Person:Isaac Clinkenbeard (1)

Will of Isaac Clinkenbeard

I Isaac Clinkenbeard of the County of Bourbon and State of Kentucky do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following that is to say

First I desire that all my just debts be paid I do hereby manumit and set free forever from bondage all my negro slaves and their increase which I might have and do have the control of which manumission and freedom to commence at my death

Next I give and devise to all my negroes (excepting my three old slaves bng. [being?] Edmund, Ephraim and Fanny) The following property, to wit. All that tract of Land and appurtanances thereunto belonging which lying and being on Stoner in said County including all the Lands which I purchased of Benjamin Forman and that purchased of Everett Palmer the whole containing one hundred and forty eight acres be the same more or less also all the kitchen furniture and property in my negro houses And such property that I may have permitted them to exercise ownership over~ I also give them four of my valuablest work horses or mares four full set of the best gearing[?] two of the best two horse plows and four of the best one horse plows with a sufficiency of duble trees singletrees or stretchers and clarises[?] for said plows All my hoes and axes four best cows and calves four best porks[?] and their sucking pigs twenty head first choice sheep and yoke of oxen one ox cart ox Poke and lag chain a sufficiency of Bacon or Pork for them one year and all the crops of every kind that may be on hand all of which property real or personal I give as above named I give to my negroes jointly and equally forever

The said Edmund. Ephraim and Fanny shall retain all their house or kitchen furniture and such other property as they may have claimed and exersised ownership over Also I devise to the said Edmund Ephraim and Fanny provision of meat and bread stuff for one year

Next, I give to William and Isaac Clinkingbeard sons of my nephew John Clinkingbeard who is the son of my brother William Clinkingbeard deceased all of my old home tract of land and appurtenances whereon I now live and reside containing two hundred and eight acres be the same more or less I give the same equally to the said William and Isaac Clinkingbeard to them and their heirs forever with the following provision. Towit.

First. That the said William and Isaac Clinkingbeard shall within twelve months from this the date of my last Will and testament goes to record well and truly pay or cause to be paid to Nancy Cloud the wife of Prior B. Cloud late Nancy Pullin or her order the sum of five hundred dollars which I devise to her and her heirs forever

Secondly. That in like manner the said William & Isaac Clinkingbeard shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to James L Brown in trust the sum of five hundred dollars for the use and benefit of three daughters of my nephew Lucas Clinkingbeard deceased who is a son of my brother John Clinkingbeard deceased which last named sum of five hundred dollars the said Brown shall receive in trust fot the use and benefit of said three daughter Namely Mary Ann Elizabeth and Lucinda Clinkingbeard the three daughter of the said Lucas Clinkingbeard deceased which sum I devise in trust to said Brown to be equally divided amongst the said three daughters each to receive their respective portion as they attain to the age of twenty one years or sooner if they marry under that age.

Provided further that the said William and Isaac Clinkingbeard take charge of my said three old negro slaves Edmund Ephraim and Fanny suipport and take care of them in a humane manner during their natural lives they the said old negroes rendering their reasonable services as they may feel disposed to do in aid of their support And furthermore provided That the said William and Isaac Clinkingbeard shall together with my Executors hereafter named enter as security as required by law that my said negroes manumitted and set free shall not become chargeable to any County in the Commonwealth

I also give to the said Nancy Cloud late Nancy Pullin all my household furniture of what nature or kind soever it may be all of which I give to her and her heirs forever-

Next I give fifty acres of the tract of Land I purchased of Polly Forman to Polly Jacob and Eliza Jane Wilson to be equally divided between them being the daughters of my niece Druzilla Smith the daughter of my brother William Clinkingbeard, deceased The said Polly Jacob is the wife of Isaac Wilson [sic] and the said Eliza Jane Wilson is the wife of Tarlton Wilson which fifty acres of land and appurtanances thereunto belonging I give to the said Polly Jacob and Eliza Jane Wilson to them and their heirs forever "the balance of my said Polly Forman tract of land after all heretofore disposed of is about seventy acres be the same more or less I give to my niece Polly Stip the wife of Frederick Stip and to my niece Jane Smith the wife of John Smith being the daughters of my brother William Clinkingbeard deceased Which seventy acres of land or balance be it more or less I give to be equally divided between the said Polly Stip and Jane Smith which I give to them and their heirs foever

Next I give to my nephew Jonathan Clinkingbeard son of my brother William Clinkingbeard deceased and to Isaac Stip son of the said Frederick Stip all the residue of my Estate of what nature or kind it may be not heretofore devised or disposed of which residue I give to be equally divided between the said Jonathan Clinkingbeard and Isaac to them and their heirs forever

And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said nephew John Clinkingbeard and the said John Smith Executors of this my last Will and testament requiring them the said Executors to enter as security with the said William and Isaac Clinkingbeard that my negroes shall not become a charge to any County in the Commonwealth And should my negroes wish the land sold which I have herein willed to them and my Executors think it best to do so they my Executors shall sell the same and make title and reinvest the proceeds of said land in such other lands as they with the approbation of my negroes deem best and most suitable and have the land so reinvested deeded to the same negroes and their heirs under this will forever

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this seventeenth day of May 1845.

(signed) Isaac Clinkingbeard [Seal]

Attest: ACAdams, James Scott, ILBrown

At the March term of the County Court of Bourbon County Kentucky on the second day of March 1846 This last Will and testament of Isaac Clinkingbeard decd was ______[?] and proved in open Court by the oath of James L Brown an attesting witness thereto and being sworn to by John Clinkingbeard and John Smith the Executors was ordered to record. Witness Thomas P Smith clerk of said Court the date above

(signed) Thomas P Smith, Clerk

[Source: Bourbon Co. [Ky] Will Book M, pg. 414; Bourbon Co. Clerk, Paris, Kentucky].

Citations

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Will Abstract, in Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
   1:28 (Bourbon County).

   ISAAC CLINKENBEARD-Will Book M, page 414-Land purchased of Benjamin Forman and Everett Palmer; William and Isaac Clinkenbeard, sons of my nephew, John Clinkenbeard; son of my brother, William, deceased; Nancy Cloud, wife of Prior B. Cloud; late Nancy Pullin; James L. Brown for the three daughters of my nephew, Lucus Clinkenbeard, deceased, son of my brother, John Clinkenbeard, deceased; namely, Mary Ann; and Elizabeth; and Lucinda; Poly Jacob Wilson and Eliza ane Wilson, daughters of my niece, Druzella Smith, daughter of brother, William; Polly Jacob, wife of Isaac Wilson, and Eliza Jane, wife of Tarlton Wilson; Polly Forman tract to niece, Polly Stip, wife of Frederick Stipp; to niece Jane Smith, wife of John Smith, daughter of brother William, deceased; nephew, Jonathan Clinkenbeard, son of brother, William; Isaac Stipp, son of Frederick Stipp. Executors: Nephew, John Clinkenbeard and John Smith. Written May 17, 1845. Proved March, 1846. Witnesses-A. Adams, James Scott, J. L. Brown.

2.   Family Notes, in Source Needed.

   Draper Mss 11CC1-4 (microfilm edition), State Historical Society of Wisconsin
   In an interview in the Draper Papers, Isaac says that he had uncles Isaac Linn, Thomas Linn, and John Linn; and that Thomas Linn was scalped by the Indians.

3. ↑ Court Record, in Source Needed.

   Kentucky Court and Other Records
   Bourbon County Orders and Suits
   
   Benj Bedford vs Thos Stark Box 423
   ...Isaac Clinkenbeard states he came to KY in 1779, fall...

4. ↑ Household of Isaac Clinkenbeard, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1810 census Bourbon Co KY p152
   Isaac Clinkenbeard 1 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 1 F 45+

5. ↑ Household of Isaac Clinkenbeard, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1840 census Bourbon Co KY p318
   Isaac Clinkinbeard 1 M 80-90, 1 F 20-30, 1 F 80-90

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
   2:107.

   October Court, 1804
   Deposition of John McIntire to establish land of Thomas Swearingen entry of 1000 acres made in 1782, deposeth: he lived at Strode's Station in yr. 1780 at which time he became acquainted with Plum Lick.
   Isaac Clinkenbeard states Plum Lick was place of notoriety to hunters from Strode's, he knew it in 1780, trace led from Station to Plum Lick.
   John Donaldson deposeth: was familiar with place in 1782.

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
   2:115.

   RANDOM NOTES FROM SUITS FILED IN OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK
   
   Benjamin Bedford vs. Thomas Stark, Box 423
   
   Rubin Rankins states he has known one-eyed John Taylor since yr. 1784, said Taylor lived at Boonesboro mostly in yr. 1784, but in 1785 at Col. John Holders.
   - Deposition of David Jameson, aged 56, taken May, 1813.
   - Deposition of Archibald McNabb, Sr., aged 75, May 10, 1813.
   - Deposition of Josiah McDowell, aged abt. 60, May 10, 1813.
   - Deposition of James Kenney, aged abt. 60, May 10, 1813.
   - Deposition of Moses Thomas who states he resided at Boonesboro in 1779, Strode's Station, winter of 1779 and spring of 1780, taken 1812.
   - Deposition of James Kenney taken 1809, states his residence from 19th day April until June 1776 was at Boonesboro.
   - Samuel J. Dowson, deposition taken 1813, states he is 37 yrs. old.
   - Isaac Clinkenbeard states he came to Ky., 1779, in fall.
   - Charles Scott, Secty to Gov., signs Treas. Warrant to Thomas Stark.
   - Deposition of Enock Smith, Montgomery Co., was at Boonesboro, states there were about a dozen, families at Boonesboro and about 15 or 20 hunters.