Alexander Adams, an early settler in Lexington, Fayette
County, Kentucky, died there on 12 January 1805 at the age of 85.[1]
His will, written 23 December 1799, was proven in the Fayette County Court in
the May 1805 session and ordered to be recorded.[2]
Later the will could not be found, but its terms are summarized in an 1829 deed
from his daughter, Agnes Eckles.
Alexander’s widow Ann Adams was left a life interest in the
estate which was to be equally divided after her death among three daughters,
Mary Milligan, Jane Eason, and Eleanor Steele and his grandson, Alexander
Eckles, son of his daughter Agnes Eckles.[3]
Alexander Eckles sold his future share of the estate to
Fulton Thompson on 18 June 1812.[4]
When the will could not later be found, Agnes Eckles executed another deed to
Thompson on 5 March 1829 relinquishing any claim to the estate that would have
been hers without the will.
In 1831 the shares of Mary Milligan and the heirs of Jane
Eason were sold to Charlton Hunt and Richard A. Curd. One deed sold the share
of Alexander “Eson” and his wife Jane of Owen County, Indiana, on 13 August
1831. It specified that he was one of the children and heirs of Jane “Eson,”
deceased and her husband Robert “Eson,” also deceased. The deed was recorded in
Fayette County, Kentucky, on 30 December 1831.[5]
A single deed, dated 10 June 1831, sold the shares of John
Milligan and Mary his wife, daughter of Alexander Adams and additional heirs of
Jane “Eson,” daughter of Alexander Adams, all of the State of Pennsylvania.
Their names and locations were:
- John Milligan, Esquire, and wife Mary of Westmoreland County
- John Eason and wife Elizabeth of Indiana County
- John Patton and wife Jane of Centre County
- Nancy Eason of Centre County
- Henry Hughes and wife Margaret of Lycoming County
- Samuel Shaffer and wife Elizabeth of Lycoming County
This sale was also to Hunt and Curd of Lexington, Kentucky.[6]
[1] Died (Alexander Adams), Kentucky Gazette,
Lexington, Kentucky, 15 January 1805, p. 3.
[2] Order Book 1: 274, probate of will of
Alexander Adams, Fayette County Clerk, Lexington, KY.
[3] Deed Book 5: 112, Agnes Eckles to Fulton
Thompson, Fayette County Clerk, Lexington, KY.
[4] Deed Book G: 62, Alexander Eckles to Fulton
Thompson, 1812, Fayette County Clerk, Lexington, KY.
[5] Deed Book 7: 435-36, Alexander & Jane
Eason, heirs of Alexander Adams to Hunt & Curd, Fayette County Clerk,
Lexington, KY.
[6] Deed Book 7: 436-48, Eason & Milligan
heirs of Alexander Adams to Hunt & Curd, Fayette County Clerk, Lexington,
KY.
