On 3 Mar 1851, the heirs of Wilford Lee, dec'd, signed an an article of agreement in which they divided his real estate amongst themselves. As a part of this division, Mary Lee White and her husband Jenus [James] White received Wilford Lee's remaining holdings in the town of Shepherdsville, including lot No. 42; the old jail on part of Lot No. 24 purchased by Wilford Lee of Frederick Travis (as shown below); the Old Brick house situated on part of Lot No. 57, being the same conveyed to Wilford Lee by Nathan Miles; and Lot No. 37.
Bullitt County Deed Book K, Pages 202-203
Whereas by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky passed and approved the 5 day of February 1840 the county court of Bullitt County was authorized and directed to sell the old jail and lot on which the old jail house stood in Shepherdsville, lying on the northwest corner of the public square in said town, covering the ground on which said house stands, and said Bullitt County Court did sell said lot agreeably to the provisions of said act, and Frederick Travis became the purchaser thereof at the price of $280, and has paid said court in full for the same, reference is made to the orders of the Bullitt County Court to show these facts, and said Travis has sold said lot and appurtenances to Wilford Lee fo the sum of $500, and by the order of said court and the consent of the parties, said Lee and Travis, in court of the 15 of January 1844, David B. Abernathy was appointed commissioner on the part of the said court to convey said jail house and lot to said Lee, wherefore in consideration of the premises, this indenture made this 16 day of January 1844 between Wilford Lee, James Samuels, George W. Miles, Davild L. Brooks, Robert F. Samuels, Richard B. Simcoe, Austin Hall, William W. Swearingen, William B. Holsclaw, Henry Crist, Richard W. Deats and Thomas J. Joyce, Gentlemen Justices of the Peace of Bullitt County and their successors in office by the said David B. Abernathy, commissioner for that purpose for them of one part, and said Wilford Lee of the other part.
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises and the payment of said sum of $500 by said Lee to said Travis in hand paid, they the said Justices of Bullitt County Court by the said D. B. Abernathy, commissioner for them and their successors in office, have sold and by these presents do hereby sell and convey unto him the said Wilford Lee and to his heirs forever the said jail lot and appurtenances aforesaid.
To have and to hold the said lot and appurtenances unto him said Wilford Lee and his heirs forever. And said Justices of the Bullitt County Court and their successors in office by the said D. B. Abernathy, commissioner for them for that purpose, do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Wilford Lee that the property here sold they will and their successors in office as Justices of the Peace as aforesaid shall forever warrant and defend the said lot and appurtenance aforesaid unto him said Wilford Lee and his heirs forever against the claims of all persons whatever.
And said Frederick Travis and Harriet his wife become parties to this deed to confirm the sale of the same to him said Lee at the price of $500 so paid by said Lee to said Travis, and they covenant and agree to warrant the title of said lot and appurtenances unto him said Lee and his heirs forever against the claims of all persons whatever.
Witness the hands and seals of the grantors and said Travis and wife.
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