Samuel D. Brooks to Salina T. Canfield - 47 Acres

In his 1865 will, James H. Anderson left his portion of his father's estate to Phillip and Susan Shane, his nephew and niece. Then, the circuit court orders the sale of the land to pay his creditors, and 47 acres of it, then belonging to the Shanes, was sold to Samuel D. Brooks, son of David L. Brooks. Brooks would then sell it to Salina Canfield, as shown below.

---

Bullitt County Deed Book S, Pages 562-564

This indenture made and entered into this 30th day of October 1871 by and between Samuel D. Brooks of the County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky of the first part and Anderson M. Morton, trustee for Salina T. Canfield, the said A. M. Morton of Shelby County, Kentucky of the second part.

Witnesseth that the first party for and in consideration of the sum of $2800 in hand paid to him by Anderson M. Morton, trustee as aforesaid, the receipt of which sum is hereby acknowledged, he the said first party hereby grants, bargains, sells, conveys and delivers unto the second party, A. M. Morton for the uses, purposes and trusts hereinafter stipulated and fully set out, the following tract of land and its appurtenances situated in Bullitt County, Kentucky on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad near to Huber's Station on said road, and bounded as follows, to-wit. So much of Lot No. 1 in the division of the 300 acre tract of land formerly owned by John Anderson as lays east of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, said Lot No. 1 bounded as follows.

Beginning at a stone in a drain with "J.H." marked on it and near a white oak and red oak marked as corner, also a corner to J. H. Huber "G" on plat, thence North 80 3/4° East 343 poles to a stake on the east side of the County road "A" on plat, also a corner to J. H. Huber, thence with J. O. Harrison's line North 51 poles to a stake in said line which is 13 links from a walnut marked as a pointer, thence South 80 3/4° West 346 poles to a stake which is South 8° East 17 links from a large pine marked as a corner, said line crosses the railroad at 146 poles, thence from said corner South 8° East 51 poles to the beginning, containing 110 acres.

[The 110 acres was likely the southern part of John Anderson's 300 acre tract shown above, running from F to A to A1 to E2 and back to F.]

Out of said 110 acres were sold 47 acres which was purchased by Sam D. Brooks, the first party and the said 47 acres that portion of the 110 acres aforesaid which lays east of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad is the land herein conveyed.

The purchase money herein is a fund held by the said A. M. Morton as trustee for the said Salina J. Canfield, wife of Rev. Isaac Canfield, made a trust fund by the wills of E. A. Morton and E. M. Morton, duly recorded in Shelby County, Kentucky, and the said property herein conveyed is to be held in trust by the said A. M. Morton for the separate use and benefit of the said Salina J. Canfield during her natural life to use and occupy the same with remainder after her death to the use of the children of said Salina J. Canfield in equal portions until the youngest of her children shall arrive at the age of 21 years, at which time said property or its proceeds shall be equally divided between said children free of this trust.

And it is fully understood that the trustee herein named has full power and authority herein given and also given by the said wills of said E. A. & E. M. Morton to sell and convey the property herein named and conveyed and to reinvest the proceeds in compliance with the terms of the aforesaid wills of E. A. & E. M. Morton of record in Shelby County, Kentucky, wit hor without the signatures of the said Isaac W. Canfield or his wife, the said Salina J. Canfield.

Salina J. Canfield becomes a party to this deed and requests the reinvestment of the purchase money $2800.00 in the land herein named.

And the first party, Samuel D. Brooks covenants that he will and his heirs shall forever warrant and defend the title to the 47 acres of land herein conveyed against all claims by general warranty. In testimony whereof the first party and the said Salina J. Canfield hereunto set their hand this day and date first written.

---

If you, the reader, have an interest in any particular part of our county history, and wish to contribute to this effort, use the form on our Contact Us page to send us your comments about this, or any Bullitt County History page. We welcome your comments and suggestions. If you feel that we have misspoken at any point, please feel free to point this out to us.