I now line on.”
To son Joseph: ₤50 which my executor to this my last will and testament shall pay to hom out of my estate when he arrives to the age of 21 year with the lawful interest therein and likewise to give him six months schooling as soon as may be and also three months when he arrives to the age of eighteen years which is to be paid out of my estate by my said exor.”
“My will is that my son Matthias Lair shall live with and be under the care and direction of son Charles till he arrives to the age of fourteen years and in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of his age he is to be sent to school by my son Charles which is to paid out of my estate, and after that period my will is that he be put to some good trade and my will is that my said executor pay to this my son Matthias the sum of fifty pounds out of my estate when he arrives to the age of twenty one years with the Lawful interest therein.”
Remainder of estate was to be sold with six weeks or a convenient time after her death with provisions to pay the heirs as directed in the will. If Elizabeth dies before reaching her majority, then her dividend is to be equally divided among the other children. Acknowledged son Charles debt of ₤88 including what was devised to him in the will; he was to have the interest on the debt after her death and could discharge the debt in any good merchantable property.
Written 30 January 1806; signed, sealed and published in presence of George Reading, Carter Anderson and Catherine C. Kees (Kees signed with a mark) Signed with her mark Proved April 1806
Inventory of estate Will Book C: 141-145
James Ruddell Michael Smith Joseph Whitesitt
Bourbon County July Court 1806 This Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Elizabeth Lair deceased was returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. Att. Will Garrard Jr. C.B.C.
Bourbon Will Book F:418
Pay funeral expenses out of estate 1 slave boy Allen to William Smith, eldest son of Thomas Porter Smith 1 slave boy James to Thomas Porter Smith, Jr., 2nd and youngest son of T.P. Smith, Sr. Rest of estate, real and personal, to niece (Frances?) of Thomas Porter Smith for her life. And then to heirs by present husband; should she be widowed and remarried, she loses rights to property inherited by this will; mentions slaves (unnumbered and unnamed) to be hired out and proceeds to be used for benefit of Frances’ children.
Written 13 Nov 1819 Signed her name Proved June 1821
Bourbon Will Book N:55
$1000 paid to three children out of cash and cash notes: Elizabeth Simpson, Richard E. Maosn and Mary H.H. Spencer. Remainder of cash and cash notes to go to son William J. Mason. Son Richard was owed money by her so she assigned a note on Davis R. Mason for $600 in c. 1837 to Richard, with security by William J. Mason; also another note of $100 about the same time assigned to Richard for “a fictitious consideration”.
$1000 willed to Richard in first part of will is intended to cover those notes and whatever amount he may receive from the notes is to be paid to him out of the $1000. If amount exceeds $1000, excess is to be subtracted fro his share of money derived from sale of her slaves.
Directed slaves to be hired out until grandson Lewis G. Stone is 21. Gave him $300 provided he make title to William J. Mason the land that William P. Stone (husband of dau. Susan) sold to him, William J. Mason, according to contract; $300 goes to William J. Mason if land not conveyed. If Lewis G. Stone dies, slaves are to be divided among children.
Written 17 June 1847 Signed with name Proved 5 July 1847
No inventory or sales. Elizabeth Moore (Elizabeth McClelland Dunlap Kimbro Moore)
Bourbon County Will Book G: 316-317
I, Elizabeth Moore of Bourbon County, being now weak in body but of sound disposing mind and memory and being authorized by deed of marriage settlement between myself and my husband John Moore of one part and Thomas P. Smith, William Mitchell and Benjamin Mills as Trustees of the other to appoint the uses, purposes and ends to which the Estate conveyed by said deed shall be applied do make the following appointments and disposition thereof and do divide it to pass as herein directed.
All the slaves named in said deed of trust which shall be twenty five years of age are at my decease to be emancipated and set free by said Trustees provided however that if any are hired out at my decease there [their] term of hire is to end before they are liberated and if the title of all or any of them is disputed the said Trustees shall retain them and hire them out till such dispute is settled and if any of them shall be recovered from said Trustees and Absalom the son of Nan on Nancy should be so recovered the said Trustees are directed to repurchase him out of the funds of my Estate conveyed to them if said purchase can be made on reasonable terms, and then to liberate him at the age of twenty-five years, he being first bound to learn some good trade. All the rest of my slaves which shall be under the age of twenty five years, and are conveyed by said deed or the issue of such as are conveyed born before my decease shall serve till the age of twenty five years and then be emancipated by said Trustees purview that care shall be taken to learn them to read the scriptures of the old and new Testament before their emancipation.
The issue of all the females which may be born after my decease and before their mothers arrive at the age of twenty five years may be given up to the county court by said Trustees till they arrive at the age of twenty five years to be bound out, but care is to be taken that in their Indentures till the age of twenty five, as much education was will learn them to read the scriptures is to be secured to them and at the end of their Indentures they are to be free, it being intended that none shall serve longer. As to the slave Mary who is delicate and a cripple she is not capable of enjoying her freedom. I therefore wish her provided for in some humane family who will treat her well as a servant or to be sent to her mother who I understand lives in the state of Ohio to be supported by her and I prefer the latter course to be taken. The personal Estate, that is whatever is included in said deed except Land and slaves I direct to be sold at a reasonable credit, the farm is to be rented out, and the slaves hired out which fund so raised I make the following bequests. My husband John Moore is to be decently supported out of said fund during his natural life and is to receive not less than one hundred dollars in specie per annum. I direct and appoint one hundred dollars in specie to be paid for the education of Samuel McClelland Moore infant son of James Moore which may be placed in the hands of his uncle John Moore. I direct also one hundred dollars to be paid to Elizabeth Ardery infant daughter of Alexander Ardery and to be lodged in safe hands for her benefit and not in the hands of her Father and I prefer the hands of John Moore. I direct one hundred dollars to be paid to Sally Frasier an orphan whom I have raised and that said Trustees furnish her with a bed out of the personal Estate in addition to what I have already given her which is a mare and saddle and bit. In case the Presbyterian Congregation at Stoner Mouth shall agree to erect a new church [I] direct said Trustees to subscribe and put to that purpose one hundred dollars specie. After these legacies are paid or secured and contracts about the Estate so conveyed shall be settled and all debts, expenses, and reasonable commissions are paid for the management thereof all the remaining money arising from slaves or personal Estate, and also the price of the tract of land which the Trustees may sell if they find it advantageous, or if not sold the Land itself in kind I direct and appoint to be transferred and conveyed to the Trustees of the Centre College of Kentucky at Danville, provided said institution is placed under the exclusive control of the synod of Kentucky as provided by a late act of the Legislature of Kentucky to be counted and held as a donation on the part of said synod. And the said Trustees of the marriage settlement may endow a professorship or scholarship by said fund. But if any event should happen which should prevent the synod from taking the contract thereof, then the said fund may be transferred by said Trustees to the corporation which manages the Theological School at Princeton, or if that institution should not exist at that time then the Transfer is to be made to the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
And the bequests of money hereby directed I will add another omitted in its proper place. One hundred dollars is directed to be appropriated by said Trustees to the purpose of procuring tombstones for my mother, my daughter Jane and my husband and myself.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this 23rd of February 1825.
Elizabeth Moore [seal]
Acknowledged in presence of B. Mills Wm. Mitchell Isaac Cook Joshua Jones
Bourbon County Court October Term 1825
This will and testament of Elizabeth Moore decd was proved in open court by the oat of Isaac Cook and Joshua Jones witnesses thereto and is thereupon duly recorded in my office. Att. Thos. P. Smith, C.B.C. By A. C. Dickerson, D.C.
Will Book J: 67-71 Sale of Elizabeth Moore Estate, died Sept. 25, 1825
Thomas P. Smith acting trustee
Commonwealth of Kentucky Bourbon County to wit. I Thomas P. Smith, Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do certify that this amount of the sale of the Estate of Elizabeth Moore deceased was returned into court and ordered to be recorded whereupon the same hath been duly admitted to record in my office. Given under my hand this 7th day of May 1832.
Thos. P. Smith By Robt. E. Rankin, D.C.
Additional inventory of the Estate of John & Elizabeth Moore dec’d.
Tho. P. Smith Acting Trustee for J. & E. Moore
Bourbon Deed Book R: 299-300 Marriage contract or deed of trust between John and Elizabeth Moore
Slaves’ names and ages are given in this document, filed in 1824. Jesse 26 yrs Abigail 25 yrs (children Henry, 6, and Peter, 2) Suckey 17 yrs Cynthia 17 yrs Jemima 33 yrs Jinney 22 yrs (not mentioned in inventory) Jerry mentioned in inventory but not in marriage contract; there may be a confusion between Jerry and Jinney Amy 37 yrs (not mentioned in inventory) Captain 41 yrs (possibly Captain Davis who purchased Darkey from Thomas Ardery in 1839) Monday 39 yrs Tansey 35 yrs Lucy 31 yrs Rhoda 22 yrs Anna 18 yrs Mary 16 yrs Edmund 13 yrs Phoebe 29 yrs (emancipated by Jacob Lyon in 1838 with Amanda, 12, Judy, 8, and Polly 4; Lyon bought them Wm. R. Rule who got them from the Elizabeth Moore Estate) Titus 27 yrs Jacob 25 yrs Charles 23 yrs Sam 20 yrs James 13 yrs Juliann 13 yrs Rachael 10 yrs Littleton 7 yrs Joe 16 yrs Maria 12 yrs Suckey (2nd) 10 yrs Harriott 9 yrs Harriott the elder 14 yrs Absalom 10 yrs (possibly Absalom Kimbro who freed his wife Elizabeth in 1850; had two children, Henry and Susan, owned previously by Thomas Brand) Harrison 5 yrs (not listed in inventory; too young to work) John 2 yrs (ditto) Amy 7 yrs (not listed in inventory) Caroline 9 yrs (not listed in inventory) Amanda 8 months (not listed in inventory) Harvey not listed in marriage contract
Bourbon manumission book listed Abigail, Daphney, Jerry, and Jesse as freed by the Moore Estate. Daphney was inherited by Elizabeth from her mother’s estate. Agnes Nesbitt (of Marion County, Indiana)
Bourbon Will Book K:405
Freed slave Jefferson who was being held in bondage under name of John McNesbitt of Kentucky. Bed, bedding and bureau to be divided between James McNesbitt, Maria Jane Nesbitt and Joanna Nesbitt. Any debts to come out of Jefferson’s hire before he is freed.
Written 11 June 1836 Signed name Proved 12 May 1837
No inventory or sales Bourbon Will Book E:471
Will
Decent Christian burial and payment of just debts
To infant daughter (unnamed) Aall and every species of property@ left her by her husband John Patton, if child dies without issue, husband=s property to return to his heirs; other property she owns to be returned to her father Afrom whence it came@. Proceeds of both to be used to raised and school her child; appointed her brother William McClintock executor and guardian of child.
Written 18 October 1816.
John Patton=s will was written on July 29, 1816 and proved in Oct. 1816. Margaret was apparently a second wife; she was pregnant at the time of wirting; child born after writing of will but perhaps just before or right after his death. Guardians assigned for all his children
Will Book F:21
Inventory
woman=s saddle, bridle 14.00 Pot rack, pot hooks, spider, wooden bowl and tea kettle stand 4.00 Knives, forks 3.00 Bureau 40.00 Dish, plates, cups and saucers, bowl, etc 4.50 Looking glass 1.25 Counterpin 10.00 Umbrella 4.00 Quilt, 3 sheets 10.50 Teakettle & coffeepot 5.50 Bed, bedstead and furniture; another of the same 64.00 Spinning wheel 2.00 Bay horse 112.00 Apparel of the deceased 65.00 Quarto bible 6.00 Pocket bible 1.50 total 345.25 Negro girl named Linsey 200.00 Bonnet 2.50 Total 547.75
Will Book F:25 Sales
William McClintock 2 bundles cloaths 15.00 Samuel Oliver skillet and lid 2.00 David Nickison bed, furniture 40.50 John Becket bed, furniture 40.50 Sally Patton counterpin 7.50 William McClintock counterpin 6.00 James Gregg 1 sheet 3.00 Hugh McClintock 1 pr. Sheets 3.00 William Selby 1 blanket 4.25 Joseph Dunn 1 blanket 4.87 2 James McDowell 1 pot tramel 2.37 2 William Ewin 1 set of chairs? Chains? 5.00 Sally Patton knives and forks 2.25 John Hughes coffee pot .50 Sally Patton tea kettle no price John McCoy looking glass 6.12 2 William McClintock umbrella 4.00 Bernard Landeria tablecloth 3.80 Samuel Shrader saddle 10.12 2 William Patton hooks and crevas .75 Lacey Patton bible (probably quarto or both) 8.00 William McClintock bureau 34.00 Laban Shipp horse 140.00 John Foun? Spinning wheelz 2.20 Total 349.04 2
Husband John had a fairly large estate; she got a child=s portion. She was devised the same items listed in her inventory by her husband=s estate. Total appraised value of John=s estate=$3539.66 Sales total not given in book but calculated to be $9308.55 3/4 At this sale Margaret bought 1 table 5.20 4 crocks .50 17 shocks corn 8.50 Flax 4.25
Nancy Patton (of Paris) Bourbon Will Book J:283
Gave everything to sister Rachel Patton, including interest in slaves
Written 17 July 1833 Signed name Proved 1 Oct. 1833
Bourbon Will Book M:430
To son, Henry C. Porter, house and lot where she lives, all household furniture excluding shop and bake house.
Emancipate mulatto man Jeff; freed slave to get shop lying between her house and house of Mrs. Sidney Shannon and bake house plus ground on which they stand; also stables and lots adjoining Abram Spears, Mrs. Willett and the road. Also the two carriages, a wagon, and all the horses and gear harness and other appendages and all provender/grain. Jeff is to pay all her funeral expenses and help support her daughter Polly Cook and her children until children are old enough to support themselves.
Written 20 Jan 1846 Signed name
Proved 7 April 1846
Jeff Porter was found in District 1, Bourbon County, in the 1850 census: 30 yrs old, mulatto, $600 in real estate, illiterate, working as a confectioner; living with Cynthia Porter, age 40. Both Kentucky born. They were not located in the 1860 census. Charlotte Pritchard or Sharlot Prichet Bourbon Will Book K:360
Will
Written when sick and weak All perishable part of estate be immediately sold after death and debts and funeral expenses paid. Balance to be invested for benefit of heirs hereafter named.
Her mother is to have use of Matilda during her natural life and also Malissa til she arrives at the age of 14 yrs if her mother shall live so long, provided however that she shall not bring any charge for the keeping of the rest of Matilda’s children which I wish my executor to hire out as soon as he shall think prudent; Malissa also to be hired out when she reaches 14; money arising therefrom to be put to interest.
After her mother’s death, all of Charlotte’s estate to be equally divided among her brothers’ children and sisters and sisters’ children except those by bro. John’s last wife, that is to say to brother William’s three children, James A., Henry R., and Sally, 1/6 part; to sister Nancy 1/6 part; to brother John’s five children, John T,. Martha Ann, James, Edward and Henry, 1/6 part; to sister Mahala, 1/6 part; to sister Francis’ four children, Edward, James, Eliza J. And John F., 1/6 part and to sister Elizabeth, 1/6 part.
Signed with mark, 20 July 1836
Proved 6 Feb 1837
p. 365
Sale Bill 18 Feb. 1837
Washington Webb, 1 bay mare 70.25 Robert Abbott, high post bedstead 8.00 French Abbott, ½ dox. Windsor chairs 10.00 Robert Abbott, 1 dining table 4.37
Bourbon Will Book K:75
Freed slave woman Aimy if she consented To go to Liberia and may take any of her children under the age of 21 years.
Of Aimy’s children under 21 years, all to be freed at age 21 as long as they go to Liberia. Aimy and children to be given $100 each. If they do not consent to go, they remain slaves with proceeds from their hire to go to grandchildren, Nelson G., Maria R., Ellen T., Matilda R., Isabella T. and Lucretia C. Edwards.
To grandchilrdren: whatever is due from hire of Peter. Carriage horse called John to Matilda R. Mare called Nell to Maria To dau. Isabell E.J.Clay, all money due from estate of late son in law, Samuel K. Nelson, or for Negro hire (except for Peter); all her carriage and all household furniture. Isabella to use her money on her children.
Written 13 Oct. 1834; Brutus J. Clay present. Signed name Proved 1 Sept 1835
Peter to have $10 of his hire.
Bourbon Will Book E:266 Will
To her 3 children, Stephen, Abraham and Elizabeth Mulherrin:1 bed each with all appurtenances equally divided
Also equal division of all household furniture.
To son George: a horse, her bay horse, my ?all cow or price of said cow
To Black George & Esther: 1 pair shoes each, 1 sow shoat and corn for their bread for 1 year, 1 soot (?) Each a piece of the linsey in my possession
Dau. Elizabeth is to see to weaving of the flax and tow (some already spun) and give George and Esther “all to what will pay her for her trouble”
Easter Culp witnessed will; postscript gave Easter 1 pair of half soles [soals]
Recorded March 1815
Will Book E:277
Appraisement
1 horse, 2 pairs gear 55.00 3 cows 32.50 2 ewes, 2 lambs 4.00 Bureau & bookcase 14.00 4 books 4.00 1 old desk 3.00 Dishes and plates 5.00 Tin ware @ 3 3/4; ditto? Ware @ 5/3 4.62 ½ scales weights 4.00 Chains 1.00 Wheels and churn 2.50 Pot rack, shvels, tongs 6.50 Hackle 1.00 Castings 17.75 Cupboard/kegs 4.25 Table 2.00 Plough, axe, etc. 7.75 Hide and flax 4.25 Reel 87 1/4 Total 174.45
Will Book E:287-288 Sales
Free George plough, double trees 8.25 Alexander McClinton big kettle 5.12 ½ John Mulherrin small pot 1.50 Joshua Barton big pot 4.12 ½ William Griffith griddle 37 ½ James Harkins pot rack 1.90 Stephen Ruddle pot rack 2.55 John Mulherrin 2 hoes 1.25 Free George axe 1.87 ½ J. M. 2 barrels .50 S.R. Pewter dish and plates 2.00 S.R. Big dish 3.12 ½ J.M. Tin ware .26 J.M. Sugar box .25 J.M. Teakettle 1.50 John Current lantern .61 J.M. Cullender .50 Watering pot .52 Scales, pan, etc 2.50 Dirt ware .54 Jacob Mock flax wheel 1.62 ½ J.M. Keel (should be reel?) 1.25 Warren Bates big wheel .50 J.M. Bureau and book case 18.00 S.R. Dish (should be desk?) 5.25 J.M. Cupboard 3.50 Table 2.52 Churn .25 James Hawkins 4 chains 1.80 J.M. Shovel, tongs etc. 3.75 Hackle 2.27 Cow and calf 18.50 Charles Jones pide cow 12.11 James Coons brindle cow 18.00 S.R. Bay horse 42.20 Zacharia Jacobs 2 prs gears 8.75 William Kidwell 2 ewes, 2 lambs 6.00 Samuel Stephens flax 3.81 J.M. Hide 2.20 J.M. Small pot 2.00
p. 470 appears to be duplicate record with addtions; included James Hawkins oven 1.00 Walter Hays bought the pide cow instead of Charles Jones
Bourbon Will Book N;354
To daughter in law Nancy Scott during her widowhood, a house and lot in Harrodsburg purchased of George Talbott; at her death or remarriage, house and lot to go to Nancy=s children, John W. And Benjamin F. Scott.
To grandsons William R. And Joseph Scott, house and lot in Paris adjacent to house occupied by Peter Nunemaker on one side and by Sarah D. Scott on other, the plank fence across the yard being the division between the two lots.
To Robert T. Scott: silver spoons, family bible, 2 doz. Large silver table spoons marked J.S., 2 doz. Breakfast knives and forks.
Slave Judy to Elizabeth Paton if she will take her and provide such necessaries as her age requires for her services.
House and lot on corner where she lives, any money owed her and all other property/estate be sold and money divided among grandchildren: Sarah Jane Short, Lucy Jane Scott, Mary Ann Saunders, Elizabeth Scott, James Allen Scott, Pamilia Scott.
Asked that grave be fixed Aafter the manner of Mrs. Rebecca Davis@
Written 29 July 1849 Signed with mark Proved 3 Sept 1849
Bourbon Will Book J:561 Will
To son John Sharp my black boy named Reuben but if John should die before he receives this bequest, Reuben to be “returned to my children and equally divided among them” to dau. Synthia Write my two black girls named Lucinda and Beckey; heirs to have residual bequest after her death. The above slaves not to be subject to the debts and contracts of F. R. Wright in no shape whatever. To son Vincent, my black girl named Lydia To legal heirs of son, James, decd, named George, Elizabeth, James and Joseph, my black woman named Pat and her oldest daughter that I have living with me now named Kissey except $50 to be equally divided among them. To legal heirs of son, Stephen, decd, the $50 I have reserved out of the price of Pat and her oldest dau. Kissey to be eqully divided among them as they come of age my black girl named Henrietta is to wait on me while I am alive and at my death I will her to my son Vincent’s daughter Mary; Vincent to take care of said slave until Mary comes of age or marries at which time to return her with her increase if any to his dau. Peggy Sharp, my dau. In law is to have my bed and bedding. Signed with marked, 14 May 1834
Proved 7 July 1834
Will Book J:571-572 Inventory
1 negro boy named Reuben willed to John Sharp 475.00 1 negro girl named Lucinda willed to Cynthia Right 250.00 1 negro girl named Rebecca willed to Cynthia Right 150.00 1 negro girl named Lydia willed to Vincent Sharp 275.00 1 negro girl named Pat willed to the heirs of James Sharp decd. 200.00 1 negro girl named Kissey willed to James Sharp’s heirs 350.00 1 negro girl named Henrietta willed to Mary Sharp, dau. Of Vincent Sharp 175.00 1 bed and bedding willed to Margaret Sharp, widow of James Sharp 20.00 The above property, specific legacies total 1895.00 Property not willed 1 horse 10.00 1 milch cow 10.00 2 yearling steers 10.00 8 shoats 7.00 3 barrels corn 6.00 127 3/4 lbs bacon 5.71 1/4 16 geese 2.00 1 note on hand on Jame See due 25 Dec. 1864 20.00 Cash on hand 7.05 Cupboard ware 3.00 Amount brought forward 80.76 1/4 2 chests 2.00 1 small cupboard 2.00 2 basons and bowl .75 Sifter & tray .50 Lot copper ware 1.00 Lot pot metal 2.00 Axe and singletree .75 Can soap? .50 Amount Brought Forward 90.26 1/4
Will Book J:572-573 Sales Duncan Okichart? 1 pail .25 Henry Bramblet 1 bucket .37 ½ Alexander Gillispie 1 churn .43 3/4 John Pu?? 1 tray and sifter .25 George Frazier 1 coffee mill .31 1/4 Vincent Sharp 2 basons and bowl .50 William Hedges 1 skillet .68 3/4 George Sharp 1 smoothing iron and hooks .62 ½ Same 1 dinner pot .50 Vincent Sharp 1 large pot 1.00 Alexander Gillispie 1 kettle .25 Vincent Sharp 1 chopping aze .25 Same 1 swingletree .18 3/4 Same 1 ½ lb. Leather .37 ½ James Jones 1 chest 1.50 Vincent Sharp 1 chest .50 Dennan Highland 1 cupboard 2.00 Vincent Sharp 1 lot of cupboard ware 1.50 Henry Bramblett 1 lot of cupboard ware .25 Richard Hanee 1 cream jug .37 ½ Same 1 glass plate and tumblers .25 George Sharp 1 bowl etc. .25 Same 1 coffeepot, knives, forks .25 James Jones 1 stone pitcher .25 William Crouch 3 bottles /25 Vincent Sharp 1 stone jug .37 1/2 James Jones 2 sides bacon 2.86 Amount Brought Over 16.63 Alexander Gillaspie 2 sides bacon 2.16 Vincent Sharp 1 side of bacon 1.54 George Sharp 2 ½ bu corn 1.00 James Jones 2 ½ bu corn 1.00 Alex. Gillispie 2 ½ bu corn 1.00 James Jones 2 ½ bu corn 1.00 Vincent Sharp 5 bu corn 2.00 Nathan Bramblett 16 geese 1.76 Henry Bramblett 8 head shoats 7.12 ½ Same 1 milch cow 8.93 3/4 George Sharp 2 steers 8.87 ½ ??? Wright 1 horse 1.00 Vincent Sharp 1 can soap .50 Total 54.52 3/4
Elizabeth L. Sims (of Paris) Bourbon Will Book N:279
Appointed brother in law Edwin F. Goddard, her executor, and directed him to sell her two slaves at end of present year. But they could have liberty of choosing their homes and were not to be sold out of the county. Rest of estate left to her sister Ellenor M. Goddard with residue to her children; Acknowledged their help to her in her difficulties.
Signed name 8 Feb 1847
No inventory or sales
Bourbon Will Book O:64
To nieces Mary Eliza Cline and Caroline Cline, daughters of David Cline, her woman slave and three children; woman Matilda and child Elizah to Mary Eliza; Maria and Jane to Caroline; if either niece dies, survivors get slaves.
Mary Eliza given bureau Caroline given quilt
To niece Nancy Thomas Ashford, daughter of Michael Ashford, bed, bedstead and bedding, green quilt; old quilts she wants Matilda to keep
Written 2 Oct 1850 Signed with mark Produced 7 Oct 1850
Elizabeth Spears (of Boone County, Mo.) Bourbon Will Book M:213
To heirs of son Solomon Spears, decd., 1/6 of money now due and what will come due from son Abram. To son Noah 1/6 part of money due from Abram To Abram 1/6 part of money he owed her on two obligations executed 8 Dec 1834. 1/6 part to heirs of dau. Rebekah Watson, decd. 1/3 part of this bequest to be paid to Elizabeth Grimes. 1/6 part to dau. Sarah Jones; also girl slave Sarah and 2 of what property shall remain. 1/6 part to dau. Rachael Johnston; also 3-yr-old girl slave Martha, until slave reaches 25 yrs. If Rachael lives that long; granddaughter Elvina Thomas to keep slave if Rachael dies; Sarah to be freed at age 25. I also give her [who is not specified] 2 of property not otherwise appropriated. To William Johnston a boy slave named Edward until he is 27; reverts to grandson Jacob S. Johnston if William dies; Edward, now about 7, to be freed at age 27. To grandson Noah S. Johnston, 7-yr-old boy named James Ray; to be freed at age 27; John T.M. Johnston is alternate trustee. After expiration of period for which servant Isaac is hired to Abram, he is to be freed. Emancipated servant Malinda at date of decease. Emancipated servant girl Ellen 2 yrs after death; Ellen to serve.Rachael Johnston during 2 yr. Term.
No date of writing; signed with mark. Produced 23 Jan 1837 Recorded in Missouri, 15 April 1844 Recorded in Bourbon County, 6 May 1844
No inventory or sales Bourbon Will Book H:501
Will
Written while weak in body but strong in mind. Soul to God and body to be decently buried. To youngest daughter, Joann Richards, all my lands to have and to hold as her own so long as she remains unmarried at which the lands are to be sold and the house in which my son Burton Richards now lives is to be valued and the valuation thereof is to be paid to him out of the sales of the land. The ballance of the money is to be equally divided among the heirs of my estate. Also to Joann Richards go my two negro slaves, Terry and Rebecca to have and to hold forever as her own. Ballance of estate is to be sold and proceeds divided equally among my children. Signed 5 May 1828 Proved 5 Sept 1831
Will Book J:25 photocopied
Will Book K:49 Additional Inventory
Interest collected of Burton Richardson sale note 27.37 Interest received on other sale notes 1.46 Total 28.83
Elizabeth Ward Bourbon Will Book G:142
To Dau. Malinda Morris: riding mare, bridle/saddle and her colt.
To granddau. Amanda Bacon: Alikewise my big trunk to the said Malinda Morris and all that is in it with the exception of eight yards of cotton cloth and a small tin trunk to my granddaughter Malinda Bacon, likewise my two blue coverleds@; unfinished one to Malinda, other to Amanda.
To Malinda: one white cotton Acounterpin@ with M and O on it
To Amanda: the other middle work twist counterpin and a white cotton counterpin
To Malinda: 5 shirts; a pair of Astourr@? And one toe (tow?) one; the other 2 a Ahame made cotton the other a six hundred flax@ to Amanda.
Likewise 2 check counterpins the one a Acopperous blue@ and white to Malinda; Athe other and blue and white@ to Amanda.
Saddle bags and all that is in them to Amanda except for blue figured Abumbasset@ dress which is to go to Malinda.
10 dox of 700 flax thread to be divided equally between son James (crossed out) Ward and dau. Malinda
Bill of sale of man Jim now in possession of Stanly Gour living in Frankfort; allow him to be sold and proceeds divided equally between sons Thompson Ward, James Ward, Joseph Ward, 2 dau. Patsy Thornton and Malinda Morris and Amanda Bacon.
Expenses to be paid out of Jim=s sale also.
Signed with mark Written 7 Sept 1823
Codicil: long posted bedstead, bed bolster, pillows, and two quilts the one bound? the? bed and the other round the bed to Malinda.
1 cedar bucket, 2 glass bottles, about 2 doz. Vials to Malinda.
My bandbox and bonnet at Henry Wilson=s in Paris to Malinda.
Proved Nov. 1823
No inventory or sales.
Bourbon Will Book M:350
To grandson Erasmus D. Isbell: slaves Henry, Ephraim, Peter, Hetty and all her increase.
To grandson Wittes T. Isbell her house and lot in Cottontown.
Servant Winey (Winney?) To be freed.
Written 7 Mar 1845
Codicil: gave slave child Ben to Erasmus; Erasmus also got balance of estate.
Signed with marked. Proved 1 Sept. 1845.
Bourbon Will Book G:110-112
Will
Buy a tombstone at value of $200 with other funeral expenses Asuch as may be suited to my condition in life@
Executor shall proceed to sell all personal property, Negroes and wearing apparel Aexcept as dictated by law in case of Intestates@
To brother Isaac Webb: Negro man Rawley the blacksmith, negro man David the cooper and Negro men Jerry and Turner
To nephew James Webb: all land I possess in the neighborhood of Lexington together with Negro George, Lucy=s son; my negro woman Cynthia, my negro woman Clarissa, my negro boy Alexander, my negro David, Clarissa=s son; and my negro woman Aggy together with my negroes Phylis, John and Sam; I also bequeath him a lot of land in the town of Lexington.
To my nephew Isaac Webb: the tract of land on which I now reside called Springfield containing about 150 acres; also my negro man Adam and my negro woman Hannah with her two children George and Sam.
To my nephew Cuthbert Webb: my negro woman Lucy, Lucky=s daughter with her child Henry and my negros Noble and Augustus
To my nephew John Webb, my brother Isaac=s son: my negro woman Nancy, her son Alfred, her son Milton, her son Sam.
To my niece Winny Scott: my negro man Sam, Cynthia=s son; my woman Joanna; my negro girl Adela. I likewise give to her daughter Winney, my negro Julian; I also give to her son Isaac, my negro boy John, Cynthia=s son?
To niece Lucy Scott: my negro girl Rachel
To niece Mary Nicholson: my negro girl Amanda and my negro Boy Hampton
To niece Elizabeth Webb : my negro woman Mill with her children Mariah and Tammy
To nephew Charles Webb: all the land I purchased of Leonard Troutman, the house with ten acres around it excepted, with negro woman Lucy, Lucy=s daughter, my negro woman Winny, my negro man George (eldest of the name)
To nephew John Webb, my brother Charles= son: my negro man Reuben to nieced Winny Webb: my negro girl Lucy, Hannah=s daughter and my negro boy Adam, Hannah=s son.
To nephew George Harrison: my negro man Harrison, and my negro woman Minerva, and to his daughter Winny I give my negro girl Mary, Minerva=s daughter.
To nephew John Bull, my negro woman Phebe
To niece Frances Fauntleroy $1000 in specie and my executors are requested to hold the estate together until she shall receive the money. I also leave her daughter Winney my negro girl Sydney and my negro boy Churchill. I likewise give to her daughter Elizabeth my negro girl Eliza.
To niece Frances Jones during her life or widowhood the house in which she now resides together with ten acres around it from Charles Webb=s land and four from Isaac=s; it is my request that James Webb shall pay her $30 per year, Matty F. Scott $30, and Isaac Webb $30 and Charles Webb $10 making in all $100 a year during her life or widowhood
I bequeath to Louisa and Amanda James, daughters of my niece Frances James: my negro girl Nancy, daughter of Hannah. I give also to Elizabeth Jones, daughter of my niece Frances Jones, my negro woman Molly.
To Thomas Conn, son of my niece Hetty Conn, my negro girl Anarchy.
All future increase of slaves bequeathed in will are to belong to the persons mentioned in the will.
To Mrs. Lucy Webb, my brother=s wife: my new Latin cardinal and all my caps.
To my nieces Frances Jones and Winny Scott: all the rest of my wearing apparel.
It is my wish that my negro Rawley who is now learning the shoemaker=s trade be free at 25 years of age. Also Mortimer and Sam be free at the same age and James Webb and Matthew F. Scott should have the management of them and [train] them to some trade at a suitable time and receive half the profits of their labour between the ages of 21 and 25. I also leave old Lucy free to be supported by Isaac Webb should she not be able to support herself. To Williamson Jones, my niece Fanny Jones= son, a $20 horse. I give my sorrel mare at Mr. Scott=s to him.
Accounts which Matthew T. Scott shall produce against my estate shall be admitted.
George Ware, Matthew T. Scott and [blank] Duen?/Dunn? appointed executors
Written May 10, 1823 Signed with her name
Supplement added: 2 negroes Sidney and Churchill left in the foregoing will to Winny Fountleroy who has lately died; Churchill to James Webb and Sidney to Mrs. Winney Scott is the disposition I now make of those negroes. Dated August 29, 1823
Produced in court September term 1823
Will Book G: 123
Inventory (groupings indicate persons enumerated on the same line)
Rawley, a blacksmith aged about 46 years 150.00
Davy, a cooper, 41 years 400.00 Turner, 18 years 400.00
Jerry, 34 yrs. 400.00 George, Lucy=s son 400.00 Cynthia, Lucy=s daughter 250.00
Clarissa, Lucy=s daughter 300.00 Phylis, Lucy=s daughter 350.00 John, Lucy=s son 400.00
Sam, Phil=s (Phylis?) son 100.00 Churchill, Phylis=s son? 200.00 Alexander, Phylis=s son? 250.00
Davy, Clarissa=s son 120.00 Adam, Clarissa=s son 400.00 Hannah, 28 yrs, Clarissa=s son 300.00
George, Hannah=s son, 2 yrs. 100.00 Sam, Hannah=s son, 9 months 80.00
Lucy, Sucky=s daughter, 26 yrs. 250.00 Henry, 6 months (probably Lucy=s son) 40.00
Noble, 9 yrs. 250.00 Augustus, 5 years 150.00 Nancy, 30 yrs (may be mother of Noble and Augustus) 300.00
Alfred, 6 yrs. 200.00 Miller, 7 yrs 200.00 Sam, 3 yrs. 150.00
William, 21 yrs 400.00 Sam, Cynthia=s son, 17 yrs 400.00
Joanna, 18 yrs 350.00 Adela, 8 yrs. 250.00 Sydney, 12 years 300.00
Julian, 3 years 150.00 John, 3 yrs 125.00 Rachel, 14 yrs. 300.00
Amanda, 14 yrs 300.00 Hampton, 8 yrs 250.00 Milley, 50 yrs? 100.00
Mariah, 13 years 250.00 Sammy, 12 yrs 150.00 Lucy, Lucy=s daughter , 19 yrs 300.00 Winney, 24 yrs. 300.00 Old George, 50 yrs. 150.00
Reuben, 38 yrs. 350.00 Lucy, Hannah=s daughter, 10 yrs 200.00
Adam, Hannah=s son?, 8 yrs 250.00 Harrison, 28 yrs 250.00 Minerva, 27 yrs 300.00
Mary, Minerva=s daughter, 7 years 200.00 Phebe, 33 yrs 300.00
Eliza, 5 yrs. 200.00 Nancy, Hannah=s daughter, 5 yrs. 150.00
Molley and child, 24 yrs 350.00 Rawley, 21 yrs. 400.00 Mortimer, 13 yrs. 300.00
Samson 200.00 Old Lucy, 55 yrs 100.00 Total value of slaves 13,765.00
Horses viz. 2 carriages, horses @65.00; black mare and twin colts @ 65.00 130.00 Bay mare and mule @ 50.00; gray horse @20.00; bay mare 6 yrs old @35.00 105.00 Sorrel mare and colt @60.00; stud colt, 2 yrs. old @50.00 110.00 Bay mare Verago @30.00; bay horse Buck @10.00 40.00 Blind mare and whip colt @18.00; bay yearling colt @15.00 33.00 Sorrel mare 15.00
Cattle viz. 30 head of cattle 100.00 28 sheep @ 1.00 ea. 28.00 12 head of hogs 1 yr old and upwards 6.00 24 head of pigs 4.00 1 old bedstead and furniture 40.00 Bureau 8.00 Small table 1.00 Wash stand and bowl 2.00 Looking glass 3.00 cast andirons .50 1 8 day clock 70.00 1 large looking glass 15.00 12 fancy chairs 16.00 1 breakfast table 3.00 1 tea board, red ground 1.00 1 tea board, black ground .25 1 doz. China cups and sucers 2.50 2 doz. Liverpool plates 5.50 1 large china bowl 1.00 1 large china bowl .12 2 1 tureen 1.25 2 black tin teapots 1.50 1 tin coffeepot .25 2 decanters 1.00 2 green bottles .60 15 phials of medicine .75 1 stone jug and molasses .50 1 earthen jar and sugar; 1 large crock 1.00 4 patti pans .25 1 cannister and pepper .50 1 keg containing bounce 3? 2 pieces linsey yds @ .33 3.00 1 doz. Ivory handled knives and forks & carving fork 3.00 6 knives and forks, black handles 1.00 1 dressing table 1.50 1 doz? Glass bottles .50 1 bed, bedstead, bolsters and pillows 12.00 1 bed, bedstead and bolster 10.00 5? Blankets 7.50 5 willow baskets .12 2 3 pr. Wool cards .75 1 doz spools .25 3 trunks 4.00 1 new bedstead 5.50 3 white counterpanes 15.00 17 cotton sheets; 1 old linen sheet 20.00 2 quilts 8.00 1 large table cloth 4.00 1 shot gun 3.00 Scales and tin/ten weights .75 Sideboard 35.00 2 end dining tables 6.00 5 green windsor chairs; 1 green armchair 3.00 8 white chairs 5.00 1 pair brass andirons, brass shovel and tongs 4.00 2 tablecloths 3.50 2 glass pitchers 1.00 2 decanters 1.00 Set casters and plated stand 3.00 8 glass mugs and 8 wine glasses 2.00 12 tumblers; 2 wine glasses? 3.50 2 salts .50 2 brass candlesticks and 1 pr. Snuffers 1.25 4 small plates .25 Old caster stand, 2 bottles and 1 phial .25 Spun cotton .25 2 2 gal. Bottles filled with shrub 1.50 2 tea cannisters .12 2 1 small waiter, red ground .50 1 small earthen jar full of coffee .50 2 earthen jars .25 Sugar loaf 1.50 9 queensware dishes 3.00 3 vegetable dishes .37 2 4 deep plates .37 2 8 queensware plates .75 11 cups, 6 saucers and 1 cream jug, 1 tea board 1.50 Sauce tureen .37 2 2 tin coffee pots .37 2 pickle tub and pickles .50 Candle moulds .37 2 2 pitchers .50 Coffee mill .75 2 chambers .12 2 1 large earthen pitcher .06 1/4 knife box, 3 knives and 2 forks .50 Small keg .06 1/4 4 iron pots 3.00 1 skillet, 1 griddle and dutch oven 1.00 1 tea kettle .75 1 bell mettle skillet 3.00 3 pr. Pot hooks, trammels and shovel 3.00 1 10-gal. Kettle 1.00 1 tripod churn, 4 milk noggins 1.00 2 buckets, 1 pail 1.00 1 mashing tub 1.00 1 reel, 2 small and 2 large wheels 3.00 2 meat tubs and 1 large tray 1.50 Waggon and set of gears 40.00 Wheat fan 8.00 Flax??? 31.00 4 ploughs, 1 pr. Stretchers 14.00 Log chain 1.25 4 axes 4.00 5 weeding hoes 2.00 2 singletrees and lotts old iron, mattock and scythes 1.00 1 2 barrel salt 4.50 4 barrels cider not full 2.00 4 kegs, empty barrels, and candle box 1.00 4 casks tallow, 16 lbs 1.00 7 silver table spoons 12.00 6 silver tea spoons 3.00 2 nutmeg grater, 1 small tin box, 6 penknives .37 2 1 small table cloth and towel .25 2 tea cadies and sugar full of tea 2.00 2 pillow cases .75 6 towels 1.00 5 table cloths 3.75 1 large damask table cloth 4.00 10 volumes books 2.00 Carriage and harness 150.00 Sleigh 5.00 42 lbs feathers & bag and sheet 7.00 26 lbs wool & bag 5.75 12 yards bed ticking 6.00 1 small trunk and ??ant 1.00 Steelyards 2.50 Hemp tow woolen thread 4.50 1 barrel and keg containing wine and 1 pickle tub 3.00 6 stacks hay on farm near Lexington 35.00 9 acres corn in the field at farm near Lexington 45.00 2 old saddle and some small pieces leather & saddle bags 2.00 Soap .50 Corn in the field supposed 30 acres 45.00 Small quantity unbroke hemp 4.00kk Total 1401.87 2 Taken Sept. 15, 1823
Bourbon County Will Book ??, pp. 164-165
Schedule of debts due to the Estate of Winney Webb Deceased and of the cash on hand at the death of the said Decedent as well as the aggregate of sales comprising the whole personal Estate (except slaves) which have come to the knowledge of the Executor, viz.
M.F. Scott Executor Of the Estate of Winney Webb Deceased October 30th 1823
Bourbon County Court January Term 1824 This additional inventory of the Estate of Winney Webb Deceased being returned into Court is ordered to be recorded. Att. Thos. P. Smith C.B.C. By Arch. C. Dickerson D.C.
Bourbon County Will Book G, pp. 138-141 Account sales of the personal estate of the late Winney Webb Deceased 18th September 1823
Rachel West (of Paris, advanced in years) Bourbon Will Book F:264
Will
To son Roger P. West, Slave girl Vina; all the arrearages of a legacy of $50/yr. Left her by her brother James Perry of Maryland. Plus all that may be coming to her by his will.
Also all that she may receive by Richard Woolton of Maryland
And all the rest of her estate.
Signed her name Written 3 June 1817 Proved May 1819
Bourbon Will Book M:325
To dau. Eliabeth A. Scott all property and estate except: To son John P. White her undivided interest in her dower right to certain slaves; her riding horse and secretary. To dau Louise I. Dickerson, 1 dimity counterpane, 1 Bell metal kettle, 1 hearth rug, 1 tea cannister, 1 set assorted knives and forks, and 1 hymn book. Confirmed previous release of mortgage on slave Mariah to son Will J. White
Written 20 April 1844 Signed Name Proved 4 May 1845
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