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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Benjamin Chinn |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1782 |
Loudoun, Virginia, United States |
| Other[2] |
1786 |
Loudoun, Virginia, United StatesDeath of Christopher Chinn, his father |
| Other[1] |
3 Dec 1796 |
Fayette, Kentucky, United Statesnamed as child of Christopher Chinn, decd, and ward of Walker Baylor in Notice in Kentucky Gazette |
| Other[3] |
24 Aug 1798 |
Fayette, Kentucky, United Statesnamed in Indenture as heir of Christopher Chinn |
| Other[2] |
8 May 1809 |
Fayette, Kentucky, United Statesreference is made to Benjamin's inheritance in Testimony of William Chinn, his uncle |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notice by Walker Baylor, in The Kentucky gazette. (Lexington, Kentucky).
[Kentucky Gazette (Lexington), 3 Dec 1796, p4]
NOTICE. I HAVE been appointed guardian to Benjamin and Nancy Chinn, orphans of Christopher Chinn, deceased. There will be four likely NEGROES exposed to hire for one year, before the subscriber's door, on Monday the second day of January next, three of which are fellows and one woman, said to be as valuable as any in the state. They must be returned well clothed and taxes paid. Those to whom they are at present hired must remember that if it is their contract to clothe the negroes, they must comply with the same by the time above mentioned. Also thirty barrels of CORN to be sold on twelve months credit, near Maj. Ransdell's in the neighbourhood of Lexington. Also fifteen acres of cleard LAND to be rented for one year. Any persons desirous of renting may view the premises before the day. All persons are forewarned from cutting timber on the land of said orphans. Bond and approved security will be required.
WALKER BAYLOR.
N.B. The above negroes are not to be hired to any person living more than five miles from Lexington. December 1, 1796.
[Relationship notes: Maj. John Ransdell is an uncle to Benjamin and Nancy Chinn as he is married to Elizabeth Chinn, sister of their father, Christopher Chinn.]
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[Identifies Benjamin as a son of Christopher Chinn, deceased, a brother of Nancy Chinn, and a ward of Walker Baylor. Also states that his inherited land is in Fayette County, Kentucky.]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Testimony of William Chinn, in Cook, Michael L. (Michael Lewis), and Bettie A. (Bettie Anne Cummings) Cook. Fayette County, Kentucky records. (Evansville, Indiana: Cook Publications, 1985-1986).
p 146 -
8 May 1809
Pursuant to an Act authorizing the County Court to receive testimony concerning burned records, William CHINN came into court and made oath that his brother, Christopher CHINN, died in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the year 1786, that he read the will of deceased brother, and that he gave his wife Ann CHINN one third of his estate, real and personal, and the remaining two third to his children, which will was recorded in this County and the record thereof destroyed by the burning of the Clerk's office.
[Note: Original record is in Fayette County, Kentucky Order Book 2]
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[Reference is made to Benjamin Chinn's inheritance. Also proves that records were destroyed by fire.]
- ↑ .
Thompson/Hall/Rogers/Chinn Indenture
"Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9D5-XC1H?cc=1875188&wc=37T9-ZNG%3A173385301%2C1562001302 : 27 March 2015), Fayette > Mixed records, 1789-1801, Vol. 5-6 > image 12 of 487; county courthouses, Kentucky.
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[24 Aug 1798 Fayette KY Indenture
500 acres in George Bryant Settlement
From: Lawrence Thompson and Kesiah, his wife
To:
- Thomas Hall and Ann his wife, late Ann Chinn, widow of Christopher Chinn, deceased
- Robert Rogers and Polly his wife, late Polly Chinn,
- Benjamin Chinn and Ann Chinn heirs and ... of Christopher Chinn, deceased of the other part]
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