Garrard CO GA - Finley and Downing abstracts - 1784-1827 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carmen J. Finley finleyc@sonoma.edu ==================================================================== Garrard County, Kentucky, Misc. Finley and Downing Abstracts - 1784 to 1827 1784 - Matthias Mounts probate records. Mary Mounts, James Smith, and James Downing post 800 bond for Mary as executrix. Contains 15 pages of depositon involving both Finley and Downing family members. Garrard County, Circuit Court Order Books, Box 2, Suit 39, Order Book 1:407; 10:224, Box 22, bundle 86, Suit 633. 19 June 1800 - Elijah Bledsoe to John Finley, 112 acres on Canoe Creek in Garrard County adjoining Joseph Bledsoe and Richard Allin, 100. 13 May 1801 - David Finley gives permission for his daughter, Jane Ann, to marry Edmond Smith. Garrard County Marriage Bond 198. 18 February 1805 - George and Polly Finley to William Pierce, 100 acres on Dicks River in Garrard County, 127. Garrard County Deed Book A:718. 21April 1806 - Nancy, Rachel, Will, and David Downing, orphans of William Downing, dec'd, choose Daniel Barber as their guardian. Garrard County estate file #77. 22 September 1806 - John and Elender Finley to John Edmondson, 112 acres part of 1789 acres patented to Joseph Bledsoe, corner to Richard Allen, 300. Witnesses: Samuel Mullins, James Lamme, Achalis Bollinger. Garrard County DB C:159. 18 April 1808 - David and Elizabeth Finley to Augustine Dunn, 24 acres, from Danville to mouth of Hickman, a part of Finley's land, 87 11s. Witnesses: Samuel Mullins, Charles Spilman, Claiborne Wren. Garrard County DB C:367. 9 April 1810 - Ordered that John Finley show cause why his children "???" Huston, Milton should not be bound out as the law directs. Garrard County OB 13:329. 1812 - David and Elizabeth Finley to Arthur Thompson of Mercer County, 342 acres on Dicks River, corners to James Scott, Joshua Burdett, James Lamme(?), John Floyd, Dunn, $4,114. Witnesses: John Smith, Edmond Smith. Garrard County DB D:200. 1 September 1817 - David Finley gives permission for his daughter, Elizabeth, to marry John Sneed. Garrard County Marriage Bond 1092. 16 November 1826 - John Allin & James Edmunson to John Finley of Danville, 12 acres on Kentucky River at mouth of Canoe Creek, adjoining land conveyed by LeRoy Brown to Allin & Edmunson, $1. Garrard County DB J:461-462. 6 November 1827 - Joshua Van Meeter of Garrard County to David Findley of Clark County, Indiana, 60 acres adjacent to George Rogers Clark in Clark County, $120 c:\docs\kentucky\garrard.doc aaa0377