Know all men by these presents that we, John Isaacs and Walker Daniel, are held and firmly bound to his Excellency, the Governor of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment whereof to be made to the said Governor and his successors. We […]
This 1782 will of Nathaniel Hart is interesting in several ways. Kentucky is still part of the state of Virginia at this point, and it is divided into only three counties – Lincoln, Jefferson and Fayette. Nathaniel Hart owns land in each of the three counties. The will […]
Mercer Cty., KY Abraham Lucas married Mary Evans 30 Jul 1792 Mercer Cty., KY Daniel Curd married Jenny Curd 30 Jul 1795 Mercer Cty., KY Peter Brients married Priscilla Pitman 30 Jul 1795 Mercer Cty., KY James Downey married Mary Riley 30 Jul 1805 Mercer Cty., KY John […]
In the name of God, amen. I, George William Stephens, of Lincoln County, in the state of Virginia, calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die and as I am at this time in sound mind […]
I was drawn to this deed originally because it mentions a John Edwards receiving 3002 acres of land as part of a treasury warrnat in what was at that time Lincoln County, Virginia, later to be Lincoln County, Kentucky. My Edwards moved to Kentucky in the early days […]
James McAfee, an Irish immigrant, was an early settler in Mercer County, Kentucky (at that time Lincoln County, Virginia!) arriving from Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1784, along with two of his brothers and his mother. Agnes Clark, his wife, was also born in Ireland. She died in Mercer […]
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