Samuel THORNSBERRY

   Another name for Samuel was Samuel THORNBERRY.

   Ancestral File Number: 10BH-P25.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Tax List, 1800, Bullitt County, KY. Samuel THORNBERRY

• Tax List, 1803, Bullitt County, KY. THORNSBERRY, Samuel - 1000 acres 2nd rate land on Floyds Fork in Bullitt Co., 379 acres 2nd rate land in Bullitt Co. but the location is unreadable - 1 white male over 21, 4 blacks over 16, Total blacks: 10
THORNSBERRY, Frances - 1 white male over 21, 4 blacks over 16, Total blacks: 4

• Tax List, 1808, Bullitt County, KY.
Samuel THORNSBURY 700 ac, Bullitt, Cedar creek; enter., surv & pat John EDWARDS; one male over 21; seven blacks over 16; ten total blacks; seven mares

Francis THORNSBERRY 375 ac, Bullitt, Cedar creek, enter., surv & pat [blotted]; one male over 21; one 16-21; one black over 16; three total blacks; nine mares
100 ac, Bullitt, Cedar creek, enter., surv & pat Thos HARDIN;

David THORNSBERRY one male over 21; one black over 16; eight mares

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• Will, 1822, Bullitt County, KY.
Bullitt Co. KY Will Book B p. 185
In the name of God Amen I SAMUEL THORNBERRY of Bullitt County and State of Kentucky in perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the descression of my Executors not doubting but at the judgment resurrection I shall receive it again by the mighty power of God and by these presents I revoke all former Wills and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith God has blest me with in this life I give desire and dispose of in the following manner and form

First of all I wish all my just debts to be paid .

Secondly I leave and bequeath my wife MOLLY THORNBERRY a reasonable support during her natural life, I do also leave and bequeath to my son JAMES THORNBERRY five dollars.

I also leave and bequeath to my daughter BETSY BEELERS two children JORDEN BEELER and CHARLES BEELER five dollars each

I do also leave and bequeath to my daughter SALLY HORNBECK five dollars

I also leave to my daughter POLLY GALBREATH five dollars

I also leave and bequeath to my son SAMUEL THORNBERRY five dollars

I also leave and bequeath to my son WILLIAM THORNBERRY five dollars

I also leave and bequeath to my daughter PEGGY MITCHELL five dollars

I also leave and bequeath to my daughter CATY THORNBERRY my Negro girl named QUEEN together with all her Increase

I also leave and bequeath to my sons SETH B. THORNBERRY and ALFRED THORNBERRY the balance of my Estate real and personal and it is also to be understood that my son ALFRED THORNBERRY is to have five hundred dollars and the balance is to be equally divided between SETH B. THORNBERRY and ALFRED THORNBERRY

it is further to be understood that I do appoint DANIEL THORNBERRY, SETH B. THORNBERRY and ARTHUR QUINN to be my Executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 7 October 1822
(signed )

SAMUEL THORNBERRY

In the presence of
JOSEPH (?) SMITH (very dark and difficult to read)
JOHN C. WHEELER
WILLIAM QUINN

Recorded 15 April 1828 Bullitt Co. KY Court

Samuel married Mary WIGGINTON, daughter of James WIGGINTON and Sarah BOTTS, on 23 May 1782. (Mary WIGGINTON was born on 11 Oct 1764 in Stafford County, VA and died after 1850 in Jefferson County, KY.)