Eliza Jane (Wilson) Brockway (bef. 1810)

Born before 1810 in Montgomery County, Kentucky

Ancestors

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Biography

Eliza Jane Wilson married Samuel Brockway.

Their children were: Augustine, Lucy, Horace B., Matilda, Henrietta.

Research

DEEDS

• July 21, 1814         Wm. Higgins and Lydia his wife of the county of Bourbon  and  Durrett Higgins of the county of Cumberland to John Willson of the county of Montgomery, Deed Book 7, pp. 53-55, $157.50 for 63 acres, Aaron Higgins patent June 1, 1785; Grassy Lick Creek, William Rodgers corner,  Summersett Creek

• John Wilson to Jeremiah and Louisa Wilson. Deed Book 24, pp. 557-558 Sept. 5, 1853, 140 acres for $1. Deed of conveyance for lifetime of Jeremiah and Louisa Wilson; at their deaths it is to pass to the “several heirs of Ptolemy Wilson, Thomas C. Wilson, and Jane Brockway in equal portions” ....Land where John Wilson lives On Grassy Lick Creek .....“bounded on north northeast and east by lands of John Carrington, William Harris, and Horace Rogers, and James R. Wilson southeast and south by the land of David O. Tully and Harrison Caywood and John Mitchell, west and northwest by the lands of D.O. Tully and Horace Rogers”....No land measurements given.....Witnesses: Wm. Davis, Wm. J. Shoush?

Sources

• Newspaper article: The Advocate, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. "Montgomery Notes" by Hazel M. Boyd. 23 Jan 1983. sketch of John Wilson