Caldwell County Court Order Book A, 1818.

This Caldwell County material is provided by Happy Greer, braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov who transcribed and abstracted it from microfilmed copies of the original Court Order Book.


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Extracts Caldwell Co,KY,Court Order Bk.A, 1818:
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Caldwell County Court Order Book A, July-Aug. 1818

JULY 1818:
July 27,1818,
p. 1--
At a County Court begun & held for Caldwell County at the Court-
house in the Town of Princeton on Monday the 27th day of July 1818.
Present John BRADLEY, Arthur H. DAVIS, Will S? BAILEY, Henry CLARK,
John WEEKS, Joel SMITH, William DUNCAN, Saml. GLENN, James MORSE,
& William CHANDLER Esqs.

A note of land title transfer dated Nov. 24, 1801 from Amasa IVES
to Wm. JENKINS, this instrument was produced in court by JENKINS
& filed 7-27-1818. The note was originally written & witnessed in
Livingston County, Nov. 24, 1801 & filed in the Quarter session
Court, Wm. DOBBINS Esq.,Judge.  The parcel of land was described
as "lying in Livingston County on the dry fork of Eddy Creek ad-
joining the lands of Johnston MARCHBANKS and Wm. GILKEY Sr.," also
stated that it was land "transferred to me by Zebulon B. HOBERT."
IVES states further "I hereby authorize and impower the Register
of the land office to so transfer the Works that the Grant may
issue in his name & this shall be his authority for the same."
Dec. 1, 1801, Livingston Co Sct Enoch PRINCE clerk of Lvgstn Co
Quartersession Ct. signed & sealed.

p. 2--
Ord. Jno. MERCER,Senr., Joel SMITH & Ephraim CATES Gent. aptd.
Comrs. to make conveyance of land.

Letter of Admn. granted Sarah ANDERSON on estate of Charles ANDERSON,
dec'd.; her securities: Jno. SHAW, Jas. ANDERSON, Alexr. ANDERSON &
Jason L. CLOUD. $3000 penalty. Present Garrot GRAY & Jeremiah RUCKER
Esqs.  Apprs: Allen GRACE, Beamon FOWLER, David GRACE,[p.3] David
DAVENPORT & Jno. ANDERSON

p. 3--
Sarah GEORGE Extx of Andrew GEORGE dec'd, entered into bond in
penalty of $10,000?  Her Sectys: William HOLLAND, Winfrey BOND
& John GEORGE.  Apprs: John RAMEY?[or RAMSEY?], Wm. HOLLAND, Jno.
HOLLAND, Wm. BIRDSONG & Joel SMITH.

James LAUGHLIN dec'd. Inventory of estate produced in court &
O.R.

Jeremiah RUCKER produced certificate of having taken oaths of
office as Magistrate for Caldwell County & took his seat.

Will of Ebenezer MORSE dec'd produced by Exrs. & proven by
Spencer CALVERT & Jno. F. CALVERT 2 subscribing witnesses.
Executors named in Will: Francis MORSE, Obadiah MORSE & Jas.
MORSE. Securities:Thomas FRAZIER, Francis PRINCE,Jr.[p.4]Bond:
$12,000.  Appraisors of personal estate: Wm. ASHER,Sr.;Wm. LOVE,
Edward ROBINSON, Arthur H. DAVIS & Jno. C. DODDS.

p. 4--
Public road leading from Andrew GEORGE's to Widow REYNOLDS
on Tenn. River commencing at James BOLAND's on sd. road to
GREER horse mill annulled.

Jas. DUFF apptd. guardian to Lemuel W. CRUCE, about 6 yrs. old,
Isabella Eliza CRUCE 4 on next Dec. 22 - orphans of Stephen
CRUCE dec'd.,Bond with Walter DUFF,secty. $4,000.

p. 5--
Inventory of estate of Jesse HANLEY, dec'd.

Garrott GRAY,Senr. took seat as Magistrate of Caldwell County.

Thos. BRADBURN earmark: smooth crop & hole right ear; left ear
a crop & slit

Arthur H. DAVIS & Garrott GRAY Senr. esqs. apptd. Election
Judges at Courthouse in Princeton w. Edwd. ROBISON, their clerk.

Wm. DUNCAN & Jno. ANDERSON apptd. Election Judges at Eli INGRAM's
house in "the precinct South of Cumberland river." Banister WADE
apptd. their clerk. M. NEWMAN,Esqr. Present.

M.A. RUCKER & Wm. CHANDLER apptd. Election Judges at precinct in
Eddyville: Saml. GLENN their clerk.

p. 6--
Josiah WHITNELL, County Shff. appts. Robt. WHITNEL his deputy &
Robt. Whitnel sworn in.
Absent M. NEWMAN

Report by viewers of road from Eddyville to Hopkinsville through
the Eddy grove to be turned to run on N. side of Mathew BOWYER's
farm, produced in Ct. & recorded; Summons ordered issued to
Thos. BROOKS jr. & Mathew BOWYER.

Saml. GLENN aptd. Guardian to Pernicia(7), Lucinda(2) LANGSTON,
heirs & legatees of Jacob LANGSTON dec'd. Secty: Wm. BIRDSONG.

p. 7--
Letters of Admn. to John JONES (with consent of widow) on Jas.
P. LEACH,dec'd. Secys: Wm. CROW & Jas. PERRY $1000 bond.
Appraisors personal estate apptd: Wm. VAUGHN, Longshore? LAMB,
Staliard SCOTT, A.H. DAVIS & Moses CLAYTON.

Isaac McELROY apptd. Survyr of public road from Princeton to
Smithland commencing at SHELBY's pond to Widow LONG's on Spring
Creek. He & all hands living between said road & Livingston
Creek as far as mouth of Spring Creek to open & keep said road
in repair.

Wm. OWENS apptd. Svyr public road from Princeton to JARROTs
ferry on direction to Smithland beginning at Widow LONG's to
said Jarrot's ferry on Cumberland River & with all hands living
between mouth of [p.8] Spring Creek & Cmblnd. Riv. open & keep
in repair.

p. 8--
Michael FUNCANNON? apptd. Svyr part of public road leading from
Princeton to JARROT's ferry on direction to Smithland beg. at
a drain of the pond opposite John ROSS's old place to W. side
of SHELBY's pond opposite the same etc., keep in repair.

Report by viewers submitted & road ord. established from Bellville
to Eddyville to intersect sd. rd. about 3/4 mi. this side of west
fork of Donaldson.

Ord. Ct. Adj. til tomorrow morning 8 o clock. A. H. DAVIS

Tuesday, July 28, 1818,
p. 8--
Present Jno. BRADLEY, A.H. DAVIS, Martin NEWMAN, Jeremiah RUCKER,
Morton A. RUCKER Esqs.

Nathan OLIVER apptd. Tax Commissioner for present year in [p. 9]
the Militia Company whereof he is Capt.

p. 9--
Moses ARNOLD rd. Srvyr ord. to work no farther than where
public road from FREEMAN's Mill to Saline road near Jas.
ARMSTRONG's intersects the rd. from Eddyville to Centreville.

Wm. FORD aptd. Svyr of part of public rd. (in place of Thos.
CAMPBELL, resigned) from Princeton to Salem beg. at Wm.
JOHNSTON's to David CALDWELL's Spring Creek, open & keep
in repair 30 feet wide--hands from 2 miles each side of road.

Jno. BEARDEN resigns as Comr. to Superintend building of Court-
house & Stephen C. DORRIS is apptd. instead.

Mathew LYON Jr. aptd. Svyr. rd. from Eddyville to mouth of
Little River on direction to Clarkville, Tenn. beginning where
it & road to Hopkinsville fork to the Eddy Creek. Hands 1/4 mi.
each side, maintain 15' wide.

p. 10--
Wm. ATCHUSSON aptd. Svyr. rd. from Eddyville to Hpknsvlle
beg. at Eddyville to Eddy Creek, hands 2 miles North & South
side to maintain.

Hugh McRACKEN, Wm. S. BAILEY, G.D. COBB, Mathew LYON Jr. & Jno.
H. PHELPS view rd. from Eddyville out 1 mi. or less on road to
Princeton & report.

Jas. PERRY entered bond as Constable Caldwell County with
Secys: Turner CARTER, Jno. JONES $1000.

[William crossed through] M. Thomas RORKE allowed $20 for sur-
veying the Cave in Princeton. to be pd. out of next County levy.

Admrs. of Godfrey FOWLER dec'd, [p. 11] move & so ord. that Morton
A. RUCKER Esqr, A.H. DAVIS Esqr & Jas. MORSE Esqr be aptd. Comrs.
to settle with them.

p. 11--
On mo. of Wm. S. BAILEY Esqr.  ord. that John HENDERSON be
aptd. Svyr. of rd. fr. Eddyville to JARROTT's ferry on direction
to Smithland, beg. Eddyville to Jacob DOOM's old place; hands 2
mi. each side; 15 feet wide.

Geo. HANLEY [or HAWLEY?] aptd. Svyr. rd. fr. Eddyville to
JARROT's Ferry on direction to Smithland beginning at Jacob
DOOM's old place to said ferry. 15 feet wide.

Report of Jurors for Enoch PRINCE to erect water grist mill on
the Eddy Creek at the place called LEACH's old mill. LEACH's
mill condemned & Prince permitted to build.

p. 12--
On mo. M.A. RUCKER: Jno. GEORGE, Jno. WILCOX, Michael FREEMAN,
Geo. BOYD & Jno. RUCKER apptd. to view, lay out & mark a way
nearest & best from Princeton to Freeman's Mill by the house
of M.A. RUCKER Esqr.

Joseph RUCKER aptd. Constable for Caldwell County, bond with
Jeremiah & M.A. RUCKER secys. $1000

Jas. EASLEY, Robt. DRAPER, Joseph RUCKER, Drury C. CHAMPION &
Wm. HOLLAND aptd. Patrollers in Capt. RAMEY's? [or RAMSEY?] &
Capt. Thos. KEVILLE's Companies & EASLEY is apptd. their Capt.

Court adjourned til Court in Course, A.H.DAVIS JP


AUGUST 1818:
Monday, Aug. 24th, 1818,
p. 13--
Co. Ct. held for Caldwell Co.  Courthouse town of Princetown.
Present Arthur H. DAVIS, Jeremiah RUCKER, Jas. MORSE Esqs.

Inventory, appraisement & sale bills returned on Estate of
Jas. P. LEACH dec'd & O.R.
Present Garrot GRAY Esqr.

Inv., appraisement & sale bill on estate of Ebenezer MORSE.
Article of agreement between the legatees of E. MORSE dec'd
(named in Will) produced & proven by 2 Sub. witnesses: R.A. EWING
& Thos. FRAZIER & O.R.
Present M. NEWMAN Esqr.

Jas. MORSE, 1 of Exrs of Will of Ebenezer MORSE ak'd. debt to
[p. 14] Justices of Co. Ct. of Caldwell Co. $200 to be void if a
mulatto woman belonging to estate of dec'd in his lifetime & emanci-
pated by him in his Last Will & Testament should at all times be
able to support herself without becoming chargeable to said County
& it is ord. that the said negro be emancipated agreeable to the
said will & have a certificate of her freedom on the fee being
paid.

p. 14--
Jno. SCOTT makes affidavit in Court that he is improperly charged
in County levy of 1817 with 5 polls. Ord. he be released from
paying same & Shff. to have credit for same. Present J. RUCKER

Commr. to let & Superintend building of clerk's office made
report & recorded & the undertaker released from his contract.

Hugh McCASTLIN apptd. [p. 15] Guardian to Rebecca BRASIL, orph.
of Jacob BRASIL, aged about 17. Jas. McCASTLIN Secty $100.

p. 15--
Wm. BOLAND renews his bond as Constable Caldwell County, Jas.
HALL & Wm. HOLLAND secys $1000.

Jno. BEARDEN allowed $60.50 in adn. to his former contract for
extra work on Clerk's office to be paid out of subscriptions
filed in Clerk's office for public uses & Clerk to deliver to
him & get receipt.
Absent J. MORSE,Esqr.  Present Arnold JACOB,Esq.

Thos. KENY orph. of Jno. KENY dec'd, about 16 yrs. old chooses
[p. 16] Joseph COOK as Guardian, Cook bond with Obadiah MORSE
Secy $50.

p. 16--
Ephraim CATES comes & lists following property: 331 acres third
rate land valued at 2.50 pr acre, 1 black under 16 years valued
$300. 3 head horses val. 120. one poll----total value $1247.50
ord. certified &c.
Absent all the Justices but A.H.DAVIS, Garrott GRAY & A. JACOB Esqs.

On mo. Jas. HALL ord. Jno. WILSON be apptd svyr of rd. leading
>from Christian Courthouse by said HALL's to Eddyville beginning
at said HALL's to Thos. MARSH's, all hands 2 mi. each side;
15 feet wide.

Viewers' report- to lay off & mark way nearest & best from
[p. 17] Bridge on Donaldson to intersect old road leading from
Eddyville to Belville within 3/4 mi. of the West fork, was returned
to court, recorded & road established to Belville. Ord. Walter
McCHESNEY be apptd. Svyr of sd. rd. beg. at bridge on Donaldson's
to the west fork & all hands 2 mi. each side, etc. 15' wide.

p.17--
Jno. F. SON aptd. Svyr rd. fr. bridge on Donalson to Belville
beg. at the west fork of Dnlsn. to 1 1/2 mi. beyond the house
of A. SON, etc. 15'

Jno. DRENNNON aptd. Svyr. rd. fr. Dnlsn. bridge to Belville beg.
1 1/2 mi. N. of A. SON's on sd. rd. to where it intersects the
rd. fr. Salem to Belville, etc. 15' wide.

p. 18--
Jas. HALL property: 320 acres land 3d rate Dry fork value per
acre $3.00; 1 black under 16 val. $250; 7 horses at $250; 1
white poll Total value $1460. Ord. to be certified.

Additional inventory of est. of G. FOWLER dec'd ret'd by Exr.

Invy., apprsmnt & sale bill estate Joel EAST dec'd ret'd by
admr.

On mo. Jas. MAXWELL, ord. Jno. FLINT aptd. svyr. rd. Princeton
to Centreville beg. at FOWLER's place to Wm. JOHNSTON's & he
with all hands livng on said Fowler's place & all hands within
2 mi. etc. 30 feet wide. (In room of said MAXWELL, resigned)

p. 19--
Sylvanus PALMER gives bond as Tavern Keeper at Eddyville house
formerly occupied by Jos. McMAHEN, Secys: R.H. CLARK & C. LYON
$100.

Stephen ROGERS enters bond as Tavern keeper at his house in
Eddyville. Secys: Chitn. LYON, Charles KELLY   Ł100

Ephraim CATES aptd. Svyr. public rd. ldg. fr. Clarksville,Tenn.
to intersect the Saline rd. leading from Hopkinsville to the
Saline near SMITH's mill on said rd. beg. at John HOLLANDs to
the ford of Eddy Creek (in the room of J.F. MITCHUSSON,resigned)
at Colo. MITCHUSSONs & with all hands living within 3 miles
each side of said road open & keep same in repair.

p. 20--
John YOUNG aptd. Svyr. of the part of public road ldg. fr.
Princeton to Madisonville (in room of S. GALLOWAY, resigned)
commencing at Gum Lick to John MORSEs place & he with all hands
lvg. w/i 3 mis. on N. side sd. rd. & on S. side sd. rd. to
include FULTON? and a line to the Christian County line & with
said line to Tradewater to open & keep etc., 20' wide.

On mo. William JOHNSTON, 1 of Secys. for admx of estate of
Josiah COBB dec'd, ord. that Summons issue against said admx.
returnable here & requiring her to appear at Oct. Term of this
Court & give Secy in room of said JOHNSTON [Note: Widow= Ann COBB]

Present M. NEWMAN Esqr.

On mo. of John G. CLAYTON enters bond as Constable Caldwell Co.,
secys Stephen C. DORRISS & Saml. GALLOWAY. [p. 21] $1000 bond.
Clayton took oaths.

p. 21--
Present J. RUCKER Esqr.

On motion of George GRACE ordered that the Clerk bind out to
Said GRACE, Daniel BUCKSTON aged about Eight years,to learn the
art & mystery of the farming trade, to age 21 and that a Summons
issue agt Sarah ANDERSON Grandmother of said Child returnable here
& requiring her to appear her[e] at the next term of this Court to
Shew cause if any She can why Said Daniel BUCKSTON Should not be
bound to said GRACE.

Present M. LYON Esq.
William FARMER an Indigent Soldier of the Revolution an Inhabitant
of this State renouncing all pensions heretofore accruing to him &
applying to be heard respecting his claim to the benefit of the law
of U S of the 18th of march 1818 testifies & Says that Sometime
in the month of april 1776 he enlisted into the fifth Regiment
of north Carolina Continental troops at bertie County in Said
State under Capt. John P. WILLIAMS & Joined Said Regiment at
Edenton in Chowan County from thence he marched to Wilmington
& then into Pensylvania [p. 22] That he was in the battle of
Germantown from thence he went to Jersey New York State &
Connecticut & Continued in the army for upwards of two years &
a half when he was discharged, which discharge he has lost and
the Said Willm FARMER Swears that he is in reduced circumstances
& Stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support
haveing lost the Sight of one eye & being Subject to other
bodily disabillity which is ordered to be certified to the Sec-
retary of War.

Ordered that the undertaker of the Court house in building the
Same reduce from the wall one half brick and raise the foundation
wall of Stone (done in a Strong neat masterly workmanlike manner)
one foot above the Surface on the highest Ground and bring the..
ballance to that level and fill the floor to that level with dirt
or Sand including the pavement and put a Stone Sil in each door of
the Courthouse and the under[taker] being in court agrees to this
alteration.

p. 23--
To view & lay out & mark way nearest & best from Princeton to
John WILSONs Ware house on Tradewater & report: Robert LOVE,
Isaac HARPER, Rezin FRYER, James SMITH & Thomas ANDERSON.

Mo. of Thos BROOKS the rd. of which he is svyr be est'd on the
following ground, commencing at sd. BROOKs land to Colo.
MITCHUSSONs Corner, then to the line between sd. BROOKS & M.
BOWYER thence to old rd. & with same to ford of Eddy Cr.

Present M. LYON, A. JACOB, A.H. DAVIS & M.A. RUCKER & Willm
S. BAILEY Esqr & M NEWMAN Esqr.

John C. GORDON entered into [p. 24] bond, secys James WADLINGTON
& Stephen C. DORRIS $1000

p. 24--
On mo. E. L. HEAD ord. Clerk of Court deliver to him notes filed
in his office on his contract as Undertaker of the Jail to amount
of $1000 provided it will leave amt sufficient to answer former
appropriations.

On mo. John JONES Svyr of part of rd. leading from Martin OLIVERs
to 3 mile posts have allotted him as hands Bowen TYSON, Stalliard
SCOTT, Levi LAMB, Jos ROGERS & that they work with instead of M.
CLAYTON.

On mo. Reuben ROWLAND ord. that he employ a workman & have 2
presses made in the Clerks office [p.25] as well as 2 chimney
pieces for same to be paid out of next County Levy.

p. 25--
[still Augt. Term 1818]
Personally appeared in Court Mathew LYON an inhabitant of
Said County and an indigent officer of the Revolutionary army
renouncing all claim to pensions heretofore accrueing to him
and applying to be heard respecting his claim to the benefit
of the law of Congress of 18th of march 1818 Testifies & Says
that Sometime in the year 1774 in the Country now called
Rutland County vermont he aided in forming __?_ing and disci-
plineing a company of the Volunteers then Called minute men
for the defence of american Liberty of which Company he was
one, that in the Spring 1775 with about 20 of Said Company
he Joined Ethan ALLEN in the Successful Surprise of Tycondaroga
& was with Said ALLEN in his first expedition to Canada and
in the first rencontre at St Johns that immediately on his
return he was appointed adjutant of the malitia Regiment within
the bounds of which he lived. That on the 19th of July 1776
[p. 26] He recieved a commission as Second-Lieutenant in the army
of the United States to Serve in a corps destined for the defence
of the frontiers & designed to be commanded by Colo. Seth WARNER
which Commission he has exhibitted. That at and about the time
of General ST. CLAIRs retreat from Tycondaroga in July 1777 he
was under the Special Command of that General Sometime acting
as his Guide and at other times rideing express? -- That on
the 14th of Said July he recieved a Commission as pay master to
Col. Seth WARNERs Continental Regt which Commission he exhibits
that he Served as a Volunteer in the line of WARNERs Regt. at and
dureing the Siege & the takeing of BURGOYNE--That Some time in
may 1778. as near as he recollects when it was understood that
the remains of WARNERs Regiment were about to be ordered to the
Southward in order to be Joined to other Regiments he wrote to
the Commanding General for leave to resign Still continueing to
pay the Scattered and dispersed officer & Soldiers of [p. 27]
The Regiment the public money remaining in his hands until
Sometime in the Summer when he learned that another paymaster
was appointed altho he had recieved no answer [note: "answer"
double-underlined] to his letter requesting leave to resign on
Which information he accepted the appointment of Paymaster
General of the Troops & Malitia of the State of Vermont.  That
in July 1780 being called on to Settle his accounts he made a
Settlement with Wm. BEDLOW auditor of accounts for the eastern
department and on the 25th of Said July recieved from Said
auditor a discharge for all the public money he had recieved
which discharge he exhibits. That in 1779 he was appointed
Captain in the malitia & on 12th novbr. 1781 he was promoted
to the Command of the 16th Regiment of the malitia of Vermont
with the rank of Colonel a regiment on the frontier which was
much engaged in Service  those Commissions are also exhibited
and the Said Matthew LYON further Swears that having through
misfortune in trade lost his property he is in reduced circum-
stances [p. 28] & being in his 70th year illy able to labour
he Stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support.

Ord. that Court adjourn until Court in Course.  M. LYON
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