Nelson County, KY - Settles, Joseph, Will & Settlement, 1819 & 1838
10 Jul 1999

Submitted by:  Livings1@aol.com  (Anne Linvingston)

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Nelson County KY Will Book D  p. 119
Will of Joseph SETTLE dec'd.  Wife Susannah to have plantation for life, then 
to son William.  Mentions daughters Rachel, Mima, Sally, Lydda, Betsey, Anna. 
Sons Joel and James were his administrators.  Witnesses were Henry and 
Margaret COTTON.  Written 30 Nov 1815.  Probated 15 Aug 1819.   

p. 121  Appraisal of the personal estate of Joseph SETTLES deceased by Thomas 
LEWIS, James F. NALL and Thomas HUNTER.  Total Worth:  $837.  Returned 16 Sep 
1819.

p. 133  Sale of the personal estate of Joseph SETTLES dec'd.  Total $406.99, 
Joel SETTLES executor.  These are from the old Nelson Co. Pioneer and they 
did not list buyers unless they had the same name as the deceased - "Family 
buyers:  James, William, Joel, Susannah, Sally, Lidd, Ann, Betty SETTLES"  16 
Sep 1819.   

Nelson Co. KY Chancery Court 1838:  Peter SPALDING vs. Polly SETTLES, Susan 
SETTLES, Mima SETTLES, John BARNES and Wife Ann, formerly SETTLES, William 
SETTLES, Benjamin SETTLES, Rozella SETTLES, children of Joel SETTLES, dec'd 
and Isaac SETTLES, William SETTLES, Washington SETTLES, Jefferson SETTLES, 
Fred SETTLES, Joseph SETTLES, George SETTLES and Mr. SMITH and wife Eliza 
formerly SETTLES, children of James SETTLES deceased.

As near as I can tell (unless I am missing him)  Joseph SETTLES appeared for 
the first time on a tithable list in Nelson Co.  in 1792 in Benjamin FRYE's 
list "on the south and west side of the Rolling Fork River"   He is tithed 
for himself only - no land shown.

On the 1800 list  he is tithed 12 May for himself and 361 acres in "the 
Southern Area" of Nelson Co. - taken by Anthony FOSTER.