Hardin County (Ky.) estate documents, 1803-1820

Summary

Creator:

Kentucky. Circuit Court (Hardin County)

Abstract:

The Hardin County (Ky.) estate documents consist of inventories and accounts related to county residents who died in the early 19th century. Most items reflect the estimated value or auction price of possessions such as livestock, farming implements, furniture, and slaves.

Extent:

13 items

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, July 2013

Background

Scope and Content:

The Hardin County (Ky.) estate documents (13 items) pertain to 11 male residents of Hardin County who died between 1803 and 1820. Each includes executors' signatures and a dated note about the document's presentation before the court. Twelve items are inventories and records of estate sales, which are lists of possessions and the estimated value or actual sale price of each; the remaining item is an account between Daniel Waide and Christopher Rush which was settled after Waide's death. The deceased owned livestock such as cattle, horses, and hogs; farm implements; furniture; household and kitchen supplies; and land. Three documents report the value of slaves ranging in age from 2 to 55 years old, valued much more highly than other belongings.

Biographical / Historical:

When residents of Hardin County, Kentucky, died in the early 19th century, inventories of their belongings were formally presented in and approved by a court, often in the county seat, Elizabethtown. The court also reviewed records of estate auctions.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by David B. Walters, 2011. M-4863.1 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

The Benjamin Helm & Company account and daybook pertains to a firm that operated in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in the early 1820s.

List of Deceased Individuals

• Lewis Chastain
• Henry Couts
• John Humphreys
• Robert Kennedy
• John Lamkin
• William Robinson
• James Skaggs
• Daniel Waide
• Horatio Waide
• George Watts
• Adam Young

Subjects

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Subjects:

Executors and administrators--United States.
Inventories of decedents' estates.
Sale of decedents' estates.
Slaves--United States.

Formats:

Accounts.
Estate inventories.

Places:

Hardin County (Ky.)