Where Are Charles and Warren: sons of Joseph and Deborah (Williamson) Bell?

 

Where Are Charles and Warren: sons of Joseph and Deborah (Williamson) Bell?

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

The children of Joseph and Deborah Bell are documented in a gravestone and U.S. census records in Washington County, Ohio, in 1850 and 1860, then Gallia County, Ohio, beginning with Deborah’s death in 1865. Those surviving to the end of 1885 are listed in Joseph’s will. Sons Charles and Warren are not accounted for in later sources.

Joseph and Deborah were married in Washington County, Ohio, in 1839 when he was a resident of Newport Township, and she lived in Marietta.[1] They set up housekeeping in Newport Township as recorded in the 1850 U.S. census.[2] At that time their children were:

• John Bell            M          10                         Ohio
• Martha Bell         F            8                         Ohio
• Austin Bell         M            7                         Ohio
• Charles Bell       M            6                         Ohio
• Mary Ann Bell    F             4                         Ohio
• Warren Bell       M            2                         Ohio
• Judith Bell          F            6 months            Ohio

Ten years later they had four more children but the oldest, John, had died.[3] Charles was now 16, listed as a farmer, and Warren was 12. The family was still in Newport Township, Washington County, Ohio.[4]

In 1865 Deborah, the mother, died and was buried in Clay Chapel Cemetery in Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio.[5] Joseph purchased land there adjacent to Walter S. Thorniley, Deborah’s brother-in-law.[6]

Joseph Bell’s household in 1870 consisted of the following:

• Martha A Bell     F            27                       Ohio
• Austin Bell         M           26                       Ohio
• Mary Bell           F            24                       Ohio
• Warren Bell       M           22                       Ohio
• Judith Bell         F            20                       Ohio
• Edgar Bell         M           18                       Ohio
• Ella Bell             F           16                       Ohio
• Willey Bell         M           14                       Ohio
• George Bell       M           11                       Ohio

Now both John and Charles are missing but the other nine children are listed.[7] Austin Bell had served in the Union Army as a private in Co. G, 36th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War but had returned to the family.[8] It is possible that Charles’s absence is related to the war, but with such a common name, it is hard to tell whether any Charles Bell in the army is this one.

During the 1870s six of the nine children married. At the time of the census in 1880 Joseph Bell still had his oldest and youngest daughters, Martha and Ella, living with him. In addition, the youngest child, George Bell, with his wife and child, lived with his father. Joseph (age 72) and George (age 21) were both said to be farmers.[9] Daughter Mary Ann Bell married in Caldwell County, Missouri, and remained there with husband Robert Glenn Murray. The others who married were Austin, Judith, Edgar, and William, all living in Clay Township in 1880.[10] No records were found for Charles or Warren.

Joseph Bell wrote his will on 30 December 1885. He left to “my daughters Martha A. Bell and Ella Bell and my son George Bell all my personal property and the farm on which we now reside.” From the estate he required them to pay his debts and funeral expenses plus a bequest of five dollars ($5.00) to each of his other children listed as “sons Charles W. Bell, Austin Bell, William Bell, Edgar Bell” and “daughters Judith Davis and Mary Murray.”[11]

 This raises the question, who was his son Charles W. Bell? Was this the long missing Charles? Or was it the more recently missing Warren? The settlement of the estate of Joseph Bell doesn’t quite answer the question, but it does make it appear that neither Charles nor Warren was still living.

The Application to Probate Will of Joseph Bell was presented on 12 February 1886 by George Bell. Oddly only five heirs were named: Martha Bell and Ella Bell, daughters in Eureka; Judith Davis, daughter in Gallipolis; sons William Bell and George Bell in Eureka.[12] Ultimately the estate was settled and $5.00 was paid to heirs other than the three, Martha, Ella, and George. Receipts for that sum were signed and included in the estate packet from W.W. Bell (William W.) on 22 November 1886,[13] Edgar Bell on 29 November 1886,[14] Mary B. Murray on 29 November 1886,[15] Austin Bell on 29 November 1886,[16] and Judith Davis on 1 December 1886.[17] There is no receipt from Charles or Warren Bell.

There is no evidence of the demise of either son, but it seems reasonable to think that Charles Bell died sometime in the 1860s and Warren Bell sometime in the 1870s. Clearly neither received any inheritance from their father’s estate in 1886.

All online sources viewed 30 November 2024.

[1] Hymeneal [marriages], Marietta Gazette and Washington County Agriculturist, Marietta, Ohio, Sat. Sept. 7, 1839, Vol. II, No. 40, “Married . . . On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. H. Gear, Mr. Joseph Bell of Newport to Miss Deborah Williamson of this township.”

[2] 1850 U.S. census, Washington County, Ohio, population schedule, Newport Township, sheet 465A, dwelling/family 1, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4093962_00577).

[3] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90379458), “John Bell” (1840-1854) memorial created by Arden & Ginger Wince with tombstone image by Jean Hoffman; citing Barker Cemetery, Lower Newport, Washington County, Ohio.

[4] 1860 U.S. census, Washington County, Ohio, population schedule, Newport Township, sheet 81, dwelling 66, family 68, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4304720_00166).

[5] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52061456), “Deborah Bell” (unknown-1865) memorial created by “hospicenurse ali” with tombstone image by “Anonymous”; citing Clay Chapel Cemetery, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio.

[6] Gallia County Deed Record 34: 545, Walter S. & Mary J. Thorniley to Joseph Bell, 7 April 1865; imaged, “Gallia. Deeds 1864–1865, 1865–1866,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37H-WSWP-V), image 290 of 646.

[7] 1870 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Clay Township, sheet 252A (continuation skips over a page), dwelling/family 83, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1870 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4277795_00050).

[8] Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol. III (Cincinnati: Ohio Valley Pub. & Mfg. Co., 1886), 36th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, p. 675, Private Austin Bell; imaged "Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vols. 1-12," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/31412/images/glh_092851__0001_a_01-0344?usePUB=true&_phsrc=knB5087&pId=30225), image 1144 of 2792).

[9] 1880 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Clay Township, ED 21, sheet 277B, dwelling 231, family 237, Joseph Bell household; imaged, "1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4243599-00200).

[10] See Joseph Bell - WikiTree Profile, ID Bell-48459 (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-48459) to follow his and his children’s records not cited here.

[11] Will of Joseph Bell, 1885, recorded 1886, Gallia County Will Record 3: 137-38; imaged, “Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27667-19735-76?cc=1992421&wc=M934-6WY:n601757916), Gallia > Wills 1898 vol 3-4 > image 169 of 1223.

[12] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Application to Probate Will; imaged, “Gallia. Probate Estate Case Files 1803–1943,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS2J-Z9LB-R), image group number (IGN) 103808575 > image 478 of 2118. Entire Case File > images 462-516.

[13] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of W. W. Bell, image 497.

[14] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Edgar Bell, image 502.

[15] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Mary B. Murray, image 496.

[16] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Austin Bell, image 493.

[17] Joseph Bell Estate Case File no. 544, Receipt of Judith Davis, image 499.

McShane Land on Indian Creek: in Three Different Counties

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

Six heirs of Edward McShane purchased a 100-acre plot of land in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on 4 October 1796.[1] They gave thirty pounds current money to Richard Young & Mary his wife of Woodford County, Kentucky, for the property. It was on the waters of Indian Creek and described as bounded as follows: “Beginning at a box elder and Elm, thence N 45 W 125 poles to a Buckeye and white Oak thence N 45 E 131 poles to two Elms and an ash, thence S 45 E 118 poles to a dogwood and Beech, thence S 45 W 131 poles to the Beginning.” The deed for the sale was witnessed by Francis Mann, William Blackburn, and Thomas Carrothers. The heirs of Edward McShane were Sarah, Mary, Daniel, Francis, John, and Elizabeth McShane all of Bourbon County, Kentucky.[2] Sarah was taxed on the 100 acres, 1 tithable (male 21 or over) and 2 horses in 1797.[3]

 The death of Edward McShane would have preceded the sale to his heirs but the actual date is unknown. He was apparently buried in the Indian Creek Churchyard in Harrison County, Kentucky, so it is assumed that he died in that county.[4] The history of county boundaries in the area makes it possible he died in Bourbon County in what is now Harrison. Both counties existed in 1796, but their boundaries changed.

 Mary McShane and John Waits were married in Bourbon County on 27 September 1798.[5] John then controlled Mary’s share of the land. John was also administrator of the estate of Edward McShane which went to probate in Bourbon County. The estate sale was entered in the will book in March 1799 and the settlement in the June Term of 1800.[6]

 2. Nicholas County, Kentucky

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.

 Sarah McShane of Nicholas County, Kentucky, sold her interest in the land on 22 March 1802 to John Waits for thirty pounds. She relinquished all her right and title to her part of the tract of land on which she then lived with the understanding that relinquishment was to take place after the last of March 1802. The deed was witnessed by William Trousdale, Henry Buskirk, and William Gonce. No description of the land was included in the deed beyond being where she lived.[8] The implication is that she was moving away from that place.

 The McShanes and John Waits all lived in Nicholas County as recorded in the 1810 U.S. census. The names were written in alphabetical order so it isn’t possible to tell if they were close to each other. Daniel McShane headed a household of three males, one 16 through 25, probably his brother John, and two 26 and under 45, undoubtedly himself and brother Francis.[9] John Waits was head of a household containing seven children under 16 and a couple each 26 but under 45, himself and his wife Mary.[10]

 The Nicholas County land was the same 100 acres previously in Bourbon as the remaining heirs, Daniel, Francis, John, and Elizabeth McShane sold their interest in 66 acres and 106 poles (or two thirds of the property) to John Waits. The land description is identical to the Bourbon County land. The four, all of Nicholas County, sold their inheritance in fee simple of each and every one of their equal parts as heirs of Edward McShane deceased to John Waits for $484 on 8 October 1813. The witnesses were Joseph Stewart, Charles Waits, and William Stewart.[11] John Waits now owned the entire 100 acres.

 While the four McShane heirs sold their 2/3 interest in the 100 acres, they also purchased other land in Nicholas County. Daniel, Francis, and John McShane bought land from John Brown and Hannah his wife, all of Nicholas County witnessed by Joseph Stewart and James Brown. On 14 August 1812 for $90 they obtained 10 acres on the waters of Indian Creek in Nicholas County neighboring McShane land.[12] Elizabeth McShane, of Nicholas County, obtained a parcel from James Gray of Harrison County, the deed witnessed by John Waits and Daniel McShane. She paid $365 on 1 April 1816 for 24 acres in Nicholas County on the waters of Indian Creek. Like the original 100 acres it was situated at 45-degree angles.[13]

2020 county boundaries. Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau

 3. Harrison County, Kentucky

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]

 In the 1820 U.S. census the families lived in Harrison County, Daniel McShane, Francis McShane, and John Waits listed together in that order.[15] In Daniel’s household, he and his brother John are probably the males 26 and under 45, both engaged in agriculture, and the female 26 and under 45 might be his sister Elizabeth, or if the census was taken late, perhaps his bride of 23 October 1820.[16] An enslaved male under 14 was also in the household. Daniel’s brother Francis headed a household with one young male and a couple 26 but under 45, himself and his wife Theodosia.[17] He was engaged in agriculture. The household of John Waits included four children under 16, a male under 26, two females under 26, and the older couple both 26 but under 45. Three were engaged in agriculture.

 Francis McShane, of Harrison County, Kentucky, purchased just over 160 acres in Hamilton County, Indiana, from the General Land Office in Brookville, Indiana, with patents dated 20 May 1825.[18] He and his wife “Dosha” sold to Daniel McShane, all of Harrison County, his 1/3 share in 60 acres purchased in two several deeds by Daniel, Francis, and John McShane from John Pollock and John Brown. Daniel paid $200 on 2 November 1825. The land was where Daniel lived and in Harrison County on the waters of Indian Creek.[19] The deed does not include the bounds of the land but states the corners and boundaries are according to the survey. No deed from John Pollock in either Nicholas or Harrison County has been found, but the John Brown deed is the one mentioned above in Nicholas County in 1812.

 Conclusion

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.

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[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.

 All online sites checked on 31 August 2023.

Signatures of Grandfathers

I feel a special thrill seeing signatures of my ancestors. Yesterday I saw a document that has signatures of two ancestors of different generations of my Kentucky family.

My great grandfather, Moses Eckles Nichols, was just twenty-one when his father, Charles Nichols, died in 1862. He was the oldest child in the family and thus the only one of adult age. That must be why he was appointed administrator of his father's estate. His father died aged forty-five leaving no will. Moses was required to post an administrator bond. That document from the Scott County court contains his signature along with that of his sole surety, his maternal grandfather Charles Eckles, my 3rd great grandfather.¹

Charles was then seventy-four and the signature looks a bit wobbly, but quite legible. He spelled his surname Eckels as it appears in two signatures I have found of his father, Robert Eckles. Moses Eckles Nichols had it as his middle name, but spelled it the way I am used to it: Eckles. In that spelling it was passed down to his grandson as a middle name. That was my father so the name was always familiar.

1. ”Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP9G-Y8W?i=83&cc=1875188&cat=137670 : viewed 25 June 2018), digital film 004816099, image 84, Scott County Administrator Bonds, 1856-1874 (unpaginated), estate of Charles Nichols, 1862.

Death Date for Sarah “Sallie” (McDaniel) Scott

A Death Date Found (About) for Sarah “Sallie” (McDaniel) Scott

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

Sarah (also called Sallie) McDaniel married John Scott in Clark County, Kentucky, 21 July 1803 with the consent of her father Francis McDaniel.¹ In 1819 they lived in neighboring Fayette County, but finally settled in Harrison County.² Their neighborhood was called Scott's Station but the name changed to Shady Nook to avoid confusion with another Scott's Station in Jefferson County.³

John died in 1857 leaving a will that names eleven children, both living and deceased, and some grandchildren.⁴ In 1860 his widow lived with a married daughter, Mary, the wife of Harrison Cummins, along with her youngest child, Elizabeth.⁵ I had found no later trace of Sarah. John was buried in the Old East Broadwell Cemetery but it has been ruined as a cow pasture. It was transcribed by the DAR by 1960 so there is some record. But Sarah is not in that list.⁶

Harrison County probate records are now available online at FamilySearch. Looking through indexes I found an entry for the estate of John Scott in 1867. It turned out to be an affidavit filed by the executor of John's estate. The executor was his son, Robert Scott, who reported having settled the estate of his father previously, and that “about the last day of January 1867 his mother, the widow of Jn^o Scott departed this life.” Her assets were not enough for the expenses, but he had paid all the demands on her estate. This was his final report submitted 14 December 1867.⁷ While the date of death reads “about” that is probably the exact date and I consider it to be at least close.

Endnotes:

1. “Clark County Marriage Bonds 1793-1850,” Clark County Public Library, Winchester, Ky., bond and consent, Scott-McDaniel, 1803, scanned images provided via email 20 April 2011.

2. National Historical Company, History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, Containing... (Saint Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1883), 514, gives Robert Scott's date and place of birth.

3. William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882), 311-12.

4. John Scott will (1857), Harrison County Will Book G: 410, Harrison County Clerk's Office, Cynthiana, Ky.

5. 1860 U.S. census, Harrison County, Kentucky, population schedule, District No. 1, page 62, dwelling/family 445, Harrison Cummins household; NARA M653, roll 372.

6. Kentucky Records Research Committee, compiler, Kentucky Cemetery Records, Volume I (Lexington?: Daughters of the American Revolution, Kentucky Society, 1960), 56, this is the book with the original transcription of the stone but the cemetery is under Bourbon County and called Old Broadwell M.E. Churchyard. Also, Eric C. Nagle and Larry L. Ford, One Hundred Cemeteries of Harrison County, Kentucky (Dayton, Ohio: authors, 1992), 173. And, visit by author 28 August 2008 which verified the condition and lack of access.

7. ”Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP9H-DWV?wc=37RN-VZ3%3A173387201%2C173851401&cc=1875188 : viewed 29 April 2018), digital film 004816028, image 205, Harrison County Will Book I: 353, Affidavit of Executor, Estate of John Scott, regarding estate of his widow, 1867.