ky-footstep November 03, 2001 Volume 01 : Issue 128 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] WILL: John Rane Staton, 1843, Cumberland Co # 2 [KYF] ESTATE SALE: Rane Staton, 1842, Cumberland Co ______________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:38 PM From: William F. Staton [mailto:billstaton@juno.com] Subject: [KYF] WILL: John Rane Staton, 1843, Cumberland Co ------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN RANE STATON'S WILL, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, KY, DECEMBER 2, 1843 Roll No. 3052 CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE CLERK'S OFFICE, KY WILLS - Volume D Pages 253 & 254 The last will and testament of Rane Staton of the County of Cumberland and State of Kentucky. I Rane staton, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following: I will that all my debts, as shall by me be owing at my death together with my funeral expenses and all charges touching the proveing of as otherwise concerning this my Will, Shall be in the first place out of my personal estate and effects be fully paid and Satisfied. Item 1st: I give to my daughter Snell one negroman named Robin, as also one female negro named Mary. Item 2nd: I give to my son, Hiram A. Staton one male slave named Solomon, two hundred and six acres of land lying on the south side of the Cumberland River, situate in the Irish Bottom, it being the farm whereon now live, also fifty acres of land, on the North side of Said, Cumberland River, situate, on the mine branch. Item 3rd: I give to my son William Staton one Negro slave named John, also one female Slave named Louisa; I also Give to the said William Staton; all of the tracts of land I own on Willis Creek, supposed to contain 300 acres. Item 4th: I give unto my son James Staton one hundred and twenty dollars in his own note executed to me in April 1841 for two hundred and twenty dollars ,and the balance of Said Note of one hundred dollars, I guveto my daughter in law Fanny Staton. Item 5th: My Will is that the residue of my goods, Stock, chattles, and household furniture shall be indifferently appraised, and after such appraisement made, that the Same Shall be divided into three equal parts, one equal third part I give and bequesth to my daughter Nancy Sewell, and the other two thirds I give to be equally divided among my two Sons, Hiram and William. And I make and Ordain Hiram Staton and Joseph Snell Executors of this my last Will and Testament. State Of Kentucky Cumberland County Vol. D. I William King, Clerk of the County Court of said County do Certify that I have truly recorded the Within Decree and the Copy of Rane Staton Decds Will marked A. In my said office on Will book D pages 2152. Witness my hand this 2nd day of Dec. 1843 W. King Clk. As typed here, the form, grammar and spelling reflects the recorded hand-written will. Note: Apparently Nancy Snell Staton Philpott Sewell was named for one of Rane's executors, Joseph Snell ______________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:38 PM From: William F. Staton [mailto:billstaton@juno.com] Subject: [KYF] ESTATE SALE: Rane Staton, 1842, Cumberland Co ------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RANE STATON'S ESTATE SALE,CUMBERLAND COUNTY KY, 1842 NOTES: The fractions of a penny are shown as decimals, but they were recorded as1/4 and 1/2 of a cent, but, of course, my keyboard no longer has fractions on the keyboard like a typewriter. John Rane's daughter, Nancy Snell Staton Philpot Sewell was secretary for the sale, and I have a handwrittenn copy in which probably was hers. I intend to copy the hand writing of the sale with the conty clerk's writing. I left mathematical and grammatical errors as they were written. If you grew up in Cumberland County, reading the buyers' names will seem like old home week. They prices have inflated since that era takes my breath. Imagine all the live stock and homefurnishings beingsole for a few dollars and cents, and the total sale receipts were less than one good beef cow now. Notice that each day of the sale is stated twice, which may indicate that that the date is correct. Elsewhere the date for John Rane's death is given as 1843, but it is clear that he died in either 1842 or 1843. ______________________________________________________________________ ___ RANE STATON dec'd "Sale" A list of Sales of the Estate of Rane Staton dec'd Sold on the 26th and 27th days of August 1842 By an order of the Cumberland County Court appointing Jubilee Goggin Curator to Said Estate - Alex'r Murphy 1 grind stone $ 1.00 Alex'r :Murphy 1 log chain 3.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 hand axe & clevis 0.50 James Staton 2 honey covers 0.375 James Staton 1 Durham & Palton Bull 11.00 Lindsey Ellis 1 Palton Cow & Calf 13.00 Amount forwarded $ 28.875 Amount forwarded $ 28.371 Joseph P Sewell 1 half blooded Bull calf 5.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 full blooded Bull calf 7.00 James Staton 1 white back cow & calf 4.25 James Staton 1 Red Brindle Steer 3.25 Hiram A Staton 1 Red Brindle 3 yr old heifer 5.00 Elam F Boles 1 white & red mulak cow 5.56 James Staton 1 Red Brindle heifer 4.37 Hiram Staton 1 Red & White heifer 3.25 Albert G Waggoner 1 Red & white mulak heifer 3.93 E F Boles 1 white & brindle cow 5.00 Joseph S Bledsoe 1 red heifer 4.80 Alfred King 2 oxen and yoke 33.50 Joseph S Bledsoe 1 Pided Steer 4.75 Andrew Stoner 1 black steer 7.00 John Scott,Sr. 1 white back cow 5.18 Joseph S Bledsoe 1 red and white steer 5.30 Andrew T Stoner 1 large red steer 10.25 Joseph P Sewell 1 old jenney 18.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 young ,lenney 29.50 Wm. Spearman 2 young jenneys 34.625 Andrew T Stoner 10 first choice sheep 10.00 Andrew T Stoner 10 second choice sheep 9.00 Andrew T Stoner 10 third choice sheep 8.00 Joseph S Bledsoe 10 fourth choice sheep 6.00 Joseph S Bledsoe 10 fifth choice sheep 5.75 Hances Ganff 10 sixth choice sheep 5.50 Hiram A Staton 1 lott of old corn 6.56 Joseph P Sewell 1 Jack ass 34.00 Lindsey Ellis 10 first choice hogs 14.25 Hiram A Staton 10 second choice hogs 6.75 Wm Spearman 7 third choice hogs & 1 Boar 8.00 Wm Spearman 23 pigs 4.25 Joseph P Sewell 1 sorrel mare 20.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 bay colt for Rane Philpott 6.25 Joseph P Sewell 1 Grey Mare 50.12 1/2 Washington Hopkins 1 Gray mare hip shot 11.50 William Spearman 1 blaze face iron gray filley 26.18 William Spearman 1 gray colt 23.00 Hiram A Staton 1 gray mare for J.P. Sewell 23.00 Lemaster Cooksey 1 iron gray mare 18.00 George Gabbard 1 sorrel mare ch. to J Goggin 18.87 Joseph P Sewell 1 chestnut sorrel mare 20.00 James Stolt 1 bay colt 12.75 Hiram A Staton 1 sorrel colt 13.00 Amount forwarded $ 577.93 Amount forwarded $ 577.93 Hiram A Staton 1 small haystack $ 4.75 Wm Spearman 1 large haystack 5.50 Hiram A Staton 1 bee stand No. 1 0.50 Hiram A Staton 1 bee stand No. 2 0.62 James Staton 1 bee stand No. 3 0.62 Robert Reid 1 bee stand No. 4 ch JP Sewell 0.50 Hiram Staton 1 bee stand No. 5 0.37 Martin Sanders 1 bee stand No. 6 1.25 Joseph P Sewell 1 bee stand No. 7 and 9 1.625 Jevey Graves 1 bee stand No. 8 1.00 Robert Davison 1 bee stand No. 10 .O625 Lindsey Ellis 1 bee stand No. i! 0.62 William Morris 1 bee stand No. 12 0.75 Robert Reid 1 bee stand No. 13 ch JP Sewell 1.06 Jubal Goggin 1 bee stand No. 14 1.18 Joseph P Sewell 1 bee stand No. 15 and 16 2.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 bee stand No. 17 0.62 Wm D Parrish 1 bee stand No. 18 1.00 John L Thomas 1 iron tooth harrow 3.125 Hiram A Staton 1 plow Geer harrow 3.50 James Staton 1 cutting knife & box 1.37 James Staton 2 ox yokes 1 plow & sundries 1.25 James Hincle 1 harness, Geer, bridle &c 2.93 Russel Cole 1 pair streachers 0.375 James Staton 1 pair Geer 0.50 Hiram A Staton 1 Bultongue plow 0.50 F H Winfrey 1 hackney plow & clevis 3.37 Wm Morris 2 shovel plows 0.30 F H Winfrey 1 shovel plow 1.25 Joseph P Sewell 1 sythe & cradle 0.125 James Staton 3 old hoes & Barshear plow 1.30 Noeah Pearcy 1 Matare 1.18 Hiram A Staton 3 weeding hoes 0.87 James Hincle 1 single tree 0.25 Elisha Embree 1 briar sythe 1.25 James Staton 1 barrel of salt 3.56 Joseph P Sewell 1 spade & 3 reap hooks 1.24 Elisha Embree 1 mowing sythe 1.125 Mathew H Cheatham 1 old sythe 0.18 Robert Davison 1 mans saddle 3.80 Pawatan Thurman 1 womans saddle 8.75 Hiram A Staton 1 saddle bags 3.50 James Staton 1 sad iron 0.56 Jubal Goggin 1 1 hand saw 0.75 -------------------- Amount forwarded $650.87 / Amount forwarded $ 650.87/ Linn Cabbard 1 hand saw $ 0.87 Jubal Goggin 1 Lott Leather 1.18 Peter Davis 3 whetstones 0.30 James Holt 1 rasp & sundries 0.25 James Holt 1 drawing knife & hammer 1.00 James Holt 1 phlegms & spaying needle0.37 Lewis Smith 1 slate 0.18 Lindsey Ellis 1 slate 0.125 James Holt 1 trot line 0.375 Joseph P Sewell 1 steelyards 1.0625 Joseph P Sewell 1 dining table 4.62 Nathan Fletcher 2 table linnens 0.62 Linn Gabbart 1 table linnen 1.00 Joseph Warriner 2 wheat sievs 1.0625 James Staton 1 breakfast table 1.75 James Riddle 1 iron wedge & hammer 0.56 Lindsey Ellis 1 foot adds 1.25 Wm D Parrish 1 coffee mill 0.75 Robin Staton 1 lott of leathers 0.75 James Staton 1 lott of lumber 1.18 James P Sewell 1 hack plain 1 axe 1 auger 1 chissel 0.87 James P Sewell 1 warping mill & basket of spools 0.50 James Staton 1 knife frame 0.25 Joseph P Sewell 2 slays and bundle of hemp 0.30 John M Whitesides 1 sack of salt 2.62 Wm Morris 1 ring nib & wedges 0.125 Hiram A Staton 1 trunk 0.75 Wm Morris 1 counter pane 1.125 Lewis Perkins 1 blanket 1.56 Clifton Keeton 1 counterpane 1 coverlet 2.43 Lewis Perkins 1 quilt & coverlet 3.18 Hiram A Staton 1 coverlet 5.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 quilt 0.50 Hiram A Staton 1 coverlet 2.62 F H Winfrey 1 blanket 3.0625 L D Murphey 1 blanket 2.00 Hiram A Staton 1 counterpane 1.25 Clifton Keeton 1 counterpane 1.56 Hiram A Staton 1 bureau 1 oil cloth 5.00 Lyme Gabbard 1 looking glass 1.50 Joseph P Sewell 1 secetary book case & tea board 20.25 James Staton 1 cupboard 8.62 Joseph P Sewell 1 bedstand 4.125 F H Winfrey 1 map and gazetteer 4 Amount forwarded s 742.46 Amount forwarded s 722.46 Frederick Smith 1 fish net s 0.125 August 27th 1842 James Staton 1 clock 5.00 James Riddle 1 pair and irons 0.50 F H Winfrey 1 pair and irons 1.125 Johnathon Fletcher 29 pieces of China weare 3.00 Joseph P Sewell 1 set tea spoons 1.50 James Holt 1 Narrative by Riley 1 Lay figure 0.75 Henry Ross 3 vols Blair Simmons 1.125 James Holt 1 Universal & Hurrays Grammar 0.50 Wm D Parrish 1 Constitution of Different States 0.625 Samuel Simpson1 Life of Franklin 0.18 James Holt 5 acts of general assembly 1.00 Wm Morris 1 Columbian Orator & sundry others 0.55 James Holt 2 books 0.25 Russel Cole 1 Atlas & Geography 0.25 Wm Morris 4 books 0.18 Wm Morris 1 Lott of old Books 0.20 John Hutchinson 1 Volneys ruins 0.25 Russel Cole 2 books 0.10 Jubilee Goggin 1 Canoe 0.75 James Staton 6 split bottom chairs 2.06 Richard Lutreee 5 split bottom chairs 0.87 Joseph P Sewell 5 windsor chairs 1.80 Joseph P Sewell 1 Negroe Man Robbin 13.00 Hiram A Staton 1 Negroe Boy John 11.00 James Staton 2 Negroe girls for vituals clothes 11.00 James Smith 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.68 L D Murphey 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.75 David H Thurman 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.80 David H Thurman 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.87 Russel Cole 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.80 L D Murphey 1 Lott of wool 10 pounds 1.87 Miss Jane Ellis 1 Lott a 20a per pound 1.87 Amount forwarded $ 828.0025 End of ky-footsteps-digest V01 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