1836: Grant to Samuel McAninch, 135 acres, Casey County [Survey No.] 16389 |
James T. Morehead, Esq., Lieut. + acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Ky. |
To all to whom these [presents] [shall] come greeting know ye that by virtue and in |
consideration of a Certificate No. 14 the State [forces?] paid without Interest granted |
by the County Court of Lincoln in 1801 [agreeably] to an act of assembly for settling |
and improving the vacant lands of this Commonwealth there is granted by the said |
Commonwealth unto Samuel McAninch ass[ign]ee of Isaac Trowbridge ass[ign]ee of |
William McAninch who was ass[ign]ee of George Humphrey a certain tract + parcel of |
land containing one hundred and thirty five acres by survey bearing date the 13th day |
of August 1813 lying and being in the County of Casey on the Rock Lick fork of Fishing |
Creek and bounded as followeth to wit |
Beginning on William McAninches line on a white oak and dogwood thence running with |
said line S 56 W 100 poles to two ashes thence S 20 poles to an ash and white oak |
thence S [40] [E] 150 poles to a black oak and hickory thence S [70] E [30] poles a |
black oak and gum thence N 41 E 118 poles to three white oaks thence N [48] W 165 |
poles to the Beginning |
with its appurtenances to [have and to hold the] said tract + parcel of land with its |
appurtenances [end page 449] to the said Samuel McAninch and his heirs forever |
In witness whereof the said James T. Morehead Esq. acting Governor of the |
Commonwealth of Ky. hath hereunto set his hand and caused the seal of the said |
Commonwealth to be affixed at Frankfort on the 20th day of January in the year of |
our Lord 1836 and of the Commonwealth the forty fourth. |
By the Lieut. + acting Governor J. T. Morehead Will Oursley, Sec'y |
[KY Archv. "Grants South of Green River", Book 28 page 449 film 272841] |
Note 1836-1: Why did Samuel wait until 1836 to document his Land Grant? |
[definitely Samuel "Indiana" McAninch, b. 1789, age 47 in 1836, gets land in |
Hendricks County, Indiana, 1832; this parcel in Casey County surveyed in 1813 |
(above), sold this land in 1844 (below). Samuel died 1859 in Indiana.] |
1840: Grant to William McAninch, 286 acres, Pulaski County [Survey?] |
Charles A. Wickcliffe Esq. Lieut. + acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. |
To all to whom these presents shall come greetings know ye that by virtue and in |
consideration of a Certificate No. 406 granted the State [forces?] paid without Interest |
granted by the County Court of Pulaski in 1802 agreeably to an act of Assembly for |
settling and improving the vacant lands of the Commonwealth there is granted by the |
said Commonwealth unto William McIninch [sic] ass[ign]ee of Caleb Brown a certain |
tract or parcel of land containing two hundred and eighty-six acres by survey having |
date the 29th day of June [1807?] lying and being in the County of Pulaski on the |
waters of the Rock Lick Creek a branch of Fishing Creek. |
Beginning on a [poplar?] + running N 20 E 92 poles to a white oak N 12 W 94 poles to |
a [chestnut?] N 41 E 62 poles to a white oak in William McIninchs line thence with |
McIninchs line N 3 W 58 poles to two ash trees McIninchs corner N 41 E 112 poles to |
a white oak N 20 E 50 poles to two poplars N 10 W 140[14?] poles to a hickory S 15 |
W 370 poles to [_?_?_] S 27 E 180 poles to the Beginning |
With its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its |
appurtenances to the said William McIninch and his heirs forever |
In witness whereof the C. A. Wickliffe Esq. Lieut. + acting Governor of the |
Commonwealth of Ky. hath hereunto set his hand and caused the seal of said |
Commonwealth to be affixed at Frankfort on the 4th day of March in the year of |
our Lord 1840 and of the Commonwealth the forty eighth. |
By the Lieut. + acting Governor C. A. Wickliffe I. G. Bullock, Secretary of State |
[KY Archv. "Grants South of Green River", Book 29 page 92, film 272841] |
Note 1840-1: The original William McAninch [b.Bef.1765] died 1813, named five sons |
in his will. His widow Laodieca re-married in 1815, Pulaski County. Why did William's |
heirs wait until 1840 to document this Land Grant? |
McAninch Family History Newsletter Vol. II No. 3 August 1994 pg.9 page 1994-28 |
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