Person:James Black (66)

Land Records in Kentucky

Acquisition of Land:

• Land Survey (Survey No. 5482): 21 January 1783, Survey for James Black, 1,000 acres on Stoners Fork & Licking. [Original Deed Book 7, page 20].

• Land Grant: 1 April 1785, James Black was granted 1,000 acres by the registers office by patent "being a part of a tract of 1,000 acres granted unto said James Black by a patent from the registers office" from indentures made to Alexander, John and James Black, his sons and heirs. On July 19, 1791, James deed to each of these sons 285 acres from his tract or a total of 855 acres keeping 100 acres for himself. [1]

Disposition of Land:

• 19 July 1791 - Bargain & Sale from James Black, Sen'r to James Black, Jun'r., 285 acres on the waters of Licking, part of a 1,000 acre tract granted by patent to James Black, Sen'r, bounded on a side by Alexander Black's 285 acre survey. Wit: James McHuain, William Wright and James Wright. Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book B, 1790-1794, Pg. 128 & 129

• 19 July 1791 - Bargain & Sale from James Black, Sen'r to John Black, 285 acres, part of the 1,000 acre tract granted by patent to the sd. James Black, bounded on a side by James Black's 100 acre survey. Wit: James McHuain, Wm. Wright and James Wright. Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book B, 1790-1794, Pg. 130 & 131

• 19 July 1791 - Bargain & Sale from James Black, Sen'r to Alexander Black, 285 acres, part of the 1,000 acre tract granted by patent to the sd. James Black, bounded by John Black's 285 acre survey, . Wit: James McHuain, William Wright and James Wright. Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book B, 1790-1794, Pg. 132 & 133

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)
   1:20 (Bourbon County).

   JAMES BLACK-Will Book B, page 36-Those mentioned-wife, Anne; son, Alexander; son, John; son, James. Written November 29th, 1797. Proved March, 1799. Witnesses---James Hamilton, Isaac Tull.