Anthony Thornton Jr.-Will Book G-Inventory &
Appraisement-Pages-52--54-Dated-15th day
of December 1819 & recorded October Term 1822
Bourbon County Court
One man slave named
Cato aged fourty-five-$400.00
One man slave named
Peter aged about thirty eight-$500.00
One man slave named
Wyatt aged about thirty-six-$425.00
One woman slave
named Patty aged thirty-$350.00
One man slave named
Rachel aged thirty-$350.00
One woman slave
named Matilda aged nineteen-$400.00
One boy named John
aged about sixteen-$500.00
One boy named
Jeffrey aged about fifteen-$450.00
One boy named
George aged about thirteen-$450.00
One boy named
Alexander or (Alred) aged eight-$350.00
One boy named
Charles aged about eight-$325.00
One boy child named
Cesar aged about four yrears-$150.00
One boy child named
William aged two years-$125.00
One girl named
Molly aged about ten years-$300.00
One girl named Judy
aged eight-$250.00
One girl named
Grace aged about six-$175.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Will Book K-Volume
I-Pages-248-249-Dated-1st day of October
1836 & recorded 3rd day of October 1836
Bourbon County Court
1831
By balance against executor on last
Settlement-$235.51
By hire of John this year-$60.00
By hire of Charles this year-$60.00
By hire of George this year-$60.00
By hire of Alech this year-$60.00
By hire of Jeffery this year-$60.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$35.00
By hire of Grace this year-$25.00
By hire of Matilda & Child Ben this year-$20.00
By hire of Cato & Patty this year-$25.00
By rent of land this year ending March 1832 when it
was sold-$150.00
1832
By hire of Charles this year-$70.00
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$65.00
By hire of George this year-$65.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$45.00
By hire of Cato & Patty this year-$25.00
By hire of Grace this year-$20.00
By hire of Ben this year-$5.00
The (100 men?) Matilda & Molly & children __? to no
hire this year.
1833 March 1st
By interest on such of the money for the land sold
as was due-$30.00
By hire of Charles this year-$75.00
By hire of Alech this year-$75.00
By hire of George this year-$60.00
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$65.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$50.00
By hire of Grace this year-$20.00
The negro boy Alech was hired this year to
Smith__Strains __ __ __ __-$11.31
1834
March
By interest on money for land due-$100.00
By cash of B. Kinney __ over share of
Negroes-$100.00
By hire of Alech this year-$100.00
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$100.00
By hire of George this year-$70.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$60.00
By hire of Grace this year-$20.00
1835 April
By interest on money the land sold from-$215.00
By hire of Alech this year-$110.00
By hire of George this year-$100.00
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$100.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$70.00
By hire of Grace this year-$30.00
1836
By interest of money land sold for this year-$216.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Will Book L-Volume
II-Pages-467-468-Additional Inventory-Dated-25th
August 1841 & recorded 6th day of
September 1841 Bourbon County Court
1836
October
By balance on Settlement with County Court-$48.26
By balance due three younger children, to wit;
George W., John R. and Henry Walker for land of
their father sold-$2282.51
1836
December
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$130.00
By hire of George this year-$130.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$90.00
By hire of Grace woman this year-$30.00
By hire of Phill boy this year-$10.00
1837
March
By interest of money to this time for a year-$216.00
1837
December
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$120.00
By hire of George this year-$120.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$120.00
By hire of Phill this year-$15.00
1838
April
By interest of money this year to this time-$150.00
1838
December
By hire of Jeffrey until sold-$50.00
By hire of George this year-$120.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$120.00
By hire of Phill this year-$20.00
1839
April
By interest of money to this time-$150.00
1839
December
By hire of George this year-$140.00
By hire of Cesar this year-$140.00
By hire of Phill this year-$25.00
1840
April
By interest of money to this time-$130.00
By the hire of Cesar to this time-$150.00
1841
April
By the interest of money to this time-$90.00
1841
July
By interest of money to this time-$20.00
In 1837 George W. departed this life unmarried and
under age, and negroes Grace and child and Jeffrey
being his portion of negroes were sold to wit;
Grace/child credit for-$800.00
In 1838 Jeffrey was sold on a credit for-$750.00
The proceeds of negroes Grace and child and Jeffrey
was equally divided among the other heirs, his
Brothers and sisters.
Hire of Cesar for 1841-$140.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-A-Pages-408-414-Dated-5th day of
October 1822 & recorded Bourbon County Court October
Term 1823.
1819
October
To balance a woman hire to nurse child-$6.00
To furnish shoes for Matilda-$3.00
1820
December
By hire of George & Matilda this year-$49.00
1821
By hire of Cato, Polly, and Charles this year-170.00
By hire of John & Jeffrey this year-$110.00
By hire of George this year-$25.00
By hire of Alech this year-$10.00
This year Matilda was sick and had a child and
yielded no hire. The man Richard died early in 1820.
All the negroes except George and Matilda lived at
home with the midwife in 1820.
1822
By hire of George this year 1822-$30.00
By hire of Cato, Polly, and Charles this
year-$110.00
By hire of John & Jeffrey this year-$120.00
By hire of Alech this year-$15.00
By hire of a girl named Judy this year-$5.00
By rent of all the land this year-$338.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-A-Pages-463-465-Dated-5th day of
January 1824 & recorded Bourbon County Court January
Term 1824.
1823
By hire of Cato and Polly this year 1823-$100.00
By hire of John this year 1823-$120.00
By hire of J. Hrey this year 1823-$79.00
By hire of George this year 1823-$40.00
By hire of Matilda this year 1823-$90.00
By hire of Alech this year 1823-$15.00
By hire of Charles this year 1823-$15.00
By hire of Judy this year 1823-$10.00
The negro girl Patty nurse the children and the
others lot younger for hire
By rent of all the land this year-$321.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-B-Pages-63-64-Dated-24th day of
March 1825 & recorded Bourbon County Court April
Term 1825.
1824
By rent of land in 1824-$290.00
By hire of Cato and Molly this year-$100.00
By hire of John this year-$62.50
By hire of Jeffrey this year-$60.00
By hire of George this year-$35.00
By hire of Alech this year-$30.00
By hire of Charles this year-$20.00
By hire of Matilda and children this year-$30.00
By hire of Judy this year-$6.00
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-B-Pages-183-187-Dated-3rd day of
September 1827 & recorded Bourbon County Court
September Term 1827.
1825
By rent of the land in 1825-$162.00
By the hire of John this year-$63.00
By the hire of Cato & Patty this year-$66.00
By the hire of Jeffrey this year-$50.00
By the hire of George this year-$45.00
By the hire of Alech this year-$25.00
By the hire of Charles this year-$25.00
By the hire of Matilda this year-$20.00
By the hire of Judy this year-$10.00
By the hire of Ceasar this year-$5.00
By the hire of Grace this year-$5.00
The girl Molly having two young children this year
hire only for victuals & clothes
By the hire of William this year-$4.00
1826
By rent of land this year, thirty dollars having
been allowed for repairs-$140.00
By the hire of John this year-$70.00
By the hire of Cato and Patty this year-$65.00
By the hire of Jeffrey this year-$60.00
By the hire of George this year-$50.00
By the hire of Charles and Alech this year-$70.00
By the hire of Matilda this year-$18.00
By the hire of Ceasar and Grace this year-$10.00
Molly hired only for victuals and clothes
William died this year.
By the hire of Judy this year-$12.00
1826 March 13 To shoes for Jeffrey-$2.00
To paid testator debt to Walker Thornton estate
which ought to have been discharged before-$45.00
To paid debt to Charles T. Thornton’s estate which
appears on settlement of Said Charles T. Thornton’s
estate in county court-$51.35
To paid estate of Charles T. Thornton-$45.00
Jan. 26th 1824 To paid McKrainty(?) Kelly
for blankets for negroes-$3.50
March 1824 To paid Doctor Talaeferro account for
negro-$7.75
1826 To paid Doctor L. Warfield for John
negro-$13.12 ½
1826 To paid Alexander for medicine & on negro boys
hired in 1825 and 1826-$4.00
Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-B-Pages-494-500-Dated-29th day of
October 1831 & recorded Bourbon County Court 7th
day of November 1831.
1827
To paid Midwife for negro Matilda-$5.00
To cash to Sally for attendance on Matilda-$2.50
To furnished Matilda & Child cloths-$2.62
To furnished Matilda shoes this year-$1.50
Matilda a woman of the estate was hired this year
but had a child and the man neglected her and I was
compelled to furnish her victuals as above and got
no hire.
To furnish her one blanket-$1.50
To furnish Six yards cotton flannel-$1.75
Molly had three young children and would no hire
Dec. 1827-To paid midwife fee for Molly-$2.00
To paid John McIlvain for physicians bill, burying
clothes, and coffin for Judy who died this year in
his __? and was young and brought no hire-$17.30
1828
To New Cinnon to make negro George bed tick-$1.50
To cash paid for Socks for Same when sick-$0.25
To Alexander’s account for negroes-$12.50
1828 Dec.-To cash Same (Testor) for clothes for
negro woman Molly and her children-$7.20
1829
December
To paid Midwife fee for Matilda-$4.00
To paid Taliaferro’s account for Matilda’s sick
child-$2.75
1830 December
To paid Medical account for Boy Ben of the estate to
W. & L. Warfield-$23.25
To paid midwife fee for woman Molly-$2.00
1831
February
To paid T. J. H. Brent for Blanket to Grace-$1.50
1831
June
To paid midwifes fee for Matilda-$5.00
1827
January
By rent of land in 1821-$170.00
By hire of John-$70.00
By hire of Jeffrey-$65.00
By hire of George-$60.00
By hire of Cato-$40.00
By hire of woman Polly-$25.00
By hire of Charles-$40.00
By hire of man named Alech-$40.00
By hire of girl Grace-$10.00
By hire of little boy Caesar-$5.00
Matilda & Molly yielded no hire this year but was an
expense
1828
By Rent of land this year-$170.00
By hire of negro John-$70.00
By hire of Jeffrey-$65.00
By hire of George-$60.00
By hire of Cato-$57.00
By hire of woman Patty-$25.00
By hire of boy Charles-$40.00
By hire of Boy Alech-$40.00
By hire of girl Grace-$10.00
By hire of little boy Caesar-$15.00
By hire of Matilda-$5.00
Molly produced no hire
1829
By rent of land this year-$215.00
By hire of negro John-$60.00
By hire of Jeffrey-$70.00
By hire of George-$60.00
By hire of Cato-$20.00
By hire of Woman Polly-$20.00
By hire of Boy Charles-$50.00
By hire of boy Alech-$50.00
By hire of boy named Caesar-$25.00
By hire of girl named Grace-$15.00
By hire of Matilda and Child Ben-$10.00
Molly yielded no hire but was an expense
1830
By rent of land this year-$192.00
By hire of negro John-$60.00
By hire of Jeffrey-$70.00
By hire of George-$60.00
By hire of Cato-$20.00
By hire of Woman Polly-$20.00
By hire of Boy Charles-$60.00
By hire of boy Alech-$60.00
By hire of boy named Caesar-$30.00
By hire of girl named Grace-$25.00
By hire of Matilda and Child Ben-$10.00
Molly yielded no hire but was an expense having
several small children
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-C-Pages-362-364-Dated-1st day of
October 1836 & recorded Bourbon County Court October
Term on the 7th day of November 1836.
1833
March
To various persons sick negroes in 1831 &
1832-$50.00
1832
To paid Brent’s and & for negro Grace-$4.07
1833
December
To paid Towels to make up his portion at division
March 1834-$70.00
Also delivered to him (Towles) one negro man named
Charles valued at $600.00 and one boy named Charley
valued at $150.00 in full of his portion of the
Estate of his Father in the negroes and personal
Estate as per receipt.
I also delivered to John W. Hall who married
Daughter Catherine one negro man named John at
$425.00 in 1832 and paid him $150.00 being in full
his portion of the negroes & personal Estate as per
receipt.
I also delivered to B. Keiningham who married
Daughter Betsy a negro woman named Matilda and her
child Benn and 3 small ones and also old Cato &
Polly valued together at $850.00 and he paid me for
the Estate $100.00 the foregoing negroes being in
full of his portion of negroes & personal as per
receipt March 1834.
I also delivered to Anthony Thornton one negro man
Alech at $850.00 and a girl valued $350.00 and
$150.00 in money his full portion in the negroes and
personal Estate of his Father as per receipt Dec.
1835.
1834
December
To paid out Brent’s servants & children-$31.48 ¾.
1835
April
To paid midwife fee for woman Molly-$2.00
1835
November
To paid account for sick negroes to Demitt-$17.25
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-C-Pages-365-366-Dated-1st day of
October 1836 & recorded Bourbon County Court
November Term the 7th day of November
1836.
To paid John W. Hall who intermarried with Daughter
Catherine to make his equal portion in
negroes-$150.00
Proceeds of land to be distributed.
To paid John W. Hall full portion in right of his
wife out of the first payment deducting legal
interest until the second and third installments was
due.
The foregoing balance of the land money divided
among the six remaining children gives to each
$760.83.
To paid Benjamin Keiningham who married daughter
Betsy his share-$760.83.
To paid Towles Thornton his share of land and money
being of age-$760.83.
To paid Anthony Thornton his share of land and money
being of age-$760.83.
Anthony Thornton Jr.-Estates
Settled-D-Pages-192-195-Dated-25th day of
August 1841 & recorded Bourbon County Court at the
October Term on the 4th day of October
1841.
1837
March
Paid Tasc(?) on negroes 1836-$6.10
1837
March 17th
Paid Stephens for clothes for negroes-$10.40
1839
November
To paid hire negro to nurse sick negro-$20.00
1841
January
To paid Doc. Major account for negroes-$67.00
To paid Tho. T. Thornton his interest in the Estate
of his brother George who died before he was of
age-$393.00
To paid Benjamin Keiningham in right of his wife
Elizabeth her interest in her brother George’s
Estate-$393.00
To paid John W. Hall in right of his wife Catherine
in her brother George’s Estate-$393.00
To paid Anthony Thornton his interest in the Estate
of his brother George-$393.00
To paid John R. Thornton his interest in the Estate
of his brother George-$393.00
To paid John R. Thornton, Junior his interest in the
Estate of his father Anthony Thornton dec‘d. three
negroes to wit, George, Phill, & Nat and also in
cash for what the land sold-$760.83
To paid Henry Walker Thornton his son his interest
in the Estate of his brother George deceased-$393.00
To delivered Henry Walker his son the negro man
Cesar and Molly and her three children and paid him
as his interest in his father Anthony Thornton’s
Estate for the land in full cash-$760.83
To Walker paid him the hire of Cesar for
1841-$140.00