NOTE: Photos of pedigree from Family Search on left are not corroborative proof. Where facts are not supported with strong evidence, use your own judgement.
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Came over the Allegheny mountain and down on a flatboat on Ohio River? Or traveled thru the Smokey Mountain from South Carolina like the Broshears/Breshears families did. All census the Humphreys and Broshears enumerated shown they were tight-knit families.
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m. (1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775 [not 1779 or 1799] in Virginia. There is a June 1799 marriage record in Muhlenberg Co., KY for a John Humphrey and an Elizabeth Forbes (Forkes?), but that is too late for this marriage. Did John have three wives?
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: John Humphrey
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: Jun 1799
Marriage Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Forkes
Film Number: 000557316
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Came into what is now the State of Kentucky in late 1780's to claim land which he received due to his service in the Revolutionary War. The tax lists shows him owning over 1000 acres in what is Larue Co., KY. This information per Nathan Murphy Humphrey researcher.
https://pastebin.com/raw/DqfmDKdx
Fact 1: DAR Book 1966 Page 354 has 1745 as birthdate.
Military Service researched by Gregory Vaut
John Humphrey was born Bef. 1765 in Virginia, and died Bef. February 13, 1815 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
He married
(1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775, not 1779 or 1799.
(2) Betsy Brown May 15, 1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Notes for John Humphrey:
John Humphry Genealogical Sources
JOHN HUMPHREY WILL-KY Wills Index, By Accelerated Indexing Sys, 1977 (KR 976.9) Hardin Co, Kentucky.
Will Book B, page 220, 1815
My last will and request is that my executors, Rawley, Benjamin, and George Humphreys, who I doubt not will manage with prudence as to my worldly estate, I will and positively order, that all my debts be paid first. I give to my dear wife for the term of her life, this house where I now live in with all the furniture and the lands and tenements that lie about it, likewise all my Negroes whilst she lives single. If married, or at her death, my wish is that my son Rawley should have Bristow when paying one hundred dollars back to my estate. My son, Benjamin, I wish for to have Bill. My son, George, I wish for to have Lewis . My daughter Betsy, ten pounds in money. My son Bijes, youngest daughter, called Catherine, I wish her to have Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim. I wish my daughter Sally to have Clara and my daughter Mimey, I wish her to have Mary Charlots increase, if she has any. I wish my daughters, Sally, Susannah and Mimey for to have it at my wife death. I wish this place that I live on now with all its utensils and household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my four youngest children, George, Sally, Susannah and Mimey. My land on Rock Creek, seven hundred and seventy seven acres, now in dispute, as soon as the dispute is ended, if gained, I wish it be sold and money for to pay my debts, my son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey, I wish them for to have five pounds a pease. If my wife should marry, I would wish her to have the third of the horses, cows, sheep, and hogs and the balance to be sold and divided amongst the four youngest children. If not married, she is for to have them to her death. My still, I wish sold at my death, likewise the tubs and divided amongst my four youngest children. When my accounts is all settled, if there is any balance, I wish my Executor, Raleigh Humphrey, Benjamin Humphrey and George Humphrey, my three sons now living for to divide it between my four youngest children now living. This my last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of October, 1813.
Teste, John Humphrey(seal)
William Kirkpatrick
William Hoback
William Morrison
At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court House in Elizabethtown on Monday, the 13 day of February, 1815. The within Instrument of writing was produced in court and proven by the Oaths of William Morrison and William Kirkpatrick to be the last Will and Testament of John Humphrey, Deceased and ordered to record.
Attest,
Saml Haycraft, Jr. D.C.H.C.C.
ALPHDCHGD
Office, Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY, signed 22, May, 1786 by Patrick Henry, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, for 600 acres tract lying in what was then, Jefferson County and based on Treasury Warrant #43, signed 15 Oct. 1879, and tract survey dated 22 April, 1784.
On 19 Sept. 1796, James Garrard, Governor of Ky, signed a Land Grant to John Humphreys for a tract or parcel of land lying on Rock Creek in Hardin County, KY, containing 1078 2/3 acres by survey dated 4 Nov. 1795. by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant #11602.
KY Marriage Records May 15, 1801 marriage between John Humphrey and Betsy Brown, Daughter of Mary Brown.
He and his wives are buried on their farm property. The property is private.
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Came over the Allegheny mountain and down on a flatboat on Ohio River? Or traveled thru the Smokey Mountain from South Carolina like the Broshears/Breshears families did. All census the Humphreys and Broshears enumerated shown they were tight-knit families.
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m. (1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775 [not 1779 or 1799] in Virginia. There is a June 1799 marriage record in Muhlenberg Co., KY for a John Humphrey and an Elizabeth Forbes (Forkes?), but that is too late for this marriage. Did John have three wives?
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: John Humphrey
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: Jun 1799
Marriage Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Forkes
Film Number: 000557316
=====
Came into what is now the State of Kentucky in late 1780's to claim land which he received due to his service in the Revolutionary War. The tax lists shows him owning over 1000 acres in what is Larue Co., KY. This information per Nathan Murphy Humphrey researcher.
https://pastebin.com/raw/DqfmDKdx
Fact 1: DAR Book 1966 Page 354 has 1745 as birthdate.
Military Service researched by Gregory Vaut
John Humphrey was born Bef. 1765 in Virginia, and died Bef. February 13, 1815 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
He married
(1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775, not 1779 or 1799.
(2) Betsy Brown May 15, 1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Notes for John Humphrey:
John Humphry Genealogical Sources
JOHN HUMPHREY WILL-KY Wills Index, By Accelerated Indexing Sys, 1977 (KR 976.9) Hardin Co, Kentucky.
Will Book B, page 220, 1815
My last will and request is that my executors, Rawley, Benjamin, and George Humphreys, who I doubt not will manage with prudence as to my worldly estate, I will and positively order, that all my debts be paid first. I give to my dear wife for the term of her life, this house where I now live in with all the furniture and the lands and tenements that lie about it, likewise all my Negroes whilst she lives single. If married, or at her death, my wish is that my son Rawley should have Bristow when paying one hundred dollars back to my estate. My son, Benjamin, I wish for to have Bill. My son, George, I wish for to have Lewis . My daughter Betsy, ten pounds in money. My son Bijes, youngest daughter, called Catherine, I wish her to have Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim. I wish my daughter Sally to have Clara and my daughter Mimey, I wish her to have Mary Charlots increase, if she has any. I wish my daughters, Sally, Susannah and Mimey for to have it at my wife death. I wish this place that I live on now with all its utensils and household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my four youngest children, George, Sally, Susannah and Mimey. My land on Rock Creek, seven hundred and seventy seven acres, now in dispute, as soon as the dispute is ended, if gained, I wish it be sold and money for to pay my debts, my son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey, I wish them for to have five pounds a pease. If my wife should marry, I would wish her to have the third of the horses, cows, sheep, and hogs and the balance to be sold and divided amongst the four youngest children. If not married, she is for to have them to her death. My still, I wish sold at my death, likewise the tubs and divided amongst my four youngest children. When my accounts is all settled, if there is any balance, I wish my Executor, Raleigh Humphrey, Benjamin Humphrey and George Humphrey, my three sons now living for to divide it between my four youngest children now living. This my last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of October, 1813.
Teste, John Humphrey(seal)
William Kirkpatrick
William Hoback
William Morrison
At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court House in Elizabethtown on Monday, the 13 day of February, 1815. The within Instrument of writing was produced in court and proven by the Oaths of William Morrison and William Kirkpatrick to be the last Will and Testament of John Humphrey, Deceased and ordered to record.
Attest,
Saml Haycraft, Jr. D.C.H.C.C.
ALPHDCHGD
Office, Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY, signed 22, May, 1786 by Patrick Henry, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, for 600 acres tract lying in what was then, Jefferson County and based on Treasury Warrant #43, signed 15 Oct. 1879, and tract survey dated 22 April, 1784.
On 19 Sept. 1796, James Garrard, Governor of Ky, signed a Land Grant to John Humphreys for a tract or parcel of land lying on Rock Creek in Hardin County, KY, containing 1078 2/3 acres by survey dated 4 Nov. 1795. by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant #11602.
KY Marriage Records May 15, 1801 marriage between John Humphrey and Betsy Brown, Daughter of Mary Brown.
He and his wives are buried on their farm property. The property is private.
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NOTE: Photos of pedigree from Family Search on left are not corroborative proof. Where facts are not supported with strong evidence, use your own judgement.
.....
Came over the Allegheny mountain and down on a flatboat on Ohio River? Or traveled thru the Smokey Mountain from South Carolina like the Broshears/Breshears families did. All census the Humphreys and Broshears enumerated shown they were tight-knit families.
=====
m. (1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775 [not 1779 or 1799] in Virginia. There is a June 1799 marriage record in Muhlenberg Co., KY for a John Humphrey and an Elizabeth Forbes (Forkes?), but that is too late for this marriage. Did John have three wives?
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: John Humphrey
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: Jun 1799
Marriage Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Forkes
Film Number: 000557316
=====
Came into what is now the State of Kentucky in late 1780's to claim land which he received due to his service in the Revolutionary War. The tax lists shows him owning over 1000 acres in what is Larue Co., KY. This information per Nathan Murphy Humphrey researcher.
https://pastebin.com/raw/DqfmDKdx
Fact 1: DAR Book 1966 Page 354 has 1745 as birthdate.
Military Service researched by Gregory Vaut
John Humphrey was born Bef. 1765 in Virginia, and died Bef. February 13, 1815 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
He married
(1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775, not 1779 or 1799.
(2) Betsy Brown May 15, 1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Notes for John Humphrey:
John Humphry Genealogical Sources
JOHN HUMPHREY WILL-KY Wills Index, By Accelerated Indexing Sys, 1977 (KR 976.9) Hardin Co, Kentucky.
Will Book B, page 220, 1815
My last will and request is that my executors, Rawley, Benjamin, and George Humphreys, who I doubt not will manage with prudence as to my worldly estate, I will and positively order, that all my debts be paid first. I give to my dear wife for the term of her life, this house where I now live in with all the furniture and the lands and tenements that lie about it, likewise all my Negroes whilst she lives single. If married, or at her death, my wish is that my son Rawley should have Bristow when paying one hundred dollars back to my estate. My son, Benjamin, I wish for to have Bill. My son, George, I wish for to have Lewis . My daughter Betsy, ten pounds in money. My son Bijes, youngest daughter, called Catherine, I wish her to have Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim. I wish my daughter Sally to have Clara and my daughter Mimey, I wish her to have Mary Charlots increase, if she has any. I wish my daughters, Sally, Susannah and Mimey for to have it at my wife death. I wish this place that I live on now with all its utensils and household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my four youngest children, George, Sally, Susannah and Mimey. My land on Rock Creek, seven hundred and seventy seven acres, now in dispute, as soon as the dispute is ended, if gained, I wish it be sold and money for to pay my debts, my son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey, I wish them for to have five pounds a pease. If my wife should marry, I would wish her to have the third of the horses, cows, sheep, and hogs and the balance to be sold and divided amongst the four youngest children. If not married, she is for to have them to her death. My still, I wish sold at my death, likewise the tubs and divided amongst my four youngest children. When my accounts is all settled, if there is any balance, I wish my Executor, Raleigh Humphrey, Benjamin Humphrey and George Humphrey, my three sons now living for to divide it between my four youngest children now living. This my last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of October, 1813.
Teste, John Humphrey(seal)
William Kirkpatrick
William Hoback
William Morrison
At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court House in Elizabethtown on Monday, the 13 day of February, 1815. The within Instrument of writing was produced in court and proven by the Oaths of William Morrison and William Kirkpatrick to be the last Will and Testament of John Humphrey, Deceased and ordered to record.
Attest,
Saml Haycraft, Jr. D.C.H.C.C.
ALPHDCHGD
Office, Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY, signed 22, May, 1786 by Patrick Henry, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, for 600 acres tract lying in what was then, Jefferson County and based on Treasury Warrant #43, signed 15 Oct. 1879, and tract survey dated 22 April, 1784.
On 19 Sept. 1796, James Garrard, Governor of Ky, signed a Land Grant to John Humphreys for a tract or parcel of land lying on Rock Creek in Hardin County, KY, containing 1078 2/3 acres by survey dated 4 Nov. 1795. by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant #11602.
KY Marriage Records May 15, 1801 marriage between John Humphrey and Betsy Brown, Daughter of Mary Brown.
He and his wives are buried on their farm property. The property is private.
..................
.....
Came over the Allegheny mountain and down on a flatboat on Ohio River? Or traveled thru the Smokey Mountain from South Carolina like the Broshears/Breshears families did. All census the Humphreys and Broshears enumerated shown they were tight-knit families.
=====
m. (1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775 [not 1779 or 1799] in Virginia. There is a June 1799 marriage record in Muhlenberg Co., KY for a John Humphrey and an Elizabeth Forbes (Forkes?), but that is too late for this marriage. Did John have three wives?
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: John Humphrey
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: Jun 1799
Marriage Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Forkes
Film Number: 000557316
=====
Came into what is now the State of Kentucky in late 1780's to claim land which he received due to his service in the Revolutionary War. The tax lists shows him owning over 1000 acres in what is Larue Co., KY. This information per Nathan Murphy Humphrey researcher.
https://pastebin.com/raw/DqfmDKdx
Fact 1: DAR Book 1966 Page 354 has 1745 as birthdate.
Military Service researched by Gregory Vaut
John Humphrey was born Bef. 1765 in Virginia, and died Bef. February 13, 1815 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
He married
(1) Elizabeth Forbes June 17, 1775, not 1779 or 1799.
(2) Betsy Brown May 15, 1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Notes for John Humphrey:
John Humphry Genealogical Sources
JOHN HUMPHREY WILL-KY Wills Index, By Accelerated Indexing Sys, 1977 (KR 976.9) Hardin Co, Kentucky.
Will Book B, page 220, 1815
My last will and request is that my executors, Rawley, Benjamin, and George Humphreys, who I doubt not will manage with prudence as to my worldly estate, I will and positively order, that all my debts be paid first. I give to my dear wife for the term of her life, this house where I now live in with all the furniture and the lands and tenements that lie about it, likewise all my Negroes whilst she lives single. If married, or at her death, my wish is that my son Rawley should have Bristow when paying one hundred dollars back to my estate. My son, Benjamin, I wish for to have Bill. My son, George, I wish for to have Lewis . My daughter Betsy, ten pounds in money. My son Bijes, youngest daughter, called Catherine, I wish her to have Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim. I wish my daughter Sally to have Clara and my daughter Mimey, I wish her to have Mary Charlots increase, if she has any. I wish my daughters, Sally, Susannah and Mimey for to have it at my wife death. I wish this place that I live on now with all its utensils and household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my four youngest children, George, Sally, Susannah and Mimey. My land on Rock Creek, seven hundred and seventy seven acres, now in dispute, as soon as the dispute is ended, if gained, I wish it be sold and money for to pay my debts, my son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey, I wish them for to have five pounds a pease. If my wife should marry, I would wish her to have the third of the horses, cows, sheep, and hogs and the balance to be sold and divided amongst the four youngest children. If not married, she is for to have them to her death. My still, I wish sold at my death, likewise the tubs and divided amongst my four youngest children. When my accounts is all settled, if there is any balance, I wish my Executor, Raleigh Humphrey, Benjamin Humphrey and George Humphrey, my three sons now living for to divide it between my four youngest children now living. This my last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of October, 1813.
Teste, John Humphrey(seal)
William Kirkpatrick
William Hoback
William Morrison
At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court House in Elizabethtown on Monday, the 13 day of February, 1815. The within Instrument of writing was produced in court and proven by the Oaths of William Morrison and William Kirkpatrick to be the last Will and Testament of John Humphrey, Deceased and ordered to record.
Attest,
Saml Haycraft, Jr. D.C.H.C.C.
ALPHDCHGD
Office, Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY, signed 22, May, 1786 by Patrick Henry, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, for 600 acres tract lying in what was then, Jefferson County and based on Treasury Warrant #43, signed 15 Oct. 1879, and tract survey dated 22 April, 1784.
On 19 Sept. 1796, James Garrard, Governor of Ky, signed a Land Grant to John Humphreys for a tract or parcel of land lying on Rock Creek in Hardin County, KY, containing 1078 2/3 acres by survey dated 4 Nov. 1795. by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant #11602.
KY Marriage Records May 15, 1801 marriage between John Humphrey and Betsy Brown, Daughter of Mary Brown.
He and his wives are buried on their farm property. The property is private.
..................
Gravesite Details
There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Rawley "Rolly" Humphrey
1777–1827
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Abijah Humphrey
1778–1813
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Humphrey Tichenor
1778–1850
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John Humphrey
1782–1857
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Benjamin Humphrey
1784–1847
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George Humphrey
1789–1834
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George Humphrey
1802 – unknown
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Sarah P "Sally" Humphrey Morrison
1804–1878
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Susannah Humphrey Humphrey
1806–1880
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Bijes Humphrey
1810 – unknown
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Jemima Humphrey Payton
1812–1879
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