McShane Land on Indian Creek: in Three Different Counties
Jean M. Hoffman, CG
McShane and Waits family members lived in Harrison County,
Kentucky, and claim it as the burial location of Edward McShane, the head of
the family who died in 1796. However, the land they bought and probate of
Edward’s estate were in neighboring Bourbon County. Further, Bourbon lost area
to the formation of Nicholas County, the McShane land going with it. Eventually
they were in Harrison County. The parcels of land and their locations in these
three counties are explained by boundary changes.
1. Bourbon County, Kentucky
Plat of the 100 acres, by author |
Nicholas County was created 18 December 1799 from the
eastern portion of Bourbon County and from Mason County.[7]
The McShane land became part of Nicholas County.
2020 county boundaries. Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau |
Harrison County was the home of the
families for the rest of their time in Kentucky. A small change moving land
from Nicholas to Harrison County in 1817 seems to have included the land of the
McShane and Waits families.[14]
The locations of family records make
it seem they moved around in Kentucky but they really stayed in one place while
the county boundaries shifted around them. Next steps for learning more about
the land and family members include following the land in three other deeds
from the same owners on the same date as the McShane 1796 purchase and following
tax records for the McShane family, John Waits, and the purchasers of the other
properties.
[1]
The spelling McShane is used throughout the article but the citations show
variants in the documents.
[2]
Bourbon
County, Kentucky, Deed Book D:137-39, Richard and Mary Young to heirs of Edward
McShain, 100 acres on waters of Indian Creek, 4 October 1796, recorded April
1797; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-2S5X-Y?i=73&cat=431279), digital
film 008141370, images 74-75.
[3]
Bourbon County, Kentucky, tax record, 1797, book #2, James Parks, Commissioner,
page 13, Sarah McShain entry; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-249L?i=441&cat=154761),
digital film 007834401, image 442.
[4]
Find a Grave, database
with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5366285),
memorial page for Edward McShane (1751–1796), Memorial ID 5366285, citing
Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky;
gravestone photo by Denny Lipscombe.
[5]
“Kentucky,
County Marriages, 1797-1954,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZH-HTK), digital
film 004542764, image 25, Bourbon County Marriage Register 1:37, returns of
Benj. Colen, John Waits and Mary McShaine, Sept. 1798. And, “Kentucky, County
Marriages, 1797-1954,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z4-Z2F), digital
film 004542750, image 476, Bourbon County marriage bonds, John Waits and
Richard Taylor, bride Mary McSheane, 24 September 1798.
[6] “Kentucky Probate Records,
1727-1990,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3X-2R3?i=202&cc=1875188&cat=279820), digital film 004818818, images
17-18, 37-38, Bourbon County Will Book B, Edward McShaine estate entries: p.
33-34 for inventory ordered in the October Term recorded in the January Term of
1799, p. 34-35 estate sale March Term 1799, p. 73-74 estate settlement June
Term 1800, administrator John Wait.
[7]
Littell, William. The Statute Law of Kentucky; with Notes, Prælections, and
Observations on the Public Acts, Vol. II, p. 366-67 (Frankfort: William
Hunter, 1810; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/LittellsStatutesVol2).
[8] Nicholas
County, Kentucky, Deed Book A:106-07, Sarah McShain to John Wait, 1802; digital
images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ1-93QY-B?i=86&cat=432725), digital
film 008109176, image 87.
[9]
1810 U.S. census, Nicholas County, Kentucky, page 425, line 7, Danl. McHan
(McShane) household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/);
NARA M252, roll 8.
[10]
1810 U.S. census, Nicholas County, Kentucky, page 436, line 13, John Wates
household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/);
NARA M252, roll 8.
[11]
Nicholas
County, Kentucky, Deed Book C:429-31, Daniel McShane, Francis McShane, Jno.
McShane & Elizabeth McShane to John Waits, 1813; digital images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ1-937Q-F?i=643&cat=432725), digital
film 008109176, images 644-45.
[12]
Nicholas
County, Kentucky, Deed Book C:365-66, John and Hannah Brown to Daniel, Francis,
and John McShane, 1812, recorded 1813; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ1-9377-B?i=610&cat=432725), digital
film 008109176, images 611-12.
[13]
Nicholas
County, Kentucky, Deed Book D:444-45, James Gray to Elizabeth McShane, 1816;
digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK4-6B7J?i=244&cat=432725), digital
film 008141837, images 245-46.
[14]
Littell, William. The Statute Law of Kentucky; with Notes, Prælections, and
Observations on the Public Acts, Vol. V, p. 452-53 (Frankfort: Butler &
Wood, 1819; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/LittellsStatutesVol5).
[15]
1820 U.S. census, Harrison County, Kentucky, population schedule, indexed as Marysville,
pages 206-07 (stamped), lines 34-36, Daniel McShane, Francis McShane, and John
Waits households; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734);
NARA M33, roll 23.
[16]
“Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954,” digital
image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z6-99C), digital film 004542911, image 357, Harrison County
Marriage returns (loose papers), Daniel McShane and Nancy Talbott, 1820.
[17]
“Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954,” digital
images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z8-SGZ),
digital film 004542900, image 654, Harrison County marriage bond, Francis
McShane and Daniel McShane, bride Theodosia Gray, 1816, and (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z8-VS6),
digital film 004542911, image 132, Harrison County marriage return no. 1187, Francis
McShane and Theodosia Gray, 1816.
[18]
Bureau
of Land Management, “Land Patent Search,” images, General Land Office
Records (www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx), Francis McShane (Hamilton
County, Indiana), patent nos. 6215 and 6216.
[19] Harrison
County, Kentucky, Deed Book 9:435, Francis and Dosha McShane to Daniel McShane,
1825; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4L-B9YP-B?i=225&cat=431273), digital
film 007900616, image 226.
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