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Clark County Deeds &
Court Orders Naming Slaves
Submitted by
Lyndon
Comstock, 5/04/2008
Clark County deeds
Vol. 12, p. 174 May 2, 1816
Ambrose Bush's
heirs to Ambrose Bush Jr.
Bill of sale for
boy Warwick
Know all men by these
presents that we the Heirs of Ambrose Bush senr Deceased
do relinquish our whole right and title of or to a negro
boy named Warwick to Ambrose Bush to have and to hold
and to be his property and the property of his Heirs
forever for we are of opinion that it is worth said boy
to raise him In witness we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this 2nd day of May 1816
Thomas Rowlins Thomas
Rowlins [Jr.?] John G Bush Nancy J Comstock
Jeremiah Bush
attest Benjamin
Holladay John Holladay
Clarke County Clerks
office 27th May 1816
This Bill of sale from
the heirs of Ambrose Bush senr decd to Ambrose Bush Junr
was produced before me James Bullock Clerk of the Court
of the County aforesadi and proven according to Law by
the oaths of Benjamin Holladay & John Holladay witnesses
thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded
Examined
Teste James Bullock
Clark deeds vol.
17, p. 355-356 May 16, 1821
William
Wigglesworth mortgages to Jeremiah Bush a
girl Eliza and a
man Peter
This Indenture made
and entered this 16th of May 1821 between
William Wigglesworth of the County of Clarke and state
of Kentucky of the one part and Jeremiah Bush of the
same County and state of the other part Witnesseth that
the said Wigglesworth for and in consideration of the
sum of two hundred Dollars to him in hand paid the
receipt of which he doth hereby acknowledge hath granted
bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant
bargain and sell unto the said Jeremiah Bush two negro
slaves to wit, one negro girl aged about seven years of
the name of Eliza and one negro man aged about thirty
nine of the name of Peter which slaves the said
Wigglesworth doth hereby warrant and will forever defend
the title and health of said slaves to the only proper
use and behoof of him the said Bush and his heirs
forever the Condition of the above obligation is such
that that the said Bush hath this day Loaned to the said
Wigglesworth the sum of two hundred Dollars now if the
said Wigglesworth shall well and truly pay unto the said
Bush the said sum of two hundred Dollars in one year
from this date with Legal interest from the date then
this obligation shall be void otherwise to Remain in
full force and virtue The said slaves are to Remain
untill the said money becomes due in the possession of
the said Wigglesworth In witness of all which the said
Parties have hereunto set their hands and seals this Day
and date above
Wm Wigglesworth Jr
Bush
[witness name
illegible]
Clarke County Clerks
office May 16th 1821
This Deed of Mortgage
from William Wigglesworth to Jeremiah Bush was produced
before me Rob D. Hart Deputy for James Bullock Clerk of
the Court of the County aforesaid and acknowledged by
the said Wigglesworth and Bush to be their act and Deed
and Committed to Record
Teste Rob D. Hart
Examined
Clark court orders
March term 1823 (p. 318, film 1842865)
Joel
White and wife [Betsey], Complt against William Bush's
heirs &c Defts Chancery
The court being now
sufficiently advised of and concerning the premises
delivered the following opinion, the Complainants claim
the negroes Betty and her two children Cage and John in
the bill mentioned under a gift from William Bush in his
life time to Richard Stiles, the father of the
complainant Betsey: they contend that Betty the mother
of Cage and John was given as a part of the marriage
portion of Polly Bush the daughter of the said William,
upon her intermarriage with the said Richard Stiles.
The testimony as to the gift and the delivery is not
entirely without doubt yet it seems to the Court, that
it was accompanied with such delivery as rendered it
perfect. The confessions of William Bush in his life
time to various persons and at different times are too
strong to be resisted by the negative testimony on the
part of the defendants. Although it must be admitted
that the testimony of Mrs Bush the widow of William is
entitled to great consideration, as well on account of
her good character, as the means she had of acquiring
accurate information as to the will of her husband The
gift and the delivery of the negro, is proven by the
testimony of Hannah Carter who was present at the time
and travelled in company with Stiles and his wife and
the negro from William Bush to the state of Ohio. Her
testimony is corroborated by the repeated confessions of
William Bush in his life time, and proven by the
testimony of witness [a number of illegible lines of
text follow]...
...The complainants
are also entitled to recover a reasonable hire for the
said negroes from those who have had them since the said
William Bush parted with them; to wit Thomas F. [?]
Bush, William F. [?] Bush and George Giddings and from
each according to their respective possession. And to
enable the Court to render a final decree herein Willis
Collins is appointed a commissioner, and directed to
allot to Polly Hieronymus the one equal third part of
the said slaves as her dower, and also to take and
report an account of the hire &c of said slaves
agreeably to the principles of this decree. As to the
answer of some of the defendants praying redivision of
the slaves of the said William Bush decd in the event of
a recovery by the complainants. The history of their
right is too imperfectly set forth to authorize the
Court to consider that matter, they will be therefore at
liberty to prosecute a new suit for that purpose -
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