KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest 25 Feb 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 89 ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:00:31 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: DEED: Lee, 1812, Madison Co. Indenture Peter Lee Madison County, KY Deed Book I 1812-1814 Pages 45-48 FHC Film # 0183288 This Indenture made this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and twelve between Elijah Hendron of the County of Madison and commonwealth of Kentucky of the one part and Peter Lee of the county and commonwealth aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Elijah Hernden for and in consideration of the sum of one Dollar to him in hand paid the receipt whereof he does hereby acknowledge & for the further consideration herein after expressed hath granted, bargained and sold and by these presence doth grant, bargain and sell unto the said Peter Lee his heirs and asigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land containing by survey Fifty acres be (?) the same more or less situate lying and being in the county aforesaid by the waters of Silver Creek and bounded as follows, To wit, Beginning at two Sugar trees the northwest corner of George Smith's Survey of Eleven hundred acres on Taylor's fork from thence South twenty degrees west Smith's and Briant's line Eighty four poles to a white oak in solid lines from thence south seventy degrees East ninety six poles to two Lynn (?) trees and a Branch from thence north twenty degrees Eighty four poles to two Buckeye trees in Smith's line and with his line north Seventh six degrees west ninety six poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances to him the said Peter Lee to heirs and asigns forever to have and to hold the same Fifty acres of Land and all and every of its rights immunities or hereditaments thereto in any wise belonging to him the said Peter Lee and unto his heirs and asigns forever and the said Elijah Hendron for himself and his heirs and does and will warrant and forever defend the title of the aforesaid Fifty acres of Land with its appurtenances against the claim or claims of all and every person and persons whatsoever unto the said Peter Lee his heirs and asigns forever. Upon these express trusts and conditions nevertheless that whereas the said Elijah Hendron is indebted to the said Peter Lee in the just and full sum of one hundred and fifty four Dollars current money of the commonwealth aforesaid for which the said Elijah Hendron has this day above written executed his note to the said Peter lee payable the first day of March next and whereas the said Peter Lee has agreed to enter Security for said Elijah Hendron in two notes to Loverow (?) Evans amounting together to the sum of twenty six dollars now if the said Elijah Hendron shall well and truly pay to the said Peter Lee the aforesaid sum of one hundred and Fifty four dollars on or before the first day of March next and shall well and truly pay to the aforesaid Lawerance Evans the amount of twenty six Dollars if the said Peter Lee shall Enter Security for the same, then and in that case this and every provision thereof to be said ___ of none (?) effect but on the contrary if the said Elijah Hendron should fail to pay to the said Peter Lee the aforesaid sum of one hundred fifty four dollars on or before the first day of March next or if he should fail to pay the aforesaid sum of twenty six dollars to Lawerance Evans so that the said Peter Lee should become liable thereupon then and in that case it shall be lawful for the said Peter Lee his heirs or representatives to expose to public the above described tract or parcel of Land of fifty acres to the highest bidder for ready money on the premises aforesaid having given thirty days given previous notice of said sale advertisement in some authorised newspaper in this commonwealth and also by advertisement for the aforesaid space of time put up in writing on the front door of the court house of the county aforesaid and out of the proceeds of said Sale to pay himself the said Peter Lee the aforesaid sum of one hundred and fifth four Dollars together with the interest which may then have accrued and to pay the aforesaid sum of twenty six dollars to the said Lawerance Evans if the said Hendron shall not have before that time paid the same together with the costs of sale and the said Peter Lee is hereby authorised and impowered after having sold the above described tract of Land of fifty acres agreeable to the terms ass to convey the same to the purchaser thereof by and in fee simple. In Testimony whereof of all and singular the premises aforesaid the said Elijah Hendren does hereunto set his hand and seal this day and year first above written. Elijah Hendren S.S. (L.L.?) State of Kentucky ) Set (?) Madison County ) I William Irvine clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that this Deed of trust was produced to me on the 5th day of May 1812 which was acknowledge by Elijah Hendren to be his act and deed and the same has been duly Recorded in my office. Will Irvine ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:01:38 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: DEPOSITION: Lee, 1795, Mason Co. Deposition Peter Lee Mason County, KY Will Book A Pages 149 - 150 FHC #0281822 The deposition of Peter Lee of lawfull age taken in Conformity to an act of Assembly of the state of Kentucky intitled an Act to Ascertain the Boundarys of Lands and for Other purposes passed Dec 20th 1794 before John Wilson John Johnston & George Lewis Esqrs Commissioners Appointed by the County Court of Mason _____ that purpose passed Relative to the Boundaries of a preemption of one thousand acres of Land Granted to Thomas Young and by him Conveyed to Henry Lee. The deponent deposeth & saith that he was present with the Surveyor sometime in Summer 1785 when he Executed a survey of one Thousand Acres for Thomas Young on a preemption & assisted in carrying the Chain to Measure the same. That the Surveyor Began at an Improvement whose _____ was then some remains of a Cabbin which the same place this day Sworn to by the said Thomas Young & alludes to his Deposition of this date & the Surveyor from the said Improvements (as he said North forty five degrees west to a large hackberry Marked Thus Y a buckeye and hiccory which Hiccory has since been cut away the stump remaining) which this deponent sayses the same Corner Marked by the surveyor at the time of making the Survey & now Shown to the commissioners. This date and this deponent & wittnes saith not. Sworn to & Subscribed before John Wilson as Justice of the Peace of Mason County this thirty first day of October 1795. Teste Peter Lee John Wilson ) John Johnston ) Comms Geo Lewis ) We do Certify that the within deposition was sworn to & the within Boundaries Shown in presence of _____Payne Samuel Tibbs & William Roe & Richard Howard disinterested citizens of Mason County Given under our hands this 31st day of October 1795. John Wilson John Johnston Geo Lewis ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:02:37 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: LAND ENTRY: Lee, 1783, Fayette Co Land Entries Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee Fayette County, KY Book 2 Page 198 February 1783 FHC #1464008 Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee Enters 6000 acres of Land on a Treasury Warrant No 8876 Beginning on the north side of main Licking at the upper corner of Richard Lees Entry of 4806 acres and Running thence up the north side of Licking and binding on the same as far as will amount to three miles when Reduced to a Straight Line then extending from each end of said Reduced Line as Northward course at Right angles to the same for quantity. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:03:34 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: VIRGINIA GRANT: Lee, 1790, Fayette Co. Virginia Grants Richard B. Lee Edmund Lee Fayette County, KY Book 11 Page 515 FHC #0272815 Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that by virtue & in consideration of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No 8876 Issued the 12th day of November 1781 There is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Richard B Lee and Edmund Lee Assignees of Richard Lee, a certain tract or parcel of land containing One thousand two hundred and sixteen acres by Survey bearing date the third day of April 1786 lying and being in the County of Fayette on the North side of main Licking and bounded as followeth To wit Beginning at the upper corner of his former Survey of Three (?) hundred and sixty one acres at a Sugar tree and ash thence up said Licking and bending (?) thereon South forty degrees West eighty poles North thirty degrees West ninety two poles South eighty five degrees West one hundred and seventy poles South twenty degrees West sixty two poles South fifty degrees West ninety poles, South ten degree East one hundred and ten poles West fifty six poles South thirty seven degrees West one hundred and forty six poles South twenty five degrees East eighty poles South sixty degrees East two hundred and forty poles, South eighty degrees East one hundred poles to three (?) Elms North twenty eight degrees East three hundred and fifty poles thence North sixty two degrees West one hundred and fifty poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Richard B. Lee and Edmund Lee and their Heirs forever. In Witness whereof the said Beverly Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Ninety and of the Commonwealth the fifteenth. Beverley Randolph ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:04:24 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: VIRGINIA GRANT: Lee, 1790, Fayette Co. Virginia Grants Richard B. Lee Edmund Lee Fayette County, KY Book 11 Page 515 - 516 FHC #0272815 Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the commonwealth of Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that by virtue & in Consideration of part of a Land Office Treasury warrant No 8876 Issued the 12th day of November 1781 there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee assignees of Richard Lee a certain tract or parcel of land containing three hundred and sixty one acres by Survey bearing date the third day of April 1786 lying and being in the County of Fayette on the North side of main Licking and bounded and followeth To wit Beginning at the upper corner of his former Survey of four thousand three hundred and forty acres at a Beech and Sycamore thence up Licking as it meanders South forty six degrees East one hundred and twenty two poles, South twelve degrees West twenty eight poles, South fourteen degrees East one hundred and fourteen poles South ten degrees West ninety four poles to a Sugar tree and ash thence leaving licking and running South Sixty two degrees East one hundred and fifty poles to a Stake thence North twenty eight degrees East two hundred and eighty poles to a white Oak, thence North sixty two degrees West two hundred and eighty poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee and their Heirs forever In Witness whereof the said Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the twenty first day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety and of the commonwealth the fifteenth. Beverley Randolph ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:06:00 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: VIRGINIA GRANT: Lee, 1790, Fayette Co. Virginia Grants Richard B. Lee Edmund Lee Fayette County, KY Book 11 Page 517 - 518 FHC #0272815 Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that be virtue & in consideration of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No 8866 Issued the 12th day of November 1781 there is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee assignees of Richard Lee, a certain tract or parcel of land containing four thousand three hundred and forty acres by Survey bearing date the third day of April 1786 lying and being in the County of Fayette on the north side of main licking and bounded as followeth To wit Beginning at the upper corner of his former Survey of eighty seven acres a white Oak thence up said Licking and binding thereon North eighty degrees East sixty poles South Sixty degrees East one hundred and twenty one poles, North fifty five degrees East one hundred poles, South seventy degrees East one hundred and forty eight poles North twenty five degrees East one hundred and sixteen poles South fifty degrees East one hundred and twelve poles, North thirty two degrees East sixty poles North seventy degrees East forty poles to a Beech and Sycamore, thence South sixty two degrees East two hundred and eighty poles to a white oak, thence North twenty eight degrees East six hundred and fifty poles to four black ashes, thence North sixty two degrees West nine hundred and sixty poles to two white Oaks South twenty eight degrees West eight hundred and eighty poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee and his Heirs forever In Witness whereof the said Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety and of the Commonwealth the fifteenth. Beverley Randolph ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:07:15 -0800 From: "Martina Carpenter" Subject: VIRGINIA GRANTS: Lee, 1790, Fayette Co. Virginia Grants Richard B. Lee Edmund Lee Fayette County, KY Book 11 Pages 518-5 19 FHC #0272815 Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that by virtue & in consideration of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No 8876 issued the 12il~ day of November 1781 There is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee Assignees of Richard Lee a certain tract or parcel of land containing Eighty seven acres by Survey bearing date the third day of April 1786 lying and being in the County of Fayette on the North side of main Licking and bounded as followeth To wit Beginning at the upper corner of an Entry made in the name of Richard Lee for four thousand eight hundred acres at an Elm walnut and Sugar tree on the bank of the Creek, thence up Licking as it meanders South fifty three degrees East seventy two poles, North thirty degrees East sixty four poles North five degrees East three hundred poles to a white oak thence leaving the Creek and running South twenty eight degrees East three hundred and twenty poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances, To have & to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Lee and their Heirs forever In Witness whereof the said Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the twenty first day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety and of the Commonwealth the fifteenth. 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