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| Jeremiah Kirby to James W.
Kirby, 1 Mar 1909 |
"This deed of conveyance made and entered into this the 1st day of
March 1909 by and between Jeremiah Kirby and Cynthia his wife, parties of the
first part, and James W. Kirby, party of the second part.
"Witnesseth that whereas the parties of the first part are both old and
infirm and not able to support themselves or attend to their affairs and
wherease the first parties are alone, having no one with them and are
constantly needing the care and assistance of someone; and whereas their son,
the second party, agrees to come and live with them and take care of them
during the remainder of their natural lifetime, now the premises considered and
in consideration of the second party coming to the house of the first party's
and there make his home and render assistance to the first parties and furnish
them with support and care for them during the remainder of their natural lives
and pay their funeral expense after they are dead and while they are alive give
them such attention and comfort as a son under similar circumstances should
render his parents, and for the further consideration of the love and affection
they have for their said son, the second party, the parties of the first part
hereby and by these presents bargain, sell, and convey, to the party of the
second part, his heirs and assigns foever the hereinafter described tracts or
parcels of land, located and being in Rockcastle County Ky and on the water of
Skeggs Creek and described as follows…" |
Deed Book 24, p. 11
Both Jeremiah and Cynthia died in 1911.
This land consisted of two tracts, one which Jeremiah had purchased from James
D. Kirby (James had bought it from Thomas 14 Mar 1865; Jeremiah had it surveyed
20 Aug 1905) and the one Jeremiah purchased from the Thomas Kirby heirs in
1883. Out of the second tract, Jeremiah had sold Franklin P. Kirby two tracts
totaling 21 acres. The total transferred to James W. from Jeremiah was 179.5
acres. The most land Thomas ever paid taxes on was 225 acres in 1855.
James W. and Barbara Ann Renner Kirby sold this land to W.M. Kirby, who sold it
to Jerry Rash. The Rash heirs sold it to members of the Goff family, who own it
today.
The land was located on the East Fork of Skeggs Creek just above the Wellhope
Baptist Church.
Both Micajah Pitman's and Micajah Southard's land bordered Thomas Kirby.
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