--- [email protected] wrote: > Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 08:41:14 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Reply-to: [email protected] > Subject: [SCKY] RE: Requested Fair Surname Roll Call > To: [email protected] > > Ed Albert wrote: > > Lets have a bit of a Roll Call and post those Fair/Fehr > families we > are > researching. > > > Ed, here is what I have on the Fair name. Looking for a KY > connection > between the Fair, Busby and Bingaman (name could also be > spelled as > Bingham/Bingman??) families of KY, probably Lincoln, Adair and > neighboring counties. > > My ggg gfather was Matthew Busby of Adair Co, KY. Settled there > early > 1800's with first wife, Seluda Tinsley Busby and children after > leaving > Amherst Co, VA. After Seluda's death ca 1820, Matthew married > Sarah/Sally Drake Winfrey, widow of Elisha T. Winfrey. Sally > apparently > died before 1843 as Matthew is deceased by this time and his > widow is > named as Polly Busby. > > I believe this Polly Busby to be Mary/Margaret? "Polly" Fair of > Lincoln > Co, KY. She is believed to be the daughter of James M. Fair and > Mary > Elizabeth May Fair of Lincoln Co. Brother believed to be > William M > (Montgomery??) Fair and sister thought to be Jane Fair. > According to > information I have, "Polly" was born in 1800 and died in 1888 > according > to headstone in McKinney > Cemetery in Lincoln Co. Most likely she had been married at > least once > before her marriage to Matthew. The only Busby marriage record > I can > find in Lincoln County is between a Margaret Bingaman on > 5-17-1841 and a > Matthew Busby. I can find none in Adair County. Need to prove > this was > my Matthew who married Margaret Bingaman and that this Margaret > Bingaman/Bingman/Bingham was the same person as Polly Fair. > > Deeds and Busby records found in Adair County court records > list Polly > Busby as widow of Matthew. Also shown is infant Elizabeth > "Betsy" Ann > Busby, born March of 1843. Below is information found in court > records. > > All of these records are from the Court Order/Minute Books in > the Adair > County Court Clerks office. These 3 are from Order Book G, page > 100. The > date of the court session at the top of the page is Monday, Nov > 6, 1843. > > 1. The widow of Matthew Busby, deceased, this day in proper > person > relinquished her right of administering upon the estate of her > deceased > husband and on the motion of Jordan Owen, the administration of > the > estate of said Matthew Busby, deceased, is granted him by > having taken > the oath required by law and executed and acknowledged bond in > the penal > sum of six thousand > dollars with John Massie and Chapman Doheney his securities > conditioned > as the law directs. > > 2. On the motion of the administration of the estate of Matthew > Busby, > deceased, ordered that William Hardwick, Basil A.Wheat, Philip > Winfrey, > and John Guy be and they are hereby appointed, commissioners > who and any > three of them being first duly sworn, do appraise the slaves, > if any, > and personal estate of said decedent hereforth. > > 3. On the motion of Polly Busby, she is appointed guardian to > Betsey Ann > Busby, infant daughter of Matthew Busby, deceased, she having > executed > and acknowledged bond in the penal sum of eight hundred dollars > with > ***William M. Fair*** her security conditioned as the law > directs." > > Nothing found in the Will Book. In the Marriage Book is one > marriage to > Sally Winfrey, Book 1, page 72, on Sunday, the 7th of August, > 1821 by > Henry Winfrey. > > I received information from another researcher that a bible > lists the > birthday of an Elizabeth Ann Busby as 3-16-1843 and probably > pertains to > the infant, Betsey Ann Busby, shown in item #3, above. If these > two are > one and the same, then by using Betsey's birthday for > estimation, > Matthew would have been alive in June/July of 1842. If he > didn't die > while Polly was carrying this child, then Matthew could have > died > between March 1843 and November 6, 1843, the date of the above > motions > filed in the county clerk's office. > > This information indicates to me and hopefully to others, that > the above > Polly Busby is the d/o James M. Fair and the same Polly Busby > found on > the 1850 Lincoln Co, KY census. Polly is buried in McKinney > Cemetery in > Lincoln County, KY but a burial site for Matthew has not been > found > there. I think they were still living in Adair County when > Matthew died > and he is most likely buried in the same cemetery as my ggg > grandmother, > Seluda Tinsley Busby. So far I have not been able to find the > location > of this cemetery. I believe that after Matthew's death, Polly > and child, > Elizabeth "Betsey" Busby, moved back to Lincoln County as she > had family > there. I believe that James M. Fair, (born in Bedford Co, VA) > and Mary > Elizabeth May Fair of Lincoln County were her parents and that > the Betsy > Busby, age 7 years and the Jane Fair, age 46, shown on the 1850 > Lincoln > Co, KY census was her daughter and her sister. It is thought > that the > Elizabeth Fair, age 79 also shown on that census, was her > step-mother as > her father had married a second time to Elizabeth Porter. I > believe the > William M. Fair mentioned in above court records, item #3, was > her > brother. > > Some of the information above is proven and a lot is simply > theory. I'm > sure there are probably mistakes in the above information but I > would > love to hear from anyone who could provide me with help on any > of the > above mentioned people. I'm open to any corrections and > suggestions. I'm > really stumped on this one! > > Thanks for any and all help, > Paula > > > > > > ==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1