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Betsy <I>Brown</I> Humphrey

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Betsy Brown Humphrey

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
1835 (aged 63–64)
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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1801 May 15 - John married (2)Betsy Brown in Hardin CO, Kentucky. Daughter of Mary Brown.

6 children:
Betsy
Bijes
George
Sarah Sally 1804-1878
Susannah 1806-1880
Jemima Mimey 1812-1879
My son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey

1810 Census - Elizabethtown, Hardin CO, KY shows they had 5 slaves on their property.
(01101-40010-0-5)
Bristow?
Bill?
Lewis?
Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim?
Clara?
Mary Charlots increase if she has any?

1813 Oct 18 - John wrote his Last Will and Testament.
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, Rawleigh 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)

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.

1820 Census - Ohio CO, Kentucky Ben Humphrey
(342210-50210-02------------18)
Males
Three under 10
Four under 16
Two under 18
Two under 26
One under 45
Females
Five under 10
Two under 26
One under 45
Two engaged in Agriculture
(No slaves listed)
Eighteen "All other persons except Indians not taxed"
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey, continued to reside in Hardin County, Kentucky. All three of her daughters married in Hardin County, and for each of their marriages it was recorded that their mother, Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey, gave her written consent. Mrs. Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey died between 27 Jan. 1832, when she signed consent for her daughter, Jemima, to marry, and 9 March 1836, when the suit filed by her stepson, Benjamin Humphrey, was presented to the Ohio County, Kentucky Circuit Court.
d. abt 1835 ~ Betsy may have died before the 1840 Census was enumerated.
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1801 May 15 - John married (2)Betsy Brown in Hardin CO, Kentucky. Daughter of Mary Brown.

6 children:
Betsy
Bijes
George
Sarah Sally 1804-1878
Susannah 1806-1880
Jemima Mimey 1812-1879
My son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey

1810 Census - Elizabethtown, Hardin CO, KY shows they had 5 slaves on their property.
(01101-40010-0-5)
Bristow?
Bill?
Lewis?
Charlots youngest child, called Ephraim?
Clara?
Mary Charlots increase if she has any?

1813 Oct 18 - John wrote his Last Will and Testament.
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, Rawleigh 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)

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.

1820 Census - Ohio CO, Kentucky Ben Humphrey
(342210-50210-02------------18)
Males
Three under 10
Four under 16
Two under 18
Two under 26
One under 45
Females
Five under 10
Two under 26
One under 45
Two engaged in Agriculture
(No slaves listed)
Eighteen "All other persons except Indians not taxed"
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey, continued to reside in Hardin County, Kentucky. All three of her daughters married in Hardin County, and for each of their marriages it was recorded that their mother, Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey, gave her written consent. Mrs. Elizabeth [Betsy] Humphrey died between 27 Jan. 1832, when she signed consent for her daughter, Jemima, to marry, and 9 March 1836, when the suit filed by her stepson, Benjamin Humphrey, was presented to the Ohio County, Kentucky Circuit Court.
d. abt 1835 ~ Betsy may have died before the 1840 Census was enumerated.
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