A Genealogy Report For WILLIAM M BASSETT - INGenWeb

William M Bassett Direct Relations
John C. Bates of the county of Franklin and state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth the said John B. Hodson for and in
consideration of one dollar and the consideration hereinafter mentioned in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said John C.
Bates his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situated and in the county of Owen and state aforesaid and
bounded as follows to wit: beginning at three small hickory saplins standing on the north side of Clarks branch thence north
158 poles to two beeches and sugartree thence east 185 poles crossing Cedar Creek to three sugartrees thence south 30
poles to two ironwoods standing on the bank of Cedar Creek thence down the same 72 west 94 poles to two small sycamores
thence across the creek to the mouth of Clarks branch and with the meanders of the same south 10 west 20 poles, south 40
west 25 poles, south 31 west 50 poles, south 49 west 34 poles, south 80 west 20 poles to the beginning containing
ninety-eight acres one rood and thirty five poles also the following property to wit: one bay mare five years old, one two year
old roan colt, 1 black one year old colt, one bay (suckling?) colt, twenty head of sheep, one two year old steer and red milch
cow, two beds and furniture, one (ca--?) and two shovel ploughs, two tables, one bureau, one cupboard and eight head of
hogs together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appurtaining to have and to hold
the land and personal property hereby conveyed with the appurtenances unto the said John C. Bates his heirs or assigns
forever. And the said John B. Hodson for himself his heirs executors and administrators the aforesaid tract of land and
appurtenances conveyed unto the said John C. Bates his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every
person or persons whatsoever do and will forever warrant and defend by these presents promised that the grantor is
indebted to the grantee in the sum of three hundred and forty (?) one dollars and seventy five cents due on the 21st day of
July 1840 as will appear by note bearing that date and if he shall on or before the first day of April next or any person for
him well and truly pay said sum of money with interest agreeable to the demand thereof then this indenture to cease and be
of no effect otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in witness whereof the said John B. Hodson hath hereunto set his
hand and seal the day and date first above written. Nathan Haster John B. Hodson (seal) Thomas M. Claxon Kentucky,
Owen County Court I. N.M. Bacon Clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid do certify that this deed of mortgage from
John B. Hodson to John C. Bates was produced to me in my office in Owenton on the 31st day of July 1840 and was proven
by the oaths of Nathan Haster and Thomas M. Claxon witnesses thereunto to be the act and deed of said Hodson. Given
under my hand the date above. N.M. Bacon, Clerk by James Ford, D.C.
• SNM6-QR (Ancestral File Number).
Citations:
• Source 46.
• Source 98 (Death).
36. WILLIAM CLAXON (William's cousin via adoption) was born on 12 April 1817, in Kentucky, United States, to Cassius
Claxon 168 and Nancy Roe Claxon [Bassett] 167 . William died on 20 November 1872, aged 55, in Merrill-Simpson Cemetery,
Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, United States.
The following information is also recorded for William. Ancestral File Number.
Notes:
• BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY: 1860 US Census
Claxton, William, 53, M, W, born KY
Mariah, 45, F, W, KY
John, 25, M, W, KY
Louisa, 14, F, W, KY
Reubin, 10, F, W, KY
Sally A., 7, F, W, KY
Alanzo, 5, M, W, KY
James, 23,M, W, KY [Son of Wm?]
Claressa, 18, F, W, KY [Wife of James?]State: Kentucky County: OWEN Locale: MONTEREY P O Series: M653 Roll: 391
Part: 1 Page: 43, taken 14 June 1860.
Often shown as "William Jr." Appears on Owen Co KY tax list from 1838/9. Was administrator of Ellen Claxon's estate
(Owen Co tax lists, 1860, 1861, & 1864). A William Claxon was constable in Owen Co 1839-1846; not sure which William.
TAX LISTS (Owen Co Ky) 1837 and before: Not found 1838: Lists missing 1839-1846: No land, no children 1847-1849:
Lists missing 1850: No land, no children 1851-1854: Not found 1855: No land, no children 1856: 251 acres, no children
1857: 196 acres Eagle Creek, 1 child between 6 and 18 1858-1859: 393 acres Ky River, 2 children between 6 and 18 1860:
353 acres Ky River, 2 children between 6 and 18 1861: 343 acres Ky River, 3 children between 6 and 18 (also administrator
of Ellen Claxon's 106 acres,1860 & 1861) 1862: 350 acres Ky River in Owen Co, 234 acres in Carroll Co, 3 children
between 6 and 18 1863: 250 acres Ky River in Owen Co, 234 acres in Carroll Co, 4 children between 6 and 18 1864: 340
acres Ky River in Owen Co, 234 acres in Carroll Co, 4 children between 6 and 18, adminstrator of Ellen Claxon's 100 acres.
1865: Lists missing 1866-1870: Lists mostly illegible
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