ADAIR COUNTY, KY WILL BOOK C, VOL I & II
Contributed By: Sharon Fuller Bell
Abstracts of Wills and Index to Inventories & Settlements
Page 1 Robert PAGE Article of Agreement Apr 1816
Page 1 Reuben WAGGONER Will Written Jun 23 1809
Wife: Caty Waggoner
Children: Andrew, Edmond, Franklin, Polly & Malinda
Son-in-laws: John Ingram and Siemeon Creel
Heir: Elliott Rucker
Ex: wife, Caty, Charles Creel, John Ingram & Siemon Creel
Recorded: Jan 22 1818
Page 3 Aaron RICHARDS Will Written Jul 24 1817
Wife: Cloe Richards
Children: Lydia Ware, Thomas, David & Brice Richards, Polly Getterith?
Legatee: Bazel Richards
Ex: son, Amos Richards & William Perryman
Recorded: Jan 22 1818
Page 5 Robert PAGE Will Written: Sep 29 1803
Wife: Mary Page
Children: William, Robert, George W., Nicholas, Samuel
& James Page, Betsy Davis, Jenny Griffin, Polly Griffin
Ex: William, Robert, George & Nicholas Page
Recorded: Dec 2 1817
Page 7 Augustus SHEPHERD
Page 9 Thomas MORGAN Will Written: Mar 21 1813
Heirs: wife, Jane & children; my father
Ex: John Reed, John Armstrong & Jno. Calhoun.
Recorded: Feb 2 1818
Page 9 John STAPP Settlement
Page 13 William COX Settlement
Page 13 Obed GREEN Appraisal
Page 14 Barren CRUMPTON Will Written: Aug 3 1818
Wife: Catherine Crumpton
Children: John, William, Micajah, Burrell, Charlotte Cross,
Sally, Sucky, Rachel, Polly & Catherine
Ex: My son, Nathaniel Wilson, and William Cross
Recorded: Sep 7 1818
Page 16 Elisha WINFREY Appraisal
Page 18 Reuben WAGGONER Appraisal
Page 19 Robert PAGE Inventory
Page 22 Barren CRUMPTON Appraisal
Page 24 Simon HANCOCK Will Written: Dec 6 1790, Bedford, VA
Wife: Jean Hancock
Children: Edward, Samuel & John Hancock, Nancy Moorman
Grandchildren: Simon Hancock, Permelia Hancock,
Jean and her father William, Ann Jackson and her mother Hanna
Ex: wife and sons, Edward and Samuel
Recorded: Sep 21 1818
Page 26 Barren CRUMPTON Sales
Page 30 Aaron RICHARDS Appraisal
Page 32 Betsey DOHONEY Appraisal
Page 33 Joseph WALKER Appraisal
Page 34 Robert PAGE Sales
Page 35 John STATTON Sales
Page 35 Drury WILLIAMS Account
Page 36 Betsy DOHONEY Account allowed
Page 39 William EDMUNDS Sales
Page 39 Mary THURMAN Appraisal
Page 40 Benjamin BAILEY Will Written: 25-Feb-1819
Wife: Anna Bailey
Children: Dorcus, Tilford, Katey, Mira, Mariah, Amos & Allison
Ex: William and Anna Bailey
Recorded: Apr 5 1819
Page 40 Guy OWNENSBY Appraisal
Page 41 Aaron RICHARDS Settlement
Page 42 Cager CREEL Will Written Mar 12 1819
Heirs: wife, Milly and children
Ex: Simon Creel and William Burbridge
Recorded:
Page 44 Crofford READY Appraisal
Page 47 John STAPP List of Businesses
Page 48 John BRAND Appraisal
Page 49 John BRAND Sales
Page 50 Henry WHITE Will Written: Apr 5 1819
Wife: Susanna White
Children: Elisabeth Jones, Polly Barbour, Susana Wolf, Henry,
Nancy & Isaac White
Ex: Susan & Henry White
Recorded: Jul 5 1819
Page 51 William POWELL Settlement
Page 53 John BURBRIDGE Will Written: Mar 19 1819
Legatees: Nancy Lucas, Betsy & Sally Stapp, Jeremiah &
Elijah Burbridge, Polly Bowman, Milly Creel,
& Louisa Simpson
Ex:William Burbridge
Recorded: Nov 1 1819
Page 54 John STATON Will Written: Mar 30 1789, Buckingham,VA
Wife: Mary Staton
Children: Lucy, Martha, Anthony Damron, John, Reuben,
George Dameron, William, Charles Cameron,
& Shatten
Ex: John Couch, Hardin Perkins, John Staton, Jr.
Probated: Aug 18 1790, Buckingham, VA
Recorded: Aug 6 1819 Adair County
Page 55 William MORRISON Appraisal
Page 56 Robert BINGHAM Appraisal
Page 57 Robert BINGHAM Settlement
Page 57 John BURBRIDGE Inventory
Page 58 Robert BINGHAM Sales
Page 58 John BURBRIDGE Sales
Page 58 Phillis WILLIAMS Dower
Page 59 Cager CREEL Appraisal
Page 60 Jonathan STONE Appraisal
Page 63 Thomas SHIRLEY Will Written: Apr 11 1820
Wife: Molly Shirley
Children: Patsy Hodges, Frances G. CULP, Paul, William,
Thomas, Richard, James, John, George, Mary & Charles Shirley
Ex: Paul & William Shirley
Recorded: May 1 1820
Page 65 Abraham KERNS Will Written: Feb 9 1820
Wife: Elizabeth Kerns
Children: Silas, Huldah Hill, Elizabeth, Christina, Mariah,
and Lidda
Ex: wife & Tal Kerns
Recorded: May 1 1820
Page 67 William WORLEY Appraisal
Page 69 Edmund WILLIS SR Will Written: May 12 1820
Wife: Frances Willis
Children: Joseph, Merry, Sally Squires, William, Elizabeth Anderson, Bird,
Nancy, Willie, Virginia, America & Edmund Willis
Ex: Joe Willis & John Ingram
Recorded: Jul 3 1820
Page 71 Thomas SHIRLEY Appraisal
Page 72 Abraham KERNS Appraisal
Page 73 Abraham KERNS Sales
Page 74 Thomas MORGAN Appraisal
Page 75 Daniel HASTON Will Written: Jun 6 1820
Children: Eliza, Elizabeth, Polly and Peggy
Ex: Archibald Skagg.
Recorded: Aug 10 1820
Page 76 Absolem ATKINSON Will Written: Aug 2 1820
Wife: Nancy Atkinson
Children: Nancy Atkinson, her children, & rest of my children
Ex: Zachariah Taylor, Isiah Atkinson and Moris Atkinson
Recorded: Sep 4 1820
Page 77 Thomas COLEMAN Will Written: Sep 13 1820
Wife: Nancy Children: names not given.
Ex: Nancy Coleman and Edmund Rogers
Recorded: Nov 6 1820
Page 79 Thomas COLEMAN Appraisal
Page 82 Jane LONDON Inventory
Page 83 Stephen WHITE Appraisal
Page 84 Thomas COLEMAN Appraisal
Page 85 Lincefield GRADY Settlement
Page 89 Polly REESE Appraisal
Page 90 Elizabeth FLETCHER Dower
Page 91 John FLETCHER Inventory
Page 92 Lingan W.SELBY Appraisal
Page 93 Thomas PRICE Appraisal
Page 94 William CLARK Will Written: Oct 21 1810
Wife: Sally Clark
Children: NancyCrenshaw, Polly, Sally & Thomas Clark.
Ex: P.D. Craddock
Recorded: Jul 2 1821
Page 95 Roberson MCKENNY Will Written: Oct 7 1820
Heirs: wife, Mary & Voncent Pattern's children
Ex: Mary McKenny.
Recorded: Aug 7 1821
Page 97 Cager CREEL Sales
Page 100 Daniel HASTON Inventory
Page 101 Joseph MCELVOY Inventory
Page 102 Drury WILLIAMS Appraisal
Page 103 Lucy STAPP Appraisal
Page 104 Uriah SQUIRES Inventory
Page 105 John CALDWELL Inventory
Page 107 Drury WILKERSON Appraisal
Page 109 Edmund WILLIS SR Appraisal
Page 110 Richard CUNDIFF Appraisal
Page 112 Richard CUNDIFF Sales
Page 115 Lincefield GRADY Division of slaves
Page 117 Robert MCKINNEY Appraisal
Page 119 John CONLEY Will Written: Apr 19 1820
Daughter: Melinda C. McGinnis
Heirs: Wm. McGinnis, John Esther, Synthia, Green
& Anderson-grandchildren.
Ex: Wm. McNeely
Recorded: Feb 4 1822
Page 121 Joseph WHEAT SR Will Written: Jan 10 1822
Wife: Lucy Willis
Sons: Zachariah, Basil, Levi & Joseph
Slaves: Jude & George
Ex: son Basil
Recorded: Feb 4 1822
Page 122 Robert PAGE Settlement
Page 125 Randolph NEAT Appraisal
Page 126 Elizabeth SQUIRES Dower
Page 128 Joseph WHEAT SR Appraisal
Page 129 Richard CUNDIFF Appraisal
Page 129 James STAPP Appraisal
Page 131 Thomas EVANS Appraisal
Page 132 Thomas EVANS Sales
Page 134 John COCHRAN Inventory
Page 135 John COCHRAN Sales
Page 135 Mathew MCDOWELL Appraisal
Page 136 James LAPSLEY Appraisal
Page 137 Anthony G. WILLIS Appraisal
Page 138 Nathaniel MALONE Will Written: Jun 23 1819
Freedom to slaves
Ex: Alex Harris and Samuel Marshall.
Recorded: Aug 7 1822
Page 138 John JUDD Sales
Page 139 Randolph NEAT Inventory
Page 139 William MONTGOMERY Appraisal
Page 142 Randolph NEAT Sales
Page 143 James WALKER Sales
Page 146 Gideon PRICE Inventory
Page 147 Thomas B. JOHNSTON Inventory
Page 147 Drury WILLIAMS Inventory
Page 149 Thomas B. JOHNSTON Sales
Page 150 William CASEY Sales
Page 150 Margaret NEAT Dower
Page 151 William H. GILMER Inventory
Page 153 William H. GILMER Sales
Page 156 Anderson WHITE Inventory
Page 157 James LAPSLEY Sales
Page 159 Robert ORR Appraisal
Page 160 Robert TELFORD Will Written: Jan 11 1819
Children: Mary Agle, Jenny Walker, Sally Gilmer, Betsy Gilmore,
John, Alexander, Robert, William & James Telford
Ex: James Irvin, Henry Check
Recorded: Jul 1823
Page 161 Luther JUDD Will Written: Sep 13 1823
Heirs: mother, Polly Judd
Recorded: Oct 4 1823
Page 162 James ROBERTSON Sales
Page 162 Gannaway WARRENER Sales
Page 163 John ORR Appraisal
Page 164 Adam MUSSER Appraisal
Page 165 Gideon PRICE Settlement
Page 165 Jemmima WILKERSON Settlement
Page 166 James WALKER Appraisal
Page 167 Drury WILLIAMS Inventory
Page 168 Jane GREGORY Sales
Page 169 John ISBELL Sales
Page 171 Adam HALL Appraisal
Page 173 John BARGER Appraisal
Page 174 Rowland JUDD Will Written: Feb 27 1824
Wife: Phanny judd
Children: Hiram, Harrison and Nancy Judd, Sally Pendelton
Heirs: Nancy Judd, granddaughter
Ex: Isaac Sallie & Henry Smith
Recorded: Jul 5 1824
Page 176 John BARGER Sales
Page 177 Mary SHIRLEY Dower
Page 178 Mathew MUSSER Appraisal
Page 179 John WHITE Inventory
Page 180 Uriah SQUIRES Inventory
Page 182 Elizabeth FLETCHER Guardian Settlement
Page 184 John FLETCHER Settlement
Page 187 Thomas GILMER Settlement
Page 187 Jesse HOOD Appraisal
Page 188 Samuel MONDAY Appraisal
Page 191 Jesse HOOD Sales
Page 193 Mathew MCDOWELL Settlement
Page 194 Joseph WALKER Inventory
Page 195 Richard DYER Inventory
Page 195 Robert ORR Guardian
Page 196 Alexander WALKER SR Will Written: Mar 2 1823
Wife: Peggy
Children: Cyrus, Joseph, Allen, Alexander, Montgomery, Zinnus,
Peggy Jane, Martha, Andrew & Abner Walker
Ex: Peggy, Joseph, Abner & Cyrus Walker
Recorded: Nov 1 1824
Page 198 Richard DYER Settlement
Page 198 Drury WILLIAMS Inventory
Page 199 Peter DAVIS Inventory
Page 199 Anderson WHITE Inventory
Page 200 Peter DAVIS Sales
Page 201 Betsey DAVIS Inventory
Page 202 Betsey DAVIS Sales
Page 204 John JUDD Sales
Page 205 Harrison CALLICOT Appraisal
Page 206 Alexander WALKER SR Inventory
Page 207 Adam HALL Settlement
Page 210 Jane GREGORY Inventory
Page 211 James MORRISON Inventory
Page 211 Peter MUSSER Settlement
Page 212 John BARGER Sales
Page 212 James MORRISON Sales
Page 218 Harriason CALLICOT Sales
Page 220 Gideon PRICE Allowance to Admin.
Page 221 James KING Will Written: Oct 4 1824
Heirs: James King, son of Francis King; James King, nephew;
Susanah King, dau of James King; James King Jr;
Elijah King, brother
Slaves: Edmund, wife Brino, sons Beverly & Edmond
Slaves: Bob; wife Sarah, children Isaac, Henry & Dinah
Slaves: Samuel & Charles
Ex: Elijah King & nephew, James King
Recorded: Apr 4 1825
Page 223 John JUDD Settlement
Page 223 John ISBELL Sales
Page 225 Isaac S???GRASS Sales
Page 226 James KING Appraisal
Page 228 William MEREDITH Will Written: Jan 19 1824
Wife: Rebecca Meredith
Children: Daniel & my children
Heir: Fielding Bratcher, son-in-law.
Ex: Fielding Bratcher.
Recorded: May 1825
Page 229 Jubal TURNER Appraisal
Page 230 Issac HENDRICKSON Jr Will Written: Mar 25 1825
Wife: Polly Hendrickson
Children: Felix Hendrickson, William & Sally Henderson
Ex: Issac Hendrickson Sr., Phillip Knifley & Polly Hendrickson.
Recorded: May 1825
Page 231 Edward TINSLEY Claims
Page 231 William G. MONTGOMERY Sales
Page 233 Uriah SQUIRES Settlement
Page 235 George KINNARD Appraisal
Page 236 William MEREDITH Sales
Page 237 John YATES Will Written: Jul 21 1820
Wife: Betsy yates
Children: George, Frances, James & John Yates, Sally Estes,
Polly Browning, Betsy Wallace
Grandson: John Wallace
Slaves: Adam, Nancy, Biney, Lucky, Simon, Nan, Austin, Bill,
Ceasar & Tom
Ex: John Yates, William Wallace
Recorded: Jul 4 1825
Page 239 Thomas B. JOHNSTON Settlement
Page 239 WOLFORD Account
Page 240 Stephen SHEPHERD Will Written: Jul 1825
Wife: Mary Shepherd
Children: Jesse, Meridith, Elizabeth, William, Frances Shepherd
Ex: William, Jesse & Frances Shepherd
Recorded: Nov 7 1825
Page 243 Samuel CRAWLEY Sales
Page 247 Thomas B. JOHNSTON Dower
Page 247 Samuel PAGE Sales
Page 250 William MEREDITH Inventory
Page 250 Frail CUNDIFF Will Written: Jul 12 1825
Heirs: wife, Polly & children, brother Christopher
Wit: James Warriner & John Vaughn
Recorded: Nov 1825
Page 251 William CALDWELL Will Written: Aug 2 1825
Wife: Rebeckah Caldwell
Wit: Aaron & Nancy Redman
Recorded: Aug 1825
Page 251 Adam MUSSER Sales
Page 252 William ROWE Appraisal
Page 254 Daniel HASTON Settlement
Page 255 John HUDGINS Will Written: Nov 1825
Heirs: wife & children
Ex: son Medley Hudgins
Recorded: Dec 5 1825
Page 255 Drury WILLIAMS Sales
Page 262 Samuel YOUNG Inventory
Page 318 Stephen WHITE Settlement
Page 361 William TUCKER Will Written: Aug 19 1825
Heirs: mother Martha Tucker
Ex: Ebenezer Compton
Recorded: Feb 1826
Page 362 George KINNARD Sales
Page 362 Issac HENDRICKSON Jr Appraisal
Page 364 Samuel PAGE Appraisal
Page 366 Thomas TURK Will Written: Dec 10 1825
Wife: Margaret Turk
Children: Hiram, Amanda & William Turk
Ex: Hiram & Thomas Gilmer
Recorded: Feb 1826
Page 369 Jubal TURNER Inventory
Page 371 Robert CRAVENS Appraisal
Page 372 Seth BRADSHAW Inventory
Page 373 Levi SQUIRES Will Written: Feb 12 1825
Heirs: Wife & sons Levi & Thomas Squires
Ex: Thomas Squires & Levi Squires
Recorded: Jul 18 1826
Page 373 Robert WILKINS Appraisal
Page 375 Thomas TURK Appraisal
Page 377 Stephen SHEPHERD Inventory
Page 379 Garret COWNOVER Will Written: Mar 26 1826
Wife: Lydia
Children: William, John, Peter, , Robert, & Caroline Cownover, Elizabeth
Caldwell, Rebecca Spears, Peggy McKneely, Polly Gilmers heirs
Heirs: Thompson McNeely (grandson).
Ex: Wm., John, Peter Cownover or Conover.
Recorded: Apr 1826
Page 381 Jubal TURNER Report
Page 382 Peter DAVIS Settlement
Page 383 Stephen SHEPHERD Sales
Page 385 John P. M. MONTGOMERY Settlement
Page 386 Betsey DAVIS Settlement
Page 388 William Seth BRADSHAW Will Written: Feb 9 1826
Wife: Anna
Children: William, Isaac, Isiah, Anna, Elijah, Seth, Charlotty, Seely Bradshaw
Mary Wilson Millie Miller
Ex: Anna Bradshaw & friend, Mr. Bradshaw
Recorded: May 1826
Page 389 James MURRAY Appraisal
Page 391 Aaron WILLIAMS Inventory
Page 396 James BREEDING Will Written: Sep 25 1826
Wife: Peggy Breeding
Sons: George, John, James & Robert Breeding
Daughters: Laura, Jane & Margaret Breeding, Mary Patterson,
Elizabeth Young & Rachel Stone
Ex: George & James Breeding
Recorded: Dec 1826
Page 398 William CONOVER Sales
Page 401 Curly G. GOW Inventory
Page 401 George KINNARD Sales
Page 402 William CONOVER Inventory
Page 408 Isaac S???GRASS Settlement
Page 413 Jubal TURNER Settlement
Page 417 William LOCKET Inventory
Page 417 Drury WILLIAMS Settlement
Page 420 Zadook HILLS Will Written: Mar 17 1827
Wife: Rebecca Hills
Children: Charles, John, Lucinda, Bertha Hills, Catherine Beard, Mira Jackson
Ex: Jackson Taylor
Recorded: Jul 4 1827
Page 422 Serapta BARTON Will Written: Apr 19 1827
Heirs: Samuel Barton (g son), Patsy Moss (dau), Nancy Chapman
Wit: John Martin & Maria Chapman
Recorded: Jul 4 1827
Page 423 Cleaver C. HARRELL Will Written: Feb 3 1827
Wife: Mary Harrell
Children: William, Charles W., James, Thomas, John & Elijah Harrell,
Polly Wheeler, Nancy Brown
Grandson: William Armstrong
Ex: sons, John & Elijah Harrell
Recorded: Oct 1 1827
Page 426 Ann MOON Inventory
Page 427 Thompson CASKEY Inventory
Page 430 Thompson CASKEY Sales
Page 435 Robert CASKEY Sales
Page 438 William STULTZ Inventory
Page 441 Ben CHOCKLY Inventory
Page 441 Lincefield GRADY Guardian Settlement
Page 442 Thomas SQUIRES Division of slaves
Page 445 David WALKER Will Written: Dec 17 1827
Wife: Jane Walker
Children: Alexander, Ann, David & others
Ex: sons, Alexander & David Walker
Recorded: Feb 4 1828
Page 445 James LAPSLEY Inventory
Page 447 James MORRISON Guardian
Page 450 John BURBRIDGE Settlement
Page 451 John FENTON Will Written: May 4 1828
Wife: Polly Fenton
Children: Lucinda & Marion Fenton, Nancy Henderson
Test: George Shirley, Samuel Crawhorn, James England
Recorded: Jul 7 1828
Page 452 Zadook HILLS Inventory
Page 454 Cleaver C. HARRELL Inventory
Page 455 Francis MONTGOMERY Will Written: No date given
Wife: Mary Montgomery
Children: Francis, Robert, Joel & Thomas Montgomery, Betsey Epperson,
Ann Taylor, Mecky Hurt
Grandson: Robert Montgomery, son of William, deceased
Slaves: Lucy, Daniel, July, Mary Ann, Catherine, Isaac, Nicholas, Marculas
Ex: Francis & William Montgomery, Zachariah Taylor, William Epperson
Recorded: Aug 1828
Page 457 David WALKER Inventory
Page 459 William CONOVER Settlement
Page 461 John ISBELL Settlement
Page 463 Barren CRUMPTON Settlement
Page 463 Thomas COLEMAN Division of slaves
Page 464 Robert TODD Will Written: May 14 1827
Wife: Jane Todd
Children: Levi, Andrew, Robert, William, Warner, Samuel, Jane, Elizabeth,
John, Lucinda & Yates
Other: Daughter Nancy's children
Ex: Levi Todd
Recorded: Nov 1828
Page 466 John KELTNER Inventory
Page 466 C. A. PATTERSON Acct & Acknowledgement
Page 466 Ann MOON Administration
Page 467 Jesse HOOD Sales
Page 467 James MORRISON Division of slaves
Page 468 Robert TODD Inventory
Page 472 William BARRON Will Written: Oct 25 1828
Heirs: wife, Elizabeth & son, Perry
Ex: Elizabeth Barron
Recorded: Jan 5 1829
Page 472 Andrew TODD Inventory
Page 473 Joseph WALKER Settlement
Page 474 Samuel PAGE Settlement
Page 478 Samuel PAGE division of slaves
Page 479 William BARRON Inventory
Page 479 Andrew TODD Sales
Page 481 Thomas SQUIRES Guardian
Page 482 John HARMON Will Written: Mar 18 1829
Heirs: wife, Mary
Ex: John Pennington
Recorded: Apr 1829
Page 483 John MONTGOMERY Inventory
Page 490 John MONTGOMERY Settlement
Page 491 John LYON Inventory
Page 423 Cleaver C. HARRELL Settlement
Page 492 L. B. DAVIS Inventory
Page 493 L. B. DAVIS Sales
Page 494 John LYON Sales
Page 494 James WALKER Settlement
Page 496 John FENTON Appraisal
Page 497 John FENTON Inventory
Page 497 John FENTON Sales
Page 497 Joseph FINN Inventory
Page 498 Joseph FINN Sales
Page 498 William CONOVER Allotment of slaves
Page 500 John MONTGOMERY Settlement
Page 500 William Sutherline BAILEY Will Written: May 31 1823
Wife: Jean Bailey
Sons: Wlm W. & John Mackey Bailey
Daughters: Polly Montgomery, Patsy Walker, Betsy Stapp, Adaline Bailey
Grandsons: William S. Bailey, William S. Walker, William B. Montgomery
& William B. Stapp
Ex: Jean & William Bailey
Recorded: Aug 6 1829
Page 502 William BAILEY Inventory
Page 503 L. B. DAVIS Settlement
Page 503 Elizabeth STAPP Inventory
Page 504 William ROGERS Sales
Page 505 Samuel MONDAY Settlement
Page 506 William COWNOVER Guardian settlement
Page 507 Robert ORR Settlement