Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 39, Number 2 - Kentucky Historical ...

Abstracts from the Lexington Observer & Reporter, continued _______
W. W. Bruge offered a $50 reward “for the apprehension
and delivery to me of a mulatto Negro man
named John Anderson, about 5 feet 8 inches high;
35 to 40 years of age; small and rather delicate.”
Susanna Keith offered for hire “a Negro woman,
who is a good cook washer and ironer; 2 girls, one
about 16 and the other about 14, competent house
servants; and a Negro boy about 15 years old,
sprightly and capable.” Interested parties could apply
to the subscriber on Upper near Maxwell.”
John A. Willis, master commissioner, gave notice
to creditors of John M. Hunt, defendant in the
Jessamine Circuit Court case of Leonard Cassell v.
John M. Hunt, that they should “present their claims
to the undersigned commissioner, at his office in the
town of Nicholasville, Ky., on or before the 1 st day of
February, 1864.”
W. C. Hamilton & Co. advertised that the firm
wanted to purchase “good clean hemp” and would
pay “the highest market price for hemp seed.”
Wm. McCracken’s Livery and Sale Stables, Main
Street, Lexington, advertised that it had “fine carriages
& horses, with careful and attentive drivers,
buggies and horses, and good saddle horses,” as well
as “the best ostlers.”
Wm. H. Price offered a reward for a “light gray
stud colt,” stolen from his home in Jessamine
County, one mile from Nicholasville.
W. Adams and Dean Megee offered cattle and
sheep for sale. They could be seen at Megee’s farm,
“in the corner of Jessamine County, immediately on
the Woodford and Fayette line.”
John H. Payne Jr. gave notice that creditors of
George H. Bowman, deceased, could present their
claims to him as executor of Bowman’s estate.
O. P. Beard announced that he would “continue
to buy mules and horses for government use, and
will . . . pay the highest price . . . in this market.” He
said he would also keep “at all times a good assortment
of buggies and carriages for hire.”
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S. S. Thompson advertised for “a lot of locust
timber, for which I will pay a fair price in cash.”
Wm. T. Hughes advertised for an overseer, single,
“who has experience in the management of a farm
and Negroes.”
Speed S. Goodloe, master commissioner, announced
a sale of slaves “in the cases of Thomas
Hughes’ Executors vs. James N. West, and Wm. T.
Hughes, Assignee vs. Same.” The sale was to be held
in front of the courthouse in Lexington on February
1, 1864.
M. S. Dehoney offered for sale seven acres of land
with three dwellings—one the former home of M. A.
Dehoney—“on the Georgetown and Frankfort pike
about half way between the two places.” Interested
parties could contact Dehoney at “White Sulphur P.
O., Scott County, Ky.”
Charles S. Bosworth offered for sale “the farm
upon which I now reside, in Woodford County, five
miles from Versailles, on the Scott’s Road, about one
mile west of the McCoun Ferry Road, containing
125 acres of good land in a high state of cultivation.”
John P. Innes gave notice that a stray horse had
appeared at his farm, “9 miles from Lexington on the
Russell Turnpike, about two weeks since.” The
owner “can obtain the horse by coming for him and
paying expenses.”
C. C. Bryant offer a $26 reward for the return of a
“light sorrel mare, eight years old, with heavy mane”
that was stolen “on the night of the 8 th inst., from
the farm of D. B. Bryant, seven miles from Lexington
on the Nicholasville turnpike.”
Mrs. Embry offered “Embry’s Blacksmith Shop
and a small residence near by,” located on the Richmond
Turnpike, for rent or hire. Interested parties
could apply to Mrs. Embry “on the premises, or to
W. B. Morrow, druggist, in Lexington, Ky.”
F. Jones announced that he had a large stock of
fruit and ornamental trees for sale at Jones’ Nursery
in Clark County. Interested persons could apply for a