Mary: The county seat of Clark County is Winchester, Kentucky. I am unsure where you are located, so I may be giving you a geography lesson you don't need -- Clark, Bourbon, Scott, and Fayette Counties are in central Kentucky (other counties are considered central Kentucky too but these are in close proximity to each other). I believe there were at least two (maybe more) John Wallers in Kentucky at the same time. A John T. shows up on the 1850 Clark County census and a John L. shows up on the 1850 Woodford County census. Since the will was dated 1826, John L. may not be the same person since he is still listed in the 1850 census. Perhaps this could be his son. I don' t know if this information helps -- I hope it does! Dianna Rose -----Original Message----- From: Mary Duncan <mari@comteck.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:41 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] John & Elizabeth Waller >John Waller b. abt 1780 VA >Elizabeth Davenport b. abt 1783 Spots Co., VA, dau of James Davenport & Mary Rutherford > >John may have been a minister - his name appears on several marriage records in the area. This family also is mentioned in the History of the Coleman Family. > >Someone gave me the following copy of his Will without a date or the location where the copy was made. > >CLARK CO KY >In care and affection, I have for my children, William, Sally and Mary Jane, John, Eliza and Rebecca, James and Elizabeth. I do hereby give unto them the following named property towit: one negro boy named Martin about eight years of age, four head of horses, nine head of cattle, twenty head of hogs and all my household and kitchen furniture of every description to have and to hold to them and their heirs forever but during the life time of their Mother Elizabeth Waller they are to hold said property as trustees for her sole use and benefit and not to be subject to her power and control in any measurs whatsoever but to be for her separate use and benefit and after her death said property is to belong to my said children each one to have one equal part there of. >In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of December 1826. >John B. Waller (Seal) >Clarke Co. Clerks Office 7th day of December 1826. This deed of gift from John Waller to his wife Elizabeth R. Waller and his children was produced before me Phillip B. Hodgkin, deputy for James P. Bullock, Clerk of the County aforesaid. Know all men by these presents that whereas James Davenport some years since gave to my wife during her life and to her children at her death a negro woman named Judy and said negro woman not ______me in any respect. I obtained leave of our said James Davenport and told her for the sum of five hundred dollards promising to vest said money in other property to go in the same way and not yet having got any property to be placed in heir thereof, and the said James Davenport being my wifes father insisting that I shall make a deed of gift to my children of other property of equal value at least now _____ that I John Waller of the County of Clarke and State of Kentucky for and in consideration of the ______ and also in consideration of the natu! >ral children. >John Waller (X) > >I believe John lived in Fayette & Bourbon Counties in Kentucky. Does anyone have further information? > >Mary Duncan > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >View the Cousins Directory at >http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > >============================== >RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! >Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >