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Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Harrison County, Kentucky Will Abstracts
- JOHN GIVENS-Will Book A, Page 417
- Names wife, Ruth; sons, George Givens, Alexander, James; daughters, Isabella, Letitia and Maria; brother, Alexandra; brother-in-law, Francis Grey.
- Written August 3, 1818; Probated October, 1818.
- Executors-Ruth Givens (wife) Alexander Givens, Francis Grey.
- Witnesses-William Botkins, John Chinn.
- Source: frontierfolk.net - Harrison County, Kentucky Will Abstracts
References
- ↑ .
Court Record 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), 2:114, Secondary quality. Isham Talbott vs Geo. Givens' Hrs.
Alexander Givens, Matthew Givens, Samuel Givens, Jane Givens, Francis Gray and Lettice Gray, his wife, late Givens, hrs. of Geo. Givens, decd., Benj. Hendricks, Robt. Cummings and Samuel McMillan claim title of land claimed by your orator, Isham Talbott. Dated Dec. 29, 1815.
- Family Recorded, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
454.
... The best woman I ever knew in my life lives just over the way; she is of a highly respected family, her husband, Maj. John Givens, having died while a member of the Legislature, and although she has six children, there is an ample estate to take care of them. ...
- Family Recorded, in Boyd, L. (Mrs.). Chronicles of Cynthiana : and other chronicles. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co, 1894)
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... The Givens family is of Scotch-Irish descent, and came first to Virginia, from what part of Ireland is not known. George Givens, grandfather of George Givens, of this town, came to Bourbon county, and built a house on Silas creek, which is part of the division line between Harrison and Bourbon. ...
... John Givens, brother to George Givens's grandfather, represented his county twice in the legislature. ...
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Will Abstract of John Givens, in Source Needed.
Will of John Givens Wife: Ruth My children: George Givens, Alexander Givens, James Givens, Isabella Givens, Lettita Givens, Maria Givens- as they come of lawful age Executors: Wife Ruth and brother Alexander Givens, my brother in law Francis Gray Written: August 3 1818 Probated: October 1818 Volume I, page 417
- Find A Grave.
John Givens Birth 2 May 1782 Death 10 Aug 1818 (aged 36) Burial: Paris Cemetery Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130035223
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