Recreating Riley Truitt’s neighbourhood in Warren-Simpson, Kentucky
Recreating
Riley Truitt’s neighbourhood in Warren-Simpson, Kentucky
Author: Sarah Baird
Date: 21 November 2024
Updated: December 2024
FamilySearch Id Riley
Truitt GKBX-JCB
All Rights Reserved.
Problem Analysis – At the time of his death, 1814, Riley owned land in both Warren and Logan-Simpson counties. It is unclear if Riley’s lands were contiguous and whether the changing boundaries of Warren, Logan and Simpson counties were detrimental to Riley’s lands. His heirs were involved in three lawsuits in Warren county and two lawsuits in Simpson county. No research is extant for Riley Truitt.
Objective – This research works through each court case in Warren and Simpson counties, Kentucky to, as accurately as possible, establish the total acreage and locations of Riley Truitt’s lands.
Historical background – An Act of Kentucky’s General Assembly, 24 December 1795, made land available to people residing in the area south of Green River. Eligibility: head of household, over twenty-one years of age, resident Kentucky for one year, granted one to two hundred plots. [1] Kentucky has a nine different collections of land grants but the series South of Green River, 1797-1866 applies to Riley’s land. [2] In 1808 he is assessed on two tracts, each containing two hundred acres, entered in the name of R Dongan on Barrens [watercourse].[3] A third tract containing 218a, entered and surveyed for Hiathy [best guess], does not appear in later tax records.
Geography [4] - At the time of Warren county’s creation, 14 December 1796, the Surveyor for Warren cut away, from Logan, too much land. January Term 1799, Logan County Court, ordered the surveyors of Logan and Warren meet, on the third Tuesday, March 1799, at Buffelow Ford [no buffalo roamed Kentucky] on Gaspers River to run the line from there to James Dougans. [5]
· 10 July 1799 James Dougan, assignee of Samuel Dougan, survey 100a, the beginning post oak between the head of Clair and Naked Forks of Gasper River in the Barrens. [6]
· 15 March 1802 James Dougan Junr. 150a in the Barrens between the head of the Clear and Naked Forks of Gasper beginning at a stake running a north easterly course; to include his improvements and joining James Dougan Senr. line. [7]
· 21 June 1802 James Dougan Senr. 100a. in Warren county beginning at the corner between the Survey where he now lives and Ephraim Dickey running a south eastwardly course. [8]
Supporting
documentation – tax lists for Warren,
Kentucky including names associated with Riley Truitt. Sloss-Lockhart, Dougan, Andrew.
[9]
A most excellent and reliable publication is "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter” containing a wealth of family genealogy and court and deed record transcripts. For instance, the Society’s Abstracts from Order Book A, Warren County, Kentucky, March 7, 1797-June 15, 1801 – provides invaluable data toward building a profile for the community of which Riley was a part of. Identifies/mentions the location of County roads to be constructed, overseers for institutions, judiciary appointments and county-lines.
Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924. US, Standard printing Co. Inc., 1925. Accessed FamilySearch Books. Short note: Jillson, Index Kentucky Land Grants.
Court records and deeds.
Simpson County was created 28 January 1819 from Allen, Logan and Warren Counties.
Warren county lawsuits
In 1824 Franklin Truitt initiated legal proceedings against his step-father Mark Andrew, mother Catherine, and siblings, William, Margaret, and John Truitt, for his one-quarter share of his father’s personal property (Case 488). The same year, Mark Andrew sued Jesse McCombs’ heirs, Riley Truitt, Samuel White, and Franklin, William, Margaret and John Truitt (Case 480). The archival description of this case is “land purchase and division; heirs of Jesse McCombs listed.” Franklin brought suit against Jesse McCombs and others in 1825 seeking title to Riley’s land (Case 530). [10]
The above information was extracted from “Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137”. The collection catalogues the extant papers for Equity Court cases in Warren County, Kentucky, Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). Information includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. An archival note says “Many of the documents in the files are damaged, in poor condition and/or difficult to read.” These “loose papers” petitions, answers, depositions, witness statements and interrogatories filed by the plaintiff and defendant, are not available online and have not been recorded in court record books. [11] Those papers would provide a screenshot of family dynamics and offer an explanation for the delay in probating Riley’s estate.
Daily court proceedings, and decisions made in the Truitt law suits, are recorded in Warren County, State of Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk's Office Record Book, 1823 to 1825. Extracted data is arrayed to disentangle the proceedings for each case and correlate it with the case files in Manuscript Collection 137. The handwriting on the digital images indicate they are transcripts of the original book or a transcript of the transcript, therefore, prone to error.
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Source [12] |
Information |
Comment: Evidence Analysis |
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p121 27 May 1824 Mark Andrew Complt. ats Riley Trewitt’s
heirs Defts. David Reed is appointed guardian ad litem to the Defts,
infant heirs of Riley Trewitt decd. |
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p161 10 June 1824 Mark Andrew Complt. ats the heirs of
Riley Trewitt decd. Defts. Answers of Defendants, John McCombs, Jesse & Mary
McCombs, Hugh McCutchen and wife and Samuel G White exhibited and filed. Comment: Defendants answers not recorded.
Part of “loose papers”. |
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p177 25 August 1824 Franklin Trewitt Complt. ats Mark
Andrew & ors Defts. Motion of Complt. Ordered Mark Andrew be and is appointed guardian ad litem to the Defts
infants heirs of Reley Trewitt decd. Comment: This must relate to Case 488
Franklin Truitt vs. Mark and Catherine Andrew, William Truitt, Margaret
Truitt, and John Truitt for his one-quarter share of Riley’s personal estate. |
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p21 1 September 1824 Mark Andrew Complt ats the heirs
& representatives of Reley Trewitt decd Defts On motion of Complt. Franklin Trewitt one of the Defts.
who has become of full age since the bringing of this suite, is appointed
guardian ad litem to the infant Defts in the room of David Reed. Comment: This is Case 480, where Mark Andrew
is suing Franklin Truitt and his minor siblings. |
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p249 24 November 1824 Mark Andrew Complt. ats the heirs
& representatives of Riley Truett decd. & Jessee McCombs decd. Defts. Bill answers and exhibits. Decreed Complainant recover one
half of the entry called Finleys to be laid off so as to adjoin the farm of
the Complts. contigous to the said entry. Samuel Read, William Marshall,
George Reed, Jno. Hart and Lance Graves or any three, be appointed
commissioners to survey and divide the said entry between the said Truett's
heirs and the Complainant. Commissioners report next February term which
report, when made, to be the final decree. Comment: Case 480. Report of Commissioners
and the survey may be part of “loose papers”. |
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p252 25 November 1824 Franklin Truett Complt. ats Mark
Andrew & ors Defts. The separate answers of Mark Andrew and Catharine Andrew
exhibited and filed. Comment: Case 488. Answers part of “loose
papers”. |
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p295 3 March 1825 Mark Andrew Complt ats Riley Trewitts
heirs & Jessee McCombs Defts In Chancery. Commissioners appointed at the last term of this Court
returned a report. Ordered decreed. Comment: Case 480. William Marshall commissioner
to convey land to Mark Andrew. |
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p318 9 March 1825 [Parties not enumerated]. Deed of conveyance Franklin Trewitt, William Truitt,
Margaret Truitt and John Truitt heirs of Riley Truitt decd by William
Marshall, commissioner to Mark Andrew. Exhibited and acknowledged in Open
Court. Ordered to be recorded. Comment: Case 480. Deed recorded in Warren
County Kentucky Deed Book M-12, 1825-1827, p8. Mark Andrew gets an equal
moiety of Findley's entry. |
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p327 12 March 1825 Franklin Trewitt Complt ats Mark Andrew
& ors Defts In Chancery. Answer of infant defendants heirs of Riley Trewitt decd by
Franklin Trewitt their guardian ad litem exhibited and filed. Ordered: John A White, William Marshall, John Hart and
Lance Graves, or any three, divide Reley Trewitt’s estate among his heirs
after laying off the dower of 275a. Ordered: Mark Andrew assign to Franklin Truitt bonds
totalling $1096, one-fourth to Franklin, three-fourths for his guardians. Agreed: After Mark Andrew’s death his representatives to
pay Riley’s heirs $100. Ordered: Mark Andrew deliver up all the slaves in
[illegible] except Patience. She is to be returned to Riley’s estate after
the deaths of Mark Andrew and his wife Catherine. Ordered: Commissioners report the amount advanced by Mark
Andrews to each of the heirs, in property or money or Commonwealth notes at
their * valuation, reason for advances. Ordered: Mark Andrew and Catherine have a life estate in the
275a dower, reverts to Riley’s heirs after their deaths. Ordered: Franklin Truitt give bond with security to Mark
Andrew for future debts against Riley’s estate. Comment: Case 488. |
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Simpson County, Kentucky - law suits
About 1828 Franklin initiated a lawsuit in Simpson county. Trewitt's Heirs vs. Briant and Lockhart. “Loose papers” - petitions, depositions, surveys and other evidences in the case, are available in FamilySearch Catalog, Simpson, Kentucky > IGN 8338946.
Evidence has not been correlated against historic laws and evaluated.
The objective of this research is to identify and map the location of Riley Truitt’s real estate and neighbours using grants, patents, court and deed records and state-level tax records.
Despite the information overload, another objective is to complete the chain of title for Riley’s lands through to the 1900s. This should accurately identify the second-third generation descendants of Riley and his wife Catherine Thetford.
Some citations are left in full note format, as headings.
1. Dongan-Dougan – R and Samuel named in tax lists for Riley Truitt, Warren, 1808-1809. No further information has been located for R or Samuel Dongan-Dougan. The Simpson county law suit and subsequent survey shows James Dougan and Ephraim Dickey’s land in proximity to Truitt land.
p302 Grants South of Green River
Grantee Dongan, James 100a Book 2 p423 Survey date 7-10-1799 Warren Watercourse Clear and Naked Fk [Fork].
Land Grant Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dougan, James
(LG 186)" (2015). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper
3730.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3730
LG186 James Dougan [original]
Certificate No 2391 1791 Act of Assembly for encouraging and granting
relief to settlers
Assignee of Samuel Dougan
Survey 10 July 1799
Beginning post oak marked D betw. the head of Clair and Naked Forks of
Gasper River in the Barrens
N62 E135p
Stake
S28 E125p
Post oak
S62 W120p
Post oak on conditional line between Dougan and William Cross
with line N56 W30p
Black jack
N28 W100p
to beginning
Seal of Christopher Greenup affixed Frankfort, Ky 15 March 1806.
Comment: No survey attached.
Tax lists.
Other information extracted for Dongan-Dougan to build a profile for the community which Riley was part of, identifies placenames long forgotten, men involved in road building projects, judiciary appointments etc. Of interest are problems with county lines which may contribute information to the Simpson county lawsuit.
Warren County, Kentucky, Order Book A, 7 March 1797-15 June 1801. Transcription. "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 11, Number 2." (1988). Paper 41. Kentucky Library Research Collections. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/41 : 2022.
“4 March 1799 An order from Logan County Court for runing the County
line (to wit). Logan County Court January Term 1799 whereas it is represented
to this Court that a Fraud hath been committed by the Surveyor of Warren in
runing the County line from the Buffelow Ford on Gaspers River to James Dougans
therefore [page 142) ordered that the Surveyor of Logan County meet the
Surveyor of Warren on the third Tuesday in March next at the buffelow ford on
Gaspers River & run the line from there to James Dougans agreable to Law
& that it be Certified to the County Court of Warren Teste Saml. Caldwill
CI C.-- which was Exhibited into this Court and ordered to be Recorded.”
Warren County, Kentucky, Order Book A, 7 March 1797-15 June 1801. Transcription. "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 11, Number 4." (1988). Kentucky Library Research Collections. Paper 43. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/43 : 2022.
4 March 1800
“Ordered that John Estes Sr, Jas. Dougan, Phenis Cox and John Wren or any three of them being first Sworn do view the best & most Convenient way [page 214] for a road from Warren Courthouse to Thompson Bigg's from thence the most Convenient way so as to leave the Knobs that Henry Gorin lives in on the right from thence a direct Course so as to intersect Logan line on a direction to Logan Courthouse and made report thereof to the next Court.”
Warren County, Kentucky, Order Book A, 7 March 1797-15 June 1801. Transcription. "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 12, Number 2." (1989). Paper 45. Kentucky Library Research Collections. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/45 : 2022.
6 January 1801 Ordered that James Dougan and John Marshall be recommended to the Governor to fill the office of high Sheriff for this county."
3 March 1801 at a County Court held at the Courthouse of Warren. Present David Hudspeth, John Wren and Howel Doddy Esq.
Abstract: Report of a road from Warren Courthouse to the Logan County
Line on a Direction to Clarksville. James Reed, James Dougan and John Wren
appointed to mark the way for the Road in a Direction to Clarksville reported
there may be a better way got & made nearer than the Old Way & will
not. The land affected is Robert King decd. It runs through a small part of his
field, land that has never been grubbed or attended. 27 December 1800. Reubin
Ballard appointed Surveyor of the Same & with the hands to him allotted do
open and keep the Same in repair as the Law directs. Gladin Gorin, James Reed,
John Wren and James Dougan or any three allot the hands to work on said Road
and make report to the next Court.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Orders Book B, 1801-1804, imaged FamilySearch > Catalog > IGN > 8142537. Index at front of book. Many names mentioned in Truitt land deeds are listed in this index.
p298, 15 March 1802 James Dougan Junr. entitled to 150a. lying in the Barrens between the Head of the Clear and Naked Forks of Gasper, Warren county beginning at a stake running a north easterly course; to include his improvements and joining James Dougan Senr. line.
p321, 21 June 1802 James Dougan Senr. entitled to 100a. in Warren
county beg. at the corner between the Survey where he now lives and Ephraim
Dickey running a south eastwardly course.
Map of Kentucky by J Russell, 1794 Dec. 27, publ. in 1795 atlas. Digital image accessed Kentucky Historical Society https://kyhistory.com/digital/collection/Maps/id/51/rec/1. Shows Gasper Creek in Logan county and other tributaries. Jillson asserts this map is unreliable for the period. Parts of Logan-Warren are cut out.
Kentucky, Warren county, Equity Court Cases [13]
Folder 31, 1807 11
items
John Sloss v. James
Dougan (Case 30)
seeks good title to
land; debt no good.
Comment: Determine how Sloss v. Dougan affects Riley Truitt.
Survey Dougan, James 100a and additional 100a, Ephraim Dickey, Thos. Lockhart.
Determine relationship
between Riley and Dongan-Dougan.
Jillson, Index Kentucky Land Grants
p420 Grants South of Green River
Grantee Trewitt, Riley
150a Book 13 p440 12-2-1811 Warren no watercourse
Comment: No survey located.
Grantee Trewitt, Riley
55a Book 13 p442 6-21-1812, Warren no watercourse
Comment: Survey located. Title created by FamilySearch
Surveyors/processioners, C,B 1824-1939, IGN > 8343521.
p1752 Grants in County Court Orders
Trewit, William 12a
Book 43 p202 3-27-1849 Owsley, Anger Fk
Trewitt, Wm R 3a Book
56 p318 10-6-1858 Warren Fk Gaspers R
p1770 Grants in County Court Orders
Truitt, William 100a
Book 27, 479 2-10-1848 Owsley, Buck Cr
Truitt, John S 3/4a
Book 35 p388 12-27-1850 Warren no watercourse
p415 Grants South of Green River
Sloss - 1806 to 1817, many, to
be transcribed – see screenshot
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter.
Abstracts from Order
Book A, Warren County, Kentucky, March 7, 1797-June 15, 1801 – county roads,
overseers, judiciary appointments, county-lines. Invaluable data toward
building a profile for the community of which Riley was a part of.
Leroy Collier’s deed abstracts, published in Longhunter.
The collection of original Land Grants is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu .
Abstract - Sloss
Manuscripts
Land Grant 124. Original land grant, 9 February 1809, by which Charles Scott,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of
Joseph Sloss, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Sloss, John (LG 124)" (2014). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3649. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3649.
Abstract - Sloss
Manuscripts
Land Grant 125. Original land grant, 4 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of
Margaret Stockton, late M. Sloss, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky on both
sides of the line dividing Warren and Logan counties in Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Sloss, John (LG 125)" (2014). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3648. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3648 .
Abstract - Chism
Manuscripts
Land Grant 183. Original land grant, 4 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Obadiah Chism, assignee of
Loven Ballard, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Chism, Obadiah (LG 183)" (2015). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3733. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3733
Abstract - Chism
Manuscripts
Land Grant 182. Original land grant, 4 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted Obadiah Chism, assignee of
David Barbee, assignee of John Casselberry, 200 acres in Warren County,
Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Chism, Obadiah (LG 182)" (2015). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3734. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3734.
Abstract - Chism
Manuscripts
Land Grant 212. Original land grant, 8 February 1809, by which Charles Scott,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Obadiah Chism, assignee of
William Bentley, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Chism, Obadiah (LG 212)" (2015). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3788. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3788
Abstract - Chism
Manuscripts
Land Grant 204. Original land grant, 1 December 1808, by which Charles Scott,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Elenor Chism, assignee of
Obadiah Chism, assignee of William Hill, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "Chism, Elenor (LG 204)" (2015). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3796. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3796 .
Abstract – Jesse McCombs
Manuscripts
Land Grant 59. Original land grant, 11 December 1812, by which Isaac
Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jesse McCombs,
assignee of Michael Finley, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky
Recommended
Citation
Folklife
Archives, Manuscripts &, "McCombs, Jesse (LG 59)" (2014). Manuscript
Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3386. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3386 .
Online archives:
https://web.sos.ky.gov/land/vakypatentseries.aspx
https://web.sos.ky.gov/land/revwar.aspx - Revolutionary War Warrants by name.
https://web.sos.ky.gov/land/klw.aspx - Kentucky Land Warrant Series: Quick Search
https://kyhistory.com/digital/collection/LIB/id/1104/rec/1 - Index for Virginia Surveys and Grants.
Secretary of State > Administration > Land Office Index > Kentucky Land Warrants Search
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1) Patent # 864.0 View Images |
Grantee:
Sloss, Joseph |
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Grant
Book & Pg: B 360 |
Acreage:
100 |
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County:
Warren |
WaterCourse:
Naked Fk.,, Gasper's R., |
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Surveyed
For: Sloss, Joseph |
Survey
Date: 1/29/1817 |
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Grant
Date: 11/10/1817 |
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Surveyor:
Covington, E. M. |
Deputy
Surveyor: Marshall, William |
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Chainman:
Hodge, George |
Chainman:
McClerkin, Samuel |
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Housekeeper/Pilot/Director:
Sloss, John |
Housekeeper/Pilot/Director:
Johnson, William |
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Joiner:
Finley, Michael |
Joiner:
Andrews, Mark |
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Joiner:
Sloss, John |
Joiner:
Truitt, Riley |
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Warrant
Assignee: Sloss, Joseph |
Marker:
Sloss, Joseph |
Maps
https://kyhistory.com/digital/ - A Map of the State of Kentucky... wkhs.map.41_center about 1818, snip downloaded. This map has been divided into left, right and centre. Shows Clear Fork, Naked Fork and Gasper River. Shakertown, Russellville, Bowlinggreen.
https://kyhistory.com/digital/collection/Maps/search .
Shows Riley’s land on Naked Fork, Gasper River, and likely the county road between Bowling Green, Warren and Russellville, Logan. Below shows the county line between Warren and Logan counties.
Landmarks on a modern map - Whippoorwill – Jesse M Comb, Logan county
Red blotch is
Russellville.
Tax lists & tax law
Kandie P Adkinson, Tax Lists (1841-1860): An Overlooked Resource for Kentucky History and Land Titles, Kentucky Ancestors, Vol 45 No 2, Winter 2010.
McComb to Riley Truitt deed August 1811, total acreage 263 ½a.
McComb, Jesse and Sally, his wife, Logan, deed to Riley Truett of Logan county, Aug 1811, 170a. beginning at Mark Andrew's line. [14]
McCombs, Jesse and wife, Sally, of Logan county deed to Riley Truett, Aug 1811, 93 1/2 a. in Blackberry Grove joining corner of Jesse McComb's original survey. [15]
Possible conflict:
McCombs,
Jesse and Sally, his wife of Logan county deed to Mark Andrew, Aug 1811. Land
in Blackberry Grove, beg. at sd McComb survey. No acreage. [16]
Sloss to Riley Truitt deed 27 November 1812, total acreage 400a.
Sloss, John to Riley Truett, both Warren 27 November 1812, 400a. lying and being in the counties of Logan and Warren, beginning Logan on the line of David Johnston. [17]
Note:
Wm Andrew also purchased land fr Jno. Sloss 10, p53.
Chism to Riley Truitt’s heirs deed 4 July 1814, total acreage 654a.
First tract Bently Ballard’s corner … a conditional line made between said William Bently and Mark Andrews … on James Reeds line … granted to the said Chism by patent bearing date 8 Feb 1809 containing 400 acres. [LG 212]
Second tract on Jesse McCombs line … on Gracy Barbaries line … Bently Ballard’s corner … Castleburrys beginning corner … on McCombs line containing 167 acres part of 200 acres of land granted Chism by patent 4 June 1808. [LG 182]
Third tract 87 acres part of 100 acres granted Chism assignee of Loven Ballard by patent bearing date 4 June 1808; on Reuben Ballard’s line. [LG 183] [18]
Mark Andrew
Andrew, Mark 100a. Survey Date 11 Jul 1799 Watercourse Gasper R. [19]Andrew, Mark 200a. Survey Date 4 Oct 1804 no watercourse. [20] [Bently’s line]
Andrew,
Mark from McCombs, Jesse and Sally, his wife of Logan county deed Aug 1811.
Land in Blackberry Grove, beg. at sd McComb survey. No acreage. [Adj. Riley
Truitt’s purchase from McCombs]. [21]
Andrew,
Mark from Reyly Trewit bond to give clear title Apr 1814, 25a. taken up by
Samuel White; Andrew’s corner and line. [22]
Records created by potential neighbours of Riley Truitt:
1812 “Warren County Kentucky Deed Books, (Cont'd),
pg. 122 Barbree, Jesse of
Knox Co., IN to Reuben Ballard. Consideration L90. 119 1/2a. on Gasper River. 9
November 1812. Sally Barbry relinquishes her dower see pg. 257.
pg. 123 Barbree, Jesse of
Knox Co., IN to Obediah Chism of Robertson Co., TN. Consideration $30. Land,
beg. at Loving Ballard's land and joining Geo. and David Reed. 8 January 1812.
pg. 124 Skiles, Wm. to
Cornelius Gant. Consideration $1200. 400a. beg at Bently Ballard's. 12 November
1812." [23]
1818 "Warren County, Kentucky Deed Book H-8 [continued],
pg. 521 Wm Byram and wife,
Jane to Walter Cooksey. Consideration $550. 40a. next to Grace Barberry's line
being pt. of a 200a. pat. to Obedia Chism, assignee of David Barberry, assignee
of John Castleberry. Also, another tract of 40a., ack. and recorded. 30 October
1818.” [24]
Reference to Franklin Truitt’s law suits found on FamilySearch in the General Index to Suits off the Docket IGN > 8201223. Andrew vs. R Truitt is indexed as Case 428.
[2] J. Mark
Lowe, Finding Kentucky Land: Grants, Deeds and the Missing Pieces. Legacy
Family Tree Webinars (LFTW). https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/finding-kentucky-land-grants-deeds-and-the-missing-pieces
: 2024.
[3] Warren
County, Kentucky tax books for the years 1797, 1799-1809, 1811-1813, 1815-1821;
imaged FamilySearch > IGN
7835952 : accessed 17 November 2024.
[4] FamilySearch wiki for US States and counties.
[5] Warren
County, Kentucky, Order Book A, 7 March 1797-15 June 1801. Transcription.
"Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 11,
Number 2." (1988). Paper 41. Kentucky Library Research Collections.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/41 : 2022.
[6] Land
Grant, Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dougan, James (LG 186)"
(2015). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3730. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3730
[7] Warren
County, Kentucky Court Orders Book B, 1801-1804, p298; imaged FamilySearch
> Catalog > IGN > 8142537 : accessed November 2024. Index at front of
book. Many names mentioned in Truitt land deeds are listed in this index.
[8] Warren
County, Kentucky Court Orders Book B, 1801-1804, p321.
[9] Sarah
Baird, Truitt, Riley, Catherine and Andrew, Mark tax lists Kentucky, November
2024.
[10]
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Warren County, Kentucky - Equity
Court Cases (MSS 137)" (2009). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 962. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/962
: accessed 2022. This is a descriptive inventory of Equity Court cases
1802-1856 and filing system for the collection.
[11] To better understand the difference
between “loose papers” and court record books see Elizabeth Shown Mills,
"Understanding Courthouse Records: Originals vs. Duplicate
Originals," blog post, QuickTips: The Blog @ Evidence Explained (https://www.evidenceexplained/quicktips/understanding-courthouse-records-originals-vs-duplicate-originals
: 24 January 2019).
[12] Warren
County, State of Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk's Office Record Book, 1823 to
1825. Imaged FamilySearch IGN > 008686311.
[13]
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Warren County, Kentucky - Equity
Court Cases (MSS 137)" (2009). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 962.
[14] Leroy
Collier, "Abstract of Warren County Deed Books", Kentucky Library
Research Collections, "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society
Newsletter Volume 17, Number 2" (1994), imaged https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/115
: accessed 2022.
[15] Collier,
Abstract Warren County Deed Book.
[16] Collier,
Abstract Warren County Deed Book.
[17] Warren
County, Kentucky, Deed Book F 6, p139.
[18] Warren
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[19] "Kentucky,
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