Note: Kentucky did not become a commonwealth until 1792. Madison Co. was formed from Lincoln Co. VA (later KY). Reuben Searcy, according to genealogists, had two wives, the first being Susannah Henderson, the sister of Col. Richard Henderson. (Marriage bond 28 December 1763) The second wife was reportedly Susannah Jett. The following abstracted deed concerns a good many men who were residents of Granville Co., NC. The names of some of these men may appear in early deeds of Henderson Co., KY, also. For example, Jno. Williams [John Williams] commonly labeled *Esq* in records of Granville Co., NC after the death of his father John Williams, Sr. prior to Jan 1770 [administration bond], is one of the first grantors listed in the Henderson Co., KY grantor index. He was a first cousin of Col. Richard Henderson, whose mother was allegedly a sister of John Williams, Sr.--nee Elizabeth Williams. The Elizabeth Henderson mentioned in the following abstracte deed is the widow of Col. Richard Henderson. She is the former Elizabeth Keeling, the stepdaughter of the named Jno. [John] Williams. Please add commas where there are none in the original clerk's handwriting. (Note: If there is a Searcy website or a Henderson website, perhaps you can forward this message to those lists.) Submitted by E.W.Wallace Madison County Kentucky Deed Book A-113 [date is not completely clear in the handwritten document--it seems to be 1788. EWW] This indenture made the eighth day of November 178-- [scribbled but probably 8] John Williams Bromfield Ridley Robert Burton Pleasant Henderson Archibald Henderson Executors & Elizabeth Henderson Executrix of Richard Henderson decd to Reuben Searcy of the other part wherein the said Richd Henderson decd by his last will & testament and also by a schedule thereunto annexed appoint & ordain his executors or a majority thereof should dispose of & convey to any person who should become a purchaser of certain lands lying in th eWestern Country for the use and purposes of discharging his the said Richard Henderson's debts & whereas the abovementioned Reuben Searcy in virgue of the clause or clauses in the said Will & Schedule hath become a purchaser of a part of certain tracts of Land lying in Lincoln County the Commonwealth of Virginia & on both sides of Otter Creek granted to the said Richard Henderson by four separate deeds containing the whole Twenty Eight Hundred acres.... consideration of sum five hundred pounds by said Reuben Searcy Bennet Searcy B. Ridley Joseph More Ro. Burton Samuel Searcy Pleas. Henderson Charles Searcy A. Henderson Jno. Williams (Abstracted from FHL film 183283) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com