Up until Kentucky Statehood in 1792, the area was considered to be a county of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was known as Kentucky County, Virginia.

There were three typical ways to claim a piece of the Kentucky wilderness:

1. A promise by the government for land in payment for service in the military, called a military land warrant. First military land warrants were for service in the Revolutionary War, and other military land warrants were issued in later conflicts to include the War of 1812 and the US Civil War.

2. A promise by the government for land for which a fee was paid into the general US Treasury, called a non-military land warrant.

3. An ability to make a claim for unclaimed land where a structure was built and a crop of corn was planted and nurtured for at least one season. These were called Certificates of Settlement and Pre-emption warrants.

Finding many references to Rawlings clan members being in Fleming County Kentucky during the first half of the 1800’s, we undertook a focus search on deeds in the county archives.

[Note: courthouse site work courtesy Stephanie Johnson Denton, Hillsboro, Kentucky.]

We discovered that the area of Fleming County where the first Rawlings of Kentucky inhabited was first surveyed for a series of land patents based on non-military land warrants back in the early 1780’s. The larger collection of property from which our Rawlings pioneer ancestors purchased their homesteads was warranted to Major John Mosby for 30,000 acres. Three original contiguous land patent surveys were found to cover these 30,000 acres.

The three Mosby land patents were surveyed out in 1785, based on warrants issued in 1782. John Mosby’s heir, Littleberry Mosby, exercised the family’s Fleming County Kentucky land warrants and had them surveyed into the three land patents.

By 1798 these 30,000 acres had been surveyed, claimed, and legally owned by Littleberry Mosby, but at that time had not been deeded to private settlers. In this year 1798 Lewis Craig was contracted by Mosby to create twelve major divisions (which they called lotts) from the 30,000 acres. Nearly half of the land would go to Craig for his services, with just over half being retained by Mosby. Mosby later contracted Craig and others to actually deed the Mosby part of the land to pioneer land purchasers.

We found the original land patent surveys of the 30,000 acres, and the subsequent legal deed description of the surveyed twelve lots. The foundation steps are to locate and plot these major land definition points.

Locating the Mosby 30,000 Acres

A search through the Kentucky Secretary of State web site for historical artifacts produced a listing of all non-military land warrants issued for Kentucky. Within this list are many Mosby claims, including John, Littleberry, and other Mosbys. Though some land was up on the Ohio River, there were three patents surveyed out and claimed from the Locust and Fox creek areas of Fleming County.

These three surveys are included here as Appendix A.

The steps to locate these 30,000 acres were:

· Confirm likely area of Fleming County where the 30,000 acres would exist based on descriptions in the land patents:

o Patent # 7236 was placed as “......11770 acres...about a N.E. course from the upper Blue Lick on Fox's Creek a branch of the main Licking, Flemming fork......” and then goes on to describe specific landmarks as starting points. Their use of ‘Blue Lick’ was for the Blue Run area east of modern day Flemingsburg.

o Patent # 7229 was placed as “...10600 acres...adjoining his other survey of 11770 acres on the south side thereof...”.

o Patent # 7258 was placed as “...adjoining his other survey of 10600 acres on the south side...”.

· Obtain a current topographic map of the area between Hillsboro and Flemingsburg, Kentucky. This was obtained from Google Maps.

· Convert Poles and Links to feet and inches for convenience.

· Using the scale of the topo map, create a 2-D paper model of the primary patent # 7236.

· Look to see if there’s a visual fit of the model to apparent land features. Fortunately, the three patents of Mosby contained some irregular borders that could be matched to land features.

Once the first patent survey was placed, the second and third surveys followed. Their descriptions place them as laying contiguously, so the next step would be to examine for same-length borders across two patents.

A common length border was discovered between south border of top patent (# 7236) and the north border of the middle patent (# 7229). Another common length border of a different length was discovered between the middle patent and the bottom patent (# 7258).

For the bottom patent it was apparent the deed was drawn with a rotation of 90 degrees counter-clockwise. The patent survey as drawn needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise to fit.

Following the landmark description in the top patent, and placing of the paper model onto the topo map, a correct placement was found. After measuring in each of the next two patent surveys the final measurements were accurate to a visual ten poles (165 feet) over a length of 4,040 poles (66,660 feet). That produces a statistical margin of error of .002, or two tenths of one percent. Pretty good for any day!

Now we look at that original survey, which is about 20 square miles (5 miles by 4 miles) and at the headwaters of the Fox, to match up with the description. We’re looking at a major waterway heading SSE from the top of the Fox, and according to the hand drawn survey in 1785 we are watching for a watershed area with some other water flowing NW from the NW corner, and W from along the western border.

We will keep in mind they didn’t have GPS or satellite topo maps back then. So best case, if we can find a referenced area to match up, it likely wouldn’t match up exactly. The following location came into view:

Topographic Comparison

The above images are (L) the hand drawn survey from 1785, and (R) today’s Google topo map.

Looking over the entire region of Fleming Co a better parallel was not found other than between these two depicted areas. Further confirmation is found when additional surveys are added to the base map.

Today’s topo map shows a couple of new features, including one or more dams and small reservoirs where only streams once flowed.

Overlaying the survey onto the topo map gives:

Key Points On Topographic Map

Key points:

· Point A is one half mile south of small pond: green arrow at top.

· There are five cutouts on the east border of the survey, matching five ridges: green arrows on the right.

· The SE corner point E is just east of Fox Creek.

· The center top water feature, now a dam and reservoir, matches where the double-line trace of the upper Fox Creek ends on the survey and remaining creek beds north and east on the survey become single line traces: green arrow in the middle.

A yellow star is placed on the map near and outside of the SW corner of the survey, showing where Crain Cemetery is.

An example using discreet survey steps:

· Beginning at A four chestnuts ... standing at the foot of a knobb, about half a mile south of a pond of water on the top of said knobb.

· Then north 5 degrees (of) east 245 poles to B a large chestnut oak on the top of a knobb.

· Then east 560 poles to C, three hickory's and dogwood on the top of a knobb.

· Thence south 5 degrees (of) east 240 poles to D a white oak and two dogwoods at the foot of a knobb.

· Thence round and binding on the knobs (ridges), south 80 degrees (of) west 54 poles to a sugar tree.

· (Then) south 25 degrees west 38 poles to two white oaks, then...

· ...numerous steps to skirt five unwanted ridges on the eastern survey border...

· ...to E three white oaks and small sugar tree near a creek.

· Thence west 1310 pole to F a beech.

· Thence north 1760 poles to G a mulberry and sugar tree and two hornbeams.

· Thence east 420 poles to the beginning.

Later plotting of the intricate eastern border of the top Mosby land patent survey proved similarly accurate.

The middle and bottom patent surveys were laid out with similar approach. They are illustrated in the next section, along with the subsequent division lines.

Magnetic Variance

Finding magnetic north on today’s maps compared to those in the 1800 time frame in the Hillsboro, Kentucky area requires rotating the deed gridlines about 4.2 degrees clockwise.

This clockwise shift was applied to the deed descriptions used for this mapping, which brings the known geographic points of the Mosby NE borders and the Long Run Branch references correctly in line. The remainder of the mapping flows from this adjustment.

Dividing the Mosby 30,000 Acres

Several different lott numbers were observed. The deeds we were primarily interested in would lie on Lott # 5.

Early attempts to theorize the boundaries of these Mosby lotts didn’t fully resolve their placements.

Stephanie Denton searched for and located the actual early legally recorded deed with survey activities that created these lotts. The deed was dated in 1798.

A sample page from the deed and the entire deed transcript is in Appendix B.

Subsequent plotting of the lotts as described in the deed yielded the mapping on the right:

[Note: try viewing with a zoom of 200% for best viewing.]

Placement In Kentucky

Pioneer Deeds 1799 – 1813

The years 1799 through 1813 were the “pioneer settler” years. During these years Lewis Craig made several forays into the 30,000 acre area surveying and selling private deeds to individual settlers. Lots of various sizes were sold, from 5 to over 500 acres depending on the purchaser.

Craig spent a large part of 1799 in the area of Lotts 8 through 11. He did pass by Lott 5 at one point and sold the earliest recorded deed of that lott to James Saunders. This was an oddly shaped deed, comprising a single thin line of land along the border between Lotts 5 & 6 and being 165 feet wide and over 11,000 feet long. No subsequent information has been found to explain this single purchase in 1799.

In 1800 Craig sold a flurry of deeds on the west side of Lotts 5 and 6. William Rawlings Sr, b.1735 in Loudoun County VA, was one of four first settlers on Lott 5, established in the year 1800. They included Edward Warren, Wm Rawlings Sr, Jacob Worthington, and James Saunders. In 1813 the Emmons clan purchased property to fill in Lott 6.

[Stephanie Johnson Denton is connected to the Emmons clan.]

Parcel Layout Lotts 5 and 6

The following snippets represent each of these early settler deeds. Rationale is provided for deriving placement of the deeds where possible for clarity.

Lott 5

Edward Warren 1800 - 120 acres - Dbk C pg 26-27, southwest corner of Lott 5. Mentions neighbor deeds as William Rowlands to the east, James Saunders to the north, and John Winn to the south. Sold to Thomas Rawlings in 1809.

“beginning at a blue ash and white oak thence east one hundred and seventy poles to a [stake] thence south one hundred nine poles to a [stake] thence west one hundred and seventy poles to a [stake] thence north one hundred and nine pole to the beginning, containing one hundred and twenty acres and border to the north by James Saunders land & on the east by William Rollings land and in the south by John Winn”

William Rawlings Sr 1800 - 75 acres - Dbk A1 pg 195-196, places NE corner next to NW corner of Jacob Worthington. Deed mentions being part of the third subdivision; no other reference to a subdivision is found in any other deed.

“...beginning at two sugar trees it being Jacob Worthingtons North West corner running South one hundred & thirteen poles to a stake, thence West one hundred and two poles to two sugar trees, thence North one hundred and thirteen poles to a sugar tree and blue ash, thence East one hundred and two poles to the place of beginning to contain seventy five acres and to lay within lines of fifth division and third subdivision of Mosby Thirty Thousand acres...”

Jacob Worthington 1800 - 50 acres - Dbk A1 pg 194, places south border along the line between Lotts 5 & 6.

“...bring part of Lott No 5 of Mosby thirty thousand acres ... and bounded as follows (to wit) beginning at [Samuel] Powers North East corner thence south on hundred and seventeen poles to a point in the line between No 5 & No 6 thence along said line east sixty nine poles to a stake thence north one hundred & seventeen poles thence west sixty nine poles to the beginning. ...fifty acres...”

James Saunders 1800 - 137 acres - Dbk A2 pg 100, places this property at the SW corner to Will Day’s survey of 68 acres. No Day deed was located. Possibly a promised deed that Day backed out of purchasing? The specific length and notch in the southern border exactly fits the adjacent border areas of Edward Warren and William Rawlings Sr deeds.

“...one hundred and seventy five pounds...Craig sold unto said James Saunders all that tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and thirty seven acres, situate lying and being in the county of Fleming and on the waters of Locust and bounded as follows (to wit) Beginning SW corner to Will Day's survey of sixty eight acres being part of 30,000 acres and including Thomas Brown plantation and running south one hundred nine and a half poles thence east one hundred and seventy poles thence north nine and half poles then east twenty three poles thence north ten degrees east one hundred and ten poles thence west forty six poles thence south seven and a half poles thence west one hundred and sixty four poles to the beginning.”

Philip Weaver 1801 - 134 acres - Dbk B2 pg 225-226, no identifying land marks. Sold to Thomas Rawlings in 1805.

“...one certain tract or parcel of land containing by survey one hundred and thirty four acres and three fourths and eight poles situated lying and being in the aforesaid county of Flemming on the waters of Locust Creek being a part of the No 5 one of the lotts of thirty thousand acres patented in the name of littleberry mosby heir at law to john mosby decd and bounded as follows (to wit) beginning at a sugar tree and hickory thence west forty four poles thence north four poles to two white oaks thence west on hundred and forty eight poles to a blue ash and sugar tree thence north one hundred and eight and one third poles to an ash and sugar tree thence east one hundred ninety two and one half poles to two small sugar trees thence south to the place of beginning.”

Thomas Rawlings 1804 - 53 acres - Dbk B pg 341-343, purchased from Sam Powell 1800 deed. This is Thomas Rawlings’s first property, possibly the location of his first house.

“...containing by survey fifty three acres and three quarters and bounded as follows (to wit) Beginning at Jacob Witheringtons north east corner a sugar tree and box elder thence along Witheringtons line south one hundred and seventeen and one third poles to said witheringtons south east corner a stake and slippery elm in the line between No 5 & No 6 thence along said line east seventy three and one third poles to a large white oak thence north one hundred and seventeen and one third poles to a stake thence west seventy three and one third poles to the beginning it being part of Lot No 5 one of the lots of the thirty thousand acres...”

Thomas Rawlings 1805 - 134 acres - Dbk C pg 169, purchased from Philip Weaver 1801 deed. Same legal description, no identifying land marks referenced. Possible alternate location of his first house.

Thomas Rawlings 1809 - 107 acres - Dbk C pg 470, purchased from Edward Warren 1800 deed. About two acres was reserved from this sale from the south west corner for what was called the meeting house lott and the school house lott in this deed of conveyance. No future deeds for this area referred to these locations, so they may have been planned by Warren but never deeded or built upon. May indicate an early path through the area, which would mirror the creek bed in the way early routes were established. See deeds in 1813 for additional notes for changes in property owners and change in later road routes. This is Thomas Rawlings’ second purchase.

William Rawlings Jr 1809 - 8 acres - Dbk D pg 21-22, purchased as a notch from the east border of the Edward Warren 1800 deed sold to Thomas Rawlings this year. Next to William Sr, this is William Jr’s first purchase. Wm Jr would sell this space back to Thomas in 1816.

“on the water of Locust Creek being a part of Lott No 5 Beginning at a stake about 24 poles south of Thomas Rawlings and Jame Saunders corner thence west 22 poles to a stake thence south 59 poles 11 1/3 link thence east 22 poles in William Rawlings Sr line thence along said line north 59 11 1/3 links to beginning.”

William Emmons 1813 - 8 acres - Dbk E pg 434, purchased as surveyed from Warren encompassing the 165 foot wide strip of land along what was included in the Thomas 1809 deed which excluded two acres for meeting house and school house lots. In 1813 William Emmons purchased part of this with William Rawlings Jr purchasing another piece of this 165 foot wide space further east of William Emmons purchase here. Curious that no apparent protest was made by Thomas Rawlings, which indicates that Thomas had not built along this southern border of his 1809 purchase.

“...8 acres...being a part of Lott No 5 one of the lotts of thirty thousand acres patented in the name of Littleberry Mosby heir at law to John Mosby Decd. Bounded as follws (to wit) beginning at the Northwest corner of Lott No 6 at a beach or stake thence North nine poles to

a blue ash [ ] or stake corner to Thomas Rawlings thence along the said Rawlings line East on hundred & fifty two poles to William Rawlings corner three sugar trees thence with said Rawlings line South nine poles to said Emmons Corner a stake in the line between No 5 & No 6

thence with said line West one hundred fifty two poles to the beginning...”

William Rawlings Jr 1813 - 4 acres - Dbk e pg 432-433, purchased as surveyed from Warren encompassing the 165 foot wide strip of land along what was included as the southern border of Thomas 1809 deed, east of the deed purchased in Lott 5 by William Emmons in 1813. Wm Jr would sell this space to Thomas in 1816.

“...on the waters of the middle fork of Locust creek being a part Lott No 5 beginning at three sugar tree in thomas rawlings line thence east seventy poles and 1/2 to a stake thence south nine poles to a stake in the line between No 5 and No 6 thence with said line west seventy 1/2 poles to a stake thence north nine poles to the beginning.”

Lott 6

William Rawlings Jr 1813 - 21 acres - Dbk E - pg 351-352, purchased as L-shaped small lot that William Rawlings Jr purchased between William Emmons and Joseph Emmons. Wm Jr would sell this space to Thomas in 1816.

“21 acres six poles situate lying and being in the aforesaid county of Fleming on both sides the middle fork of Locust Creek being a part of Lotts No 6 one of the lotts of thirty thousand acres patented...Mosby...Beginning at William Emmon's NE corner at a stake in the line between Lott # 5 and # 6 [ ? ] thence along Emmons' line south 71 poles thence east 28 poles thence north 38 poles 14 links thence east 42 1/2 poles 11 links to a stake in the line between # 5 and # 6 thence along said line west 70 1/2 poles to beginning.”

Joseph Emmons 1813 - 364 acres - Dbk E pg 354-356, placed along the E/W line between Lotts 6 & 7. Presented as a non-square lot. Places top of one partial border at Charles Emmons line, then references the with {charles emmons's, william emmons's and william rawlings} line. It also references a southern border and southwest corner of the 1799 Saunders long thin lot.

“396 1/4 acre situate lying and being ... on both sides of Locust Creek being part of Lott No. 6 ... of the 30,000 Mosby...beginning at a corner in the line between no 6 and no 7 thence along said line west 331 poles to a stake in the helmses line thence with said line north 158 poles sixteen links to a corner in charles emmons' line thence along said line east 74 poles to a stake thence with {charles emmons's, william emmons's and william rawlings} line north 121 poles 14 links to a stake thence east 42 1/2 poles thence north 12 poles 5 links to sanders's corner thence along sanderses line east 74 poles six links to a stake thence south 25 1/2 degrees east 326 poles to the beginning.”

Charles Emmons 1813 - 70 acres - Dbk E pg 352-354, placed along the N/S line of Lott 6 western border. The southern border measures out exactly from the notch referenced in Joseph Emmons 1813 deed above. Shortly after 1813 Joseph Emmons registered court actions that resulted in Charles and William Emmons agreeing to locate a route for the new Clover Road through their properties on Lott 6 heading northwest. This would have changed any earlier vision for the main road to Flemingsburg from Hillsboro from going through any Rawlings land on Lott 5.

“... 70 acres situate lying and being ... on both sides the middle fork of Locust Creek being a part of 30,000 acres...and is a part of Lott No 6 one of the lotts of said survey Beginning at X thence west crossing Locust Creek 180 poles to a stake in the line of the aforesaid survey thence along said line north 62 poles 6 links to a stake thence east 180 poles to a stake thence south 62 poles 6 links to the beginning.”

William Emmons 1813 - 99 acres - Dbk E pg 366-368, placed along the E/W line between Lotts 5 & 6, beginning in the NW corner of Lott 6. The southern border matches and reinforces the placement of the Charles Emmons 1813 deed. It also validates the 1813 properties purchased by William Rawlings Jr (see above).

“...parcel of land containing ninety nine acres and sixty poles situate lying and being in the aforesaid County of Fleming on both sides of the middle fork of Locust Creek being a part of Lott No 6 one of the Lotts of thirty thousand acres patented in the name of Littlebery Mosby heir at law to John Mosby Decd and bounded as follows (to wit) beginning at the North West corner of Lott No 6 at a stake thence along the line of Lott No 6 South one hundred poles nineteen links to Charles Emmons corner a stake thence along said Emmons's line East one hundred eighty poles to his corner a stake thence north twenty poles nineteen links to a William Rawlings corner black walnut buckeye and sugar tree thence along Rawlings line west twenty eight poles to two beeches thence with said Rawlings line North seventy one poles to

a stake in the line between No 5 and No 6 thence along said line East one hundred and fifty two poles to the beginning...”

Appendix A – Mosby Land Patent Surveys

Mosby Patent 1

Mosby Patent 2

Mosby Patent 3

Appendix B – Mosby Lott Survey

Mosby Division 1

The entire transcript of the deed follows:

Pg 89

...on to divide a tract of land containing thirty thousand acres in three surveys patented to the heirs of Major John Mosby Deceased between them the said heirs and Lewis Craig Sen of Mason County assignee of Craig (&) Johnston assignees of Simon Kenton the Locator of the said land. Thirty five sixtieth of which said tracts is the property of the said Mosbys heirs and the other twenty five sixtieths the property of the said Lewis Craig as assignee aforesaid produced on this day to divide the land in the said portions that is to say twenty five sixtieths to the said Lewis Craig and the other thirty five sixtieths to the said Mosbys heirs as follows to wit

Beginning at D a white oak and two dogwoods thence North five degrees West two hundred and forty poles to C three hickorys and dogwood thence West 550 poles to B a large chestnet oak thence [ ? ] West 245 Poles to A a chestnut & four chestnuts oaks thence West 420 poles to G a mulberry sugar tree and two hornbeams [ ? ] on a branch, thence South three hundred & fourteen poles to two small beeches and 2 sugar trees in the west line of the area survey. Thence East 1040 poles hicory sugartree 4 dogwoods in said survey most eastwardly line thence in the patent line to the beginning, Containing two thousand five hundred acres (k)nown by Lott No 1 for the said Lewis Craig.

Also divided follows Beginning at two maples and hicory in said 30,000 acre survey Eastward line & corner to Lott No 2 thence West 1040 Poles to a white oak and small sugar tree corner to said No 2 thence South with said survey

Pg 90

west line four hundred & 4 poles to two buckeys & one hornbeam on a branch on south east corner to Lott No 4 thence East 1000 poles to a black ash & gum tree in said Eastward line & corner to said Lott No 4 then with the patent line Northwardly to the Beginning containing two thousand five hundred acres and (k)nown by Lott No 3 for the said Lewis Craig.

Also divided as follows Beginning at four sycamores & Honey Locust on the west bank of Foxes Creek and in the patent line, then West 1330 poles with the line of No 6 to a beech & two buckeys corner to said Lott No 6 thence with the old line North three hundred and thirty three poles to two white walnuts 4 elm corner to Lott No 4 thence East 1200 poles to a corner to said No 4 in the eastern most line & with the old patent lines Southwardly to the beginning containing two thousand five hundred acres and (k)nown by Lott No 5 for the Lewis Craig.

Also divided as follows beginning at a hicory poplar & dogwood on a branch corner to Lott No 9 thence West thirteen hundred and sixty five poles to three white oaks on the point of a ridge in said 30,000 acre survey west line & corner to said Lott No 9 thence North three hundred and ten poles to two sugar trees and dogwood corner to Lott No 7 thence East 1360 poles to two hicorys & dogwood corner to said Lott No 7 thence with the old line of said survey S.S.E. 313 poles to the beginning containing two thousand five hundred and 60 acres and (k)nown by Lott No 8 for the said Lewis Craig.

Also divided as follows beginning at two white oaks corner to Lott No 12 thence West 1200 pole crossing Foxes creek twice to a buckeye ash and beech on a branch corner to Lott No 12 thence with the West line of said 30,000 acre survey North two hundred eighty poles crossing Foxes creek to two ashes and sugar tree corner to

Pg 91

Lott No 10 thence East 1250 pole crossing Foxes creek to three white oaks in the East line of said survey and corner to Lott No 10 thence with the old patent lines to the beginning containing two thousand four hundred and forty acres and (k)nown by Lott No 11 for the said Lew Craig the above five tracts of land as described as his equal tenty five sixtieths in quantity & quality to have and to hold the said quantity of twelve thousand five hundred acres to him the Lewis Craig his heirs & assigns forever free and clear from the let molestation and hindrance of them the said heirs of John Mosby or their heirs forever and to hold to him the said Lewis Craig his heirs in severalty and no longer subject to the claim of them the said John Mosbys heirs.

Also divided the tracts of land as follows the south west corner to Lewis Craigs Lott No 1 thence South with the west line of said 30,000 acre survey three hundred & eighty one poles to a while oak and small sugar tree corner to Craig Lott No 3 & with the line of the same East & with Lott No 1 and binding on the old patent to include two thousand five hundred acres and (k)nown by Lott No 2 for the heirs of John Mosby.

Also divided as follows Beginning at two buckeyes and two hornbeams corner to the said Lewis Craig Lott No 3 thence South with the old line three hundred & eighty poles to two white walnuts and elm corner to said Craig Lott No 5 & with the line of the same and the line of No 3 East & to the old patent line to include two thousand five hundred acres and (k)nown by Lott No 4 for the said heirs of John Mosby.

Also divided as follows Beginning at a birch & two buckeyes corner to said Lewis Craig Lott

Pg 92

No 5 thence South three hundred & ten poles to a beech elm & white oak also South three hundred & twenty poles to two sugar trees & dogwood corner to said Lewis Craig Lott No 8 xxxx the line of the same & the line of No 5 East to the old patent line to include five thousand one hundred & fifty acres and (k)nown by Lotts No 6 & No 7 for the said heirs of John Mosby.

Also divided as follows Beginning at three white oaks corner to said Lewis Craig Lott No 8 thence South six hundred & fifty poles to two ashes and sugar tree corner to said Craig Lott No 11 & with the line of the same of the line of No 8 East to the old patent line to include five Thousand acres and (k)nown by Lotts No 9 & No 10 for the said heirs of John Mosby.

Also divided as follows Beginning at a buckeye ash & beech corner to said Lewis Craig Lott No 11 thence with the old patent line South three hundred & fifty pole to a large white oak & as the south west corner to said 30,000 acre survey & with the old line East and binding on Lott no 11 East to include two thousand three hundred & fifty acres & (k)nown by Lott No 12 for the heirs of John Mosby the above seven tracts of land containing seventee thousand five hundred acres to have and to hold the said tract of land to them the said John Mosbys heirs and their heirs forever in severalty and free and clear from the claim of him the said Lewis Craig as assignee of aforesaid & his heirs & assigns forever. And we the said commissioners do certify and declare that the above is a true division in witness whereof we the said commissioners have hereunto set our hands & seals this 12^th day of June 1798.

John Hart

Hugh Sutton

Pg 93

At a court held for Fleming County the 9^th day of July 1798 This division of lands between the heirs of John Mosby deceased and Lewis Craig was returned by the commissioners and ordered to be recorded teste Joshua Stockton.

Articles of agreement made and entered into this second day of March 1782 between Simon Kenton of Lincoln County of the one part and John Mosby of Powhatan County on the other part witnesseth that the said Kenton hath received from the said Mosby warrants for sixty thousand acres land which he the said Kenton engageth to locate as soon as possible on the best vacant and unappropriated land he can find. The said Mosby on his part engageth to give unto the said Kenton twenty five sixtieth parts of all such lands as he shall properly secure to defray every expence that may be attending thereon the division of the said land after it may be severed each party agree that it shall be divided paying attention to the quality of the said land by some indifferent person & choice obtained by lol for the faithful performance of the above articles each of us bind ourselves our heirs to the other his heirs in the penal sum of five thousand pounds 5 pence to be paid by the party or

Pg 94

his heirs failing to comply herewith to the other or his heirs on demand. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year above written

Witness Fras McBridge

Simon Kenton

John Mosby

I do assign overall my rights title and interest of the within article to John Craig and Robert Johnston this 24^th day of April 1787.

Simon Ken(ton)

John Willson

James Turner

I assign all my interest of the within to Robt Johnson and Elijah Craig trustees to John Craig May 18, 1891.

Teste Toliver Craig

Robt Johnson

We assign of the within bond to Lewis Craig eleven thousand five hundred acres a part of Mosbys 30,000 entry 3,100 acres of his 10,000 entry on main Licking and 4166 being 25/60^thsof his 10,000 on the head of Johnson Fork the said Craig is to let Simon Kenton have 1500 acres choice in in one tract to be taken out of the quantities herein given up to said Craig this is only giving up John Craigs rights Dec the 8^th 1798.

Robt Johnston trustee to John Craig

Elijah Craig trustee to John Craig

Pg 95

At a court held for Fleming County the 9^th day of July 1798 This article of agreement between Kenton and Mosby together with the assignments thereon was ordered to be recorded.

Teste Joshua Stockton