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Bourbon County, KY Court Orders
Transcribed by Jerry Taylor.
This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.
Located in the Bourbon Co., KY Court Orders are numerous
emancipation orders that were not listed in the Deeds of Manumission Book.
(See Deeds of Manumission Abstracts) In an effort
to assist African Americans researching their enslaved ancestors the process is
now underway to abstract the manumissions located in the court orders. These
emancipation orders give such information as owner, person(s) being freed, date being freed and on occasion a description of the freed person along with
other pertinent information. It was originally planned to completely
transcribe all of the manumissions among the court orders, but since it has been
determined that there are possibly hundreds of emancipations among the orders a
new course of action of building an index with an abstraction of each would be
better suited for this task. In
situations where an order gives added information or is determined to be unique
in some respect, that order will be transcribed in it's entirety and posted.
Among the transcriptions there will also be an occasional order that does not
pertain to an emancipation, but pertains to African Americans and as such added
among the transcriptions. This is a work in progress, as these orders are
transcribed these pages will be updated regularly.
To view the transcribed orders
click here
Owner |
Freed Person |
Book |
Page |
Slave A Page |
Date Filed |
Date Effective |
Description/Remarks |
Adams, John |
Enos |
C |
180 |
|
03/17/1801 |
06/01/1810 |
Age about 16 or 17; to
be set free at the age of maturity |
Allen, Larry |
Mariah |
K |
213 |
250 |
09/02/1833 |
|
Bound out to Larry Allen |
Allen, Larry |
Sally |
K |
213 |
251 |
09/02/1833 |
|
Bound out to Larry Allen |
Andrews, John C. |
|
K |
143 |
247 |
|
|
Discharge L 33 |
Banon, Aaron |
Carey |
K |
396 |
116 |
07/07/1834 |
07/07/1834 |
|
Barlow, Thompson |
Jack |
D |
353 |
|
01/08/1811 |
01/08/1811 |
Aged about 48 years |
Barnett, Alexander |
McGuire, Edward "Ned" |
D |
7 |
|
03/21/1808 |
03/21/1808 |
Age 35 years |
Batterton, Benjamin |
Hannah |
F |
310 |
|
09/04/1819 |
09/04/1819 |
|
Batterton |
George |
F |
387 |
|
|
|
|
Batterton Admin. |
Willis Batterton |
K |
398 |
116 |
09/01/1834 |
09/01/1834 |
|
Batterton, Benjamin |
Hannah |
F |
310 |
|
10/04/1819 |
10/04/1819 |
|
Becraft, Jonathan |
Stevenson, Notley |
K |
343 |
110 |
1/3/1834 |
1/3/1834 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Bedinger, George M. |
Sam, Sarah & Chaney |
C |
3 |
|
07/15/1799 |
07/15/1799 |
|
Black, John |
Dick |
F |
82 |
|
07/17/1817 |
07/17/1817 |
Security Bond $200 |
Black, John |
Roger |
E |
400 |
|
04/03/1815 |
04/03/1815 |
Age 38 yrs; black
complexion; 5' 10" tall; Security Bond set for $200 |
Boulder, George |
Margaret |
K |
400 |
215 |
09/01/1834 |
|
Age 3 years on the 17th
day of July 1834, to be bound out to George Boulder to learn the trade
of housewife |
Bowles, Bob |
Richardson, Harry |
K |
119 |
98 |
12/03/1832 |
12/03/1832 |
Mulatto, Age 39 yrs., 5'
10 1/2", weighs 160 lbs. |
Brown, Alexander |
Lucy |
C |
640 |
|
01/00/1807 |
12/26/1806 |
Age 31 yrs.; to be set
free to live with her husband who is free; |
Brown, Alexander
deceased (By Executors: David Purvience, Jeremiah Frame & William Henry) |
Mosy/Moses |
D |
44 |
|
08/30/1808 |
08/30/1808 |
"Last Will and Testament
of Alexander Brown deceased bearing date October the 29th 1795. That
his negroe man named Mosy shall continue in servitude for the space of
ten years from the date of said Last Will and Testament and if he
behaves well and labours faithfully during that time he shall thereafter
be free." |
Carter, George & Robert |
Elijah |
K |
347 |
111 |
2/20/1834 |
3/3/1834 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Clark, John |
Michael |
C |
312 |
|
03/11/1803 |
03/11/1803 |
Age 24; Paid 95 pounds
for his freedom |
Clinkenbeard, Isaac |
Adam |
D |
462 |
|
01/06/1812 |
01/06/1812 |
Security bond set at 50
pounds |
Collins, Martha;
Collins, Foster; Davis, John; Turney, Peter; Spiers, Ransom |
Frederick |
D |
461 |
|
01/06/1812 |
01/06/1812 |
Security bond set at 50
pounds |
Collins, Wm |
Lewis, Aaron (Indenture) |
K |
360 |
212 |
04/07/1834 |
|
Age 11 yrs. last January
25th 1834, to be bound out to Wm Collins |
Demitt, Joshua |
Louisa |
K |
213 |
121 |
04/06/1835 |
|
See Deeds of Manumission |
Demitt, Richard |
Nancy |
E |
241 |
|
04/12/1814 |
04/12/1814 |
Age 30 or upward; Also
manumitting any future children |
Denwiddle, Wm |
Bob |
K |
79 |
123 |
|
|
|
Dinwiddie, William |
Annica |
O |
57 |
|
07/03/1848 |
|
Emancipated by will of William Dinwiddie;
Description: Black complexion; Scar back of head size of half dollar;
4'4" in height |
Ellis, Karratis L. |
Barlow, William |
K |
227 |
255 |
10/17/1833 |
|
15 yrs. of age the 20th
of February last, bound out to Karatis L. Ellis to learn the trade of
Blacksmith, Discharge court order book L page 25 |
Fleming, Peter |
Dinah |
D |
152 |
|
09/04/1809 |
09/04/1809 |
Age 30 years |
Foreman, John (Deceased) |
Asher |
F |
373 |
|
07/03/1820 |
07/03/1820 |
Set free at the age of
21 years and proof being made that he has attained that age is set free. |
Foreman, Mary |
Clear or Chloe |
D |
460 |
|
01/06/1812 |
01/06/1812 |
Name unclear, top
portion appears to say "Clear" but bottom portion list it as Chloe |
Free Born |
Dorcas Talbot, daughter
of Dinah (emancipated by Wm Talbot) |
K |
291 |
|
11/04/1833 |
|
Dinah: bright copper
color, 5' 2" high; Dorcas: same color as her mother |
Free Born |
Tucker, Allen |
K |
132 |
|
01/07/1833 |
|
Age 22 yrs.; certified
and sworn to being born free by Wm Allen |
Free Born |
Jenny |
K |
301 |
|
12/02/1833 |
|
Born May 1825, daughter
of Abie Gril? |
Free Born |
Jesse Henry |
K |
301 |
|
12/02/1833 |
|
Born April 1829, son of
Abie Gril? |
Free Born |
Levi Haden, Alfred Haden
& Julian Haden (children of Chloe emancipated by Robert Lucky) |
K |
425 |
|
11/03/1834 |
|
Levi, Alfred & Julian
Haden children of Chloe; Levi: age 26 yrs, 6' 2 1/4" tall, scar on back
of left hand, slender make, dark complexion |
Garrard, William (Paris,
KY) |
Rachel |
F |
419 |
|
03/05/1821 |
03/05/1821 |
Age 19 years, a gift
from the Will of ? Carter given to Susan Garrard late Susan Peers, wife
of William Garrard |
Garrard |
Laura Hensley |
F |
436 |
|
|
|
|
Gibson, Saml |
Rachel |
C |
136, 137 |
|
09/15/1800 |
1807 |
Age 18; To be freed at
age 25 in the year of 1807 |
Giltner, John |
Jeremiah |
K |
165 |
105 |
05/06/1830 |
05/06/1830 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Grafforte, Thos Exec. |
Peter, Hedgeman, Jesse &
George |
K |
89 |
|
10/1/1832 |
10/1/1832 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Grafforte, Thos Exec. |
Wesley & Hannah |
K |
91 |
|
10/1/1832 |
10/1/1832 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Grafforte, Thos Exec. |
Amy |
K |
87 |
|
10/1/1832 |
10/1/1832 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Hall, Jesse |
Lewis |
K |
139 |
246 |
02/04/1833 |
02/04/1833 |
Age 14 yrs., with
permission from his mother to be bound out to Jesse Hall for 5 years |
Harcourt, John |
Hampton |
F |
50 |
|
01/06/1817 |
01/06/1817 |
Security Bond set for
$100 |
Henderson, Samuel |
Derry |
D |
16, 17 |
|
04/18/1808 |
04/18/1808 |
Age 35 |
Henderson, William |
Jerry |
K |
398 |
117 |
09/01/1834 |
09/01/1834 |
|
Hickman, Alexander |
Sally Hickman (his wife) |
E |
246 |
|
06/06/1814 |
06/06/1814 |
my wife Sally Hickman a
coloured woman"; purchased from John Lathram |
Hickman, William |
Alexander |
C |
669 |
|
04/20/1807 |
04/20/1807 |
Age between 20 and 30
yrs. |
Hill, Jesse |
Harry |
C |
388 |
|
03/19/1804 |
03/19/1804 |
Being convinced of the
injustice of holding in the state of slavery a fellow creature, I do
hereby emancipate" |
Hilt, Martin |
Solomon |
C |
716 |
|
01/00/1808 |
12/24/1802 |
|
Hilt, Martin |
Benjamin & Hannah |
E |
177 |
|
02/01/1811 |
02/01/1811 |
Security Bond set at
$500 |
Hilt, Martin |
Winney |
C |
254 |
|
04/10/1802 |
04/10/1802 |
being convinced of the
injustice of holding in a state of slavery our fellow creatures I do
hereby emancipate or set free a black woman by the name of Winney" |
Houston, James |
Bob |
C |
247 |
|
02/15/1802 |
02/15/1806 |
Age "almost seventeen";
to be set free at age of maturity on Feb. 15, 1806 |
Houston, Peter |
Alice |
C |
247 |
|
02/15/1802 |
01/01/1807 |
Age 16, to be set free
at the age of maturity Jan. 1, 1807 |
Howard, Elijah |
Jacob (last name
illedgable possibly ?ines) |
K |
426 |
|
11/05/1834 |
|
Was liberated by Elijah
Howard Age 25 years, small scar on upper lip, 5' 8 1/4" tall |
Howard, Elijah &
Elizabeth |
Jacob |
D |
507, 508 |
|
06/01/1812 |
09/12/1834 |
Age 2 yrs., 8 months, 18
days; born 09/12/1809; to be manumitted at age 25 on date of 09/12/1834 |
Howard, James |
Anthony |
D |
339 |
|
01/07/1811 |
01/07/1811 |
About 42 yrs. old; been
in the possession of Howard for 13 yrs. |
Hughes, Robert |
George |
E |
75 |
|
07/05/1813 |
07/05/1813 |
Age 43 yrs. |
Irvine, Joshua Admin.
(Henry Batterton Admin.) |
Willie Batterton |
K |
398 |
|
4/21/1834 |
|
See Deeds of Manumission |
Jones, Alice |
Robert |
D |
162 |
|
09/00/1811 |
07/24/1800 |
Age 3 years; Produced in
court September 1809 states originally produced in 07/24/1800 but not
recorded. |
Lander, Charles |
Elijah, Charlotte,
Daniel & David |
K |
257 & 268 |
|
10/08/1833 |
10/08/1833 |
Charlotte: 5' 8 1/2"
high, Age 20 yrs., well made, no marks; Daniel: Age 33 yrs., 5' 10 1/2"
high, dark color, small scar on his under lip and on the back of his
right hand, nice made; David: Age 26 yrs., 5' 10 1/2" high, dark color,
no marks, well made; Elijah: Age 36 yrs., dark color, 5' 9 1/2" high,
well made, no marks. |
Lanime, John |
York |
F |
440 |
|
06/04/1821 |
06/04/1821 |
Mullato; Age 43 |
Lilly, Thomas |
Doll |
D |
240 |
|
01/31/1810 |
01/31/1810 |
Produced in court March
Court 1811 |
Luckie, Robert |
Chloe |
K |
425 |
|
11/03/1834 |
1805 |
John Laughlin of legal
age being sworn states he is acquainted with Chloe and that she was
emancipated by Robert Luckie in 1805; Chloe is appearing in court to get
a copy of her Deed of Manumission |
Lucky, Robert |
Chloe |
C |
469 |
|
03/18/1805 |
03/18/1805 |
Age 23 |
March Exec. |
Nat. March |
K |
438 |
119 |
12/01/1834 |
12/01/1834 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Mason, Charles |
James |
F |
327 |
|
12/06/1819 |
12/06/1819 |
Security Bond set at
$200 |
Marsh, Nicholas C. |
Porter, Molly |
K |
274 |
107 |
03/04/1833 |
03/04/1833 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Marshall, Humphrey |
MIlly/Molly |
F |
149 |
|
04/06/1818 |
04/06/1818 |
Milly/Molly, light
complexion and being a
resident of Frankfort |
Marshall, Humphrey |
Cook, Lucinda ("a female
slave of colour" |
F |
126 |
|
12/02/1817 |
10/10/1817 |
order to restore Lucinda
Cook a female slave of colour to her natural right" |
Martin, William |
George |
K |
324 |
109 |
11/1/1833 |
11/1/1833 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Martin, William W |
James |
E |
352 |
|
11/05/1814 |
11/05/1814 |
|
Mason, Charles |
James |
F |
327 |
|
12/06/1819 |
12/06/1819 |
Security Bond set at
$200 |
Massie, Jonathan |
George |
K |
3 |
121 |
|
|
|
McClanahan, Thomas
|
David |
D |
203 |
|
09/00/1809 |
05/13/1808 |
Produced in September
Term of Court 1809 |
McCormick, Jefferson |
Nelson, George |
K |
244 |
254 |
10/07/1833 |
|
Age 17 on the first day
of August last, to be bound out to learn the trade of blacksmith |
McIlvain, Hugh & Brent,
Hugh |
Duley, William |
D |
365 |
|
02/04/1811 |
02/04/1811 |
William Duley paid $300
for his freedom |
McKee, John |
Peter |
K |
405 |
116 |
10/30/1825 |
10/30/1825 |
|
Mills, Benjamin |
Absalom Porter |
E |
194 |
|
03/00/1814 |
|
Mullato; Age 36; height
5' 8"; yellow complexion; was to be set free per Will of John Porter
dec'd, his former owner; |
Moore, John |
Cromwell, Oliver |
C |
533 |
|
10/22/1805 |
10/22/1805 |
|
Mulherrin, John H. |
Jack |
C |
663 |
|
03/08/1807 |
03/08/1807 |
|
Mulherrin, John H. |
Nan |
C |
663 |
|
03/08/1807 |
03/08/1807 |
|
Nelson |
|
K |
153 |
248 |
|
|
P 344 |
Nunn, Jlai |
Jacob & Draper |
K |
451 |
120 |
01/05/1835 |
01/05/1835 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Nunn, Jlui |
Tiller |
C |
505 |
|
07/15/1805 |
07/15/1805 |
Age 35 years;
|
Owings, Rachel (wife of
Richard Owings dec'd) |
Bill & Easter |
E |
389, 390 |
|
02/05/1815 |
02/05/1815 |
Order date 02/05/1815; Date on order 01/05/1805; To be
released after of the death of Rachel Owings as stated in the Will of
her dec'd husband Richard Owens; Easter is the only one listed as being
emancipated; Security Bond $200 |
Pattons, John Exec. |
Obidiah |
K |
100 & 114 |
|
12/93/1832 |
12/93/1832 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Porter, Absalom (a free
person of colour) |
Betty |
E |
401 |
|
04/03/1815 |
04/03/1815 |
Betty: age forty;
formerly a slave belonging to Samuel Harris deceased and directed by his
Will to be sold to Absalom, Betty being Absalom's mother |
Porter, John & Deatley,
John |
Kate |
D |
170 |
|
09/05/1809 |
09/05/1809 |
formerly the property of
William Porter Senr"; |
Porter, Louellen |
MIlly |
F |
148 & 149 |
|
04/06/1818 |
12/25/1816 |
Mulatto; descrepency in
date of order, listed in court 04/06/1818 date on order 1816 |
Purviance, James |
Morris, Dinah, Peter,
Charety, Finney & Lilly |
C |
217 |
|
09/01/1801 |
|
Morris: age 45 yrs;
Dinah: wife of Morris, age 40; Peter: age 26, to be free after
10/1/1802;Chariety: age 13, to be free after 10/01/1809;Finney: a girl,
age 5 yrs, to be free after 10/1/1817;Lilly: age 3 yrs, to be free after
10/1/1819 |
Purviance, James Jr. |
Dorcas |
C |
218 |
|
09/01/1801 |
10/01/1812 |
Age 10; to be free at
the age of maturity on 10/1/1812 |
Purviance, John |
Hannah |
C |
212 |
|
07/20/1801 |
02/01/1807 |
Age 15 yrs; to be freed
at the age of maturity 02/01/1807 |
Raine, John B. |
John |
F |
409 |
|
01//01/1821 |
01//01/1821 |
|
Respass, Thomas (of
Fayette County) |
Cyrus |
F |
185 |
|
06/26/1804 |
|
Age 8 yrs; To be
emancipated at age 21; Purchased for $300 by his father Joseph Nancy
from Thomas Respass |
Robertson, James |
Dark & Marinda |
C |
197 |
|
04/20/1801 |
04/20/1801 |
Woman and child; "from
the conviction of unpropriety from holding my fellow creatures in
perpetual slavery do take this method to emancipate them" |
Rogers |
Jack |
F |
46 |
|
|
|
Not located in orders |
Rogers, Andrew |
Fanny |
C |
174 |
|
01/19/1801 |
01/19/1801 |
Age 6 months; to be free
at the age of 21 yrs. |
Rogers, Andrew |
Malinda |
C |
445 |
|
01/21/1805 |
|
To be freed at the age
of 21 yrs. |
Rogers, Andrew |
Squire |
C |
535 |
|
|
|
|
Rogers, Andrew |
Will, Peter, Harrison,
Scott & Milly |
C |
29 |
|
09/16/1799 |
09/16/1799 |
Will: age 9 yrs; Peter:
age 7 yrs.; Harrison: age 5 yrs.; Scott: age 3 yrs.; Milly: age 1 yrs.;
All to be freed at the age of 25 yrs. |
Rogers, Andrew (of
Paris) |
Augustin |
D |
17 |
|
04/18/1808 |
|
Mullato; Age 1 year; To
be set free at age 25 |
Rogers, James |
Jack |
C |
557 |
|
03/17/1806 |
03/17/1806 |
|
Rogers, William |
Emanuel |
F |
72 |
|
05/05/1817 |
05/05/1817 |
Age about 60 yrs.; |
Rogers, Wm (heir of
Nathaniel Rogers dec'd) |
Stephen |
C |
555 |
|
01/20/1806 |
01/20/1806 |
Age 25 yrs.;
|
Routt, William
|
George & his wife Sue |
D |
481 |
|
03/02/1812 |
03/02/1812 |
Both aged about 50 years |
Routt, Wm |
Sarah |
C |
621 |
|
10/20/1806 |
10/20/1806 |
|
Sammons |
York |
F |
440 |
|
|
|
|
Selby, John |
Samuel |
D |
343 |
|
01/07/1811 |
01/07/1811 |
Age 24 years |
Smith, Thomas |
Pompey |
C |
254 |
|
04/19/1802 |
04/19/1802 |
|
Snodgrass, Benj |
Abraham |
C |
380 |
|
02/16/1804 |
02/16/1804 |
|
Snodgrass, Robert |
Gabriel |
C |
380 |
|
02/16/1804 |
|
Age 21 yrs. last August;
to be manumited at age 25 |
Spencer, James |
Emanuel |
D |
161 |
|
09/04/1809 |
09/04/1809 |
|
Steele, William |
Peg & Harry |
D |
362 |
|
02/04/1811 |
02/04/1811 |
Peg: abt. 30 yrs. old;
Harry: son of Peg, age 5, to be emancipated at age 26 |
Stone, Barton W. |
Ned & Lucy |
C |
175 |
|
01/19/1801 |
|
Ned: age 30, to be free
in 2 years; Lucy: age 12 yrs, to be free in 10 yrs. |
Taliferro, Robert |
Jerry |
K |
46 |
|
|
|
|
Thomas, George |
Ham |
F |
417 |
|
02/05/1821 |
02/05/1821 |
|
Thomas, George |
Sam |
K |
101 & 134 |
|
02/02/1833 |
02/04/1833 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Thomas, George Exec. |
Jamar, Jack, Joseph &
Leah |
K |
384 |
112-114 |
06/02/1834 |
06/02/1834 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Timberlake, Charles |
Jacob |
K |
201 |
106 |
12/02/1833 |
12/02/1833 |
|
Trotter, Joseph |
Peter |
C |
468 |
|
03/18/1805 |
03/18/1805 |
Age 25 years |
Tucker, Joseph |
Nelly |
K |
275 |
108 |
11/04/1833 |
|
Age 36 yrs.; Security
Bond set $100 |
Tucker, Oli |
Hannah, Wm & Anna |
C |
468 |
|
|
|
|
Tutt, John |
Noah |
K |
115 |
99 |
12/03/1832 |
|
|
Tutt, John |
Noah |
O |
182 |
|
|
|
|
Wheatland, Mary |
Charles |
C |
675 |
|
|
|
|
Whitaker* |
Maria |
D |
67 |
|
|
|
|
Williams, Moses |
"to his wife" Leah &
children |
K |
384 |
116 |
6/2/1834 |
6/2/1834 |
See Deeds of
Manumissions |
Wilson, Henry |
Esther, Stephen, Phebe,
John, Jenny & Jacob |
D |
37 |
|
07/04/1808 |
see remarks |
Esther, mullato, to be
manumitted date of order; The following to be emancipated when they
arrive at the age of 21: "my Mullatto Boy Stephen aged seventeen years
the 16th day of May 1808 my Mullatto Girl Phebe aged eight years the 4th
of October 1807 my Mullatto Boy John six years old 2nd of July 1808 my
Mullatto Girl Jenny seven years of old the 26th of March 1808 and my
Mullatto boy Jacob born the 2nd of September 1805" |
Wright, James (formerly
of Botetourt Co., Va now residing in Bourbon Co., KY) |
Ben |
D |
406 |
|
03/03/1809 |
03/31/1810 |
Orignal order dated
9/13/1791; to be manumitted at age 21 on last day of March 1810 |
Wright, James (formerly
of Botetourt Co., VA now residing in Bourbon Co., KY) |
Sam, Charlotte, Ben,
Milly and Jane |
D |
447 |
|
11/13/1811 |
|
Emancipated in 1795
Botertourt Co., VA with exception of Milly, who is the daughter of
Charlotte and has now reached the age of 21 yrs. and is being
emancipated in Bourbon Co., KY |
Wright, Thomas |
Ann Mariah Lewis |
K |
360 |
|
04/07/1834 |
|
Age 11 years on the 23rd
day of January 1834, to be bound out to Thomas Wright |
Wright, Thomas |
Henry Lewis |
K |
360 |
|
04/07/1834 |
|
Age 14 years on the 25th of December 1833, to be bound out to Wm Collins |
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