Prenuptial Agreement: Thomas Hall & Elizabeth Troutman, 1816, Bullitt County, KY

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Transcribed by: Anne Livingston - Livings1@aol.com
Date: 11 Jan 2000 
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Bullitt County Deed Book C p. 311
Bullitt County To Wit:  Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between Thomas HALL of 
the County of Nelson and State of Kentucky of the one part and Mrs. Elizabeth TROUTMAN of the 
County of Bullitt and State aforesaid of the other part and whereas the parties each have children and 
are desirous of ob---ting  uneasiness & jealousies which too frequently arise in similar cases and tend in 
their Consequence to interrupt the repose and destroy the peace of families and Individuals - They have 
mutually agreed to enter into the following covenant and agreement which shall be obligatory on them 
after the consummation of their marriage.  In the first plan it is stipulated & agreed that a true and 
perfect inventory shall be made of the whole of the personal property of which the said Elizabeth 
TROUTMAN shall be possessed at the time of her marriage and which actually belongs to her - which when 
valued shall be at her own disposal.  That is  the said T. HALL agrees that she shall dispose of the afores'd 
amount to whomsoever she pleases either by Deeds or Will without any hinderances or molestation from 
him - In Consideration of Which concession and in consideration of the said Thomas HALL drawing from 
resources he owned previous to this intended marriage to promote their mutual Interest - she the said 
Elizabeth TROUTMAN agrees that in the event of his death she will relinquish all claim or right 
which she would be allowed to have to property owned by him previous to their Intermarriage.

It is further agreed between the parties that whatever may be acquired by their future Industry shall be 
equally divided between them or shall belong to them in the same manner as if they had no children - the 
said HALL further agrees on his part that neither the personal property of the said Elizabeth 
TROUTMAN nor her dower in lands or negroes shall ever be subject to the payment of any debt by the 
said HALL may now owe Nor by agreement is his property to be liable to any payment of any debt or debts 
which may come against the estate of of  Mr. M. TROUTMAN, dec'd - the parties also mutually 
and voluntarily agree that they will contribute as far as they can to the discharge of debts to which the 
estate of the before mentioned Michael TROUTMAN dec'd is liable without too much injuring their 
Capital or destroying the means of Carrying on their business over a respectable (?) scale and for the 
performance of all and every part of the above Covenant and agreement the parties thereto have 
hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals this 26 day of August in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

(signed)
T. HALL
Elizabeth (X) TROUTMAN

in the presence of Philip TROUTMAN
Jonathan SIMMONS
Lewis (X) LETTURS (?)  (LITTICE?) (LITTENS?)

Recorded in Bullitt County KY Court 23 July 1816