A Message from your Ancestors - Mason Co. KY Wills, Estates - #geneaogy #kentuckypioneeers

A Message Left Just for You From Your Ancestors
By Jeannette Holland Austin

Tracing ancestors is more than simply family group sheets or charts of names. And it is not a picture of a leaf, or tree, but rather consists of people who really existed. Many people trace their ancestry to patriots of the American Revolution and to the first Colonists to America. But there is one thing certain: somewhere, someone who immigrated to this country began writing the story of their lives. It all begins in county records, where the first land grant was acquired or the deed for a home place was filed of record. Then taxes were paid and recorded on tax digests. Sons and daughters were given in marriage and these certificates put on record at the court house. Later on, people died, leaving estates to be dealt with. Wills, inventories, sales, receipts and annual returns surrounded this process, all filed in the county court house. It is where the genealogist begins to unravel the details of a story somewhat inconsistent with family legends and tales. It is the truth. In essence, it is a gift bequeathed to all of the heirs going forward. By that, I mean that the eyes of your descendants will have privy to the information hundreds of years into the future. For this reason, it is also your story. Perhaps now is a good time to discover the details of the dreams of your ancestor, the love which he bore his children, and the heritage bequeathed to you.

Mason County Kentucky Wills, Estates, Deeds

Mason County was taken from Bourbon County in 1788 and was named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. The county seat is Maysville, which is situated on the edge of the outer Bluegrass Region. The depositions regarding matters of land of the frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are found in the early records, copies of which are on this website.

Indexes to Probate Records

• Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1791 to 1798
• Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1798 to 1809
• Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1809 to 1815

Images of Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1791 to 1798

Allen, Nathaniel | Allen, Patrick, affidavits | Anderson, Abner | Anns, William | Arrowsmith, Samuel

Bailey, Samuel | Bartlett, William | Beall, Basil | Beeson, Mary | Berry, Baldwin | Boggs, Samuel,depositions | Boone, Daniel | Boone, Daniel, deed | Boone, Daniel, deposition | Botts, John

Campbell, James | Castleman, Stephen | Cochran, Robert | Cohn, Benjamin | Collier, Benjamin | Collins, Benjamin | Connell, William | Conway, Miles Withers | Cook, Payden | Crabb, John | Craig, Absalom

Darah, John | Davie, John | Dobyns, Edward | Dyal, John | Edwards, Jacob E. | Edwards, James

Farron, Joseph, deposition | Figard, Daniel | Fitzgerald, Bartholomew, deposition | Fox, Arthur | Fox, William | Frazer, John, deposition | Fulton, Elisha

Glazier, Abraham, Colonel | Glenn, William

Haines, Joseph | Han, John | Hokem, Plenay | Hughs, John

Jackman, Adam | Jackson, Richard | Jessup, Edward | Johnston, John | Johnston, Robert, James Young, Ben Netherland, depositions | Jones, Michael | Jones, Thomas | Journice, Joseph

Keith, Isaiah | Kilgore, Samuel | Kenton, Simon, depositions

Lecompt, Charles, depositions | Lee, Henry, deposition | Lee, Peter | Lee, Richard | Lee, Stephen | Lewis, Isaac | Lewis, James | Lowhead, James | Lyle, Ludwick | Lyon, Joseph

Mahan, Matthew | Masterson, Richard, depositions | Matslar, John | Maxwell, Thomas, improvements | McCleland, Alexander | McClure, Francis | McConnel, Francis, deposition | McConnell, William, improvements | McDormet, Francis, deposition | McDowell, Thomas | McIntire, Alexander | McKinley, James, improvement | Miller, Robert | Millrt, Thomas | Mills, Edward | Morton, Joseph

Oden, John | Parr, Samuel | Peak, James | Phillips, Gabriel | Pitzer, Christopher | Poindexer, Thomas, heirs of

Reaves, Benjamin | Richards, Elijah | Richards, Lucy | Richards, Reuben | Ritchie, David and Mary | Roberts, John | Rudolph, John | Rumph, John | Rurry, John, affidavit | Rust, Matthew | Sellars, Isaac | Shipley, Samuel | Smart, John | Stevens, John | Stockton, George | Stockton, William | Stucker, Jacob

Tandy, William | Tarpley, James, deposition | Thrailkill, Benjamin | Thomas, Levi | Thompson, William | Tibbs, Samuel, affidavit | Tillett, John | Triplett, William, depositions | Vance, John | Vance, John

Walls, William | Washburn, Jeremiah | Wells, Hayden, deposition | Wheatley, Francis | Whitaker, Hezekiah | White, William | Wiley, Robert | Wiley, William | Williams, John | Williams, John, depositions | Willson, John | Willson, Joseph, improvement | Willson, Joseph, deposition | Wood, Benjamin | Woodgerd, Henry | York, Jeremiah | Young, Thomas, deposition

Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1798 to 1809

Allison, John | Armstrong, James | Askins, Thomas | Bell, John | Berry, Enoch | Botts, John | Botts, William, slaves of | Brooks, Jonathan | Brooks, Thomas | Brown, Richard | Browne, Robert | Bryant, George | Buckelow, Arthur | Buckalow, William | Burnett, Moses | Burns, Tarens | Burns, Zephaniah | Burwell, Peter | Busley, Charles | Byram, Peter | Byram, William

Caldwell, David | Campbell, John | Cannon, Abraham | Carrel, Dempsey | Carroll, Edward | Castleman, Stephen | Clark, William | Cleary, William | Cleneay, William | Cochran, Robert | Cornwell, Jane | Cornwell, Samuel | Corwin, John | Crabb, John | Crosby, William

Davis, Garrard | Davis, Nicholas | Dawson, George | Doggett, Elmore | Dougherty, Alexander | Downing, Ellis | Downing, Robert | Drake, Cornelius | Dunlavy, anthony Sr. | Duvall, John P. | Duvall, John Pierce | Dye, William | Edwards, Jacob | Ellis, James | Ficklen, John | Finch, John | Fox, Arthur | Gallagher, Edward | Grayham, Elizabeth

Hale, James | Hamilton, Alexander | Hanes, Joseph | Hanes, Samuel | Harrow, John | Hattabough, Isaac | Heald, James | Heflin, Simon | Hickman, Jesse | Hill, Joseph | Hollody, Richard | Hurst, Henry | Jackson, John | Journice, Joseph | Kent, John | Lee, Ann | Lee, Lewis | Leitch, David | Lewis, George | Lewis, James | Lounsdale, Thomas | Lyon, Joseph

Maddox, Notty | Marshall, Robert | Marshall, Thomas | Mattock, James | Mattocks, John | Matzler, John | McClung, James | McDonald, Francis | McDowell, Joseph | McFaden, John | McIlvane, William | McKinley, James | Mechin, Peter | Metcalf, John | Miller, Robert | Moke, James | Morris, David | Morris, Mary | Morton, Robert B. | Murphy, Timothy | Musgrove, Joshua

Nebs, George | Nicholas, Anne |Nichols, John | Nichols, Thomas | Nile, Ashberry | Owenfield, Abram | Owenfield, Paul | Phillips, Gabriel | Phillips, James | Phillips, John | Pollard, Benjamin | Pollett, Mary | Porter, John | Prater, Riquil | Proctor, Jeremiah | Proctor, William | Purcell, George

Reeves, James | Robinson, Ralph | Rogers, John | Rudolph, John | Runsdale, Margaret | Rush, William | Sanders, George | Sandridge, James | Scott, John | Shackleford, James | Sheppherd, George | Shockey, Isaac | Shurly, William | Small, Henry | Smith, Moses | Smith, William | Soward, Richard | Stableton, William | Standford, Acquila | Stith, John | Stoulcoup, John | Strong, Gilbert | Summers, George | Summers, Samuel

Tennison, Absalom | Tevis, Peter | Thomas, Jacob | Thom, Robert | Thomas, Joseph | Tillet, John | Van Schoiach, John | Von Sickle, William | Voshall, Daniel

Ward, Thomas | Washburn, Jeremiah | Waters, John | Watson, John | Weaver, Henry | Whaley, John | Wheatley, Francis | Whitaker, Hezekiah | Willson, James | Willson, John | Wilson, Nathaniel | Wood, George | Worthington, William

Wills, Inventories, Deeds, Affidavits 1809 to 1815

Adamson, John | Anderson, Abner | Anderson, Matthew | Applegate, Daniel | Bailey, James and William Waddell | Baker, Abner | Baker, Grafton | Baker, William | Barbour, James | Bayles, Daniel | Beasley, Charles | Beasley, Ezekiel | Bell, Rawleigh | Bell, Richard | Bennett, Titus | Berry, Enoch | Berry, George | Bigges, Mason | Boone, Levy | Bowden, Robert | Boyles, Davis | Bronough, William | Brooke, Humphrey | Brooks, George | Brooks, Jonathan | Brooks, Thomas | Brown, James | Brown, Robert | Burroughs, Benjamin | Bursett, Sarah

Calvin, Luther | Carly, Charles | Carrell, David | Carrell, Lawson | Cash, Thomas | Chambers, James | Clarke, John | Clarke, William | Clift, Mason | Clifton, Baldwin | Clury, William | Colvert, William | Corwin, Richard | Coryell, Joseph | Curtis, John

Daugherty, David A. | Davidson, Hugh | Davis, Joseph | Davison, Joseph | Dawson, Isaac | Doggatt, orphans | | Dougherty, John | Drake, Desire | Drake, John | Drake, Josiah | Drake, Ralph | Drummond, Samuel | Dufford, George | Dyal, Simon | Dye, William | Edwards, Jacob | Evans, Charles | Ficklin, John | Finch, John | Fitzgerald, Bartholomew | Foley, James | Fox, Arthur | Gibbons, Nehemiah | Glausbrener, John | Gordon, Amos | Gow, William | Gray, John

Harrah, John | Heath, John | Henderson, Andrew | Higgins, William | Higginwith, Priscilla | Howell, William | Hyatt, Elisha | Jackson, Samuel | Jessup, Edward | John, Eli | Jones, William | Kelsey, Thomas | Kent, John | Kiggin, Macon | Kilgore, Samuel

Lee, Ann | Lee, Stephen | Light, Ludwick | Marshall, Robert | Marshall, Thomas | Marshall, William | Martin, Edmund | Mattox, James | Mazlen, Benjamin | McClure, Sarah | McDowell, Joseph | McDuget, Francis | McGoyer, Hackey | McMichael, Margaret | Mitchell, Isaac | Mitchell, Sandford | Moke, James | Moore, John B. | Morris, James | Morris, Mary | Morris, William | Morrison, Edward | Morrison, Motley W.

Nichols, L. | Nichols, Simon | Owenfield, Abner | Perkins, Constant | Phillips, Gabriel | Phillips, Moses | Pitter, John | Proctor, William

Ravenscraft, John | Reeves, Benjamin | Reeves, Elizabeth | Reeves, James | Russell, Sarah | Sandridge, James | Scott, John | Shackleford, John | Shelton, William | Shipley, Samuel | Small, Henry | Smith, Samuel | Snyder, Christian | Stout, Daniel | Tidwell, Reuben | Triplett, Francis | Triplett, William

Wakefield, James | Washington, Thomas | Watson, John | Weaver, Harry | Whaley, John | White, James | Wiggins, Archibald | Wusiger, John K. | Young, Samuel

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