Bullitt Circuit Court Order of Sale of Benjamin Hughes Farm

On 24 Jan 1792, Henry and Nicholas Crist and Adam Shepherd, for a debt they owed to Samuel Crow, deeded 273 1/4 acres on the waters of Long Lick Creek to Crow who lived in Maryland. Following the death of Samuel Crow, this land descended to his children Basil, Samuel Jr., and Ann who married Thomas Q. Willson. Then on 27 Oct 1821, Ann Crow Willson and her husband sold their third share of the farm to her brother Basil Crow. And on 17 Sep 1825, Samuel Crow Jr. sold his third share of the farm to Basil Crow.

Basil Crow later on 18 Oct 1839 sold an uncertain tract of land, but likely this one, to Benjamin Hughes who was living in Mississippi at the time. It appears that Hughes died in Port Gibson, Mississippi, indebted to the bank there, and his widow and heirs were sued in Bullitt Circuit Court for payment. The court ordered the sale of Hughes' Bullitt County property to pay the debt, as shown below.

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Bullitt Circuit Court Order Book R, Page 161-162
Thursday, 21 December 1848

James J. Person & James T. Marge, Trustees of the Bank of Port Gibson, complainants, against Nancy Hughes, widow of Benjamin Hughes dec'd, Mary Morehead, William Hughes, Henry Hughes and Mariah Hughes, heirs of Benjamin Hughes dec'd, F. W. Turpin, William R. Buck, Robert Brashear &c, defendants.

This day this cause came on to be heard upon the bill and exhibits filed and the court being sufficiently advised of and concerning the premises, on motion of complainants this suit is dismissed without prejudice as to the defendants Denny Brashear, David R. Drake & Margaret his wife, Mary E. Willcoxen, Ruth Lindsay, America Unsel, Lucy Murphy, the unknown heirs of Elizabeth Swearingen dec'd, Mary Brashear and Archibald Magruder.

And the defendant Robert Brashear having been duly served with process and having failed to appear and answer complainant's bill the same is taken for confessed as to and against Robert Brashear, and the court being of opinion that the complainants are entitled to relief, ordered and decreed that Henry C. Thomas be and he is hereby appointed commissioner to sell the land in the bill mentioned as the tracts of land conveyed by Crow and wife to Ben Hughes by deed dated the 18 day of October 1839 and the land conveyed by James C. Hogland and wife to Hughes by deed dated the 23 October 1841 as set out in the bill or so much of said tracts of land as may be necessary to satisfy and pay the complainants the sum of $7500 with interest thereon at 6 percent per annum from the 30 May 1838 till paid, subject to the following credits of $3910.71 paid 25 February 1839, $877.46 paid 1 May 1839 and $1783.75 paid 16 March 1841 and to pay the costs of the suit and $10 to the commissioner for advertising the time and place of sale at least 20 days at the courthouse door in Shepherdsville and two other public places in Bullitt County, the sale to be at the courthouse door in Shepherdsville on a Court Day and to be made at public auction to the highest bidder on a credit of six months, the commissioner taking and of the purchaser with good security payable to himself as commissioner to have the force and effect of a repliven bond, and to bear interest from date.

And the sale of the tracts of land are to be made subject to the dower right of Nancy Hughes, widow of Benjamin Hughes. And the commissioner will make report to court. And this suit is dismissed without prejudice as to all the land in the bill mentioned except the lands above mentioned conveyed by commissioner to Ben Hughes by deed dated 18 October 1839 and the land conveyed to said Hughes by James C. Hogland and wife by deed dated 23 of October 1841. And time is given Nancy Hughes, Mary Morehead, William Hughes, Henry Hughes and Maria Hughes, the widow and heirs of Ben Hughes dec'd till the first day of the next term of this court to pay the sums of money aforesaid, and if not paid the commissioner will go on and sell as directed in the decree and this cause is continued until the next term of this court.

Bullitt Circuit Court Order Book R, Page 190<> Tuesday, 3rd April 1849

James J. Person & J. T. Marge, complainants, against Benjamin Hughes' Heirs &c, defendants,, in chancery.

The complainants suggest that the defendants have not paid the money as decreed in this court at a former term; it is now ordered and decreed that the commissioner Henry C. Thomas, commissioner appointed for that purpose, proceed to carry siad interlocutory decree into effect by selling the property as therein named or so much of the lands in bill mentioned conveyed by Crow and wife to Hughes by deed dated 18 October 1839, and the land conveyed by James C. Hogland and wife to said Hughes by deed dated 23 October 1841 as will pay and satisfy complainant's demand &c, and the costs of this suit to be taxed by the clerk as accused, and make report to court.

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