RANDOM NOTES FROM SUITS FILED IN OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK
McMillen vs. Woodruff, Bill dated Dec. 6, 1838, Box 989
William Brown's will mentions farm purchased of Jesse Huddleston for son, James, for which deed was given;
- dau., Ruth Anne Smith and husband, James D. Smith, land beginning at Indian Creek Bridge to Ruddle's old dam;
- to dau., Mary Wilson and son-in-law, Barton S. Wilson, have conveyed brick and log homes in Cynthiana;
- son, William, property in Cynthiana;
- to other chdn., (not named) land in Ky. and Ill., near 7000 a.;
- wife, a farm either in Ky. or Ill.
Wts.: Thomas W. Buckner, Matthew Stacy:
Codicil: reserve out of Ill. land for each of uneducated chdn., viz: Elisha, Rebecca, Eliza, Loyd and Harriett Sarah, when of age, they to be educated.
Recorded Morgan Co., Ill.
At special term, 28 Oct., 1833, Matthew Stacy and Thomas W. Buckner appeared and proved will.
Extrs.: wife, Harriett Brown and William Brown, Jr., sign;
recorded in Harrison Co., Ky., July 14, 1840.
Deed from Barton S. Wilson and wife, Mary of Cooper Co., Mo., to William Brown, Jr., Extr. of William Brown, decd. of Harrison Co., Ky., Oct. 15, 1839.
Deed from John Graham and Elizabeth, heirs of Jared Graham, decd. and Hannah Graham, widow of Jared Graham, to William Brown, lot in Cynthiana, March 13, 1816.
Deed dated Aug. 13, 1835, Barton S. Wilson and wife, Mary, of Morgan Co., Ill., to William Brown, Extr. of William Brown.
Deposition of Nathaniel Campbell taken in Cynthiana, July 10, 1840, deposeth, he has resided in Cynthian since 1802 or 1803, that Hannah Graham was the widow of Jared Graham and as far back as 1802, she lived in house on ground now occupied by A. F. McMillan, that she had two chdn., John and Elizabeth, etc.
Thomas Rankin deposeth in same [10 Jul 1840] that he has lived in Cynthiana for more than forty years.
