Bourbon County, Kentucky
Deeds and Wills Containing the Names of Slaves
Submitted by
Marjorie Mota 2/9/2008
Paris, Kentucky, Bourbon
County Courthouse, Deed Book O, Pp. 163 164
In a document dated 1819,
Henry Mann is given possession of five slaves, Jordan, Joe,
Tom, Jim, and Carra (no last names). Prior to that, the
slaves belonged to Conrad Humble, 1736/39?-1791. The first
three named slaves (Jordan, Joe, and Tom) also appear in the
estate records of Uriah Humble, Conrad Humble’s son, in the
next reference.
Paris, Kentucky, Bourbon
County Courthouse, Will Book J, Pp. 483-486, Sales of
Estate of Uriah Humble, 6 September 1833. Jordan, Joe, Tom,
Lee, and Paulina are named in the estate sale. “David Cline
[buyer’s list] 1 Boy Jordan untill Christmas/Jno
Fry 1 Boy Lee untill Christmas/Elizabeth Humble 1 Boy Tom
until Christmas/Do [ditto] 1 Girl Paulina untill do/Conrad
Humble [1800-?] 1 Boy Jo untill Christmas”
The above mentioned Uriah
Humble was born about 1772 and died in 1833. The Humble
family came to Kentucky from Rockingham Co., Virginia. In
both Virginia and Kentucky, allied family names included,
Cain, Cummings/Cummins, David, Fry, Mock, Pugh Rankins,.
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