SILVY - SILVEY ATKINSON - ADKINSON - ATKISON Contributed by: Anne Baker "abaker@searnet.com" Original paper on file at the Harrodsburg Historical Society, Harrodsburg, Ky. 40330 Mercer County Kentucky 22 Oct 1824 To the worpshipful County Court of Mercer - we the undersigned do certify to your honorable Body that Sally Silvy of the County of Mercer & state of Kentucky is old & superanuated she is a person of Eighty years of age & has not the means to support of sustenance we therefore think it required that your honours would alow some thing to suport her - the sum that we respectively think your body should alow is about forty Dollars - we further certify that it is not in her power to attend personally before you as she is not able to ride & the distance in her inform state to grate to walk - we do further certify that she is at this time living with her Daughter Sally Atkison who has a considerable Family to support & in low circumstances which precludes her unable to suport the old lady. Jacob Reynerson Stephen Lyen John Crawford William Wilson James Allison John Wilson Alexander Wilson, Jr Alexander Wilson, Sr Wm Davenport Wm Godlette Allen Devenport Saml Allison Garret Vandike John Vandyke NOTES: Thomas Adkinson b 4 Aug 1777 & died 12 Dec 1817 His wife Sally was born 29 Jun 1778 (These dates from the bible of their daughter, Martha Adkinson & her husband Ephram Cunningham - Mercer Co Bible Records Vol 1, Harrodsburg Historical Society publication) Sally, widow of Thomas Adkinson, m 2nd - 11 Aug 1830 in Mercer Co to William Kelly - an American Revolutionary War Pensioner #S13595, who was born in Culpepper Co., Va. & died near Duncansville 22 Sep 1854 over 90 years old. His first wife was Elizabeth Poulter b in Culpepper Co Va & died in Mercer Co. Sally died 4 Oct 1855 - also near Duncansville in western Mercer Co., & was born in VA. She received, after the death of William Kelly , a widow's pension Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.