Carr - Harris Prenuptual Agreement

Date: Jan 1831 [unknown]
Location: Union Co., Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: Carr Harris

Know all men by these presents that we Samuel W. Carr & Elizabeth Harris all of the county of Union & State of Kentucky being adults to enter into a state of matrimony and the said Elizabeth being possessed of her own right of two negros Slaves Sidney & Lydia one horse beast Bed & Furnature Deem it advisable to make and do hereby make the following marriage Contract To wit the Samuel W. Carr does agree to & with the s’d Elizabeth Harris that all the right title & interest what ever in and to the said two Slaves shall vest and is hereby vested & conveyed to William Hosman of the county of Union (Ky) & so to be vested during the marriage and the profits of the negros to be applied to the used of the use of the [sic] said Elizabeth only as the said William Hosman may deem advisable and the said Samuel W. Carr' agrees to have nothing to do with the negros afore’d whatever and does hereby relinquish and forever release his marriage courtesy to the said to [sic] negros and all other claim whatever and the said Samuel W Carr does also further agree that the horse beast & Bed & furniture the property of the said Elizabeth Harris shall be vested as aforesaid and that in case of her the said Elizabeth doth without issue it shall descend to her relations. As witness our hands & seals this ___ day of January 1831. S W Carr, Elizabeth her X mark Harris.
Test Geo W Givins, Willis G Hughes, Pamela Davis.

Sources

• 1831 Samuel W. Carr prenuptual agreement with Elizabeth Harris. Kentucky, Union County, County Court Clerk, Deeds , Vol. D, pp. 307, January 1831, digital image 462 of 597, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 21 June 2023)