I have a question about the filmed record at SLC -- when I was there trying to sort out my BENTLEY family -- like who is the father of William BENTLEY d 1848 married to China BATTERTON -- the deed books Vol 18 through 28 were missing from the films. There is an excellent index of all the deed, both grantor & grantee -- but those volumns are missing. Are they missing from the Madison County courthouse as well. If so, then what. I think the only way I can figured out whose William father is by sorting the land. Thanks for your help, Mary in South Dakota but searching in Kentucky. Family interests - DAVIS/BENTLEY/BATTERTON/HENLINE/HODGES -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MADKY-L] Chenault Famly of Madison Co., KY For those interested in the Chenault family and some of their spouses of Madison Co., KY, use this URL _http://www.library.eku.edu/collections/sca/manuscripts/chenault.pdf_ (http://www.library.eku.edu/collections/sca/manuscripts/chenault.pdf) I quickly looked over this *family group sheet* and I have some questions about the validity of the dates--and even some of the spouses who are listed. As usual, take most abstracts from books and the internet with a grain of salt and check them against the records. Madison Co. deeds are excellent for determining family relationships, and so are probates. Tax records and court records are also very helpful. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a good collection of films of Madison Co., KY. As for books, Bill and Kathy Vockery of Richmond, KY abstracted and published the marriage records of Madison Co. Also, they collected and published a lot of tombstone inscriptions [cemeteries]. Jackie Couture has published some abstracts of court order books A & B of Madison Co. One of my ancestresses, Nancy Harris nee Oldham, widow of Overton Harris [d. testate 1827] married ca 1837 Anderson Chenault. That marriage is not listed. It was a second marriage for each. (In fact, Nancy Harris had a pre-nuptial agreement drawn up, although it was not recorded until about a year after the marriage.) Furthermore, a Waller Chenault married earlier Tillitha Harris, one of the daughters of the above named Nancy Harris. A descendant of this couple has posted some information on the internet. Here is his URL _http://members.tripod.com/~labach/wchenaua.htm#s1_ (http://members.tripod.com/~labach/wchenaua.htm#s1) Perhaps there was another Waller Chenault. Do not assume all persons with the same name are one person!!! Only one land patent in Virginia is listed for a Chenault--William Chenault in 1771 in Bedford Co., VA. E.W.Wallace a descendant of Mrs. David Chenault's sister--Frances Tandy Tribble Stoner (later Mrs. Thomas Chilton) ==== MADKY Mailing List ==== Stuck on one of your Madison Co. ancestors? Can't get any help if you don't post! Post today!