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 1814 - 1891 (77 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Enoch CORNETT [1] |
| Birth |
28 Apr 1814 |
Cornettsville, Perry Co., KY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
30 May 1891 |
Dry Fork, Letcher Co., KY [1] |
| Person ID |
I3590 |
Rootballs |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Family |
Sarah BROWN, b. 23 Apr 1815, Letcher Co., KY d. 19 Apr 1892, Letcher Co., KY (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1838 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1411 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
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| Notes |
- 1. Joseph helped to lay out the town of Whitesburg and was elected Judge of Letcher County afterwards. He settled on Dry Fork of Kentucky River, Letcher County, KY.
The following is from the Letcher Heritage News (September 1993 issue, page 48):
Will of Joseph E. Cornett
December, the 20th day, 1889.
I, J. E. Cornett of the county of Letcher and State of Kentucky, thought proper to make the following distribution of my bounder and tract of land on the Dry Fork of the Kentucky River in the folowing manner to wit: I divide the same in three equil parts between Iry Stampers wife to make them equil with their brothers that has had their parts and had the benefits of the same all had rights in their parts. I paid Elihu Maggard's wife up in land wher johns son now lives and they have no more to do in my landed Estate nor nothing else unless after a thorough settlement the balance of the childerns share is a surplis left then let them have their part. I want all the living children to see that Rachels heirs gits ther parts. I hope James Back will attend to ther case for them. Now I will say I want the husbands of the girls to pay the tax on the land and relieve me of the burden. Further, I will say that if any of the children takes care of us they must be paid for the same out of the timber on the said land or otherwise out of the personly property and they must account for what I have paid them in cash. I want to take an equil balance among my children though some hant done much for me yet. I want to have all even near as I can.
You will find in a little day book title cow book in my trunk on page 1 and 2. Now I can't tell when I have to leave and thought it right to make things safe. I owe no debts and wants no administration on my estate when I am gone but all settle accorden as I have laid it down and all will be rite. There is a large abount of timbre on said land which I may have to use, the land is the object now I meant to attend to.
(Later, He Added The Following)
March the 20th, 1890
I thought this morning I was taken the dred desise Lagripe and being sick and not expecting to live I thought I would say what I wanted doen with my property that is my land. I want the three girls to have it or enough to make them even with the boys and let me dye when I will. I want them even so this is the same as a deed to them and I want them to have good deeds made as I have made all the boys deeds to thers. I hope they will cherfuly make the same. Ther mother will sine all the deeds.
March the 20th, 1890
J. E. Cornett
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