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Facts and Events
Records in Kentucky
- Wyatt family records also show that Samuel Wyatt went to Greene Co., Tn. District of N.C. in 1783 where he was listed on the tax list. Prior to that he was proven to have been in the N.C. Continental Line army with his father in law, John Bennett. This John Bennett was proven by military land grant to have been awarded 300 acres in Greene Co., Tn. District of N.C. and is also listed on the 1783 tax list there. A Power of Attorney from Samuel Wyatt, Sr. to his son William in Greeneville, Greene Co., Tn. (formerly Tn. Dist. of N.C.) to recover Samuel's wife Rebecca's interest in her father John Bennett's estate also proves the connection. Tn. didn't become a state until 1796 and John Bennett died in 1808. [Ancestry.com Tree]
- Knox Co., KY Court, March Term 1835, Rebecca Wyatt vs. Samuel Wyatt, Heirs.
- The commonwealth of Ky. to the Sheriff of Knox County Greetings: We command you to summons Franklin Ballinger, administrator of the estate of Samuel Wyatt, deceased, and Isaac Wyatt, Betsy Wyatt, Thomas G. Eve; John Wyatt, Vincent Wyatt; William Wyatt; James Coffet and Sally Coffett, his wife, late Sally Wyatt; Isaac Stewart and Elizabeth, his wife, late Elizabeth Wyatt, George Griffith and Rebecca, his wife, late Rebecca Wyatt; William Hicky and Patsy his wife, late Patsy Wyatt, John Lynch and Lucy, his wife, late Lucy Wyatt, Susanna Coffet (widow) late Susannah Wyatt, Valentine Gibson and Polly, his wife, late Polly Wyatt; Thomas Bailey and Frances, his Wife, late Francis Wyatt; and Samuel Wyatt; and Samuel Gibson and Rebecca his wife; Children and heirs of Samuel Wyatt (????) deceased; and Davis Wyatt, Same Coffet and Rebecca his wife; Samuel Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt; Catherine Wyatt; and Polly Wyatt; Fanny Wyatt(an infant) Susannah Wyatt; (an infant); Patsy Wyatt (an infant)' Benjamin Wyatt (an infant), James Wyatt (an infant); children theirs of Thomas Wyatt deceased; and Vincent Morris, an infant; Hannah Morris and infant; Fanny Morris an infant; Lydia Morris, an infant and Julia Ann Morris an infant, children and heirs of Lydia Morris, deceased at Lydia Wyatt------heirs and representatives of the said Samuel Wyatt. The above were to answer a bill in chancery to be exhibited against them by Rebecca Wyatt; complaint dated October 5, 1835. Rebecca Wyatt stated as follows: That she is the wife and is now the widow of Samuel Wyatt, deceased, who departed this life at his residence in the county of Knox in the month of July last, intestate, and administration upon his estate has been granted by the Know County Court to Franklin Ballinger, Esq.. She states that her husbands estate consisted of 290 acres of land on the Cumberland River in the County of Knox where her husband lived and died. Also 5 slaves, one a man and the others a woman and 2 children and an old woman of little value; personal property and money. She states that the many named persons above are her children and grandchildren. She further states that her husband, the said Samuel Wyatt, for some time before his death, was not only weak in body but from old age and other causes, was infeebled in mind and was, in act, almost entirely deranged, so much so, that he was found a lunatic before his death by regular inquisition in the Knox Circuit Court by a Committee was appointed to take charge of his estate and person. The record of this proceeding, which took place at the last June term, is refereed to as an exhibit. She stated that for some time before the inquisition a foresaid, the old mans state of mind was as aforesaid and it was to her, on many accounts, the most painful period of her life but it was particularly sad on account of a cross and ill natured feeling the old man seemed to imbibe for herself. To appease this feeling, she agree with him that they should live separate and a contract was entered into whereby she was to have a separate maintenance of $80 a year paid to her during her life for that purpose and her son James Wyatt, was made a trustee to receive said money and he consented to the trust. The said contract reduced to writing and bearing date, ???? of January, 1835, signed by all the parties, is here exhibited. From the date on this contract until the death of her said husband, she lived part of the time with him and part of the time with her son James, the trustee. She has no doubt he was incompetent by reason of imbecility of the mind to make said contract, and she has no wish to claim any benefit under the same, and she desires the decree of the curt vacating and annulling said contract as if it had never been entered into. All she desires from the estate is her dower, etc.etc..
References
- ↑ Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;)
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