ky-footsteps Tuesday, February 18, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] COURT: Excerpts of Court Proceedings, 1835-1837, Hardin County # 2 [KYF] WILL: McMillen, 1820, Hardin Co. # 3 [KYF] BIBLE: Nelson/Quisenberry/Sewell _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Sheila Gatlin Date: 6 February 2003 Subject: [KYF] COURT: Excerpts of Court Proceedings, 1835-1837, Hardin County ------------------------------------------------------------ Monday 20th July 1835- ...............being sworn before some Magistrate of this county appraise the balance of the Goods & Chattles & Slaves of ____ estate of said Daniel MCNIELL deceased & make report to Court. ______ On motion of John KING. It is ordered that a Summons isue against Sarah EDLIN admininistratrix and Richard EDLIN administrator of James EDLIN deceased to appear here on the first day of the next term of this Court to show cause if any they can why said John KING should not be released as their security & new security given. _______ Ordered that Henry AMENT be appointed Surveyor of that part of the road leading from HARTLEYS Mill to Brandenburg which lies between the said mill and the crop plains and that all the hands(?) in the following bound towit Beginning at Anthony AMENT's sur. down Rough Creek to the Mill thence to Thomas THOMAS's thence to Joseph HARTLEY's thence to John SMITHER's thence to the Beginning; do asist the said Henry AMENT in Rasping(?) said road in refrain. ________ An Inventory of the Appraisement of the estate of Jacob DUFFNER (DUFNER) deceased was produced in Court and ordered to be recorded. ______ Monday 17th October 1836- On Motion of William JOHNSON who took the Oath required by law and together with Moses THOMAS his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs the administration of the estate of John JENKINS, Senr. deceased is granted him. ________ Ordered that John KING, Peter KENNEDY, James KENNEDY & Thomas QUINN or any three of them do after being sworn before some Magistrate of this County appraise the estate of John JENKINS, Senr. deceased and make report to Court. ______ On Motion of Polly BAILEY who took the Oath required by law and together with Waters J. STOUT and James MILLER her securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Eight hundred dollars conditioned as the law directs the administration of the estate of Walles (Waller?) BAILEY deceased is granted her. ______ Ordered that WilliamTARPLEY, Thomas ROBINSON, Benjamin KEITH, and James YATES or any three of them do after being sworn before some magistrate of this County appraise the estate of Waller BAILEY deceased and make report to court. ________ This day came Philip LOVE one of the Executors of William LOVE deceased and acknowledged a receipt to Bryan R. YOUNG his Co Executor for all the assets of the estate which is received by the court as a settlement on the part of said YOUNG and as such is ordered to be recorded. And the said YOUNG in open court desiring to take no further or other charge of the estate of the Testator renounced his...........(end of copy)... _______ Monday 17th April 1837- Isaiah MILLER is appointed constable of the 11th district of this County and thereupon he took the oath required by law and entered into bond with James CRUTCHER & Washington R. LUCAS his securities in penalty of two thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs ______ John MAYES is appointed constable of the 1st district of this County and thereupon he took the oath required by law and together with Washington R. LUCAS and Thomas PATTON his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of two thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. ______ Benedict JENKINS & Eleanor JENKINS infant orphans of John JENKINS senr. dec'd came into court and being permitted so to do chose John JENKINS Jr. their Guardian and he was also appointed by the Court guardian for Elisha JENKINS also an infant orphan of John JENKINS Senr. deceased under the age of twenty one years and thereupon he took the oath required by law and together with Lewis JENKINS and Andrew McMILLEN his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of two hundred and forty dollars conditioned as the law directs. _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Sheila Gatlin Date: 5 February 2003 Subject: [KYF] WILL: McMillen, 1820, Hardin Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Surnames: McMILLEN/McMULLEN/McMILLAN, HILL, UMPHERS/HUMPHRIES, STADER Hardin County Will Book D, Page 13 1820-1822 In the Name of God and agreeable to to My own will and Consent and being at the present time in my right Mind __ I do hereby signify and Constitute this my last Will and testament revoking and disannuling all former Wills __ In the first place I do bequeath to my belved Wife Sophia McMULLEN, one third of my real and personal estate the land to be so divided that she Shall have the house and a sufficency of clened ground for her use where we now resid this part she is to have and to hold foreve and at or before her decease Can dispose of it to whom she pleases in the next place I do wish all the remander of my estate to be equally divided between the whole of of my children male and female so that each may have an equal proportion and it is further my wish that there shall be no sale of my estate unless it be by the consent of my wife & all my children I further wish that sum judicious person be appointed by the consent of the parties or if they cannot agree that the County Court appoint them to divide my estate agreeable to my will and I further wish for those appointed to divide my estate shall compensate those who are now... (too dark to read)... me and are laboring for me who are above age___I do further nominate and appoint my two sons Adrew McMILLAN & (inserted) (William McMILLAN my executors in Testimony) Whereof I do hereunto afix my hand & Seal this 18th day of April 1820 William(his X mark)McMILLEN Test Test John HILL Joseph UMPHERS Peter STADER At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court house in Elizabeth on Monday the 4th day of February 1822 the within instrument of writing purporting to be the last will & testament of William McMILLEN deceased was produced in Court and proven by oath of John HILL a Subscribing Witness thereto and laid over for further proof. And at a Court began & held in the County aforesaid on Monday the 6th day of May 1822 the Same was fully proven by the oath of Joseph HUMPHRIES an other subscribing witness thereto and the ...................... (did not fit on page) Sheila's note: (Transcribed by Sheila Gatlin from a printout of microfilm at Elizabethtown Community College. I kept the spelling errors and repeated words as they were on the copy. The lower right side was shadowy and difficult to make out.) _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Glenn Weissrock Date: 14 February 2003 Subject: [KYF] BIBLE: Nelson/Quisenberry/Sewell ------------------------------------------------------------ Marriages By the Rev. Deuteronomy Highbinder W. Obadiah Ski?flint to (Mary) ? (Amy)? Maria Kitty Sophia Bottlewashers By the Rev. (illegible) Am----?(illegible) (The above is very faded and may not be an accurate transcription, it is written in pencil and a different hand than the following marriage records) Thomas H. Nelson son of William Nelson and Henrietta his wife was married to Amanda Sewell daughter of Joseph Sewell and Sarah his wife September the 8, 1836 Thomas H. Nelson son of William Nelson and Henrietta his wife was married to Mary C. Sewell daughter of Joseph Sewell and Katherine Sewell his wife February the 11, 1847 Mrs Kathrline Nelson Kity wrote it on the bible leaf(written in pencil in different hand) Births Rosa L. Sewell was borned February the 20th 1875 New Castle, Ky. Henry Co. (above written in pencil in different hand than following) Thomas H. Nelson son of William Nelson and Henrietta his wife was born June the 22, 1815 Amanday Sewell daughter of Joseph Sewell and Sarah his wife was born January the 1, 1818 Henrietta Nelson daughter of Thomas H. Nelson and Amanda his wife was born August the 28, 1839 Catharine Ann Nelson daughter of Thomas H. Nelson and Amanda his wife was born October the 13, 1843 Jane E. Nelson daughter of Thomas H. Nelson and Mary C. Nelson his wife was born December the 1, 1847 Amanda Demarious Nelson daughter of Thomas H. Nelson and Mary C. Nelson his wife was born April the 23, 1850 Lewis H. Nelson son of Thomas H. Nelson and Mary C. Nelson his wife was born August the 29, 1860 (The above written in the same good hand and faded brown ink) Rosa L. Sewell daughter of James Walter Sewell and Malvinia his wife was born February the 20, 1874 Rosa Sewell The above written in pencil Robert T. Quisenberry son of J. H. and Bessie L Quisenberry born February the 11, 1902 The above written in bluish purple pencil Rosella A. Quisenberry daughter of J. H. and Bessie L. Quisenberry born November 12, 1914 The above written in black ink Deaths Ora Loo Quisenberry daughter of Robert and Amanda Quisenberry died March the 13th 1885 Placed in the beautiful cemetery of Pleasureville Amanda Nelson wife of Thomas H. Nelson died October the 22, 1845 aged 26 years 9 months 19 days Luis H. Nelson son of Thomas H. Nelson and Mary C. Nelson his wife died January the 12, 1864 aged 3 years 5 months and 12 days Jane E. Nelson daughter of Thomas H. Nelson and Mary C. Nelson his wife died March the 9, 1868 aged 20 years 3 months and 8 days Thom H. Nelson died February the 20, 1882 Ora L. Quisenberry daughter of Robert and Amanda Quisenberry died March the 13, 1885 Mrs Mary C. Nelson died March 3, 1899 J. H. Quisenberry died October 3, 1915 The bible is in generally poor condition with the front cover missing and some of the Old Testament missing as well. There are numerous papers stuck in the pages of the bible, such as, pages from the Central Methodist newspaper dated August 9 1890 and church bulletin handouts from the same period. There are two nice maps one of Jerusalem. The heading for the New Testament reads The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the original Greek: and with the former translations, diligently compared and revised. By the special command of His Majesty King James I, of England Philadelphia: Published by H. C. Carey and I. Lea No. 126 Chestnut-Street 1823. The other books that came with the bible are Volumes 3 and 4 of Benson's Commentaries Volume 3 Covers Ecclesiastes through Malachi. The book is leather bound with both covers and is in fair condition. The cover page reads: The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments (according to the Present Authorized Version) with Critical, Explanatory and Practical Notes: The marginal readings of the most approved printed copies of the scriptures with such others as appear to be countenanced by the Hebrew and Greek originals: A copious Collection of Parallel texts; Summaries of Each Book and Chapter; and the date of every transaction and event recorded in the sacred oracles, agreeable to the calculations of the most correct chronologers By Rev. Joseph Benson Volume III- Ecclesiastes to Malachi New-York" Published by Carlton and Phillips 200 Mulberry-Street 1854 There is no inscription of ownership on the inside covers of the book however on the inside rear cover there are three cursive letters written in faded brown ink. One a J the other possibly a Y and the third maybe a J or Q Volume 4 Covers Matthew through the Acts. The book is leather bound with both covers and is in fair condition. The cover page reads: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (according to the Present Authorized Version) with Critical, Explanatory and Practical Notes: The marginal readings of the most approved printed copies of the New testament, with such others as appear to be countenanced by the original Greek: A copious Collection of Parallel texts; Summaries of Each Book and Chapter; and the date of every transaction and event recorded in this part of the sacred oracles, agreeably to the calculations of the most correct chronologers By Rev. Joseph Benson Volume IV- Matthew through the Acts of the Apostles New-York Published by T. Mason and G. Lane, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the conference office, 200 Mulberry-Street James Collard, Printer 1839. This page is covered by a tissue leaf and is inscribed in purple ink/ pencil in the same hand as can be found in the Nelson/Quisenberry family bible It reads: Rev. Joseph Benson Rev. W H Quisenberry Bedford, Ky Oct 11, 1881 Mr. Albert Brewer, written upside down on this same leaf in grey pencil lead. The front inside cover of this book has one torn page, various writing, drawing, and scribbling. Among the names written in pencil are: W H Quisenberry, Tandy Quisenberry, Perry McCarty, Luther Perkins Jr ? The top left hand corner shows the date 1853. Amid the writing of the names it is dated October 2, 1870 Written on the inside rear cover of the book in faded brown ink says John D. Perkinson, book price $1.65 cts Bensons Commentary March the 9, 1852 bought from (illegible) Glenn's note: The Bible and Commentaries were bought in an auction box by my grandparents in Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County approximately 25 years ago. From the many Methodist artifacts in the bible and the inscription of Rev. W.H. Quisenberrys name, I believe these books all belonged to the Reverend and were passed down to his son Tandy Quisenberry who died in Jefferson County, Ky. In 1927.I would love to return These books to descendents of the Nelson's or Quisenberry's who would treasure and Preserve them. Please contact me if you may help in this regard or have questions of Your own. Thanks for your time and consideration. Glenn Weissrock, Louisville, Ky e-mail: sweissrock@aol.com End of ky-footsteps-digest V03 #03 8 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************************