Person:Reuben Rankin (1)

Watchers
m. 3 May 1751
  1. Moses RankinAbt 1751 - Bef 1810
  2. Robert Rankin1753 - 1837
  3. George RankinAbt 1755 - Bef 1810
  4. John RankinAbt 1757 - Bef 1819
  5. Reuben RankinAbt 1760 - Bef 1812
  6. Elizabeth Rankin1762 -
  7. Benjamin RankinAbt 1764 - 1817
  1. Margaret "Peggy" RankinBef 1780 - Bef 1810
  2. Reuben RankinAbt 1785 - Aft 1810
  3. James Rankin - Aft 1810
  4. Benjamin Rankin - Aft 1810
  5. Robert Rankin - Aft 1810
Facts and Events
Name Reuben Rankin
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1760 Hanover Parish, King George, Virginia, United States
Marriage to Isabella _____
Property[3] 17 Jul 1787 Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesbought 100 ac on Huston's Creek
Will[1] 13 Jan 1810 Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
Death? Bef Mar 1812 Bourbon, Kentucky, United States[probate]
Probate[1] Mar 1812 Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
Other[2] Abt 1812 Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesdeposed
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Will Abstract of Reuben Rankin, in usgwarchives.net - VITALS-Deaths, Partial 1792-1815, Bourbon County, Kentucky[1].

    RANKIN, Reuben - Names wife, Isabella; sons, Reuben, James, Benjamin, Robert; grandchildren, Reuben and Isabella, heirs of daughter, Peggy HALL, deceased.
    Written 13 Jan 1810. Proved Mar 1812.
    Witness: Abraham BUFORD.
    (Will Book D, p. 241)

  2. Court Record, 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)
    2:115.

    [RANDOM NOTES FROM SUITS FILED IN OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK]
    Benj. Bedford vs. Thos. 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 Jas. 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 Jas. 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.
    Chas. Scott, Secty to Gov., signs Treas. Warrant to Thos. 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.

  3. Property Records, in Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book A, 1786-1790.

    Date: 17 July 1787
    From: John Grant of Bourbon Co. & wife, Mary
    To: Daniel Mosby of Bourbon Co.
    Type / pgs: Deed of Bargain & Sale A78, A79 & A80
    Proven in court: None
    Desc: 150 acres on Huston's fork of Licking; Corner to Reubin Rankin's land;

    Date: 17 July 1787
    From: John Grant of Bourbon Co. & wife, Mary
    To: Reubin Rankin of Bourbon
    Type / pgs: Deed of Bargain & Sale A88, A89 & A90
    Proved in court: None
    Desc: 100 acres on Huston's creek, a branch of Licking; to Mossby's; corner to Sam'l Douglass; on Grant's line thence south

    Date: 17 July 1787
    From: John Grant of Bourbon Co. & wife, Mary
    To: Samuel Douglas of Bourbon Co.
    Type / pgs: Deed of Bargain & Sale A93 and A94
    Proved in court: None
    Desc: 100 acres on Huston's creek's branch of Licking; corner to Rankin's land and thence north with sd line;

  4.   Property Records, in Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book B, 1790-1794.

    Date: 23 Aug 1791
    From: Daniel Mosby and wife Elizabeth & John Grant
    To: William Clark, Jun'r
    Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-206 & 207
    Wit: Robert Holmes, Alexander Mahan, George Anderson, Robert Megowan, John Bradford & William Clark
    Desc: 142 acres bounded by Robert Willmoh, Reubin Rankin and Samuel Bryan

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    [cos1776 Note, 13 Nov 2015: the following records are for David Rankin. I'm not sure if there is a connection yet, so I am parking them here for now. David and Reuben are the only Rankins in Deed Book B for Bourbon County.]
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    Date: 16 July 1793
    From: James Powers of Fayette Co., by his Atty in Fact, David Marshall
    To: John Sellers of Fayette Co.
    Type / pgs: Bargain & Sale B-382 & 383
    Wit: __y Welch and Ian A Manifee
    Desc: 800 acres on the South fork of Licking, bounded by David Rankin

    From: John Sellers of Woodford Co. and wife, Mary
    To: James Frazier
    Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-386 & 387
    Date: 16 July 1793
    Wit: John Frazier & Robert Summers
    Desc: 100 acres on the South fork of Licking, on the lines of George Frazier, Jun., John Frazier, David Rankin, & Joel (?) Frazier