Barren County Will Book 2
1819-1824
Abstracted from the works of Elizabeth
Ellsberry compiled 1958. Page numbers are from the Original
Records.
| Beard, Andrew: W: 3 February 1824 /P: May 1824
Wife, Molly; Sons: William and Andrew, Exe. Sons: Alexander and John;
Daughters: Betsy Beard, Polly Ferrell, Ibby Hardin, and Peggy McCandless
pg378 |
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| Bell, William...P: October 1819 ...if William
Henry Bell should ever come forward... he shall have two Lotts in the
Town of Chaplington on Big Barren River also four hundred dollars in
cash; Step-mother, Sarah Bell; two sisters, Fanny Roberts and Elizabeth
Bell Witnesses: David Logan and James Dodd, Jr. pg37 |
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| Brockman, Ambrose: W: 22 September 1823/P: October
1823 Wife, Frankey; Daughter, Peggy Mary ; Sons: Willis, John
William and William, Exe. Witnesses: Waddy Thompson, Nathaniel Craddock,
and Williamson Trent pg282 |
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| Bybee, James: W: 21 May 1819 /P July 1819
Wife, Betsy; Children: McCan, Nancy, Buford, Byram, Delila, Betsy,
William, and Polly Myson, William, Exe. Witnesses: Robert Leeper, John
Tudor, and Dougherty pg25 |
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| Bybee, John:W: 14 April 1821/ P January 1822
Sons: Lee, Sherard, Exe. All my children Witnesses: B. T. Anderson,
Joseph Nevill, and Stacy Bell pg155 |
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| Cardin, Reuben: W: November 18, 1820 /P: November
1824 Sons: Charles, Robert, Reuben, James, and David; Daughters:
Polly Parrish and Nancy Hulsey, Patsy Poor, Elizabeth Harris, and Dicey;
Witnesses: Samuel Newell and John Ford pg395 |
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| Chism, James: W: 1 June 1819 /P. July 1819
Wife, Phebe; Brother, Michael and David Hardin, Exe. Witnesses: John
Ray, John McPherson, and James Johnston pg30 |
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| Cochran, Andrew Sr.: P: October 1821 Sons:
Samuel and James; Daughters: Sally, Rachael, and Molly Witnesses: Thomas
James, Charles Perkins, and Elender Church pg137 |
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| Cock, Henry: W: 29 February 1820 /P: July 1822
Wife, Elizabeth; Son, William Witnesses: Isaac Roberts, Will Simpson,
and Isaac Dale pg182 |
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| Coe, Rebeca: W: 20 January 1821 /P: February
1821 Abner Hamilton, Exe. Witnesses: Adams D. Hamilton and John
Shearer pg98 |
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| Dale, Isaac: W: 19 Sept. 1816/ P: August 1820
Wife, Margaret; Daughters: Anna Dale and Rosanna. Children: Reuben Dale,
Nancy Shirley, Hannah Sherley, William Dale, John Dale, Milley Gore,
Elizabeth Sherley, Isaac Dale, Anna Dale, and Rosanna Dale. Son, Reuben
and friend, Isham Hardy, Exe. Witnesses: Presley N. Thomas, George Cook,
Thomas Edwards, and Wm. Abbott, Exe. pg67 |
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| Deweese, Elisha: :W 19 January 1824 /P
February 1824 Wife, Mary; Brother, Cornelious; To Moses Cox who
married Sarah Bell, dau. of my said wife; John Walker Bell, son of my
wife; Brothers, Samuel and Jonathan; Israel Cox, eldest son of Moses Cox
and John Deweese 1/12 of my estate; Witnesses: William Woodjin, Barnett
Smith, and Asa Davis pg308 |
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| Deweese,Samuel: W: 4 March 1823 /P April 1823
Wife, Rachel; Children: Elizabeth, Polly, Jonathan, David, and Elijah,
Elisha Anney, Nancy, and Sally; William Shirley and my son, David, Exe.
Witnesses: Cornelious Deweese and Edward Gile3 pg295 |
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| Dodd, James: W: 24 October 1822/P: October
1822 Daughter, Ann Carter ... tract of land where George Carter
now lives; Daughter, Sally Settle; Daughter, Molly Carter where William
Carter now lives; Son, Marshall, dec. to his widow, Margaret ... until
her daughter, Eliza becomes of age;. Wife, Leaner; Son, James, Exe.
Other children: Sukey Davidson, John, Nathaniel, Allen, Haydon,
Bradford, and Lucinda Witnesses: John Beckham, John Morris, and Thomas
L. Morris pg192 |
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| Dodd, John: W: 2 September 1823 /P: October
1823 Son, Edward;, infant; Wife, Jane; Witnesses: Barnabus
Pulliam, William Young, and Mary Harlison pg265 |
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| Dougherty, Robert: W: 20 June 1822 /P: October
1823 wife, Nancy; Children: Mary Allen, Robert, James W.,
Elizabeth Gassaway, Sarah Nancy, Henry, Candor, Gallatin, Mark, Julia
French ... Daughter Nancy to one of her uncles, Joseph, of Shelby Co. or
James Williams of Jessamine; Son, Joseph; Wife, John Glover, and
Robinson P. Beauchamp, Exe. Witness: Lewis W. Bell pg310 |
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| Douglas, George: P: November 1820 Sons: Samuel
and William ;Daughter, Sally Shaw ; six legatees towit Mary Hill, Nancy
Dooley, Betsy Bagby, Nathan Douglas, William Douglas, and Samuel
Douglas; Heirs of deceased son John; Heirs of deceased daughter, Milly
Newlan Henry F. Greenwood, Exe. Witnesses: John Fox, J. A. Rice, and
William Bell pg74 |
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| Foster, Carter B.: W: 11 April 1822 /P: May
1822 Wife, Eliza Jane; Son, Robert; Daughter, Catharine Mariah
Foster Witnesses: B. B. Winn, J. M. Blain Pg180 |
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| Goodall, James W: 13 August 1818/ P: December
1818 Brother, Turner, Exe. Witnesses: John Goodall, Sr. and Robert
P. Gist pg9 |
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| Goodall, John W 25 Feb. 1815/ P: May 1819
Wife, Clarissa; Sons, Lodowick, James, Turner, Peter C., and Edward;
Sons: Thomas, Edward, Peter C., Lodowich, James, and Turner, Exe.
Witnesses: James Young and Henry B. Cowles pg16 |
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| Grubbs, John: W: 18 July 1818/P: December 1818
Wife, Sarah ;Children: Moody, Susannah Norvill, Anderson, Mary Grubbs,
Frances Ford, Thomas, Sarah Williams, Lucy Bush. Thomas and Moody, my
sons, and Hardin Davis, Exe. Witnesses: Simeon White, William
Glazebrook, and Mary D. H. Grubbs pg:41 |
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| Harrison,Reuben, Sr.W: 10 January
1821 /P: October 1824 Daughters: Elizabeth, Polly, Sally, and
Judith, and Matilda Carolin; Sons: Robert, Reuben, and Samuel Franklin;
Wife, Peggy Witnesses: Lot Bradshaw, Jacob Pock, and Oran Wood pg390
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| Hill, Isaac:W: 5 July 1822/P: July 1823 Wife,
Mildred; Sons: Green, Rolin, and Sanda; Five children in the state of
Missouri at this time: John Hill, James Hill, Tempa Alle, Margaret
Birdsong, and Anna An Hott Allee; Witnesses: Jno. T. Tunstatt, David
Hardin, and John Hamilton pg271 |
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| Holtsclaw, Henry: W: 6 September 1823/ P: October
1823 Wife, Polly; Father and mother, Henry and Sally Holtsclaw;
Brothers and sisters: James Richard and Enoch Holtsclaw, Milly Nevil,
Melindy Bowls, Sally Walters, and Elizabeth Cummins; Edward Gill, Exe.
Witnesses: James Cummins, John Harding, and Peggy Cummins Pg280 |
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| Hudson, Charles: W: 11 June 1818/P: April 1819
Wife, Jane ; five grandchildren: Jane Elizabeth Lewis, Martha Ann
Woodson, Virginia Woodson, Levan Bonaparte Woodson, and Robert
Lowelling; Woodson William Lewis, husband of Jane Elizabeth ;To Joseph
Crockett Woodson execution against Tucker More Woodson My friends, Henry
Crutcher and Samuel Mrrell, Exe. Witnesses: Thomas Mayfield, John
Perkins, and Peter B. Ewing pg:21 |
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| Humphrey, John: W: 8 March 1822 /P: May 1822
Wife, Margaret, Exe. Sons: Robert and Jackson; Children: Sophia Balding,
William Humphrey, Nelly Everitt, James Humphrey, and Susan Pace
Witnesses: Samuel Murrell, Jno. Garnett, Jr. Pg167 |
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| Lyon, John W: 26 April 1818 /P: February 1820
Wife, Phebe; Daughter, Sally Trowbridge; Pleasant May and Daughter,
Polly, his wife Witnesses: Isham Hardy and David Edwards pg48 |
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| Monroe, John: W: 30 July 1819/ P: January 1821
Wife, Lucy Witness: J. R. Underwood pg 86 |
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| Pointer, William: W: 7 October 1818 /P: October
1820 Sons: William, Thomas, Joseph, and John; Daughters: Milley
Perkins, Nancy Chapman, Charity Wilburn, Caty Innis, and Sally Chapman;
Wife, Caty, Exe. Witnesses: John Alderson, Archer Craddock, and Ruthy
Pointer pg69 |
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| Pulliam, Benjamin W: 27 October 1817/ P: December
1817 Wife, Lucy Son, Robert ... land on Green River in Hardin
County, Ky. part of James Cowden's 5000 Acre survey deeded to me from
Henry Rennick ..Son, Joseph ..Daughter, Mary Dicken.. Daughter, Sary
Pulliam ... land which was patented to James Harlan and conveyed by deed
from W. J. Wood to Gideon Pulliam, husband of said Sary by my direction
Son, Benjamin ... land in Hardin Co. whereon he lives which is part of
William Pollards 19,000 Acres survey Son, Thomas Son, William ... land
patented to me ??fsu? of Joshua Jourdon whereon he lives Daughter, Nancy
Thomas Sons: John and Charles S. Daughters: Lucy Brooks, Elizabeth Amos,
Milly Owen Son, James ... lands devised to me by my wife Lucy after her
death My daughter, Susannah Jameson ... land in Livingston County
patented to myself afse of Richard B. Pulliam My sons, Exe. Witnesses:
Jacob Bumgardner, Christian Bumgardner, Jesse Wood, and Dudley Roundtree
pg:1 |
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| Read, Elizabeth: W:10 April 1821 /P: October
1821 Children: William, Jane Young, Mary Cloyd, James, Sarah
Wolfscale, John, dec.; Elizabeth Creth, and Margaret Hariat Witnesses:
J. Pool, Edm. Rogers, and Wm. B. Cook pg:136 |
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| Read, James W: 23 September 1822 /P October
1822 Sons: Mathew and Lewis; Children: William, James, Elijah,
Lewis, and Jane; John Pool and James Read, Exe. pg196 |
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| Rodes, John: W: 29 November 1820 /P: August
1822 Wife, Jane Stapleton; Sons: Samuel B., James C., Waller;Son
in law, Samuel Redd, Exe. Witnesses: James H. Gassaway, James Hambleton,
and Benjamin Gassaway pg183 |
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| Sampson, J: W: 30 June 1823 /P: April 1824 To
David Shipman; Wife, Rose; Wife's three children; Hezekiah Davidson,
Exe. Witnesses: John Cosby, Archaulus Y. Cosby, and John Morris pg318
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| Scott, Samuel: W: 9 May 1823/P: October 1823
Sarah & Jacke to be freed ; John Hammil; John Hammil, Exe.
Witnesses: John Hammil, Samuel Cochran, and James Bennett pg281 |
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| Simpson, Davie: W: 22 June 1819/ P July 1819
Wife, Margaret; Son, David; Brother, John, deceased ... Sons, William
and David, Exe. Witnesses: Elizabeth Cook and Minerva Simpson pg29 |
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| Smith Hugh: W: 8 August 1822 Son, John; Wife;
Five daughters; Three sons: John, Berry, and James; Witnesses: John
Hammill, John Smith, and James Smith pg185 |
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| Snoddy, Robert: W: 26 August 1820/ P October
1820 Daughter, Nancy Lewis; Son in law, John Lewis ... debt due me
from Hartwell Epps, of Va. Daughter, Elizabeth Thurman, of Va. Sons:
Cary A., John, and Robert; Daughter, Polly; Grandson, Robert Hawkins
Lewis ;Wife, Sophia; Sons, Carey and John and Thomas Bransford, Exe.
Witnesses: R. P. Beauchamp and Horatio Cleland pg70 |
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| Stockton, Robert W: 11 February 1820/ P: October
1824 Eldest son, Robert, deceased; son, Reuben B.; Two youngest
sons, James P. and Joseph B.; Daughters: Rachel Howard, Dolly Thompson,
Doshey Garnett, Unity Lee, Catharine Bishop, and Prudence Hall;
Daughter, Fanny Hall, dec.; Wife, Catharine ;Grandson, Benjamin Hayden;
Daughter, Nancy Robertson; Witnesses: George Yates, Alpheus Yates, James
A. Sherley, and John M. Sherley pg391 |
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| Thompson, John: P: August 1826 Wife, Jane;
Son, William, deceased children's money shall be put in the hands of
Waddy Thompson; Children: Horatio, David, John, Telitha, and Glen;
Witnesses: Waddy Thompson, John Lambreth, and James Williams pg354 |
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| Twyman, William: W: 29 April 1820 /P: July
1820 Land I bought of John Bailey and Benjamin Crenshaw ...
Children: Frances Twyman and Eliza Willis Twyman; Wife Mildred, Exe. and
William Willis of Adair Co. and Twyman Craig of Gallatin Co., Exe.
Witnesses: Joel Yancy and Thompson Crenshaw pg64 |
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| Walden, William: W: 8 September 1823 /P: October
1823 Wife, Elizabeth and Waddy Thompson, Exe. Children as they
come of age; Witnesses: Williamson Trent and David C. Ball pg28) |
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| Walters, Barnabas: W: 14 October 1821/P: July
1822 Wife, Judith; Sons: Andrew and Coonrod Witnesses: H. F.
Greenwood, Thomas Duke, Jesse Stalsworth, and Neri Brown pg182 |
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| Walters, George: W: 30 October 1818/ P: February
1819 Children: Polly Blackmore, Ruth Pinter, Perlina, Patience,
and Fleming Warren ;Wife, Sally; Son in law, William Pinter Jacob Lock
and Michael W. Hall, Counselors Witnesses: Robert McClenachan and W. M.
Hall pg20 |
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| Wheeler, John: W: 6 February 1821 /P: May 1823
Five children: William, Delilah, Polly, Fanny, and Micajah; Wife, Betsy
; To Reuben Kinslow Witnesses: Pleasant Emmerson, B. Wheeler, and Joseph
Coleman pg256 |
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| Young, James: W:11 August 1821 /P: August 1821
Wife, Frances Witnesses: William Ellis, Thomas W. Wade, and John Ellis
pg125 |
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