Emancipation Deeds: Harrison County Kentucky

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Harrison County, Kentucky, United States

Contents 1 Deeds of Emancipation, Harrison County, Kentucky, United States, 1797-1858 1.1 Collateral questions and documents 2 Others found 2.1 Emancipation by Will

Deeds of Emancipation, Harrison County, Kentucky, United States, 1797-1858

Below is a list of individuals from the Harrison County, Kentucky deed index, "N," Negroes Emancipated, which begins on page 14 of the index and continues through page 18. When a discrepancy exists between names in the deeds and the index, deed names are used. Deeds for more than one individual are expanded to an entry for each person rather than one for the deed.

Current work progress: in process of completing the transfer of information to the chart. A preliminary, but not thorough, check for profiles of these individuals on WikiTree as part of the US Black Heritage Project has been done. Here a quick link to the index in the FamilySearch catalog. Here is a quick link to the catalog's list of Harrison County deed books.

Initially there appear to be 72 deeds, though at least one individual, Garrett (possibly also Jarred) has potentially three entries; nine entries appear to pertain to more than one enslaved person. Current estimate of enslaved individuals in the index and related deeds: 85.

There appear to be nine slave holders with multiple entries. Current estimate of slave holders in the index and related deeds: 58.

#	Emancipated	From	Deed Date	Emancipation Date	Notes	Deed
01	William	Griffith, Josiah	1797-08-01	1798-01-01		DB 1, p 264
02	Nace	McPherson, Charles	1799-04-02		Charles Co, MD	DB 1, p 440
03	Isaac	Cannon, Newton	1797-08-01	1798-01-01		DB 1, p 264
04	Rachael	Hanson, Samuel	1799-06-00	1796-09-21 / 1797-06-20	Charles Co, MD, age 50	DB 1, p 440
05	Phillis	Lowry, Jane/Jean	1801-06-19	1801-06-19		DB 1, p 637
06	Joan	Carneal, Sally	1799-09-20 / 1802-05-15	1806-01-01	Sold to Richard Henderson 15 May 1802 for remainder of term. 30 years old.	DB 1, p 687
07	Andrew	Holt, Thomas	1807-10-05	1807-10-05	about 30, physical description	DB 2, p 258
08	Jack	White, Samuel	1808-02-01	1808-02-01	about 26	DB 2, p 296
09	Jack	Stevenson, Mary	1810-02-24	1810-02-24	About 45. Mary inherited from her husband John	DB 3, p 214
10	Josiah Beall	Jackson, Jasper M.	1815-06-05	1815-03-04	Prince George County, MD. About 42-3.	DB 4, p 377
11	David	Clements, Ben	1813-03-10	1813-04-00	Benjamin (Clement) Clemens Jr. II (bef.1736-bef.1813) freed at Ben's decease	DB 4, p 90
12-11	Prince	Clements, Ben	1813-03-10	1813-04-00	Benjamin (Clement) Clemens Jr. II (bef.1736-bef.1813) freed at Ben's decease	DB 4, p 90
13-11	Harriet	Clements, Ben	1813-03-10	1813-04-00	Benjamin (Clement) Clemens Jr. II (bef.1736-bef.1813) freed at Ben's decease	DB 4, p 90
14-11	Jude	Clements, Ben	1813-03-10	1813-04-00	Benjamin (Clement) Clemens Jr. II (bef.1736-bef.1813) freed at Ben's decease	DB 4, p 90
15	Billie	McConico, Christoper	1810-12-14	1815-10-00	freed at Christopher's decease	DB 4, p
16	Sarah	Lamme, Samuel	1815-06-12	1815-10-00	age 35	Deed
17	Mary	Bell, Josiah-man of color	1815-10-28	1815-10-28	age 34. Bell purchased from Keziah Moore	Deed
18	william Lee, et.al. - next listings	Hunt, Phineas	1778-10-02	1815-03-06 deed presented in HCKy	of Baltimore MD: all offspring of below to be freed at 21 yrs of age	Deed
19-18	Suck or Luck	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 1 yr. 4 mos.
20-18	Tom	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 4 yrs. 4 mos.
21-18	Jenny	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 6 yrs. 4 mos.
22-18	Silvey	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 16 yrs. 4 mos.
23-18	Malborough	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 20 yrs. 4 mos.
24-18	Bill - psbly wm lee listed above	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 20 yrs. 4 mos.
25-18	Fanny	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 20 yrs. 4 mos.
26-18	Marria	Hunt, Phineas			to be freed after 21 yrs. 4 mos.
27	Elliott	Clark, William	1815-05-22		age 8yrs. 7 mos.; inherited from father John Clark; freed at age 21 or decease of wm clark, whichever 1st; to receive $10 and new clothes if good service.	Deed
-18	Luckey, et.al.	Hunt, Phineas	1815		same listing as above
28	Garrett	Duncan, Joseph	1817-02-08	1817-02-17	also 2 entries 1822, Joseph Duncan (1786-1837)?? Joseph Duncan (1794-1844)??	Deed
29	James	Primrose, Elias	1812-06-01	1832-04-01	age 11 yrs, 10 mos. formerly owned by John Primrose, to be freed at age 32, on 1 Apr 1832, recorded 1812	Deed
30	Polly	Stevenson, Mary	1817-07-20	1817-08-00	inherited from husband Col. John Stevenson willed to be free at wife's decease. Mulatto aged 21. Confusing document: implies immediate manumission but mentions possible future children while a slave to be held as slaves until age 21 - possibly meant to refer to daughter Amanda, below.	Deed
31-30	Amanda	Stevenson, Mary	1817-07-20	1834 abt	daughter of Polly, age 4, to be freed at age 21.	Deed
32	George	Moore, Elizabeth	1818-10-12	1818-10-00	age 35	Deed
33	Fanny	Whitaker, John	1819-01-11	1827-12-25	age 16	Deed
34	Charles	Stevenson, M.	1819-01-16/1820-04-00	1829-00-00	age 15, to be freed at age 25	Deed
35	Merica	Pritchett, William	1822-04-08		age 35, to be freed at Pritchett's death	Deed
35	Charles	Duncan, Archy	1822-07-08	1822-07-00	age 52	Deed
36	Simon, Hester, etc	Allen, John	1823
37	Garrett	Duncan, Joseph	1822		also 1817
38	Scott	Maffett, Thomas	1825
39	Nelly	Harcourt, Richard	1824
40	Sam	Waugh, Abraham	1825
41	Jacob	Asbury, William	1828
42	Jacob	Lyon, H.	1829
43	Anthony	Miles, C.	1829
44	Hannah, etc.	Smith, Rebecca	1829
45	William	Cole, Leroy	1829
46	Francis	Whiteker, John	1829
47	Haydon	Moore, Nancy	1831			FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKW-57LD-5
48	Dan	Hinkson, H.	1833
49	David	Arnold, Samuel	1833
50	Abraham	Lair, William	1833		William Lair (1816-)?
51	Benjamin	Craig, James	1834
52	Frank	Chambers, Samuel	1834
53	George	Marsh, Thomas	1836
54	A. Davis	Lemmon, etc.	1836		certificate
55	Jim	Gray, William	1837		William B. Gray (abt.1813-1883)??
56	Daniel and Lucky	Eklar, Jacob	1838
58	Matilda	Ewalt, Samuel	1840		Samuel Ewalt (1792-1878)?
59	Isaac	Kimbrough, William	1840
60	Dianna	Ekler, Jacob	1840
61	George	Barritt, Peter	1841
62	John	Brooking, V.	1841
63	Daniel	Kimbrough, William	1844
64	Nelson and Jerry	Dyson, Margaret	1832
65	Sam	McDuffee, F.B. etc	1839
66	Lavina	Duncan, A.	1839
67	Griffin	Eckler, J.	1840		at least 3 possibles
68	Josiah	Eckler, Jacob	1841
69	Robert	Sparks, John W.	1841
70	Jerry	Wilson, William H.	1842
71	Charles	Perrin, Josephus	1842		Josephus Perrin (1800-1887)?
72	America Durgan	Smith, John N.	1843
73	Robert	Wiggins, Mary	1856		Mary (Evans) Wiggins (1796-aft.1860)?
74	Emily & 2 children	Wiggins, Mary	1856
77	Stephen & Mary	Lincoln, Charles W.	1858
79	Matthew	Scott, William	28 Jul 1797	1 Jan 1814	"boy" psbly 21 in 1814?	Deed
80	Jerry	Hawkins, Ann	1819
-37	Jarred	Duncan, Joseph	1822
81	Jenny	Coleman, Ed	1822?		See FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GP3S-LV9 for Henry Coleman will w/ Jenny and others listed (names children).
82	Jackson	Thomas, John D.	1850
83	Martha	Scott, William	1797
84	Dover Adams (of color)	Curry, James R.	1839-01-02	1839-01-02		Deed
85	Daniel (of color)*	Kimbrough, William	1844	same as 63?

• Last entry was written in index in reverse (from/to) order – deeds not checked yet.

Collateral questions and documents

This is the current collection point for other documents encountered during this research - until a permanent home for them is found.

• Who was this man connected to? "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRK-2G5 : 8 December 2020), Edmund Goins, Harrison, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 161, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• Indenture of negro John, son of Jonah, a free woman of color, a poor child: Indenture
• Sale of Ceaser by William Cummins to Joseph Cummins: Deed

Others found

#	Emancipated	From	Deed Date	Emancipation Date	Notes	Deed
01	Julia Adams	Dover Adams	1850-10-14	1850-10-14		Deed
02	Frederick Crosthwaite	William Crosthwait heirs	1850-10-10	1850-10-10		Deed
03	Benjamin	John Day	1819-11-08			Deed

Emancipation by Will

• David Clarke, 1837
• Noah Fraizer, 1848
• Richard Harcourt, 1822