Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Livingston County Emancipations 1838 - 1844


Slaves in Kentucky were emancipated by the owner petitioning the county court or being set free through a provision in the owner's last will and testament. To guarantee the former slave would not become a charge upon the county, a bond with security was signed by a responsible local citizen.  The following emancipations are recorded in Livingston County Court Order Book I [eye]. The notation at the end of each entry lists the book and page number and the date recorded in the court order book. For example, Bk I: 172, 2 Jul 1838 signifies the record is found in Book I, page 172, 2 July 1838.


William Gordon of Smithland produced a writing of Emancipation for Negro man slave named Levi, aged about 42 years, about 5 feet 10 inches high.  Security: Thomas L. Jewitt.  [Bk I: 172,  2 Jul 1838]

McLin Mitchell produced a deed of emancipation of his servant woman Cynthia, aged about 39 years, about five feet four inches high.  Security: John Duvall.  [Bk I: 267,  6 Apr 1840]

Austin, named and emancipated by the will of James Martin dec’d, … found to be about Fifty one years of age, 5 feet 7 ½ inches high … and the court to issue him a certificate of freedom. Security: Jacob May. [Bk I: 340, 3 May 1841]  

Nelson, emancipated by the will of John Berry dec’d, found to be about 42 years of age and about 5 feet 10 inches high. Securities: Uriah G. Berry, Rutledge T. Berry.  [Bk I: 349, 4 Oct 1841]

Henry F. Given, administrator of the estate of Hamlet Ferguson dec’d, produced a deed of emancipation, emancipating Negro man Pompey, belonging to the estate of Hamlet Ferguson, aged about 55 and 5 feet 8 inches high … his suit for freedom commenced in Livingston Circuit Court hath this day sold and conveyed the right to freedom to Pompey for $350. Security: James L. Alcorn. [Bk I: 393-394, 3 Oct 1842]

Henry F. Given, administrator of the estate of Hamlet Ferguson dec’d, produced a deed of emancipation, emancipating Negro man Miles, belonging to the estate of Hamlet Ferguson, aged about 60 and 6 feet high … his suit for freedom commenced in Livingston Circuit Court have this day for “one hundred and fifty” which Given hath executed his note and released unto Miles all his right … sell and convey unto Miles his right to Freedom, release from all further servitude after the first day of Jany 1843 hereby making him free to all intents & purposes.  Security: Blount Hodge.  24 Feb 1842.  [Bk I: 399-400, 3 Oct 1842]

Benjamin Barner, executor of the last Will and Testament of Henry Wells dec’d, produced a deed of Emancipation of Well’s Negro man Prince. Wells, late of Livingston County willed Price, alias Prince, his freedom upon paying Wells’ executor $150. Prince is 6 feet 3 inches high and was 41 years old in June last.   Securities:  D.B. Sanders, Wm. Gordon, J.L. Dallam. [Bk I: 463-464, 7 Nov 1844]


Published 30 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Merry Christmas !!


Merry Christmas from the Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog 


Published 24 Dec 2020,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

W.B. and Kate Shelby Crichlow

 


William Branker Crichlow

Aug. 14, 1836 – Jan. 7, 1923

~~

His Wife 

Kate Hephzibah

July 29, 1853 – Aug. 25, 1932

Crichlow


Buried Salem Cemetery, Salem, Kentucky.

William B. Crichlow was born to W.B. Crichlow and Adaline Bibb, both of whom were born in Tennessee. [1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Union University in Tennessee in 1857 [2] and became a minister.  The Rev. Crichlow also sold insurance. A  Kentucky newspaper, in 1892, reported under Salem news that “Rev. W.B. Crichlow, our local insurance man, also represents some fine companies, both fire and life.”[3]

W.B. Crichlow and Miss Kate H. Shelby married 13 March 1879 in Livingston County. At that time, the Rev. Crichlow reported his residence as Caseyville [Union County, Kentucky]. [4]  

Catherine “Kate” Shelby was the daughter of R.S. Shelby and E.R. Frayser.  Her father was born in Livingston County and her mother was born in Cadiz, Kentucky[5]

William B. and Kate Crichlow first appear together on a census in 1900. At that time, they were living in Salem. Included in their household were two sons, Shelby Crichlow, age 20, and Dick, age 17. [6]

 A short death notice for W.B. Crichlow appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1923. It stated he died at his home in Salem and was survived by his widow and two sons. It also stated he served as a chaplain in the Confederal Army. [7]

 



[1] Kentucky Death Record #5507, William B. Crichlow, occupation minister,  Ancestry.com

[2] U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935; William B. Crichlow, residence Nashville, Tennessee, Graduate 1957, Ancestry.com

[3] “Salem,” Crittenden Press, 6 October 1892, p. 3.

[4] W.B. Crichlow and Miss Kate H. Shelby, Livingston County Marriage Bond Book 2, pp 316-317 and Register, p. 24.

[5] Kentucky Death Record #21941, Catherine H. Critchlow [sic]; R.S. Shelby, informant, Ancestry.com

[6] 1900 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Salem, p. 2, E.D. 0055, Ancestry.com

[7] “W.B. Crichlow,” The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb 1923, p. 12, Newspapers.com


Published 22 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Revolutionary War Pension Application John and Susanna Wheeler

The Revolutionary War pension application of John Wheeler and the widow’s pension of his widow, Susanna Wheeler, were obtained from the online subscription website, Fold3 https://www.fold3.com  John Wheeler served several tours of duty from North Carolina and Virginia. The number W 8.999 is Susanna’s pension application number.  It was common for pension applicants to tear the Family Record out of the family Bible and submit it with the application. There are over 50 pages in this pension file – much more than could be included in this post. I tried to include genealogical information of dates of births, marriage and deaths. For details of John Wheeler’s service, you will need to check Fold3 or the National Archives.

 NC/VA    John Wheeler /  Susanna Wheeler            W  8.999

At the age of 76 years, in 1832, John Wheeler made an application  for a pension based on his services during the Revolutionary War. He stated he was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, but did not know the precise date as the book containing the record of the ages of himself and his father’s family was lost during the war. John Wheeler is confident he served as much as three years. The only person perhaps now living and who served with him would be Josiah Ramsey, who moved to Missouri many years ago, but he might be dead as he was old when he moved there.  John Wheeler has lived in this country [Kentucky] upwards of 30 years.

 “George Mays, John Jackson, Israel H. Pickins, James Brice and Stephen Young, old and respectable citizens of Crittenden County, Ky this day appeared in Open Court and made oath that they were well acquainted with John Wheeler and Susannah his wife.  Some of us for 40 odd years, & others of us for 30 odd years past. … John Wheeler is now dead and died in the  year 1838 as they verrily believe. That Susannah is now living in this county with her son Isaac Wheeler. That they knew  John Wheeler was a pensioner on Government when he died, for services rendered during the Revolutionary War & that  John & Susannah Wheeler lived together during all the time they knew them as man & wife & raised a large family of children respectable & worthy citizens & worthy members of Society. That they had often heard both John & Susannah say they were legally married during the Revolutionary War & often heard John talk with lively interest & feelings of Scenes of the Revolutionary War; that Susannah is yet a widow never married Since her husband John Wheelers death ...”[1]

 Susanna Wheeler was the widow of John Wheeler, who died 24 Nov 1838. He was a private in a company commanded by Capt. Bohannon of the company commanded by Col. Christian in the North Carolina line for 2 years and is inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of $80 per annum to commence 25 Nov 1838. A Certificate of Pension was issued 5 July 1845.

 Susanna Wheeler made the following declaration when she applied for a widow’s pension 1 May 1844, “aged on the 21 July 1843 just 82 years of age, having been born on the 21st day of July 1761 …  She stated she and her husband resided in North Carolina and from her best recollection in Greene County at the time her husband first entered the service. Her father, Henry Clark, lived at a plantation on Kendrick’s Creek something like 5 miles from Long Island on Holston River. She was well acquainted with her husband for several years before they married. He lived about a 1 ¼ miles from her husband, with a Mr. John Stewart. Susanna had a brother named Benjm. Clark, who would go with the men scouting and guarding the settlement frontier. Susanna and John Wheeler were married at her father’s in North Carolina, she thinks in Greene County on 15 Dec 1779. She arrived at that date by the age of her oldest child who was born 16 Nov 1780, just a month lacking one day after their marriage. The date is set down in the Bible now in her son Isaac’s possession.

 About two years after their marriage, they moved over the mountains into a different portion of North Carolina. She has been living in this country since 1798. Her husband died in this county   when it was Livingston County. She has remained a widow ever since … living with her son Isaac. She is old & feeble & unable to travel about & cannot go to court without great pain and risk. She had 13 children by Mr. Wheeler and raised 10 of them.  [signed] Susanna (X her mark) Wheeler.

 John Barnett, a clergyman of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, testified he had known Susanna and her husband for about 30 years; both belonged to the church; understood Jno. Wheeler was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension. He preached Jno. Wheeler’s funeral sermon.

  FAMILY RECORD 

BIRTHS

Henry Wheeler was born November 16th 1780

James Wheeler was born October 16th 1782

John Wheeler was born December 9th 1784

Maryann Wheeler was born December 25th 1786

Sally Wheeler was born May 10th   1789

Benjamin Wheeler was born  March 22   1791

Polly Wheeler was born July 28th  1793

Matilda Wheeler was born June 25th  1798

Isaac Wheeler was born June 25th 1800

Susan Wheeler was born March 11th 1804

Susannah Clark Wheeler was born July 21st 1762

Henry Clark Sr was born   8th 1732

Sarah Jones was born July the 26th 1737

 

DEATHS

John Wheeler Departed this Life the 24th day of November 1838  Aged about 86 years.


Separate piece of paper not part of the Family Record: “Look out, widow says 2 errors in family record. Matilda was born Apr. 15   1798 & she the widow born July 21, 1761”



[1] Crittenden County, Kentucky Circuit Court Order Book A, p. 130-131, 16 Oct 1844, image 100, FamilySearch.org.


Published 17 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

News from Blooming Rose 1913

 Reading news of family and friends in other neighborhoods was very  important to the residents of Western Kentucky. Travel by road might be difficult, but the local newspaper could bring the news to them. The following news from the Blooming Rose community appeared in the Crittenden Record-Press (Marion, Kentucky) on 23 October 1913. These items were especially interesting to me as J.J. Croft was my great-great grandfather and Nettie Vaughn, my grandmother, is the third person from the left in the front row of the photo below. 

Molasses making is the order of the day in our neighborhood.

Mrs. Lala Watson, of Paducah, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Malcom, this week.

J.J. Croft and wife, Dunk  Garnett and wife and little son, Iva, and John Croft’s folks, of Tolu, were guests of W.T. Croft Sunday.

Miss Nettie Vaugh [Vaughn] was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eddie Pittillo, Sunday.

An angel visited the home of Frank Watson Monday and took their little son, Joe. The burying took place at the Watson graveyard Tuesday afternoon. Little Joe leaves a mother, father, sister, three brothers and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.

W.T. Croft was in Carrsville Friday.

Eula Little and little sister, Opha, were guests of their aunt, Pearl Kimsey, Saturday.

Mrs. Lockie Large and Mrs. Ruth Vaughn went to Amplius Watson’s store shopping Tuesday.

School is progressing nicely with Homer Johnson as teacher.


Blooming Rose School ca 1911 - 1913

Students of  Blooming Rose School

Published 15 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Webster County, Kentucky Medical Register 1889


Kentucky passed an act in 1874 that made it unlawful for any person, for reward or compensation, to practice or prescribe medicine or perform surgical operations if they have not graduated from a chartered school of medicine. A person who had been regularly and honorably engaged in the practice of medicine for 10 years was deemed to have complied with the provisions of this act. A person having engaged in medicine for 5 years was allowed one year to comply with the provisions. Anyone practicing medicine or performing surgery and did not meet the provisions of this act, if convicted,  had to pay a fine. The act, amended and approved 24 April 1888, stated that, beginning 1 April 1889, any persons practicing medicine in Kentucky must register in the county clerk’s office where he practiced medicine.[1]

The following physicians registered with the State Board of Health in Bowling Green and then with the Webster County court clerk. The following records can be found in Webster County Medical Register 1888 – 1955   on FamilySearch.


Dr. John O. Dixon, age 28; born Dixon, Webster County; diploma from Missouri Medical College of St. Louis 2 Mar 1886. Registered 13 Mar 1889.  [p. 11]

Jno. P. Campbell, age 35; born Webster County; two diplomas from Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville 1876 & Missouri Medical College in St. Louis 8 Mar 1878. Registered 16 Mar 1889.  [p. 12]

Dr. Will M. Thornberry, age 43; born Webster County; diploma from Univ. of Louisville 2 Mar 1874. Registered 19 Mar 1889. [p. 13]

Dr. R.H. Black, age 27; born Webster County; diploma from Univ. of Louisville 2 Mar 1886. Registered 22 Mar 1889.  [p. 14]

Dr. W.M. Henry, age 61; born Lyon County, Ky; diploma from Univ. of Louisville 28 Mar 1878. Registered 22 Mar 1889.  [p. 15]

Dr. David Morehead, age 67; born Union County, Ky; practiced medicine from 1859 to present time. Registered 22 Mar 1889.  [p. 16]

Dr. James Morehead, age 69; born Union County, Ky; practiced medicine from 1847. Registered 22 Mar 1889.  [p. 17]

Dr. J.T. Bethel, age 48; born Henderson County, Ky; diploma from Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville Mar 1867. Registered 23 Mar 1889.  [p. 18]

Dr. Chas. M. Smith, age 25; born Webster County; diploma from Missouri Medical College in St. Louis Mar 1885.  Registered 23 Mar 1889.  [p. 19]

Dr. G.W. Campbell, age 66; born Sumner County, Tenn; practiced medicine from 1852 to present. Registered 25 Mar 1889.  [p. 20]

Dr. D.H. Cosby, age 42; born Webster County; practiced medicine since Nov 1865 to present. Registered 25 Mar 1889.  [p. 21]

Dr. Jno. A. Bassett, age 48; born Bracken County, Ky; diploma from Medical Dept of Louisville Mar 1875. Registered 27 Mar 1889.  [p. 22]

Dr. R.L. Hardwick, age 26; born Dixon, Webster County; diploma from Missouri Medical College in St. Louis 2 Mar 1886. Registered 28 Mar 1886.  [p. 23]

Dr. A.H. Doris, age 52; born Webster County; practiced medicine since 1861 in counties of Webster and Union, Ky. Registered 29 Mar 1889.  [p. 24]

Dr. A.E. Bentley, age 48; born Wolverhampton, England; practiced medicine since 1862 in NY City, New Mexico, Maryland and Webster County. Registered 30 Mar 1889. Remarks: Has moved  to Hopkinsville, Christian County. [p. 25]

Dr. John H. Taylor, age 25; born Providence, Ky, diploma from Vanderbilt Univ. of Nashville 26 Feb 1889. Registered 30 Mar 1889. [p. 26]

Dr. Chas. Owens, age 63; born London, England; has practiced medicine since 1862. Practiced in Louisville 22  years; Crittenden County 14 years & Webster and Union Counties to present. Registered 1 Apr 1889. [p. 27]

Dr. Jno. F. Bunton, age 29; born Dycusburg, Ky; diploma from Univ. of Louisville 1 Mar 1888. Registered 1 Apr 1889. [p. 28]

Dr. J.L. Burdon, age 46; born Jefferson County, Ky; has practiced since 1864. Began practice in Jefferson County and since then in Henderson & Webster Counties and Sullivan County, Ind. Registered 1 Apr 1889.  [p. 29]

Dr. P. Taylor, age 64; born Ohio County, Ky; has been practicing since Mar 1847 – 2 years in Ohio County and since then in Hopkins and Webster Counties. Registered 1 Apr 1889. [p. 30]

Dr. E.H. Price, age 48; born Hopkins County, Ky; affidavit stating he has practiced since Jan 1866 in Webster County & the certificate of J.L. Cook, Chrm; J.A. Hodge, Rufus Linthicum, Board of Examiners for 2nd Judicial Dist. Registered 4 Apr 1889. [p. 31]

Dr. Thomas M. Davis, age 62; born Shelby County, Ky, has been practicing since 1854 Rochester, Butler County, Ky 2  yrs & at Calhoun, McLane [sic] County, Ky & in Webster & Henderson Counties to this date. Registered 29 Apr 1889 [p. 32]


[1] “Kentucky’s Amended Empiricism Law,” Medical Laws of Kentucky, Register of the United States, Kentucky, p. 457, Google Books.


Published 10 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Crittenden County, Kentucky Naturalizations 1844

 

The first statute dealing with naturalization was labeled the Naturalization Act of 1790 and allowed any white person, or alien, of good character who had been in the United States for two years to become a citizen. Not included were slaves,  indentured servants and most women.  The applicant also had to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to every “foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty.”  In 1795, the required period of resident was increased to five years and had to give notice of application of three years. [1]

 The Naturalization Act of 1798 extended the residency requirement to 14 years and notice period to five years. The Naturalization Act of 1802 repealed the Law of 1798 in favor of the Naturalization Law of 1802, which  stated that the alien had to declare at least three years in advance his intent to become a U.S. citizen.  The previous 14 -year residence requirement was reduced to five years. Resident children of naturalized citizens and children born abroad of U.S. citizens were considered citizens. Former British soldiers during the “late war” were barred unless an exception was made specifically for them. [2]

 In Kentucky, the applicant for naturalization filed his intent in either county or circuit court. He could also file his intent in one state and, if he met all the requirements, become a citizen while living in another state. The following entries were filed by residents of Crittenden County, Kentucky who wanted to become citizens of the Union States. The  sources of the information are at the end of the entry.

 William Oliver Wallace declared he was born in the town of Annan, Dumfriesshires County, Scotland on the 13th day of January 1820; that he them remained until 1835; that he left the country at that time and came to the United States of American sometime in February 1836 with the bonafide intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. He has been residing in the United States from February 1836 up to the present time; he renounces forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever and particularly to Victoria the present reigning Sovereign of Great Britain. [Circuit Court Order Book A, p. 127, 15 Oct 1844]

 Christopher Kelly swore he was born in the town of Wells Well in Prussia on the 26th of February in 1819; that he then remained [there] until the year 1841 and that he left that country at that time and came to the United States on the 24th of June 1841 with the bonafide intention of becoming a citizen of the United States; that he has been a resident of the United States from June 24th 1841 up to the present time. It is bonafide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and renounce all allegiance and fidelity to foreign prince, potentate, State or sovereignty, particularly Frederick William the 4th, the present reigning Sovereign of Prussia.  [Circuit Court Order Book A, p. 128, 15 Oct 1844]

 William Johns, an alien, has lately arrived in the United States; is desirous of being naturalized a citizen and states he was born in the city of Cornwell in England on the 12th day of July 1816, being now in his 28th year of age; he is a subject to her Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland, owing allegiance to her Majesty and none other. He emigrated from Cornwall to the United States on the 25th of July 1841 and landed at the city of New York in September of the same year; he has settled in the county of  Crittenden in the state of Kentucky one of the United States of America.  [Circuit Court Order Book A, p. 128,  15 Oct 1844]

 Jacob Bricker, who has arrived lately in the United States is desirous of being naturalized a citizen thereof, made a report of himself. He was born in the village of Grolsdoff  in France March the 28 day in the year of our Lord 1820, being now in his 23rd year of age; that he is a subject of his majesty Louis Philip the 14th King of France owing allegiance to that Monarch and none other; that he emigrated from France in Nov 1840 and landed at New Orleans in Jan 1841 and intended to settle in the county of Crittenden in Kentucky. [signed] Jacob (X his mark) Bricker.  Wherefore Bricker declared that is his bonafide his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign power Prince, potentate, State or sovereignty, particularly to Louis Philip present reigning King of France. [Circuit Court Order Book A, p. 133, 16 Oct 1844]

 

 



[1] “Naturalization Act of 1790,” Wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wkik/Naturalization_Act_of_1790

[2] “Naturalization Law of 1802,” Wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Law_of_1802#~text=The United States Congress passed to become a U.S. citizen, accessed 3 Oct 2020.

Published 3 Dec 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/


Friday, November 27, 2020

Deaths of 3 Revolutionary War Pensioners - Union County, Kentucky 1840s

 

Not all death dates are found on death certificates and tombstones. The following entries in county court order books [court minutes] give the death dates of Revolutionary War pensioners in Union County, Kentucky Court Order Book E (1845-1855).  The source is located at the end of each entry.  OB E = Order Book E

Satisfactory proof was this day made in open court by oaths of James Eddins and John J. Curry that Edward Curry late of Union County departed this life on the 14th day of May 1836 & that he was the identical person named in an original certificate here shown to court bearing date at the war office of the United States on the 27th day of March 1834 numbered 26588 signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War and granting to the sd. Edward curry a pension of $50 per annum and further proven that Edward Curry died leaving no widow. [OB E, p. 58, 20 July 1846]

Satisfactory proof was this day made to the Court by oaths of Benjamin S. Gardiner and Thomas S. Chapman that William Givens was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $20 per annum; was a resident of the county of Union and died in the County of Union on the 2nd day of February 1847 and that he left no widow. [OB E, p. 124,  16 Aug 1847]

Satisfactory proof was made in open Court by oaths of William P. Jackson and Joseph W. Cromwell that William Hammock late of Union County departed this life on the 2nd day of January 1849 & that he was the identical person named in an original certificate here shown to the court bearing date at the war office of the United States on the 14th day of April 1834 numbered 26647 signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War & granted to William Hammock a pensioner of $30 per annum and further proven that Hammock died leaving no widow. [OB E, p. 207,  19 Feb 1849]

Published 27 Nov 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/ 

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving !!


 


Published 25 Nov 2020, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Livingston County, Kentucky Divorces 1830s and Earlier

 The following entries on divorces comes from the Livingston County, Kentucky Circuit Court Order Books. Details of the divorce are found at the Kentucky Dept for Libraries and Archives (KDLA). For information on ordering a copy of the case file, fill out the required form HERE .  I see several well known Livingston County names. Do  you see them, too? 

The first name below is the plaintiff and the second name is the defendant. For example, Elizabeth Bull is the plaintiff or complainant and Isaiah Bull is the defendant.

OB = Order Book    OB H, p. 233 refers to Order Book H, page 233.

Bull, Elizabeth vs Isaiah Bull.  6 Sep 1831. (OB G, p. 461) Defendant not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth & failed to appear to answer complainant’s bill. If defendant does not answer complainant’s bill, same will be taken as confessed. 14 Jun 1832. (OB H, p. 12) Cause dismissed 6 Mar 1835. (OB H, p. 233) 

Carmon, Catharine vs George Carmon.  6 Sep 1831. (OB G, p. 461) Plaintiff filed amendment to her original bill. Cause continued. 14 Jun 1832 (OB H, p. 11) Defendant failed to answer bill & taken as confessed against him. Plaintiff divorced from defendant & to recover her costs from him. 14 Sep 1832. (OB H, p. 35)

Freeman, Margaret vs William Freeman.  Defendant is non-inhabitant of Kentucky.  Appears he abandoned plaintiff (Margaret) without cause about 3 years ago and never returned and has not contributed to her support. Margaret released from bonds of matrimony. Defendant to pay costs.  7 June 1837. (OB H, p. 417; case file at KDLA)

Glass, Francis vs Diona Glass. Defendant filed answer to the bill. 11 Sep 1834. [OB H, p. 191] Appearing Diona Glass had abandoned her husband for more than 3 years before filing her original bill on this cause. Complainant divorced from Defendant & restored to all privileges of a single person. Complainant to pay all costs of this suit. 7 Mar 1835. (OB H, p. 245)

Goodwin, Harriet G. vs Philip H. Goodwin. Divorce granted & each person restored to all privileges of an unmarried person. 3 Sep 1828. (OB G, p. 193)

Hodge, Blount vs Eliza Hodge. This day this cause came to be heard … the defendant abandoned complainant & remains apart & separate from complainant. Therefore ordered & decreed that bonds of matrimony be dissolved, set aside and null & they are hereby divorced. Both restored to all rights of a single person. 12 Sep 1834. (OB H, p. 201)

Lee, Matilda vs James Lee. Granted 17 Sep 1817. He is a non-resident. (OB E, p. 244)

Leming, Charlotte vs Samuel M. Leming. Cause continued. 4 Sep 1828. (OB G, p. 206) Suit Dismissed 3 Mar 1829. (OB G, p. 228)

Lillard, Matthew vs Frances Lillard. Divorce filed Caldwell County, but case filed with Livingston County cases at KDLA. Cause dismissed. 6 Jun 1835. (OB H, p. 279)[1]

Linthicum, Mary vs Rice Linthicum. Divorce filed 5 Jun 1828. Continued. (OB G, p. 175). Defendant filed answer to complaint. 4 Sep 1828. (OB G, p. 201) Divorce granted 3 Mar 1829. Each party to pay their own costs. (OB G, p. 221) [2]

Marvell, John R. vs Sally Ann Marvell. Divorced 8 June 1827. (OB F, p. 428, OB G, p. 25)

Owen, Alfred vs Anna Owen. Divorce granted & marriage contract set aside. Complainant to pay costs of the suit. 3 Jun 1829. (OB G, p. 271)

Phillips, John vs Sally Phillips. Granted 20 June 1815. Defendant hath left bed & board of complainant for 3 years from 20 Dec 1810.  (OB E, p. 75)

Phillips, Mark vs Harriet G. Phillips. Divorce. Defendant filed answer to complainant’s bill. 8 Sep 1835. [OB H, p. 297] Defendant abandoned complainant on 26 Jun 1832 with the intention of abandonment and has ever since lived separate from complainant & for term of 3 years before filing on complainant’s bill. Therefore decreed by court that complainant is divorced from defendant. Complainant to pay costs. 9 Sep 1835. (OB H, p. 302)

Robertson, Phillippina vs Alexander Robertson. Divorce filed 3 Mar 1835. (OB H, p. 207) Deposition of Peter Jones filed. Defendant abandoned complainant about 5 years ago. Divorce granted complainant who is also granted all rights of a femme sole. Defendant to pay costs. 8 Jun 1836. (OB H, p. 395)

Simpson, Jane vs Vinson B. Simpson. Dismissed without prejudice to either party. 7 Sep 1827. (OB G, p. 75)

Tucker, Martin vs Elizabeth Tucker. Divorce. Defendant not an inhabitant & failed to appear. 4 Sep 1828. (OB G, p. 206) Divorce granted and parties to pay their own costs. 3 Mar 1829.  (OB G, p. 231)

Wyatt, Delila vs John Wyatt. Divorce. Defendant non- inhabitant. Ordered to appear at next term of court. 5 Mar 1824. (OB F, p. 199) Continued 7 times until the evidence was brought before a jury, who found the Defendant hath left the Complainant with the intention of abandonment for more than 2 years before the commencement of this suit. Bonds of matrimony that existed between the parties to be dissolved and complainant restored to advantages and privileges of a femme sole. 6 Sep 1826. (OB F, p. 415)

 



[1] Case File A1986-289, Livingston County Equity, Ordinary and Commonwealth Cases Mar 1842-June 1842, Box 63, Matthew Lillard vs Frances Lillard, Kentucky Dept for Libraries and Archives [KDLA].

[2] See Crittenden County Case File #72, Rice Linthicum vs Mary Linthicum: Divorce. 30 Jul 1856, Crittenden County OB D, p. 55.

Published 19 Nov 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/


Thursday, November 12, 2020

Maud E. and Julius R. Weil

 


WEIL

Maud E. 1889 – 1986 

Julius R. 1877 – 1954

 According to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Maud Weil was born 24 October 1889 and died in August 1986. [1] Another record provides the complete death date of 5 August 1986. [2] Mrs. Weil’s obituary stated she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Champion and she was survived by a sister, nephew and several nieces. She was a member of First Baptist Church.[3]

Maud Champion and Julius Robert Weil married before 1920 and were living  on North 7th Street in Paducah by that time. [4] Mr. Weil registered for the draft for World War I on 7 September 1918. He was living in Golconda, Pope County, Illinois  and his occupation was carpenter at a lumber company in Paducah. His nearest relative was Godfried Weil. [5]  

Mr. Weil registered for the draft again in 1942. [6] At that time, he was living and working in Paducah.  Mr. Weil died 19 September 1954 in Paducah, according to his death certificate. His parents were Gottfried Weil and Catherine Schoettle. The informant for the death certificate was Mrs. Maud Champion Weil. [7] His obituary provided the information that he was survived by two sisters and three brothers and he was also a member of First Baptist Church.[8]

 Maude E. and Julius R. Weil are both buried in Smithland Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky.



[1] U.S. Social Security Death Index 1935-2014, Maud [sic]Weil, Ancestry.com. Her last residence was in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.

[2] Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, Vol. 43, Certificate 21311, Ancestry.com.

[3] “Maud Weil,” Paducah Sun, 6 August 1986, p. 10. Her name is given as “Mrs. Maud Champion Weil.”

[4] 1920 McCracken County, Kentucky census, Roll T625_588, p. 1A, E.D. 148, Ancestry.com.

[5] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Julius Robt. Weil, Ancestry.com.

[6] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, Julius Robert Weil, Ancestry.com.

[7] Kentucky Death Record, 1852-1965, Julius Robert Weil, Certificate # 54-18401, Ancestry.com.

[8] “J.R. Weil Dies, Rites Set,” Paducah Sun, 21 September 1954, p. 12.

Published 12 Nov 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Bound for the Cherokee Strip 1893

 The Land Rush of 1893, also known as the Cherokee Outlet Opening, drew thousands of people to the area that would become part of Oklahoma in 1907. There had been land rushes in 1889,  1891 and 1893 and a final rush in 1895,  but the Land Rush of 1893 was the largest.  According to Wikipedia, the land Rush of 1893 opened up 12,726 square miles to settlement.  The land had been purchased from the Cherokee Indians by the government.

One group from Carrsville, Livingston County, Kentucky, left with high hopes of establishing a homestead. The following article appeared in a newspaper in Marion, Kentucky.

“A party of Livingston county boomers were in the city last night, leaving this morning by the Gus Fowler for Cairo whence they will go by rail to the Cherokee strip, which is to be thrown open Saturday. They came from Carrsville and vicinity and had a complete outfit for camping, including dogs, guns and  other equipment considered necessary to out door life. The party was composed of the following persons: Capt. J.C. Barnett, T.B. Barnett, Crocket Bess, Carroll Bess and wife, Tom Bruce and A.C. Likens. They were guests of the Dale House last night. They will reach the Strip in ample time to join in the grand rush Saturday.  – Paducah News [1]

 Again, an area newspaper recorded the event. “Capt. J.C. Barnett has returned from the Cherokee Strip, where he and his son, Thomas, entered 160 acres apiece ... They made the run on the train of cars that entered the Strip. It only ran at the rate of 15 miles per hour, without stops, and when they reached land that suited them they leaped off and squatted on the ground they wanted. Tom remained out there and Capt. Barnett will return in a few days. – Elizabethtown, Ill. Independent [2]

Capt. Barnett returned to the West as when his father, P.C. Barnett,  died in Crittenden County in 1896, his survivors included his son, James C. Barnett of Texas.[3] J.C. Barnett apparently returned home after his father’s death and stayed for some time.  He appears on the 1900 census [4] and 1910 census.[5]  By 1920, J.C. Barnett had moved to Noxubee County, Mississippi, where he was living with his son, Tom (T.B.) Barnett and wife, Jeanette.[6]

 James C. Barnett and his wife, Jessie Carrie, and their son, T.B. Barnett, all died in 1929, Jesse Carrie died 4 March 1929. James C. and his son, T.B. both died of double pneumonia on 26 October 1929.  All three are buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mason, Noxubee County, Mississippi. [7]

 



[1] “Bound for Cherokee Strip,” Crittenden Press (Marion, Ky), 14 Sep 1893, p. 3, reprinted from the Paducah News.

[2]“Personals,”  Crittenden Press (Marion, Ky), 12 Oct 1893, p. 4, reprinted from the Elizabethtown, Ill. Independent.

[3]  Brenda Joyce Jerome.   P.C. Barnett Dead,” Crittenden County, Kentucky Newspaper Abstracts 1896-1900, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1994) 25.

[4] 1900 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Carrsville, p. 8, E.D. 0057, Ancestry.com

[5] 1910 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Panhandle, Roll T624_491, p. 4B, E.D. 0107, Ancestry.com

[6] 1920 Noxubee County, Mississippi census, Cliftonville, Roll T625_889, p. 8A, E.D. 80. Ancestry.com

[7] Find a Grave Memorial #118938307, James Curry Barnett; Memorial #118939360, Jessie Carrie Barnett; Memorial #118861326, Thomas Bruce Barnett.

Published 5 Nov 2020,  Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Webb Family Lives Lost in Steamboat Disaster 1844

 

My name is Sandra Walker; my grandmother was Augusta Webb Ford and her mother was Augusta Ware Webb, daughter of Cassandra Francis Ford and Dr. Charles Henry Webb, Jr.  Cassandra Francis Ford was the daughter of James Ford of Crittenden County, Kentucky.  My grandmother used to tell me stories, one of which was about the Lucy Walker steamboat disaster.  I was grown before I knew the stories were based on fact. 

 I thought you might like to know a little more about the disaster than was reported in the newspapers. The disaster happened on Wednesday, 23 October 1844 about five miles below Louisville when the boilers exploded, set the boat on fire and caused it to sink. On the Lucy Walker were Dr. Charles Henry Webb, two of his daughters, and his wife’s half brother, Jim Bobby.

 Dr. Charles Henry Webb had gone to visit his mother, Polly Ware Webb, and took his daughters,  Cassandra and Nancy Winifred, and Jim Bobby.  Fourteen-year-old Jim Bobby had gone to check on the horses when the boiler exploded. His body was never found.

 A piece of metal hit Dr. Webb in the throat and he knew he was dying.  The two little girls were running around what was left of the ship. A passenger threw a mattress into the water and threw the little girls after it. They couldn’t get on the mattress because it tipped. Sparks from the fire ignited the mattress.  The girls were on either side of the mattress and when the fire got too close, Nancy Winifred told Cannie not to be afraid and when she counted to 3, they would let go.

 Cannie had had diphtheria and her hair had been cut short. A man in a boat saw something in the water and reached down and grabbed hair and pulled up a little naked girl. The current had torn her clothes off; they gave her a dress and when she said that was a servant’s dress, they knew she was from wealth. She could not tell them who she was. The man took her upriver to where the survivors were. She didn’t recognize anyone. Her father was there with his throat in a bloody bandage, but obviously that was not what her father looked like. He motioned for paper and pencil and wrote this is my daughter and how to reach her mother.

 Dr. Webb’s wife, Cassandra, was expecting a baby and stayed home with the other children. She made the trip to claim her living daughter and identified her dead husband and her other daughter.

 When the new baby was born she was named Cassandra for her sister that died. She was also called Cannie and later Tonnie, possibly for Tante’ Aunt.  Cassandra Ford Webb lived with her niece Cannie Ford Trimble in Seattle until her death in 1924.

 Everything I have read says James Ford’s middle initial was N and his son by his second wife was Jr, however I have always heard him called Jim Bobby.  In a letter from my grandmother about what Papa told her of his parents, her Papa referred to Jim Bobby.

 

Submitted by Sandra Walker  

Copyright © Sandra Walker, 2020

Published 29 Oct 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/