Notes for Aaron WOODRUFF

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Notes for Aaron WOODRUFF

Died near Lexington, KY. See Woodruff Chronicles, II, pg. 180-181.
There was this entry in an 1806 directory of Lexington, Kentucky:
Aaron Woodruff, Shoe-maker
From ancestry.com:
JOS. H. HERVEY HOUSES
381 & 385 S. Mill, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Built 1812 and 1820's
Aaron Woodruff ("Shoemaker, Main St."--1806 Directory) bought 25 feet here from his "boss" and neighbor, Elijah Oliver (next house) in 1812. Oliver evidently helped build the house (No. 381) for him, Woodruff paying $300 in "time" at his trade and the
remainder in cash in January, 1814. (The deal is explained in the next house story).
Aaron Woodruff came to Lexington early--his name appeared in an uncalled-for letter list in July, 1799.
Woodruff conveyed the house to Joseph H. Hervey in deeds made in 1815 and 1819, and removed to Main Street where he had his shop (Woodruff is listed in the 1818 Directory as "Cordwainer"--another name for shoemaker). Hervey acquired 2½ feet more
frontage from Oliver.
Hervey was still residing here in 1833 when he acquired the two houses of Captain Hudson, but by 1839 he and his son, William R. Hervey, an attorney, were living in the Polly Todd house, at Second and Jefferson Streets, and listed in the 1838-39
Directory.
Joseph H. Hervey, partner of the old Indian-fighter, Captain Hudson, still was operating the Main Street store years later. He advertised in November, 1828, and for some time, an extensive line of Broad Cloths, Pelisse Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassinetts,
Shawls, Blankets, etc., etc., 1,000 pairs Ladies', Boys', Misses', and Children's Shoes, and Hardware, China and Gun Locks.
Suit was brought against Hervey in 1838 and his houses were sold in 1839. John W. Bell (colored freeman) bid in the old brick (No. 381) and conveyed it (together with Elijah Oliver's log house) to Francis Hostetter in 1850. Hostetter and wife, Rebecca,
conveyed it in 1852 to Jeremiah McCarty, who sold it to Henry Lancaster in 1855. It was one of Lancaster's houses included in his estate in 1860.
Hervey mortgaged both his houses to William Morton in October,1834. He described the house purchased from Aaron Woodruff, "Conveyed by Elijah Oliver and wife."
He then described "also another house" next to the "east corner of the property of the heirs of Joseph Hudson."
The attractive brick cottage (No. 385), built in the 1820's was acquired by Hervey in 1833 as one of the Hudson houses. As explained in the Hudson story it was sold in 1839 to John Norton, who conveyed it to Henry Lancaster in 1849.
All of Lancaster's real estate was sold in 1860, when the old Hervey House (No. 381) was purchased by R. Hickman Prewitt, then attorney for the City of Lexington, and the Hudson brick cottage was bought by Joseph H. Harrison
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