"James Henderson Baker Farm"
 

Carter County Court       

Henderson Baker & others    Plaintiff      Vs.      Wash Baker & others   Defendants          

Albert Stallard, George Hall and James Plummer,  Commissioners, appointed to make 
partition of the lands herein, having filed their report of division herein at 
the  May Term  1911 of this Court, which this report is in words and 
figures as follows:          

Carter County Court        

The undersigned Commissioners who were appointed by the Carter County Court  to 
partition the land in the action of Henderson Baker (Jc ?)   Vs.   Wash Baker  
(Sr ?)   as described in the partition met on the lands  on  April 26, 
1911  and after being duly sworn, did then proceed to discharge any 
duty by first laying off to the infant defendants a Homestead Valued  at  
$1,000.00,  described as follows:   

Situated in Carter County, Kentucky,  bounded as follows:   

Beginning at a large black oak and hickory corner to   lot #5  
thence with  Lot  #5   SSW  85  poles  to a maple bush  
N12W   40 poles  to a  large chestnut  N66  2/3   W43 poles  to a 
hickory  in old line  thence  with old line  S36W52  poles  to a popular 
chestnut  and black oak  N83W  46 poles to a stone corner  to lot  #3,  
thence with line of same  N17E  119  poles to a stone in old line  thence  
S79   E88 poles to a white oak   thence  S36W  4 poles to a stone   
S61E  42  1/2 poles to the Beginning Containing  66 acres  more or less.  
A road is reserved over the Homestead for passway for benefit of lots  
# 1-2-3-4.   

Lot  #1   alloted to   MARTHA  BAKER  and  bounded as 
follows.  Beginning at a stone in place of two black oaks, white oak and 
hickory,  thence  S79W   36 poles to a dead  black oak  and stone   
thence  S16  3/4 W   60 poles to a stone   thence  with line between lots  
#1  &  #2   N76W   37 poles  to  2 shoemates in old line with same  N15E   
60 poles to the  Beginning Containing  13  3/4  acres   more or less.     

Lot # 2   allotted to  REBECCA BAKER  and bounded as follows.  
Beginning at a stone corner to  lot #3 and with  line of  lot  #3   S16 3/4 W    
59  1/5  poles to a stone in old line with same   N83W   37 poles  to a 
chestnut and 2 white oaks  thence  N15E   60 poles to 2 shoemates 
corner to  lot #1  with same   S76  1/2 E  37 poles to the Beginning 
Containg  13  3/4 acres  more or less.   

Lot  #3  alloted to  STEPHEN BAKER and bounded as follows:  
Beginning at a stone corner to  Lots  #4  &  2  
with line of  #4  S77E   36 poles to a stone in line of the Homestead 
and with same  S17W   59 poles to a stone (stake ?) in old line with 
same N83W  about  4 poles to a black oak corner to 1 (acre?) and  40 poles 
of land  Conveyed to  JAMES H. BAKER,  Deceased  by  Asa Dailey  and 
with lines of same and included in this lot  S72 1/2  W   10  1/5 poles 
to a white oak   S86W   25  3/5 poles  to a chestnut  N16E  2/5  poles 
to stone in old line  with same  S83E   2  1/5  poles to a stone  thence 
with  line of  #2   N16  3/4 E   59 poles  to the  Beginning Containing  
13  3/4 acres  more or less.    

Lot  #4  allotted to  ARLIE BAKER and bounded as follows:  
Beginning at a dead black oak and stone in old 
line  thence  S79E  36 poles to a stone in old line and corner to 
Homestead and with line of same  S17W   60 poles to a stone corner to  lot  
#3  with same  N77W   36 poles to a stone  thence  with line of  Lot  #1   
N16E   60 poles to the Beginning Containing  13  3/4 acres  more or 
less.     

Lot  #5  allotted to  DANIEL BAKER  and bounded as follows:  
Beginning at large black oak and hickory  thence  S33 1/2E   59 poles to a 
gum  thence  S30W   53 poles to  2 white oaks  N63E   10 poles  to 
maple bush near a white oak tree  thence  N8E   85 poles to the Beginning 
Containing  18 acres  more or less  also a road is reserved over this 
lot along the edge for passway.     

Lot  #6  allotted to  NATHAN BAKER  
and bounded as follows:  This lot includes 4 parts or shares.  Beginning 
at a black oak on a edge (ridge?) corner to J.W. Bond's land  thence  
S51E  11  1/3 poles to a persimmon inside the fence   S43E   10 poles to 
a small hickory at the fence   S24E  16  1/4 poles to a hickory bush 
and sourwood bushes at the fence  thence  down the hill  N82  1/2E  52 
poles to a stake in the road corner  (Warner ?) Steel's land  thence down 
the road with his lines  S19W  20 poles  S39W  14 poles  to a stake in 
(Scott's ?) line in the road  thence with his lines   N64W  65  6/10 
poles to a gum and two poplar stumps on hill side  S30W  19 poles to a 
gum corner to lot #5 with line of lot #5  N33  1/2W  59 poles to a black 
oak and hickory at corner of fence  thence  N31E  21 poles  to a small 
white oak  N38  1/2E  57 poles to the Beginning Containing 51 (57?) 
acres  more or less.  A road is reserved over this lot for a passway along 
the top of the ridge.   A connected plat showing the division of the 
above described lands is filed with this report and made a part of same, 
which is all respectfully submitted.        

Albert Stallard,  Surveyor      

James Plummer,  Com.      George W. Hall,  Com.