ky-footsteps 10 June 2001 Volume 01 : Issue 65 Today's Topics: #1 [KYF] WILL: Wilson, 1825, Nicholas ["Nancy Trice" ] #2 [KYF] OBIT: Anderson, Nicholas Co ["Nancy Trice" ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sunday, 8:19 AM From: medowlark9@aol.com [mailto:medowlark9@aol.com] Subject: {not a subscriber} WILL: Wilson, 1825, Nicholas Co., KY WILL: Wilson, 1825, Nicholas Co., KY ********************************************************************** Nicholas Co., KY Will Book B, p 338,339 Division of the Land of Uriah Wilson, Sr Decd In pursuance of an order of the Nicholas County Court made at their November Term 1825 of sd court. We the undersigned commissioners met on the Land of which Uriah Wilson Sr died seized and possessed & proceeded to lay off and divide the same amongst the Heirs and legal representatives of said Uriah Wilson Sr Decd as follows (Towit) (See the Platt) To Jesse Wilson who holds by purchase the Interest of Nathaniel & Joseph Wilson and Johnathan Prather three of said parts as wide as his own Interest which makes four equal parts in said Land Towit "Beginning at A. three Hickories corner to Baxter in Talbs line; thence with said line S45 E196 poles crossing Hinkston twice to B a stake in Swearingen's line near an Elm and Plum tree. Thence N1 W103 poles to C a stake on the edge of the creek crossing Hinkston twice, Thence N47 W128 poles to D a sugar & Buckeye Thence with the original lines S44 W58 poles to the beginning" containing sixty eight and one half acres be the same more or less. Also alloted unto Uriah Willson Jr deceased Twenty acres of Land "Beginning at C a stake on the edge of Hinkston in Swearingens line. Thence with it N1 W 42 poles to F a sycamore in said line, Thence W95 poles to E a stake in Somersett in Thomas's line with it S44 W 284 poles to D a sugar & Buckeye in said line. Thence S47 E 128 poles to the beginning (be the same more or less). And also alloted unto Phillip Bellis who owns by purchase the Interest of Abram Kern Twenty acres be the same more or less. Beginning at G a Buckeye Thence N48 W58 poles to a stake corner to A. Darland. Thence with Mrs Thomas' line S44 W41 1/2 poles to E on Somersett creek, Thence S 48 E95 poles to F a sycamore & five - - - - in Swearingens line, Thence with it N1 W 55 poles to the beginning. We the said undersigned commissioners after being duly sworn proceeded to make the division aforesaid according to right and justice. Given under our hands this 5th day of December 1825. < Horace Metcalfe Commissioners < Surveyor and Commissioner < John Carter Jr his < Abraham X Darland mark Nicholas County Sct. December Term 1825 This division of the Land of Uriah Wilson Sr Deceased was this day produced in open court and ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly. Attest Horace Metcalfe seal Nicholas Co., KY Order Book E, p 319 December Term 1829 Jonathan Crouch is appointed curator of the Estate of Uriah Wilson within this county. Who thereupon came into court and made oath thereto and together with William Johnson and Richard Harding as the securities entered into and ack. bond in penalty of $200 conditioned according to law. The above document describes the farm which became known as "The Wilson Place". A description of the road to the farm was found among the depositions of early settlers in central KY taken in 1806 in Bourbon Co., KY. From the deposition of Michael Cassidy: "The main buffalo road that led from the Upper Blue Lick crossed Hingston a short distance below the mouth of what is now called Summerset. This road was a large buffalo road in early times, and was known by the name of Upper Salt Lick trace." [ Cook, Fayette Co., KY Records, Vol. 1] ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 8:07 AM From: medowlark9@aol.com [mailto:medowlark9@aol.com] Subject: {not a subscriber} OBIT-- Anderson-- Nicholas Co., KY OBIT-- Anderson-- Nicholas Co., KY ********************************************************************** THE LEXINGTON PRESS, Wednesday, January 26,1881, Vol XI, Number 4, Page 2, Column 4 Terrible Tragedy Noah Anderson Shot to Death at Midnight, And His Son Dangerously Wounded, Distressing Scene at the Anderson Homestead [Carlisle Mercury] One of the most unfortunate affairs it has ever been our duty to chronicle, occurred on Tuesday night last, in which Noah Anderson was shot to death and his son Samuel, aged fifteen, dangerously wounded. The circumstances of the sad affair we will endeavor to give simply as it occurred. It appears that between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock on the night above mentioned a party of men, numbering eight or ten, went to the house of Anderson and demanded admission. It is not known what the object of the men was, but it is thought that they intended to take Anderson out and whip him, on account of alleged mistreatment by him of his family. A few months ago Anderson whipped his wife and drove her from the house at the hour of 1 o'clock at night, and these facts coming to the ears of his neighbors aroused a bitter feeling against him and many threats were made against him, of which he was aware, and when they appeared at his house he readily divined their object and prepared to defend himself. Anderson and two of his sons slept in one room and his wife and the other children in another. The party came to the door of the room occupied by Anderson and demanded admission, when he got up, seized his pistol and went to the door, but before he could open it, it was pushed in, when Anderson fired into the party, remarking, "Well, I'll get one of you." The men on the outside then began an indiscriminate firing, and one of the balls struck Anderson on right side, about two inches above the nipple, passing through his body and coming out near the lower ribs on his left side and lodging in his left arm, from which it fell out. Anderson fell against the door and died almost instantly. Samuel Anderson, the boy, was shot in the left side, under and near the heart, and the ball lodged in his back, from which it was taken. It was extracted by Dr. McNew, who was sent for after the tragedy. It proved to be a 38-caliber ball. When we visited the scene of the tragedy this morning (Wednesday) we found Samuel resting easier than he had during the night, and he was able to converse about the affair. He said there were eight or ten shots fired and that his father shot only once. Dr. McNew thinks his wounds are dangerous and that the chances of his recovery are doubtful. The scene at the house was one that would touch the heart of the most callous. The body of the husband and father lay in one bed and the son was groaning on a palet near the fire; the mother was crying and seven or eight small children were comtemplating the scene, without appearing to realize its horrible aspect. There are ten children in the family, the majority of them girls, and nearly all bear a striking resemblance to the father. The youngest is not two years old. Noah Anderson was paralyzed nearly a year ago, since which time he has probably at times been of unsound mind, which may have accounted for his mistreatment of his family. He was fifty-two years old. His wife was an Isham, and they were married in 1854. They owned the farm on which they live, consisting of something over a hundred acres. Noah Anderson was known to be a man of bad disposition, was despotic, pitiless, but was honest and upright in all his business transactions, so far as we know. It is not thought that the party had any other design when they visited the house than administering a chastisement. One of the parties is understood to have been shot and taken to the house of a neighbor, but as that is a case for the law, we forbear further mention. The party went to the house of Robert Anderson, the oldest son of the deceased, who lives about one mile and a half distance from the scene of the murder, called him out and admonished him of his actions, and then visited his father's house with the same intention, but were not so received. Additional info from an article in THE PARIS KENTUCKIAN, supplement, Saturday, Jan 22, 1881 "The Carlisle Tragedy" ".....Geo. Berry, supposed to have been one of the mob, is lying at Butler Smart's with a pistol wound in the neck. Noah Anderson had notified the merchants not to let his wife have anything, and the mob hearing of this went to Bob Anderson's, son of Noah, and demanded of him $317 he had that belonged to his father, which they intended giving to Mrs. Anderson, but did not get it. Several parties have been arrested, and others have fled the country." Additional article from the Maysville Newspaper, January 26, 1881 Carlisle, Ky. January 19 Last night at about 11 o'clock Noah Anderson, living about one mile and a half east of this place, on the line of the railroad, was shot dead, through the heart, and a 14 year old son was fatally wounded, by a party of masked men, numbering six or seven. The party first stopped at Bob Anderson's another son of Mr. Anderson, and, callinlg him out demanded the money he had of his father's. He told them he had none, when, after some further conversation, they left him, and the supposition is they then proceeded to Mr. Anderson's. When they called to come out it seems that he refused, when they proceeded to batter the door down, and finally succeeded. As the door flew open Mr. Anderson was standing near it, with his pistol in his hand, and whether he or the mob opened fire first is not known. After Anderson was shot young Sam Anderson caught him and while supporting him received a fatal bullet in his own body. He was shot with a thirty-eight ball, which entered near the left armpit, and passing obliquely downward, being extracted about one inch from the spine, evidently grazing the heart. Chances almost certain against him; air issuing freely from the wound at every breath. His father's wound is similar to his. A bullet shot from a thirty two pistol was found on the floor, supposed to be the one which struck Mr. Anderson. On the outside of the --- a bullet mark is discernable, which penetrated about a quarter of an inch. To the right of the door, a few inches, and about half way up the length of the door is a bullet-hole, which passed clear through the weather-boarding. A small son of Mr. Anderson's probably eight or nine years of age, and who was sleeping in the room with his father and brother, was shot and they being the only ones in that room, stated that the mob did the first shooting. The boy who was shot, after being hit ran out in the yard and saw the men riding up the hill, in a westerly direction. George Berry a resident of this place is lying at Mr. Butler Smarts with a pistol wound in his neck which is not considered dangerous. Mr. Anderson shot three times. Mr. Anderson a well-to-do farmer. He leaves a wife and ten children the youngest being almost an infant. He was a paralytic, and it has been reported was abusive to his family, and the theory of a great many is that the mob had gone there for the purpose of chastising him for mistreating his family, and meeting with resistance the fatal shooting took place. Mr. Anderson's mind was supposed by many to have been impaired since he had the paralysis. The excitement necessarily attending upon such an affair renders it impossible to advance a satisfactory theory or to give full particulars. We have written it as we heard it and saw the scene of action. End of ky-footsteps-digest V01 #065 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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